Picture yourself as a 21 year old in UIUC's computer lab. It's 1992 and the internet is still for nerds. Life is simple - pizza, soda, & a dream to change the internet. How did a few students in the midwest revolutionize the web? https://tbp.tech/netscape-culture
Straight from the horse's mouth, @pmarca: https://warpcast.com/pmarca/0x9d47ac
I just started reading and I knew there were going to be How the Internet happened references, what a fantastic book
This is a good book. https://www.amazon.com/Speeding-Net-Netscape-Challenged-Microsoft/dp/0871137097
Will never forget being a 20 yo at UIUC computer lab, stumbling hungover and half-stoned into a lecture after hours by Aaron Swartz At one point he asked "What's the most important thing you could be working on right now? Why aren't you working on that **right now**?" Think about it often. His passion was contagious
Inspiring. I know we will remember these times, it seems so obvious to us but dumb to outsiders
such a good read! the history of the internet is one of the most interesting stories that makes me hopeful for how much further we can still go — and you were spot on with the Farcaster analogy
I'm not sure if crypto Is at the browser war stage or the everyone is getting a dedicated cable connection stage... I think cable