NerdTV
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NerdTV is a technology TV show
from PBS
. NerdTV is not aired; instead each episode is released as a MPEG-4
video file, freely downloadable and licensed under a Creative Commons
license. Transcripts and audio-only versions of the released episodes are available as well.
The show features Robert X. Cringely
interviewing famous and influential nerd
s. Each episode is about one hour and features a single guest from the world of technology. From late 2005 through early 2006, thirteen episodes comprising Season One were released on the Internet
. Another twelve episodes have been promised for Season Two (in "late summer [of 2007]" after an initial delay http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060804.html), along with a more consistent release schedule and better quality video files.
Television program
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from PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
. NerdTV is not aired; instead each episode is released as a MPEG-4
MPEG-4
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video file, freely downloadable and licensed under a Creative Commons
Creative Commons
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license. Transcripts and audio-only versions of the released episodes are available as well.
The show features Robert X. Cringely
Robert X. Cringely
Robert X. Cringely is the pen name of both technology journalist Mark Stephens and a string of writers for a column in InfoWorld, the one-time weekly computer trade newspaper published by IDG.- Biography :...
interviewing famous and influential nerd
Nerd
Nerd is a derogatory slang term for an intelligent but socially awkward and obsessive person who spends time on unpopular or obscure pursuits, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities. Nerds are considered to be awkward, shy, and unattractive...
s. Each episode is about one hour and features a single guest from the world of technology. From late 2005 through early 2006, thirteen episodes comprising Season One were released on the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. Another twelve episodes have been promised for Season Two (in "late summer [of 2007]" after an initial delay http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060804.html), along with a more consistent release schedule and better quality video files.
Schedule
| Date | Transcript | Guest | Most remembered as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-09-06 | NerdTV #1 | Andy Hertzfeld Andy Hertzfeld Andy Hertzfeld is a computer scientist who was a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team during the 1980s. After buying an Apple II in January 1978, he went to work for Apple Computer from August 1979 until March 1984, where he was a designer for the Macintosh system software... |
Macintosh operating system programmer |
| 2005-09-13 | NerdTV #2 | Max Levchin Max Levchin Max Rafael Levchin is a Ukrainian-born American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur widely known as one of the co-founders and for his role as the former chief technology officer of PayPal.... |
PayPal PayPal PayPal is an American-based global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders.... co-founder |
| 2005-09-20 | NerdTV #3 | Bill Joy Bill Joy William Nelson Joy , commonly known as Bill Joy, is an American computer scientist. Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as chief scientist at the company until 2003... |
Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982... co-founder |
| 2005-09-27 | NerdTV #4 | Brewster Kahle Brewster Kahle Brewster Kahle is a computer engineer, internet entrepreneur, activist, and digital librarian.- Biography :Kahle graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in computer science and engineering, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. The... |
Internet Archive Internet Archive The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive... founder |
| 2005-10-04 | NerdTV #5 | Tim O'Reilly Tim O'Reilly Tim O'Reilly is the founder of O'Reilly Media and a supporter of the free software and open source movements.-Life and career:... |
Internet Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide... publisher |
| 2005-10-11 | NerdTV #6 | Dave Winer Dave Winer Dave Winer is an American software developer, entrepreneur and writer in New York City. Winer is noted for his contributions to outliners, scripting, content management, and web services, as well as blogging and podcasting... |
Father of RSS RSS (file format) RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format... |
| 2005-10-19 | NerdTV #7 | Dan Drake | Autodesk Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that focuses on 3D design software for use in the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media and entertainment industries. The company was founded in 1982 by John Walker, a coauthor of the first versions of the company's... co-founder |
| 2005-10-28 | NerdTV #8 | Avram Miller | Intel Capital co-founder |
| 2005-11-09 | NerdTV #9 | Anina Anina (model) Anina Trepte, also known by the pseudonym, "Anina.net", is an American-born Paris-based international fashion model and a blogger with an web presence. She has a following in China. China Central Television awarded her "China's top foreign model" in 2009... |
Mobile-oriented model |
| 2005-11-25 | NerdTV #10 | Dan Bricklin | Spreadsheet Spreadsheet A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper accounting worksheet. It displays multiple cells usually in a two-dimensional matrix or grid consisting of rows and columns. Each cell contains alphanumeric text, numeric values or formulas... inventor |
| 2005-12-09 | NerdTV #11 | Doug Engelbart | Computer mouse inventor |
| 2006-01-30 | NerdTV #12 | Bob Kahn Bob Kahn Robert Elliot Kahn is an American Internet pioneer, engineer and computer scientist, who, along with Vinton G. Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol , the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.-Career:After receiving a B.E.E... |
TCP/IP inventor |
| 2006-04-10 | NerdTV #13 | Judy Estrin | Internet entrepreneur |
NerdTV008 - Avram Miller
This episode is one of the first where the subject is not an entrepreneur, which is to say he didn't create a company that was successful, though he did facilitate many successful startup companies through his investment portfolio while at Intel. The show follows his career in chronological including:- Biotech (although the term didn't exist yet) experiences with brain-wave analysis
- networked computer monitoring in the hospital environment in the mid-late 1960s
- starting & running a company in Israel at the end of the War of AttritionWar of AttritionThe international community and both countries attempted to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. The Jarring Mission of the United Nations was supposed to ensure that the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 242 would be observed, but by late 1970 it was clear that this mission had been...
- working with Ken OlsenKen OlsenKenneth Harry Olsen was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson.-Background:...
for Digital Equipment CorporationDigital Equipment CorporationDigital Equipment Corporation was a major American company in the computer industry and a leading vendor of computer systems, software and peripherals from the 1960s to the 1990s...
around the time of IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
's launch of the PC - to finally joining Intel and working with them to develop numerous new ideas, and venture capitalist investments Intel Capital