In the second part of Tom Rolander’s conversations with us about early computer industry history we head to a restaurant in Pacific Grove (near Monterey, CA) and hear more stories about industry history. Buzz Bruggeman, CEO of Activewords, gets involved too along with Mrinal Desai, VP of Sales and business development at Crossloop, Tom’s new company.
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Crossloop is a great free way to take control of a friend’s computer and help them out. Here Tom Rolander, CTO of Crossloop, demonstrates how it can be used to help your friends and family get over their computer troubles. Tom started the company after his mom had trouble due to Alzheimers disease.
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You’ve heard the story. Bill Gates and Microsoft became a hugely successful business after it bought DOS from a small computer store in Seattle and licensed it to IBM. But what really happened? Did you know that Bill Gates didn’t want the operating system business at first, for instance? Did you know that Gary Kildall, founder of Digital Research and inventor of CPM (the other operating system being considered for IBM PCs) was flying the day that IBM came visiting? You might know that, but do you know the rest of the story? Here it is. Tom Rolander was the guy flying with Gary Kildall and tells the other side of the story everyone in technology should know. Tom was Gary’s best friend and tells the story about what Gary really gave all of us — an operating system architecture that continues to be used today. Also seen in the video is Mrinal Desai, VP of sales and business development at CrossLoop (Tom’s newest company, which we’ll discuss in a separate video).
Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft, DOS, Seattle, IBM, Gary Kildall, Digital Research, CPM, Tom Rolander, Mrinal Desai, CrossLoop
Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger just retired from a long and decorated IBM career of 37 years. He’s seen it all and here we talk about the future of virtual worlds with him. Also interviewing him is Larry Magid of PodTech and CBS News.
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Matthias Henze, founder, demonstrates how to use JimDo to make Web sites. Sounds boring, but this service is very popular in Europe and is worth considering for your next Web project.
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Making Web sites is much easier today than when I started. There’s a new set of online tools and JimDo is one of the nicest I’ve seen. Here you meet founder Matthia Henze who tells us what’s going on in the Web creation space. Then we talk about what’s happening in Europe since he lives in Hamburg, Germany.
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When I met Daniel Brusilovsky he impressed me. Why? I can’t exactly say, but everyone who watches this video so far around the office says “wow.” Daniel’s 14, has an IT job and an Apple-focused podcast and we have a neat discussion about lots of things including what social networks he’s on and how he does it all on an old computer that’s not even a Mac (can we get donations to buy him a new Mac?)
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You’ve heard the hype about Twitter. Maybe you don’t understand why it’s important or what it is. It’s a microblogging tool that I’ve found very useful. It lets you send 140-character messages to the world telling them what you’re doing. Last week they announced that they had received funding, so I went over there to get the inside look. In this video you meet Alex Payne, developer, Jason Goldman, product manager, Jack Dorsey, founder and CEO, Britt Selvitelle, developer, Jeremy Latrasse, operations, Biz Stone, co-founder and creative director, Krissy Bush, office manager, and two people who don’t work at Twitter but who share Twitter’s San Francisco office: Adam Rugel, founder and CEO of 71miles.com and Niall Kennedy, a web technologist.
Tags: Twitter, Alex Payne, Jason Goldman, Jack Dorsey, Britt Selvitelle, Jeremy Latrasse, Biz Stone, Krissy Bush, Adam Rugel, 71miles.com, Niall Kennedy
Arturo Artom, CEO of Your Truman Show, talks to me about why telling stories with video is interesting and shows me his innovative video storyline capabilities in Your Truman Show.
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