With Kevin on board, the dynamics of our small team began to change. Before it was Halsey, Bettina, Matthew and myself hold up in the NY office basically writing business plans and calling people. Now, there was actual work to do and the emphasis turned to Kevin and his team in LA. Matthew headed to LA to help in planning for the pilots, Halsey was between LA and SF and Bettina and I stayed in NY.
I like the graphic showing how the email is sent to that address, then opened, then appears on the computer screen. It's so awesome seeing the vision, and how it has played out-- and how you guys went for it, despite so many uncertainties. After seeing many retro-references to it recently, I'm re-reading Snow Crash, this time with my 10 yr old daughter who's obsessed with virtual worlds -- a nice contrast in prognostication with the CNET journey.
I’m really enjoying these walks down history lane. While these chapters so far precede my time at CNET, I was aware at the time of most of the other burgeoning avenues of “online” you're mentioning (I remember watching “The Next Step” with Richard Hart, and was using a design-focused BBS called DesignLink at the time), so it's interesting to see new perspectives on this shared history.
So Fred Sotherland designed the first download icon, which later would be the Download.com icon and logo of sorts?
I like the graphic showing how the email is sent to that address, then opened, then appears on the computer screen. It's so awesome seeing the vision, and how it has played out-- and how you guys went for it, despite so many uncertainties. After seeing many retro-references to it recently, I'm re-reading Snow Crash, this time with my 10 yr old daughter who's obsessed with virtual worlds -- a nice contrast in prognostication with the CNET journey.
This is my favorite installment yet. A trippy trip down memory lane.
Aack. I think you mean 27 years ago! :-)
I’m really enjoying these walks down history lane. While these chapters so far precede my time at CNET, I was aware at the time of most of the other burgeoning avenues of “online” you're mentioning (I remember watching “The Next Step” with Richard Hart, and was using a design-focused BBS called DesignLink at the time), so it's interesting to see new perspectives on this shared history.