109: Sneak Preview of The Internet, Reviewed (Push Technology in the 90s)
Update: 2024-01-31
Description
People will remember the “browser wars” of the 1990s, but they may not remember the “webtop wars” — that is, the battle for who will control the Push Technology which transforms your OS desktop into a tuner for live web channels. Learn about this fascinating blip in early internet history which eventually gave rise to a much simpler technology still in use today…one might even call it Really Simple (Syndication). 😁
Also in this episode: celebrating the 6th anniversary of ActivityPub becoming an official W3C recommendation, looking at a breakdown of the 100 most popular fediverse accounts, and some initial thoughts on Apple Vision Pro.
Links & Show Notes
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- Happy Fediverse Day! 🎉
- Instance distribution of the top 100 fediverse accounts
- Fediverse Network Statistics
- Vision Pro Review: 24 Hours With Apple’s Mixed-Reality Headset (WSJ)
90s Push Technology
- My archived reporting on Marimba Castanet
- WIRED reporting on Marimba (and a BONKERS quote from Microsoft!)
- Wikipedia: PointCast
- Netscape Constellation (interview with Mike McCue)
- Netcaster may change the future of push
- Wikipedia: Active Desktop
- Wikipedia: Channel Definition Format (CDF)
- Wikipedia: Push Technology
- Wikipedia: History of Web Syndication Technology
- My archived reporting on Marimba Castanet
- WIRED reporting on Marimba (and a BONKERS quote from Microsoft!)
- Wikipedia: PointCast
- Netscape Constellation (interview with Mike McCue)
- Netcaster may change the future of push
- Wikipedia: Active Desktop
- Wikipedia: Channel Definition Format (CDF)
- Wikipedia: Push Technology
- Wikipedia: History of Web Syndication Technology
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