>Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History Of The Internet : Connecting The Suits Part 2
>Bob Cringely trains his well-informed eye on the intriguing history of the
>Internet from its birth deep in the Pentagon to the cutting edge of the
>World Wide Web today.
Not sure if you actually saw this show, but I would like to hear your comments. I watched it with my house mate last night. It seemed to contain the usually stuff…the myth of the self mad man–very strong in IT–the idea that hard work, good products and deals are the driving force behind industry progress–the idea of merit, conservatives masquerading as radicals etc. This is a history of the Internet seen from the back of a ute, with Bob “Cringe”-ly aiming his red neck shotgun at Alexander Graham Bell, Ted Nelson, APRAnet, Berkeley, post-industrialism, globalisation, cold war, Californian pork-barrelling, etc.etc.