HowtheInternetHappened

How the Internet Happened

Tech-guru Brian McCullough delivers a rollicking history of the internet - why it exploded, and how it changed everything. A Library Journal Best Book of the Year.

In this lively narrative of an era that utterly transformed everything we thought we knew about technology, Brian McCullough opines that the internet was never intended for us. He chronicles the whole fascinating story for the first time, beginning in a dusty Illinois basement in 1993, when a group of college kids set off a once-in-an-epoch revolution with what would become the first “dotcom.”

McCullough depicts the lives of now-famous innovators like Netscapes Marc Andreessen and Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg. He also reveals surprising quirks and unknown tales as he tracks both the technology and the culture around the internets rise. The result is cinematic in detail and unprecedented in scope. It enlightens and informs as it draws back the curtain on the new rhythm of disruption and innovation the internet fostered. It helps to redefine an era that changed every part of our lives.

作者简介

BrianMcCulloughisatwo-decadeveteranoftheinternetindustryandthefounderofvariousweb-basedstartups.HostoftheInternetHistoryPodcast,hewasnameda2016TEDResident.HelivesinBrooklyn,NewYork.