Tech Brew Ride Home (Bonus) Joshua Schachter And The del.icio.us Story
Oct 24, 2020
Joshua Schachter, the founder of del.icio.us and a key figure in Web 2.0, shares his journey from creating one of the first social bookmarking sites to becoming a successful angel investor. He reflects on the early web, discussing the challenges of content creation and user engagement. The conversation dives into the evolution of social sharing and the impact of venture capital on media platforms. Schachter also addresses the hurdles of startup life, including data privacy and tech transformations that shaped the modern internet.
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Early Internet Experiences
- Joshua Schachter's first internet experience was with Usenet and bulletin boards at CMU.
- He later discovered Mosaic, his first web browser, and set up a web server on a Spark station.
Career Path
- Schachter worked at a bank, managing their early website in 1996.
- He later transitioned to finance, working at a brokerage and then as a quant at Morgan Stanley.
Memepool's Origin
- Schachter created Memepool, an early blog, around 1998.
- He built his own database due to limited availability of SQL databases then.