Know a Little More

What's really being celebrated on Black Friday and is it the biggest shopping day in the world?Featuring Tom Merritt.Full Episode Transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The backbone of nearly every network you use on a daily basis is based on a system designed to be cheap and easy to implement.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if you could have a secure password generated fresh each time you need it? Authenticator apps do just that. Tom explains how.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Douglas Engelbart demonstrated how two people connected over a network could work together editing a document at the same time in 1968. It took much longer to see a real product.Featuring Tom Merritt.Episode Transcript available here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Video conferencing was a vital method of communication during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it's roots go back much longer than you think.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did RISC-V grab the attention of nearly every major tech company and what was the need for yet another computer processor architecture? Tom walks you through the history and use case of RISC-V.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Internet's directory was once a simple text file on a single computer but has evolved into many directories world-wide that enable the Internet as you know it.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The word processor never got "invented" as such, it just slowly developed out of things like typewriters and even slowly merged from electronic appliances into software. To understand the origin of the word processor you and I would recognize, the one with bold, italic, underline, we need to follow the journey of future space tourist Charles Simonyi.Featuring Tom Merritt.Episode transcript available here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Explore the history and origins of the computer mouse, including its silly name and why Steve Jobs is associated with it. Learn about the development and functionality of the mouse, as well as other input devices that were being developed alongside it.

Learn about the origins and evolution of hypertext, from its ancient roots to the creation of the Hypertext Editing System. Discover the early development of hypertext systems and their use in NASA's Apollo Space program. Explore the history of hypertext fiction and the release of Hypercard and the World Wide Web. Also, hear about Ted Nelson's ongoing work and vision for hypertext.