Triumph Of The Nerds - classic documentary

[jkoder]

Nice one. It's Part 3 of Nerds 2.0.1 I was looking for and there it is. Will watch later.

I watched them both last night, good stuff, cheers.

[dang65]

Nerds 2.0.1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...&q=Nerds+2.0.1


Google (video) is your friend.


Looks interesting, will watch it later.

Nice one. It's Part 3 of Nerds 2.0.1 I was looking for and there it is. Will watch later.

[jkoder]

Triumph of the nerds

P1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...he+nerds&dur=3

P2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...he+nerds&dur=3

P3

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...he+nerds&dur=3

Nerds 2.0.1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...&q=Nerds+2.0.1


Google (video) is your friend.


Looks interesting, will watch it later.

[dinker]

Oh, you mean this one:

http://avaxhome.ws/video/Format/docu...the_nerds.html

[dang65]

There`s a whole bunch of movies:

http://katz.cd/search/nerds

Uh, yeah. Different thing entirely.

[MrMark]

Who are the nerds of today? The founders of Google must be at the top. What about those Facebook folk?

[dinker]

There`s a whole bunch of movies:

http://katz.cd/search/nerds

[dang65]

Anyone else remember this? I remember watching it when it was shown in the UK in about 1996 and found I could remember whole sections of it when I watched again at the weekend. Presented by an American technology journalist who is very likeable. Essential viewing for geeks.

YouTube: Start here and the whole three-hour series is linked (in approx 8 minute segments).

The series ends with the launch of Windows 95, so it's nicely dated itself, but the whole thing is fascinating. Includes interviews and reminiscences from the likes of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, but also loads of "minor players" (i.e. people who actually invented things like spreadsheets and the first graphical user interfaces, but never made any money out of them).

There was a sequel in 1998 which traced the development of the Internet - called Nerds 2.0.1 - but I can only find parts 1 & 2 on YouTube, and that omits the story of Tim Berners-Lee and the Web and the early browsers. Still the first two parts have some great moments, though it's not as, dare I say it, exciting as the original series.