If you’re reading these lines it’s because of this man. He’s Dave Winer, the inventor of blogs and RSS syndication, two of the backbones of the web. Often controversial, always challenging, this is the story of what got him inspired to do it all: More »
Alexis Ohanian, The Guy Who Created Reddit Is Here—Ask Him Anything [What Was It]
Posted in: Today's Chili If you’ve clicked on one of those “meme” things lately or watched a video of something happening, there’s a good chance it meandered its way through Reddit, one of the most massively influential websites, ever. Come talk to its daddy. More »
Dennis Crowley is the reason people “check in” today. He’s the reason you can actually write check in without quotes. Crowley went from an aimless tech startup refugee to the Mayor of all Foursquare, the little app that’s changed geography. More »
Kevin Mitnick, the World’s Most Notorious Hacker, Is Here to Talk About What Got Him Started [What Was It]
Posted in: Today's Chili Kevin Mitnick was one of the first internationally known hackers, one of the early wizards who struck the fear of the gods in the machine into regular people. He hacked Los Angeles, Motorola, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, and Fujitsu Siemens before finally being caught by the FBI. More »
What Was It? Tales of Inspiration From the World’s Most Awe-Inspiring Minds [What Was It]
Posted in: Today's Chili Technology is how we change the world around us; science is how we seek to understand it. Some people ignore, others dabble. And then there are the rare ones who revolutionize. The visionaries and big thinkers. The long-workers and midnight oil-burners. Some discover new worlds and novel technologies; others invent them. All of these people drive the human race forward. But why? More »