The most memorable part of the documentary was, for me, hearing about Marc Andreessen. Marc is a great figure when studying the web and I often forget that he was the creator of Netscape, the first tool that allowed us to easily access the internet. What makes him such a cool figure in Silicon Valley is his presence. He is one of the few people in the Valley to survive, rebound and still remain profitable after the dot com boom. I think with web 2.0 a lot of young, entreprenurs have taken over the Silicon Valley scene (Mark Zuckerberg, Kevin Rose, etc.) so it's great to see someone still impact technology.
Andreeseen, co-founder of Ning also currently serves on the boards at eBay, Facebook, and HP AND as of this summer, has his own Venture Capital Firm.
Here's a Wikipedia site on Andreeseen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen
Also, if anyone's interested in the transition from the dot com boom to web 2.0 in Silicon Valley I suggest reading Sarah Lacey's "Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0" It's not very technical/dry at all and is easy for anyone to read, even if you're not very knowledgeable about the Silicon Valley scene.
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I think the whole transition from dot com to web 2.0 is really interesting. It's media heavily infused with business, which creates a whole new way to work, essentially, with computers.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting stuff about Marc Andreessen. I remember using Netscape when it first came out too. Look how far we've come from that one piece of software! Now there are a handful of web browsers.
ReplyDeleteI feel like sillicon valley represents this whole mysterious, incestuous technical soap opera. Im actually kind of surprised no ones made a movie or tv series about life behind the scenes of all of these social networking and tech booms. Rivalries, research and development, second chances: the material is all there just waiting for someone to pick it up.
ReplyDeleteUMMMM have you heard of the upcoming movie "the social network" about Mark Zuckerberg. I think it's still in produciton.... Jesse Eisenberg is set to play the Zuck and Justin Timberlake has somehow squeezed his way into production....we'll see how it goes.
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