This audio is about how and why Rocketboom came to be. It did not come along for any business, or famo, it was designed to help usher in the democratization of the moving image.
Austin 1990 – 2000
Ellen Bartel, Allison Defrees, Luke Savisky, Steve Moore, Movemnets Gallery, Orchestra on film performance (Century Plant), See Also: Graham Reynolds (Golden Arm Trio), Sxip Shirey
New York City 2000-2003
Parsons School of Design and Technology, NYC Subway Machine, Daniel Rozen, Bitforms, Zack Lieberman, Golan Levin, Elevator Box
Internet 1997 – 2003
Napster, Mp3.com, BoingBoing, Dave Winer, RSS, Ev Williams, Blogger.com, First University Blog, Milk and Cookies, Technorati, Yahoo Video Blogging Group, YouTube, David Lynch Weather Reports
ON ROCKETBOOM (Looking ahead to the next report)
Select News Media, Scholarly Articles, Book Citings, Video Archives
Ellen Bartel, Allison Defrees, Luke Savisky, Steve Moore, Movemnets Gallery, Orchestra on film performance (Century Plant), See Also: Graham Reynolds (Golden Arm Trio), Sxip Shirey
New York City 2000-2003
Parsons School of Design and Technology, NYC Subway Machine, Daniel Rozen, Bitforms, Zack Lieberman, Golan Levin, Elevator Box
Internet 1997 – 2003
Napster, Mp3.com, BoingBoing, Dave Winer, RSS, Ev Williams, Blogger.com, First University Blog, Milk and Cookies, Technorati, Yahoo Video Blogging Group, YouTube, David Lynch Weather Reports
ON ROCKETBOOM (Looking ahead to the next report)
Select News Media, Scholarly Articles, Book Citings, Video Archives
The next piece will cover the first two years after launch. Rocketboom began in October 2004 and was released each weekday morning at 8 AM from New York City.