109: Sneak Preview of The Internet, Reviewed (Push Technology in the 90s)

People will remember the “browser wars” of the 1990s, but they may not remember the “webtop wars” — that is, the battle for who will control the Push Technology which transforms your OS desktop into a tuner for live web channels. Learn about this fascinating blip in early internet history which eventually gave rise to a much simpler technology still in use today…one might even call it Really Simple (Syndication). 😁 Also in this episode: celebrating the 6th anniversary of ActivityPub becoming an official W3C recommendation, looking at a breakdown of the 100 most popular fediverse accounts, and some initial thoughts on Apple Vision Pro. Links & Show Notes Sign Up for Intuitive+ to listen to Fresh Fusion+ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Mastodon & Pixelfed See the comments on this very episode, and add your own! Happy Fediverse Day! 🎉 Instance distribution of the top 100 fediverse accounts Fediverse Network Statistics Vision Pro Review: 24 Hours With Apple’s Mixed-Reality Headset (WSJ) 90s Push Technology My archived reporting on Marimba Castanet WIRED reporting on Marimba (and a BONKERS quote from Microsoft!) Wikipedia: PointCast Netscape Constellation (interview with Mike McCue) Netcaster may change the future of push Wikipedia: Active Desktop Wikipedia: Channel Definition Format (CDF) Wikipedia: Push Technology Wikipedia: History of Web Syndication Technology