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'''NerdTV''' is [[PBS]]'s new, downloadable, tech TV show licensed under a [[Creative Commons]] license. The series features [[Robert X. Cringely]] interviewing famous and influential [[nerd|nerds]]. The show will be aired in thirteen one hour segments. The first episode of NerdTV was launched on [[September 6]], [[2005]] with the well known [[Andy Hertzfeld]] as the guest.
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'''NerdTV''' was a technology [[Television program|TV show]] from [[PBS]]. NerdTV was not aired, instead each episode was released as a [[MPEG-4]] video file, freely downloadable and licensed under a [[Creative Commons]] license.<ref name="Marlowe2005-07-14">{{cite news |last=Marlowe |first=Chris |date=2005-07-14 |title=PBS charts new path with NerdTV |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |volume=390 |issue=1 |pages=4, 11 |id={{ProQuest|2470959347}} }}</ref> Transcripts and audio-only versions of the released episodes were available as well.

The show features [[Robert X. Cringely]] interviewing famous and influential [[nerd]]s. Each episode was about one hour and features a single guest from the world of technology. From September 6, 2005 to November 29, 2005, thirteen episodes comprising Season One were released on the [[Internet]].<ref name="Learmonth2005-07-13">{{cite news |last=Learmonth |first=Michael |date=2005-07-13 |title=PBS aims for techies with online NerdTV |url=https://variety.com/2005/digital/markets-festivals/pbs-aims-for-techies-with-online-nerdtv-1117925858/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |accessdate=2024-03-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304114607/https://variety.com/2005/digital/markets-festivals/pbs-aims-for-techies-with-online-nerdtv-1117925858/ |archivedate=2024-03-04 }}</ref> Another thirteen episodes were promised for Season Two, in which the show was renamed SuperNerds, along with a more consistent release schedule and better quality video files. Season Two was never created.


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
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{| {{prettytable}}
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! Date !! Guest !! Most remembered as !! Archive.org Link
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! Date !! Guest !! Most remembered for
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| September 6 || [[Andy Hertzfeld]] || [[Macintosh]] operating system programmer
| 2005-09-06 || [[Andy Hertzfeld]] || [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] operating system programmer || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv001 Watch]
|-
|-
| September 13 || [[Max Levchin]] || [[PayPal]] co-founder
| 2005-09-13 || [[Max Levchin]] || [[PayPal]] co-founder || [https://archive.org/details/ntv002 Watch]
|-
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| September 20 || [[Bill Joy]] || [[Sun Microsystems]] co-founder
| 2005-09-20 || [[Bill Joy]] || [[Sun Microsystems]] co-founder || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv003 Watch]
|-
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| September 27 || [[Steve Wozniak]] || [[Apple Computer]] co-founder
| 2005-09-27 || [[Brewster Kahle]] || [[Internet Archive]] founder || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv004 Watch]
|-
|-
| October 4 || [[Tim O'Reilly]] || [[Internet]] publisher
| 2005-10-04 || [[Tim O'Reilly]] || [[Internet]] publisher || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv005 Watch]
|-
|-
| 2005-10-11 || [[Dave Winer]] || Father of [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv006 Watch]
| October 11 || [[Dan Drake]] || Autodesk co-founder
|-
|-
| October 18 || [[Bob Kahn]] || [[TCP/IP]] inventor
| 2005-10-18 || [[Dan Drake]] || [[Autodesk]] co-founder || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv007 Watch]
|-
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| October 25 || [[Doug Engelbart]] || [[Computer mouse]] inventor
| 2005-10-25 || [[Avram Miller]] || [[Intel Capital]] co-founder || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv008 Watch]
|-
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| 2005-11-01 || [[Anina (model)|Anina]] || Mobile-oriented model || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv009 Watch]
| November 1 || [[Jerry Kaplan]] || Former Lotus chief scientist
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| 2005-11-08 || [[Dan Bricklin]] || [[Spreadsheet]] inventor || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv010 Watch]
| November 8 || [[Brewster Kahle]] || [[Internet Archive]] founder
|-
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| November 15 || [[Larry Tesler]] || [[Amazon]] CTO and former Apple chief scientist
| 2005-11-15 || [[Doug Engelbart]] || [[Computer mouse]] inventor || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv011 Watch]
|-
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| November 22 || [[Eric Schmidt]] || [[Google]] CEO
| 2005-11-22 || [[Bob Kahn]] || [[TCP/IP]] inventor || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv012 Watch]
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| 2005-11-29 || [[Judy Estrin]] || Internet entrepreneur || [https://archive.org/details/nerdtv013 Watch]
| November 29 || [[Linus Torvalds]] || The father of [[Linux]]
|}
|}


==External Links==
==Episode highlights==
===NerdTV008 – Avram Miller===
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[http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/ NerdTV home]
This episode is one of the first where the subject ([[Avram Miller]]) is not an entrepreneur, which is to say he didn't create a company that was successful, though he did facilitate many successful startup companies through his investment portfolio while at Intel. The show chronologically follows his career, including:
* [[Biotech]] (although the term didn't exist yet) experiences with brain-wave analysis.
* networked computer monitoring in the hospital environment in the mid-late 1960.
* starting & running a company in Israel at the end of the [[War of Attrition]].
* working with [[Ken Olsen]] for [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] around the time of [[IBM]]'s launch of the PC.
* to finally joining [[Intel]] and working with them to develop numerous new ideas and venture capitalist investments [[Intel Capital]].

==Reception==
Chin Wong of ''[[Manila Standard Today]]'' wrote, "An hour with a technology guru may be too much for nontechies, but for those with an abiding interest in the industry, ''NerdTV'' is must-see TV."<ref name="Wong2005-09-14">{{cite news |last=Wong |first=Chin |date=2005-09-14 |title=NerdTV |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/10CAAED840475D88&f=basic |newspaper=[[Manila Standard Today]] |accessdate=2024-03-04 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240304114036/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/10CAAED840475D88&f=basic |archivedate=2024-03-04 }}</ref> In a mixed review, ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''{{'}}s Jason Silverman stated, "Cringely will surely refine the show as the season progresses. One lesson from episode one: Turn off your cell phone. But without additional resources -- a second camera and an editor? a shiny round table? -- NerdTV is not likely to be an important moment in web TV history. Episode one will be of great interest to Mac cultists. But one imagines that PBS would prefer that the series reach beyond the small clique of hard-core geeks."<ref name="Silverman2005-09-16">{{cite magazine |last=Silverman |first=Jason |date=2005-09-16 |title=This TV Is Strictly for the Nerds |url=https://www.wired.com/2005/09/this-tv-is-strictly-for-the-nerds/ |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |accessdate=2024-03-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304115129/https://www.wired.com/2005/09/this-tv-is-strictly-for-the-nerds/ |archivedate=2024-03-04 }}</ref>


==References==
[http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/transcripts/001.html Transcript of the first episode]
{{reflist}}


==External links==
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[http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050707.html Robert X. Cringely article on NerdTV]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060705030901/https://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/ NerdTV homepage]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001707/http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050707_000858.html Robert X. Cringely article on NerdTV]


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Latest revision as of 18:01, 15 April 2024

NerdTV
GenreInterview Show
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerPBS
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkPBS
ReleaseSeptember 6 (2005-09-06) –
November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)

NerdTV was a technology TV show from PBS. NerdTV was not aired, instead each episode was released as a MPEG-4 video file, freely downloadable and licensed under a Creative Commons license.[1] Transcripts and audio-only versions of the released episodes were available as well.

The show features Robert X. Cringely interviewing famous and influential nerds. Each episode was about one hour and features a single guest from the world of technology. From September 6, 2005 to November 29, 2005, thirteen episodes comprising Season One were released on the Internet.[2] Another thirteen episodes were promised for Season Two, in which the show was renamed SuperNerds, along with a more consistent release schedule and better quality video files. Season Two was never created.

Schedule

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Date Guest Most remembered as Archive.org Link
2005-09-06 Andy Hertzfeld Macintosh operating system programmer Watch
2005-09-13 Max Levchin PayPal co-founder Watch
2005-09-20 Bill Joy Sun Microsystems co-founder Watch
2005-09-27 Brewster Kahle Internet Archive founder Watch
2005-10-04 Tim O'Reilly Internet publisher Watch
2005-10-11 Dave Winer Father of RSS Watch
2005-10-18 Dan Drake Autodesk co-founder Watch
2005-10-25 Avram Miller Intel Capital co-founder Watch
2005-11-01 Anina Mobile-oriented model Watch
2005-11-08 Dan Bricklin Spreadsheet inventor Watch
2005-11-15 Doug Engelbart Computer mouse inventor Watch
2005-11-22 Bob Kahn TCP/IP inventor Watch
2005-11-29 Judy Estrin Internet entrepreneur Watch

Episode highlights

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NerdTV008 – Avram Miller

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This episode is one of the first where the subject (Avram Miller) is not an entrepreneur, which is to say he didn't create a company that was successful, though he did facilitate many successful startup companies through his investment portfolio while at Intel. The show chronologically follows his career, including:

  • Biotech (although the term didn't exist yet) experiences with brain-wave analysis.
  • networked computer monitoring in the hospital environment in the mid-late 1960.
  • starting & running a company in Israel at the end of the War of Attrition.
  • working with Ken Olsen for Digital Equipment Corporation around the time of IBM's launch of the PC.
  • to finally joining Intel and working with them to develop numerous new ideas and venture capitalist investments Intel Capital.

Reception

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Chin Wong of Manila Standard Today wrote, "An hour with a technology guru may be too much for nontechies, but for those with an abiding interest in the industry, NerdTV is must-see TV."[3] In a mixed review, Wired's Jason Silverman stated, "Cringely will surely refine the show as the season progresses. One lesson from episode one: Turn off your cell phone. But without additional resources -- a second camera and an editor? a shiny round table? -- NerdTV is not likely to be an important moment in web TV history. Episode one will be of great interest to Mac cultists. But one imagines that PBS would prefer that the series reach beyond the small clique of hard-core geeks."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Marlowe, Chris (2005-07-14). "PBS charts new path with NerdTV". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 390, no. 1. pp. 4, 11. ProQuest 2470959347.
  2. ^ Learmonth, Michael (2005-07-13). "PBS aims for techies with online NerdTV". Variety. Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  3. ^ Wong, Chin (2005-09-14). "NerdTV". Manila Standard Today. Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  4. ^ Silverman, Jason (2005-09-16). "This TV Is Strictly for the Nerds". Wired. Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
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