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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 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.

Schedule

Date Guest Most remembered for
September 6 Andy Hertzfeld Macintosh operating system programmer
September 13 Max Levchin PayPal co-founder
September 20 Bill Joy Sun Microsystems co-founder
September 27 Steve Wozniak Apple Computer co-founder
October 4 Tim O'Reilly Internet publisher
October 11 Dan Drake Autodesk co-founder
October 18 Bob Kahn TCP/IP inventor
October 25 Doug Engelbart Computer mouse inventor
November 1 Jerry Kaplan Former Lotus chief scientist
November 8 Brewster Kahle Internet Archive founder
November 15 Larry Tesler Amazon CTO and former Apple chief scientist
November 22 Eric Schmidt Google CEO
November 29 Linus Torvalds The father of Linux

NerdTV home

Transcript of the first episode

Robert X. Cringely article on NerdTV