It’s out: 1995: The Year the Future Began
I received yesterday the author’s copies of my most recent book, 1995: The Year the Future Began, which examines a memorable and pivotal year in recent American history. The book … Continue reading
The big gap in Monica Lewinsky’s speech
Monica Lewinsky’s widely noted speech yesterday to the Forbes Under 30 program in Philadelphia was notable for what it left out: She made almost no mention of former President Bill … Continue reading
The inevitablity of O.J. Simpson’s acquittal in 1995
Former professional football star O.J. Simpson was acquitted in October 1995 of murder in the slayings of his former wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman — dramatic verdicts that … Continue reading
Recalling the ’95 case against lecherous Bob Packwood, whom Biden praised
The bumbling vice president, Joe Biden, demonstrated anew yesterday his hazy understanding of recent history by praising Bob Packwood, a lecherous former U.S. senator, in speech to the Women’s Leadership … Continue reading
Hype and hoopla in a watershed year: Launching Windows 95
It’s hard to think of 1995 as a turbulent or troubled time. Not when Seinfeld and Friends were among the year’s most-watched TV shows. Not when Mars Inc. ran a … Continue reading
Illuminating the Web: Netscape’s IPO of August 1995
It was 19 years ago tomorrow when Netscape Communications illuminated the World Wide Web for millions of people and catalyzed what became the dot.com boom of the late 1990s. Netscape … Continue reading
How important was Netscape?
Technologist Brendan Eich, the developer of JavaScript programming language and a founder of the Mozilla Foundation, asserted in a blog post the other day that Netscape “changed history” — and … Continue reading
Recalling the ‘coolness’ of the early Web
Debate flares from time to time about just what the World Wide Web was really like in the mid-1990s, a pivotal time when Internet-awareness became a reality. Is it best … Continue reading
Anniversaries, controversies for Amazon
Amazon.com, the company that that demonstrated the Web could be safe for commerce, marks two anniversaries this month, the 20th anniversary of its incorporation and the 19th anniversary of the opening … Continue reading
Why 1995?
So why a book about 1995? What made that year that special? Fair questions. And the answers are compelling. Nineteen-ninety five, the topic of my forthcoming book, was a watershed … Continue reading
The 1995 Blog 