The first episode of my technology history podcast, Tech Tales, was published exactly one year ago today: June 14, 2021. I had wanted to produce something related to tech history for years, but it was only last year that I was able to narrow down a format I was happy with (largely inspired by You’re Wrong About) and recruit enough friends to join me for stumbling through hour-long recordings.
I would say the show’s first year has been a success. As of June 12, it has a total of 29 episodes, 4,291 plays/downloads on audio platforms, and 2,012 views on YouTube. The first year of episodes has covered topics like the NASA’s Voyager space probes, the 20 year-long development of Mac OS X (now macOS), Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, and the failed Intel Itanium CPU architecture. Video games are an important part of technology history, so Tech Tales has also covered topics like the ‘Hot Coffee’ mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the disastrous port of DOOM to the 3DO console.
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