NerdTV (2005) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch NerdTV online in HD.
NerdTV — Storyline
NerdTV is a technology TV show from PBS. NerdTV is aired; instead each episode is released as a MPEG-4 video file, freely downloadable and licensed under a Creative Commons license. Transcripts and audio-only versions of the released episodes are available as well.
The show features Robert X. Cringely interviewing famous and influential nerds. Each episode is 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. Another twelve episodes have been promised for Season Two, along with a more consistent release schedule and better quality video files.
Cast & Crew
NerdTV — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2005-09-06 |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | PBS |
| Status | Ended |
NerdTV — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Andy Hertzfeld – The first Macintosh programmer…ever (2005-09-06) — Andy Hertzfeld, the original Macintosh systems programmer, talks about Mac History and how he fell in love with Open Source software.
- E2: Max Levchin – Co-founder of PayPal (2005-09-13) — Max Levchin, best known for co-founding PayPal, explains why he is starting his 5th through 7th companies and the virtues of staying up all night.
- E3: Bill Joy – Sun Microsystems Co-founder (2005-09-20) — Bill Joy — the father of Berkeley UNIX — explains why he was fired from the International House of Pancakes.
- E4: Brewster Kahle – Internet Archive Founder (2005-09-27) — Although Brewster Kahle started and sold companies for big bucks, his true love is capturing the whole Internet at the Internet Archive, which he founded and runs today.
- E5: Tim O'Reilly – Open Source Pioneer (2005-10-04) — Open Source pioneer Tim O'Reilly noticed the free software didn't come with free printed manuals and so a publishing empire was born.
- E6: Dave Winer – Father of RSS and Web Logging (2005-10-11) — Dave Winer has been in the software industry since the days he worked with Mitch Kapor BEFORE Lotus 1-2-3.
- E7: Dan Drake – Autodesk Co-founder (2005-10-19) — Dan Drake and a roomful of friends put together $59,030 and started Autodesk with a bunch of bad ideas and one that panned-out — AutoCAD. Sometimes one is enough.
- E8: Avram Miller – Co-founder Intel Capital (2005-10-28) — Avram Miller went from playing jazz piano to building DEC's first PC to starting Intel's venture fund.
- E9: Anina – High Fashion Meets High Tech (2005-11-09) — Anina represents the new European tradition in mobile Internet development. And you'd never guess her day job.
- E10: Dan Bricklin – Inventor of the Spreadsheet (2005-11-25) — Dan Bricklin invented the spreadsheet — personal computing's first killer app — built and lost the first PC software empire and somehow remains a nice guy filled with ideas.
- E11: Doug Engelbart – Inventor of the Computer Mouse (2005-12-09) — Doug Engelbart invented computer networks, time sharing, graphical user interfaces, and the mouse–all while driving to work one day in 1951. Really.
- E12: Bob Kahn – Inventer of TCP/IP (2006-01-30) — Most nerds know Bob Kahn co-wrote TCP/IP; earlier he worked at Bolt Beranek & Newman where he was the primary architect for the Arpanet.
- E13: Judy Estrin – Founder, Bridge Communications (2006-04-10) — Judy Estrin's career ranges from founder of Bridge Communications to CTO of Cisco to running Packet Design LLC. Quite the girl geek, eh?
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does NerdTV have? 1 season(s) with 13 episodes.
Where can I watch NerdTV? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
