You Shoulda Been There
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn a remarkable stretch from the mid-1990's to the early 2000's, a relatively small group of people started playing around with this thing called the World Wide Web, trying to make sense of what it was all about.
Rather than being pure technologists, the people came from multidisciplinary backgrounds and were geeky enough to understand the tech, but creative enough to bring the tech to life. This mishmash of curious, driven humanity created the very first popular web sites and online media properties, and started some of the first and most successful digital agencies of the day.
The world of the World Wide Web was relatively small, and while competition was fierce, they all knew they were lucky enough to be creating something that was way bigger than any of them.
Hosted by Kyle Shannon who co-founded AGENCY.COM in 1995 and Ritesh Patel, who served as VP of Technology there, this project introduces you to the OG players from those hallowed days, and lets them tell you what it was like, and how... You Shoulda Been There!
Learn more at www.YouShoulda.com
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Episodes
EPISODE 15 - Mar. 12th | Murray Hidary & Nova Spicack
March 16, 2021 14:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBMurray and Nova (along with Jack Hidary) were Co-Founders of EarthWeb, one of the first Internet companies in the world. Episode Timeline 3:20 Good news is, I'm employed. Bad news... I'm STILL employed. 4:35 It starts with Jack and Murray. 6:15 Let's put relief agencies on the Internet 8:10 Hatched this idea called ReliefNet 10:40 Murray was a very active playboy 13:20 We started getting calls from ad agencies 16:00 We had one desk for six people! 18:25 "How did you even get a meeti...
EPISODE 14 - Mar. 5th | Kate O'Neill
March 14, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBKate founded {meta} Marketer in 1999, developed Toshiba America‘s first intranet, is the author of 4 books including her latest, “Tech Humanist” (which was featured at CES 2019), and was recently named to the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar, a global ranking of management thinkers. Episode Timeline 6:00 And so it begins... 8:45 I got indoctrinated into MUDs 11:00 I remember getting tingles on the back of my neck! 14:05 What made you want to be a part of the Internet? 16:00 Toshiba recruited me...
Episode 13 - February 26th | Andrew Rasiej
February 28, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBAndrew has been an advocate for digital literacy and equity from the very early days, focused on education, democracy & civic engagement. Episode Timeline 3:10 We all look the same... except for the glasses 6:20 How did it all begin? 8:10 Veteran's group had this old theater on Irving Place (...called "Irving Plaza") 11:05 By 1995 we were experimenting with streaming live music 12:55 I realized I needed to be involved with the community 16:10 I walked into this school and saw 3,000 k...
Episode 12 - February 19th | Thor Johnson, Jack Barrett & Priya Iyer
February 21, 2021 14:00 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBThor, Jack & Priya led the Boston office of AGENCY.COM and have gone on to do some very interesting things in the digital space. Episode Timeline 4:20 Thor's origin story 9:15 How it began for Priya 12:25 Jack rolls back the time machine 13:05 Example of 1996 design and the THREE Pharma websites that existed! 15:40 "I remember the insanity of it... People were INSANE!" 17:20 "These powerhouses are taking advice from a 20-something!" 18:50 "He punches me in the arm and says 'Goddammi...
Episode 11 - Feb. 12th - Featuring Couples from AGENCY.COM
February 14, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBIt wasn't just websites that were being built back in the day. Meet some of the couples that met back then still together today. Smooch! Episode Timeline 2:10 Eamonn & Oriana: The Beginning 6:55 The very first trade show & uncomfortable hug 8:30 How did it evolve into a romance? (Slowly & painfully...) 10:25 I had this "partition" around me. 13:00 NYC - 5 Days. 2 Hotel rooms. 1 bed. 15:55 James & Bethany: She was the "Girl Under the Stairs." 17:15 "People were still counting what num...
Episode 10 - February 5th | Carla Hendra
February 05, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBCarla helped shepherd the advertising world to a digital future as President of OgilvyOne in the '90's and is now Executive Partner, Chief Executive, Ogilvy Consulting, and Chief Digital Officer, The Ogilvy Group. Episode Timeline 3:15 How it all began... 4:50 We started to use it for marketing... called it "Brochureware" 6:30 Biggest consolidation in advertising history... 10:50 The beauty of having the consolidated IBM business 12:25 We did a global Yahoo buy... the first one ever! ...
EPISODE 9 - Jan. 29th | Paul Galli & Geoff Badner
January 30, 2021 14:00 - 56 minutes - 78 MBPaul was employee #1 at AGENCY.COM and Geoff wasn't too far behind. They were founding members of "The Pit" the nickname of the place where all the magic happened creating the very first Websites. Episode Timeline 4:15 Are you still going by "Poobie King"? 6:45 How it all began for Paul (Poobie) 9:30 How it all began for Geoff 13:55 "I liked that no one knew what they were doing." 15:25 Geoff, what was it like for you? 16:15 "It was way better than making junk mail." 17:20 "I remembe...
EPISODE 8 - Jan. 22nd. | Lewis Gersh
January 23, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MBEp. 8 - Lewis Gersh, in partnership with AOL, founded Worldy Information Network in 1998 focusing on investor info publishing during the height of the DOTCOM boom. Episode Timeline 4:25 What are you doing now? 5:00 My first JV with Omnicom and Organic 6:05 Entrepreneur "Reverse Commuters" 6:35 Talk about the "AOL Thing" 8:20 We had 24,000 SKUs of Japanese Animé 10:00 How did you find Organic 12:00 The traffic must have been enormous! 14:55 Mitsui had backed AOL 18:15 We were sharin...
EPISODE 7 - Jan. 15th | Julie Groves & Special Guests
January 16, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBJulia headed up digital for British Airways as they made their transition to Web-based booking. She'll be joined by some special guests who worked with her at AGENCY.COM. Episode Timeline 4:50 How did it all begin? 6:00 Went out with the Saatchis and smoked Marlboro Lights 9:35 How did you decide to find someone to help you? 12:45 There's no point in writing an RFP if people just ignore it! 14:10 We were very tech-driven 16:10 Introducing Esther Han and Margot Hyun - It's a Party! 17...
EPISODE 6 - Jan. 8th | Craig Kanarick & Jeff Dachis
January 09, 2021 17:45 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBEp. 6, Jeff Dachis & Craig Kanarick, the Founders of Razorfish help us kick off 2021 with a bang. We're gonna party like it's 1995. Episode Timeline 4:00 We like to start... at the beginning. 5:05 Jeff and I knew each other growing up. 9:00 A related AGENCY . COM story... 11:50 You could feel convergence happening. 13:00 The Liberal Arts degree turned out to be handy. 14:25 I bumped into the folks at Blender... I bump into Craig. 16:12 By definition we were lucky. 17:30 This was rea...
EPISODE 5 - Dec. 18th | Ben Jones
December 19, 2020 17:15 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBEp. 5 - Ben Jones is Global Creative of Unskippable Labs at Google, and was on numerous client projects in the formative years of AGENCY.COM... he's got some stories to tell! Episode Timeline 2:50 You just gotta not suck 4:56 We're doing "2020 Okay." 6:10 How it all started 9:30 Can I start TODAY?! 12:50 I tended to be the "Pitch Pony" 15:10 Two Texaco Stories 18:25 The thing I remember the most is the Churn 22:20 Creative effectiveness in the video world 25:40 Realtime Coffee Fres...
EPISODE 4 - Dec. 11th | Eamonn Wilmott & Andy Hobsbawm
December 11, 2020 23:45 - 1 hour - 86 MBEp. 4 - Eamonn and Andy talk about how they got started, creating pioneering firm Online Magic and experience joining & expanding AGENCY.COM all the way to and through the IPO. Episode Timeline 5:05 Eamonn humbly declares inventing the Internet 7:04 Andy from rocker to Internet epiphany 10:18 Landing the Economist gig 12:20 Andy's NYC Move 12:50 "Do you guys build Web sites?" 13:40 Of course we can! 14:00 Chan Suh challenges Eamonn's claim 15:04 "Did you have ambitions for g...
EPISODE 3 - Dec. 4th | Scott Mager
December 05, 2020 18:15 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MBEp. 3 - SCOTT MAGER, Principal at Deloitte Consulting, was employee number 4 at AGENCY.COM and a founding member of "The Pit" which is where all the magic happened. He also built the original BIG RED BUTTON™ Episode Timeline 2:08 Dress-Up Fridays Origin 3:30 How I Found AGENCY . COM 6:10 Creating the First Hitachi Website (With Visuals!) 9:35 Tapenet™ 11:15 The Originator of the "Geek & Tell™" 12:57 The Move to 665 Broadway 14:30 Urban Desires - You Could Do Anything 17:20 Creating ...
EPISODE 2 - Nov. 27th | Chan Suh
November 27, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBChan shares how he discovered coding and the World Wide Web while running marketing for Vibe Magazine, working for Quincy Jones and Time Inc. One thing led to another, and he was in the middle of the Internet storm. 5:00 - How did it all start for you, Chan? 7:40 - You could have Text AND Pictures on the same screen! 12:17 - I did NOT want to do advertising. 15:20 - How did you meet Kyle? 21:15 - We started with $80 and a checking account. 24:10 - When did you make the move? 27:38 - C...
Episode 1 - Nov. 20th - Featuring Kyle Shannon
November 21, 2020 15:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBKyle shares his journey from aspiring actor in NYC to the creation of online magazine Urban Desires; the World Wide Web Artists Consortium (WWWAC); and AGENCY.COM, where he served as Chief Creative Officer of one of the first and largest digital Web agencies of the era. 3:26 - Why Early Days Were Remarkable 8:00 - How Kyle Got His Start 13:08 - "The world just changed!" 19:20 - Clay Shirky and "Geek & Tells" 23:35 - Working with MetLife 25:50 - How Ritesh Joined AGENCY.COM 29:30 - "The PIT" 3...
EPISODE 1 - Nov. 20th | Kyle Shannon
November 21, 2020 15:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBKyle shares his journey from aspiring actor in NYC to the creation of online magazine Urban Desires; the World Wide Web Artists Consortium (WWWAC); and AGENCY.COM, where he served as Chief Creative Officer of one of the first and largest digital Web agencies of the era. 3:26 - Why Early Days Were Remarkable 8:00 - How Kyle Got His Start 13:08 - "The world just changed!" 19:20 - Clay Shirky and "Geek & Tells" 23:35 - Working with MetLife 25:50 - How Ritesh Joined AGENCY.COM 29:30 - "Th...
Episode 1 - Nov. 20th | Kyle Shannon
November 21, 2020 15:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBKyle shares his journey from aspiring actor in NYC to the creation of online magazine Urban Desires; the World Wide Web Artists Consortium (WWWAC); and AGENCY.COM, where he served as Chief Creative Officer of one of the first and largest digital Web agencies of the era. 3:26 - Why Early Days Were Remarkable 8:00 - How Kyle Got His Start 13:08 - "The world just changed!" 19:20 - Clay Shirky and "Geek & Tells" 23:35 - Working with MetLife 25:50 - How Ritesh Joined AGENCY.COM 29:30 - "The PIT" 3...