How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone Audiobook

Quotes

• “In his story, the internet didn’t happen only because of wizardly coding and cheaper computers. It also happened because of serendipity, failure, friendships, and blood feuds…Such historical tidbits help us see that today’s tech titans didn’t arrive on the scene as superhuman.”

  — Wall Street Journal

• “[A] lively narrative of an era that utterly transformed everything we thought we knew about technology…[that] chronicles the whole fascinating story for the first time.”

  — BookRiot

• “A tasty, educational treat for tech heads and other web denizens.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “An entertaining and informative technological history which computer geeks and readers interested in everything from sociology to business and media will relish.”

  — Booklist

• “Narrator Timothy Andrés Pabon’s voice provides a sense of wonder and enthusiasm, which capture the overwhelmingly sunny tone of McCullough’s prose.”

  — AudioFile

• “Brian McCullough vividly recounts the brilliant hunches, happy accidents, and fortuitous timing that converged to create the first twenty-five years of the internet era.”

  — Chris Anderson, owner of TED

• “A fast-paced and enjoyable perspective on our lives, as well as a compelling exploration for how humanity and computers came together in profound ways.”

  — Richard Munson, author of Tesla

• “Destined to become the definitive text on how the web became big business―and came to dominate every facet of our lives.”

  — Brian Merchant, author of The One Device