{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bob Alberti: "Go Your Own Way" - Part 1","description":"Bob Alberti epitomizes what this podcast is all about: stayin\u2019 alive in the often unforgiving world of technology. In the backdrop of Minnesota, which Bob calls the \u201cSilicon Valley before there was Silicon Valley,\u201d  he started (and lost) two separate tech companies, developed the world\u2019s first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMOPRPG), and helped create a foundational internet search program that paved the way for the ones we use today.  While that sounds exciting, those milestones were not without plenty of losses and hardships along the way. In this first of two episodes with him, Bob is candid about what it\u2019s like to be one of the builders of the internet we use today, why developing cutting-edge tech innovations is not always guaranteed to make you rich, and how Al Gore really did play a big role in creating the World Wide Web.  You\u2019ll also hear Bob recall what it was like using chat rooms, email, and multiplayer network games in the 1970s, and how things really aren\u2019t that different 50 years later.  LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: GamBit Multisystems Solid State: Minnesota's High-tech History\u2014A program from Twin Cities PBS documenting how Minnesota was once the global epicenter of computing. It\u2019s free to watch! Sdf.org \u2014 A real, living, working example of a Gopher server you can still use today The generation you may have never heard of, Generation Jones Ringworld, by Larry Niven \u201cAfter 32 years, dad is now grad,\u201d article featuring Bob in the Minneapolis Star Tribune \u201cSorting through electronic keepsakes: Sentimentality has turned many of our computers into \u2018the new attic.\u2019" from the Star Tribune  MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY: Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac  ABOUT THIS PODCAST Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Fiddlehead\u00ae, a digital marketing intelligence firm, based in San Francisco. We really appreciate your reviews, shares on social media, and your recommendations for future guests. And check out our Spotify playlist for all the songs we refer to on our show.  ","author_name":"Stayin' Alive in Technology","author_url":"https:\/\/stayinaliveintech.com","html":"