How to use the internet, 1995

joining me now is Corey Doo he's going to help us surf the net he's been working with computers since he was seven and now he's an independent computer consultant and programmer okay Corey let's get our feet wet show us how to surf the net okay well when you're talking about playing around on the internet you're talking about one of two

talking about playing around on the internet you're talking about one of two things playing with yourself playing with other people uhhuh playing with yourself more or less means hanging around on the worldwide web which is a new way of putting together information on the internet that's very intuitive this is the amazing fish cam and it's a

this is the amazing fish cam and it's a worldwide web page from California it's from the Netscape Corporation what it is it's a camera pointed at a fish tank in California we click a button it sends us a picture from the fish tank this particular picture has no fish in it because and I pay $300 a year for

that's you're pay $300 a year for what makes this cool is not the fact that you can see Fish what makes this cool is the fact that you can point that camera at anything cameras can be on every corner in the world and if you can request that data from anywhere

you can request that data from anywhere else in the world over the worldwide web you're laughing you thought Rodney King was something what happens when I can have a look anywhere it's one of the really neat things that's changing the way we think about space and presence and what it means to be

and presence and what it means to be somewhere another big change that the internet is wreaking is the internet underground music archive it's it's changing the way we distribute music this is this is iuma the internet underground music archive and it was something started by a couple of University students who wanted

University students who wanted to make music available music that you'd hear on College radio over the internet and so if you're an independent band Apollo Creed from Seattle you can send them your press kit your logo bio your music your bio and all I have to do is come here and click

all I have to do is come here and click a button and down comes your single so getting rid of radio and record companies and marketing and prom exactly it means that no longer do Bureau s control the means of distribution and production for this

Bureau s control the means of distribution and production for this stuff it means that if I'm a musician I make music and that's all I got to do and then make it available and people can come to me really what's what value does a producer add in this world what about movies you've got music what about movies Tank Girl one of