01/04/2008 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Physics teacher by day, Wellington Gray is also the author of the popular web comic Miscellanea. We discover where he gets his inspiration from, and how he managed to offend an army of middle-aged cat owners
04/03/2008 | Filed under Discover > Interview
It was watched 14 million times and turned into one of the biggest virals of 2007. We talk to the one and only Tay Zonday, composer of Chocolate Rain
28/09/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Digg is the world’s most popular user-generated news site. A recent revolt showed that it really is run by its community. Founder Kevin Rose tells Oliver Lindberg how he experienced the most turbulent day in Digg’s history, and what his users want him to do next
05/09/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Meet Shane Seminole Mielke, the man whose web design output is bigger than that of most agencies! And despite his hard work as creative director at 2Advanced Studios, he still finds time to coach a local American Football high school team
01/08/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Mike Hanttula’s online presence, www.hanttula.com, features sections as bizarre as the Museum of Food Anomalies and the Bunnyocalypse. Mike tells us what it’s all about
25/05/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
The 1 Second Film brings together thousands of people from around the world to raise money for the Global Fund for Women. We spoke to its mastermind, Nirvan Mullick.
24/05/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
How do you go from “broke programmer” to CEO and co-founder of BitTorrent? Will the new, legitimate, online video store take off? Bram Cohen takes time out from his coding, recreational maths, juggling and origami to be quizzed by .net’s Oliver Lindberg
30/04/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
With his tutorial on how to use Google TV, Mark Erickson caused a storm on the internet and, for some, even turned into a new “hero”. We teamed up with the man behind Infinite Solutions
19/04/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
According to Google, Matt Mullenweg is the most important Matt in the world. Fans of his most famous project, open source blogging tool WordPress, will agree. Oliver Lindberg finds out who the man behind the software really is and what’s up his sleeve
29/03/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
His brother swapped a paperclip for a house, which inspired Scott MacDonald to run an auction to change his name. He now goes under the name of Mr Freebeestore.
26/03/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
It’s taken Microsoft half a decade to come up with a major upgrade to its browser. Why did it take so long and is it too little too late? Oliver Lindberg grills Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of the Internet Explorer team
05/03/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Since its launch two years ago, Uncyclopedia, an addictive parody of Wikipedia, has grown into one of the largest Wikia-hosted wikis. In this interview, co-founder and college student Jonathan Huang reveals what it’s all about
08/02/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Virtual 3D world Second Life recently reached one million sign-ups, and its economy is growing faster than some real countries. Oliver Lindberg talked to its founder, Philip Rosedale, and discovered his vision of a world where everybody has a second life
05/02/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Mike Berry aka Shiver Metimbers runs 419eater.com and spends his time reversing scams. Now he’s got a book out, Greetings in Jesus’ Name!, that chronicles his scambaiting escapades
15/01/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
When author John Hodgman included a list of 700 hobo names in his satirical almanac The Areas of Expertise, he unwittingly started an internet phenomenon. We asked illustrator Adam Koford to talk us through the project (www.e-hobo.com)
15/01/2007 | Filed under Discover > Interview
The blogosphere has taken over the web, yet it’s simply the start of what’s possible for people with something to say. Christian Hall talks to Alan Levy, the brains behind BlogTalkRadio – a service that goes beyond Web 2.0 by turning bloggers into broadcasters
18/12/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Photosharing site Zooomr cooked up a storm on the web. Yet, while its features are impressive, the age of its creator is all the more remarkable. Oliver Lindberg hooks up with Kristopher Tate to find out what it’s like to be a teen entrepreneur
07/12/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Freelance designer and new media author Mark Jones recently welcomed visitor number 250,000 to The Politically Incorrect Alphabet (www.better-together.co.uk). Here, he explains what it’s all about
16/11/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Echoing the optimism of early Nineties web culture, Flickr sprung onto the scene in 2004 and became the defining Web 2.0 app. Christian Hall caught up with co-founder Caterina Fake and discovered what the future holds for Flickr
13/11/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Last year, Gary Brolsma’s Numa Numa dance became a massive internet phenomenon, but the 19-year-old shut himself off. Now he’s back with New Numa (www.newnuma.com) and has decided to break his silence
23/10/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Film producer and director Matt Hanson is a pioneer of digital film. Oliver Lindberg meets him as he embarks on his most ambitious project yet, aiming to use the power of the internet to make a £1m movie and give it away to one million people in a year
16/10/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Montreal cartoonist Rick Trembles has produced movie reviews in comic strip form for his local paper since 1998. Thanks to the internet, the whole world can enjoy them.
22/08/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Grobe’s and Voltz’s film of a fountain made out of Diet Coke and Mentos mints (eepybird.com) triggered a huge response from around the globe
01/08/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Ken Gordon and Fletcher Moore launched www.quickmuse.com as a way to jam with famous poets. Here they reveal all
31/07/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview / Discover > Security
Now you can watch .net’s exclusive interview with Gary McKinnon on video! Check it out!
14/07/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar launched wefeelfine.org to visualise the blogging community’s feelings. Jonathan explains…
14/07/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
Self-proclaimed pirate Maddox created The Best Page In The Universe (maddox.xmission.com) in a quest to shock the world. As popular as it is notorious, it’s banned in four countries, and now Maddox has released his first novel…
14/07/2006 | Filed under Discover > Interview
When satirical ‘facts’ on his persona emerged, film star Chuck Norris became an unlikely internet hero. We tracked down the person behind the Random Chuck Norris Fact Generator (www.4q.cc/chuck), 17-year-old student Ian Spector….net issue 176 is now on sale! Learn how to create outstanding web copy and discover the top 10 design mistakes. Find out more ...
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