The Beginning of Wired
The first concept for Wired came in 1988 from a man named Louis Rossetto.
He pitched his idea to three of his friends: Jane Metcalfe, John Plunkett, and Barbara Kuhr. They thought of multiple names before work officially started, first came Electric World, then Millenium, then Digit, before they finally reached Wired. Their first investment came from a man named Randy Stickrod and their first big investment came from a man named Nicholas Negroponte at a TED convention in Feburary of 1992. Their first issue, called Wired 1.1, was published in January of 1993, and was distributed at a Macworld convention, but they had to smuggle in copies of Wired. They weren't able to smuggle in all of the copies, so they also distributed them on the street outside of the convention.
Greenwald, Ted. “Step Behind the Scenes of the Frantic, Madcap Birth of Wired.”Wired, Conde Nast, 16 Apr. 2013, www.wired.com/2013/04/wired0101/.
He pitched his idea to three of his friends: Jane Metcalfe, John Plunkett, and Barbara Kuhr. They thought of multiple names before work officially started, first came Electric World, then Millenium, then Digit, before they finally reached Wired. Their first investment came from a man named Randy Stickrod and their first big investment came from a man named Nicholas Negroponte at a TED convention in Feburary of 1992. Their first issue, called Wired 1.1, was published in January of 1993, and was distributed at a Macworld convention, but they had to smuggle in copies of Wired. They weren't able to smuggle in all of the copies, so they also distributed them on the street outside of the convention.
Greenwald, Ted. “Step Behind the Scenes of the Frantic, Madcap Birth of Wired.”Wired, Conde Nast, 16 Apr. 2013, www.wired.com/2013/04/wired0101/.