Carl Malamud was the founder of the Internet Multicasting
Service, the nonprofit group known for creating the first Internet
radio station, for putting the SEC's EDGAR database
on-line, and for creating the Internet 1996 World
Exposition.
Carl is the author of eight books, including
Exploring the Internet.
His most recent book,
A World's Fair, features a foreword by the Dalai Lama and an afterword
by Laurie Anderson. He was a visiting professor at the
MIT Media Laboratory and was
the former chairman of the Internet Software Consortium.
He also was the co-founder of Invisible Worlds.
Carl and his partner webchick now work at media.org running
a factory, rescuing sites, and engaging in periodic jam sessions. Before founding media.org, they worked
together for five years through a variety of transformations.