personal computing

also referred to as: pc

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 13, 2019 by Chet Pipkin · across every show →

Everything said about personal computing, oldest first

May 13, 2019
Assertion Supported
Early PCs and printers had vast arrays of incompatible connectors
“And because these computers were being made by all these different manufacturers, they had different connectors on them, and the printers had different connectors on them. And it's not like The way that it works today, that there's a relatively small number of…”
Chet Pipkin May 13, 2019 ▶ 9:18 Belkin International: Chet Pipkin
Mar 7, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Citron: Discord's board thought launching on PC first in 2014 was crazy
“And the real counterintuitive part was, and we should start by doing it on PC. You know, because in, in 2014, like mobile was exploding. You know, everyone in Silicon Valley was focused on, on mobile. And we ended up basically talking about Launching a communi…”
Jason Citron Mar 7, 2022 ▶ 46:28 Discord: Jason Citron
Sep 29, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Newmark says not getting more involved with IBM PCs was a mistake
“My big mistake was not getting more and more involved with the PC back then, but I got a good education.”
Craig Newmark Sep 29, 2025 ▶ 13:37 Craigslist: Craig Newmark — The Forrest Gump of the Internet
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