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Hosted by Bob Cringely, a longtime industry observer, the story unfolds through Bay Area garages, industrial parks and convenience stores to examine the quirky, relentless and profitable adventures of the unlikely 20th-century pioneers who created the miracle products that revolutionized the world.
Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires is a PBS documentary series hosted by Bob Cringely, telling a history of personal computers from its beginning in the 1970s to the release of Windows 95 in the mid 1990s. The series consists of three episodes, chronicling the birth and growth of Silicon Valley's personal computer industry.
Jun 12, 1996 · Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires zooms backwards on the information superhighway to show in vivid detail how youthful amateurs, hippies and self-proclaimed "nerds" accidentally changed the world. The three-hour program chronicles the birth and growth of Silicon Valley's personal computer industry.
Jan 1, 2018 · 49:13. The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996) (Part 1) OmniMedia. 50:17. The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996) (Part 3) OmniMedia. 55:06. BLERDCON x PLANET AFROPUNK: Rise of Black Nerds in the Nerd Community. AFROPUNK.
The title, Triumph of the Nerds, is a play on the 1984 comedy, Revenge of the Nerds. It was first screened as three episodes between 14 and 28 April 1996 on Channel 4, and as a single programme on 16 December 1996 on PBS. Triumph of the Nerds was written and hosted by Robert X. Cringely (Mark Stephens) and based on his 1992 book, Accidental ...
Released June 22nd, 1996, 'The Triumph of the Nerds The Rise of Accidental Empires' stars Bob Cringely, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 45 min, and ...
It happened more or less by accident; the people who made it happen were amateurs; and for the most part they still are. From his own Silicon Valley garage, author Bob Cringley puts PC bigshots and nerds on the spot, and tells their incredible true stories. Like the industry itself, the series is informative, funny and brash.
