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Re: Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?

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Post by threepointone »

Not a documentary, but http://folklore.org is an incredible resource of true stories in Apple when they were starting out.

Also not a documentary (and exaggerated in parts), but I've always had a soft spot for Pirates of Silicon Valley. It's a good watch.

Re: Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?

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Post by catshirt »

http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/

it's a documentary about josh harris- mostly his startups after jupiter. pseudo.com, and a bunch of people living underground.

the beginning covers a bit of the early nyc scene in general as well. pretty cool movie if you take it for what it's worth. jason calacanis and fred wilson both make appearances.

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Post by corysama »

jaydz wrote: post #11

Code Rush is a doc filmed about 11 years ago. It followed the engineers of the Netscape browser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u404SLJj7ig

If I wanted someone outside of the industry to understand what it's like to ship a big project with a hard deadline, I'd refer them to that video.

Re: Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?

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Post by hassaanm »

catshirt wrote: post #13

http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/ it's a documentary about josh harris- mostly his startups after jupiter. pseudo.com, and a bunch of people living underground. the beginning covers a bit of the early nyc scene in general as well. pretty cool movie if you take it for what it's worth. jason calacanis and fred wilson both make appearances.

This is a good one. I've seen it before; very entertaining.

Re: Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?

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Post by hassaanm »

For what it's worth, I'll mention this.

I've seen a few episodes of Startup Junkies (http://www.hulu.com/start-up-junkies). It's not the greatest but fairly entertaining.

Also, Indie Game: The Movie seems pretty interesting. I'm not sure when it'll be out though. http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/

Re: Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?

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Post by athst »

subpixel wrote: post #4

Triumph of the Nerds is interesting, though your significant other is not likely to think so (unless they're a hacker as well) http://bit.ly/mmVlhF

Triumph of the Nerds is amazing. Some of Steve Jobs' best quotes come from there. It's interesting to see in historical context as well - Microsoft was still on top, and Apple was going through hard times.

Re: Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?

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Post by pstack »

jaydz wrote: post #11

Code Rush is a doc filmed about 11 years ago. It followed the engineers of the Netscape browser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u404SLJj7ig

I was an engineer at Netscape through the period this documentary covers and it's one of my favorite (though bittersweet) documentaries. I wasn't involved in the development side, so my involvement with most of those featured was quite limited, but . . . what a great piece. I'd also couple it with (what I'm sure has been mentioned elsewhere, but I've not read that far, yet) Revolution OS ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaC8Pq9-V0 ).
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