HotWired

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HotWired was the first commercial web magazine, launched on October 27, 1994. Although it was part of Wired Ventures, HotWired was a separate entity from Wired, the print magazine, and had original content.

The initial launch staff included Jonathan Steuer, Howard Rheingold, Rick Boyce and Brian Behlendorf.

The site launched shortly before the advent of other new media sites such as PathFinder (Time magazine's commercial web content offering) and Salon.com (founded by reporters at the San Francisco Examiner). Wired Ventures' online division was acquired by Lycos, Inc. in 1999 at the same time as Condé Nast assumed ownership of Wired Magazine. This essentially marked the end of HotWired's presence on the web as Lycos turned the site into a portal/archive meant to drive traffic to other Lycos holdings on the web. In 2006, the domain was sold to a pay-per-click advertising hub marking the definitive end of Hotwired as an online magazine.

A number of projects and sites were published under the HotWired banner:

  • Animation Express (1998 - 2002)
Curated collection of animated short films presented in Flash, Shockwave, and QuickTime formats.
  • Brain Tennis (1996 - 1997)
Debate as a spectator's sport
  • Cocktail (1996 - 1997)
Recipes for, history of, and variations on cocktails
  • DaveNet (1995 - 1996)
Dave Winer's early developer musings
  • Geek of the Week (1997 - 1998)
Weekly featured member page of HotWired members around the world
Search Engine (partnered with Inktomi)
  • Intelligent Agent (1995)
Travel through the minds of Rudy Rucker, Randy Shilts, Joshua Quittner, and others.
  • Member Pages (1997 - 1998)
Template-based do-it-yourself homepage profiles of users
  • Muckraker (1995 - 1996)
Brock N. Meeks follows the Net from Washington, DC.
  • Netizen (1996 - 1997)
Where politics, digital culture, and the high-tech industry intersect
  • Net Soup (1995 - 1996)
Listservs and newsgroup postings.
  • Net Surf (1997)
Events of the Net industry.
  • Net Surf Central (1995 - 1996)
An interactive database of the cool Web sites of 1996
  • Packet (1997 - 1998)
Intelligence from the technological frontier, featuring Michael Schrage, Brooke Shelby Biggs, Simson Garfinkel, Steve Silberman, and Mark Frauenfelder)
  • Pop (1995 - 1996)
Movies, books, art, zines, and personalities
  • RGB Gallery
Electronic art collection
  • Signal (1994 - 1996)
What did e-commerce, e-politics, and e-culture look like in 1995?
  • Suck (1995 - 2001)
Web and media commentary redefining the word 'sarcastic'
  • Synapse (1997 - 1998)
Colorful, interactive viewpoints on technology and culture, featuring Jon Katz
  • Talk.com (1996 - 1998)
Live chats and interviews
  • Test Patterns (1996)
What HotWired employees did in their spare time
  • Web 101 (1997 - 1999)
Your smart introduction to the Net.
Web programming tips and techniques
  • World Beat (1994 - 1995)
Travel

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