Launched in August, 1993, GNN incorporated "The Whole Internet Directory" and a set of small magazines.
O'Reilly publishes "The Whole Internet Catalog & User Guide." We create online version using Viola WWW and demonstrate a kiosk version.
Formed four-person "skunkworks" team and began planning for new product based on the demo.
Named the site/product GNN. Internally, we had to advocate for the project and establish a separate identity and eventually a separate team and budget for development.
Organized WWW Wizards Workshop in Cambridge, MA. This brought together most Web developers at the time, and meeting was led by Berners-Lee. Andreessen came along with whole NCSA Mosaic team.
Launch GNN officially at InterOp tradeshow in SF. WSJ carries article that advertising to be found on Internet.
Obtain a license to publish NCSA's What's New page, the most heavily trafficed site on the Net. We establish a publishing process for maintaining the resource.
Twelve person staff including sales and marketing, technical, and editorial.
GNN is perceived to be a "native" Internet brand.
Offer from AOL to buy GNN. We believe it's necessary to scale up GNN. Staff is up to 23.
Sale for $14 million occurs in summer.
AOL repositions GNN as an Internet service provider. Ignores content and directory services.
AOL closes down GNN.
