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Ron Richards
Episode 4

Ron Richards

Desktop publishing, Apple II Plus, pinball, Disney technology, and more.

Techsploder

May 24, 202458m 26s

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Show Notes

From his childhood fascination with the Apple II Plus to publishing a zine and co-founding iFanboy, Ron Richards opens up about his lifelong love for technology and how it has shaped his career, culminating in the development of the Scorbit pinball app.


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  • Ron's early memories of technology and the internet
  • Discovering bulletin board systems (BBS) and computer game piracy
  • The birth of the World Wide Web and Netscape's IPO
  • Desktop publishing and creating a zine in college
  • Discovering the pinball community and developing Scorbit
  • Balancing passion projects with work
  • The technology behind Disney's immersive experiences


Check out Scorbit: https://scorbit.io/

Listen to iFanboy: https://ifanboy.com/

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