#5 Jennicam

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2014

⏱️ 18 minutes

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In 1996 Jennifer Ringley started Jennicam.org, where she recorded and broadcast her entire life, 24/7. It made her famous. And then, one day, she disappeared from the internet entirely. What'd she figure out about the perils of living publicly before the rest of us did? Alex Goldman tracks her down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In April of 1996, 19-year-old Jennifer Ringley started a website called JenniCam.
0:05.3	The site was just a stream of still images from a webcam in her dorm room.
0:09.3	Every 15 minutes, a new black and white photo would upload.
0:12.6	Jenni ate her computer studying.
0:14.3	Jenni, coming back from the kitchen with a snack.
0:16.7	Jenni asleep under a comforter.
0:18.8	Jenni on the phone.
0:20.2	24 hours a day.
0:21.8	Seven days a week.
0:23.5	Today, this seems utterly mundane and pointless.
0:26.4	But back in 1996, it was revolutionary.
0:30.0	Our next guest is the creator of the very popular JenniCam website, which televises
0:35.3	the life inside her apartment 24 hours a day.
0:38.5	Live on the internet.
0:39.9	Please welcome JenniCam's own Jenni.
0:42.5	Jenni?
0:45.0	This is David Letterman in 1998, interviewing Jennifer Ringley about JenniCam.
0:49.2	And it wasn't just Letterman.
0:51.2	She was featured in newspapers and magazines.
0:53.3	She had a cameo on a network drama.
0:55.6	For seven years, she was the subject of endless online discussion, debate, and analysis.
1:01.5	And then one day, she disappeared.
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