Jay Hoffmann is the author of the Leanpub book The History of the Web, Volume I. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jay about his background and career, starting and maintaining a popular newsletter, his book, the history of the web, the challenges the web presents to historians, some of the more interesting stories that he's researched, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience self-publishing.

This interview was recorded on January 16, 2018.

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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Christoph Molnar, Author of Interpretable Machine Learning: A Guide for Making Black Box Models Explainable

In Leanpub's Frontmatter podcast, we interview authors and special guests about their lives &amp; careers, their areas of expertise and the issues of the moment, and their experiences as writers. Every episode is deeply researched and covers areas that are equally of human interest, general interest, and professional interest.