JAMES: My name is James Evans. I’m the CEO of CommandBar, and also the host our brand new podcast, Happy Paths.

JAMES: On this podcast, I’ll pull back the curtain on how some of the most iconic software from the internet era was made. We'll talk about what inspired the creators, what design decisions they fretted over, and what surprised them most about how users responded.

JAMES: You'll hear from Maya Gold Patterson about how she designed Twitter Spaces.

MAYA: I think about the person and the people that are using it less so, like, the technology first.

JAMES: Chris Messina talked with me about the birth of the hashtag.

CHRIS: People realized that this was a way of gaining visibility and traction because of search and because of trending topics.

JAMES: And I even spoke with the creator of Gmail, Paul Buchheit.

PAUL: And a lot of people didn't believe that, you know, we could offer something like that because it was so much beyond what anyone else was doing.

JAMES: So buckle up and join us as we explore the fascinating human stories behind the most well known software of our time.

JAMES: Happy Paths premieres on May 31.

JAMES: Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.