You may or may not have heard of Josh Harris, but as the trailer (see below) for the film We Live In Public states, he is "the greatest internet pioneer that you've never heard of". 

I was really excited to read today about We Live In Public a film by Ondi Timoner which won the Sundance Festival's Grand Jury prize. I remember watching this project at the time and everyone at work gathering around a Power Mac to watch as it went live. The video quality was poor, it was streaming at 160x120px and it was choppy, yet we were all intrigued with the idea of watching these people live out their lives via live video cam 24/7. 

If you're interested in reading more about the original project from back in the day I found this archived article in Wired from 2000 shortly before they went live with the project, and another from 2001.