John C. Dvorak
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John C. Dvorak is a well known columnist on technology, specifically that relating to computing. His writing extends back to to the 1980s, when he was a mainstay of a variety of magazines. More recently he has become known for his somewhat more speculative and provocative articles. He writes for various publications, including PC Magazine (two columns since 1986), Marketwatch, BUG Magazine (Croatia), and Info Exame (Brazil).
Dvorak has been a columnist for Boardwatch Magazine, Forbes, Forbes Online, MacUser, MicroTimes, PC/Computing, Barron's Magazine, Smart Business, and Vancouver Sun. (The MicroTimes column ran under the banner Dvorak's Last Column.)
He has written or co-authored over a dozen books, including Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation with Adam Osborne. His current book is Online! The Book (Prentice Hall PTR, October, 2003) with co-authors Wendy Taylor and Chris Pirillo.
The Computer Press Association presented Dvorak with the Best Columnist and Best Column awards, and has also been the 2004 and 2005 award winner of the American Business Editors Association's national gold award for best online column of 2003 and 2004 respectively.
He was on the original start-up team for C-Net Networks, appearing on the television show C-Net Central. He also hosted a radio show called Real Computing on NPR, as well as a television show on TechTV called Silicon Spin. He now appears on Marketwatch TV.
Quotes
"The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse'. There is no evidence that people want to use these things." - SF Examiner, Feb. 1984
"In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear." - Source Unknown
See also
- Dvorak (for other unrelated meanings of the word Dvorak)
External links
- John C. Dvorak's official page (http://www.dvorak.org/)
- John C. Dvorak's blog (http://www.dvorak.org/blog/)