That tiny 1"x1.5" thumbnail[1] of John C. Dvorak in PC Magazine was the essence of Gravitas for me as a kid. [1] https://archive.org/details/PC-Mag-1999-12-14/page/88/mode/2...
What a legend.
John C. Dvorak has died
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#32May he write some excellent reviews of the technology in the afterlife. Thanks for all the great reads, John!
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#33I grew up reading his column in PC Mag, then watched him on TechTV, and then listened to him on TWiT (where he was consistently the best part of the show, and how I learned about Sarbanes-Oxley, because he'd bring it up like every single episode for a good long while there), and later No Agenda. Before I'd realized it, John had be come the constant throughline as technology progressed throughout my life. I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, but it still really hurts to see him go.
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#34I used to watch his podcast ~20 years ago, I still bring up how excited he was about finding secret bottles of wine in costco
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#35Goodness. First came across his work watching Silicon Spin on ZDTV while I was in high school. Such a legend.
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#36Wasn't he the one who famously said the iBook looked like a toilet seat?
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#37Here is an old column of his, "New Architecture Needed"
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#38https://youtu.be/ur296s3wIv4
ITM, RIP
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#39Credit to him, he always had a bold take. One of the funniest things he used to do was write draft reviews of software simply by looking at the back of the box. He said you could get it like 90% right just doing that, I was a different era. I also remember Leo Laporte constantly trying to take his phone back of him as John was trying to guess his passcode or unlock pattern based on the screen smudges. Didn't agree wi…
Most of what I know him for was coming on TWiT, driving Leo Laporte nuts, and making claims that ended up not coming true.
He was a hilarious curmudgeon. He will be missed.
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#40Rough year for the cranky geeks cast.