John C. Dvorak has died
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Discussion Highlights (19 comments)
Jimmc414
Used to watch him regularly on ZDTV. RIP
asdefghyk
I first become aware of John C. Dvorak in Byte magazine, ( back in the 80s?) to me he was a respected insigtful interesting content wrighter. The post link above says he was 74, THe wikipedia page says 80. I gues one will be corrected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak RIP
thundercleeze
What a bummer.
greatquux
Damn.. images of glossy PC Magazines that I used to read are filling my head.. growing up in the 80s & 90s with computer building and reselling as the family business, and just being excited about new technology, and he was a part of that.
SeenNotHeard
In my youth, his InfoWorld columns were appointment reading. A one-of-a-kind in the industry.
paulpauper
Last tweet by him just 2 days ago.
giancarlostoro
For those like me wondering if he's also the creator of the Dvorak keyboard, no but close! > He is a nephew of sociologist August Dvorak, creator of the Dvorak keyboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard_layout
delfugal
Dvorak shaped the emerging PC industry. Larger than life figure. Sad he's not here for the AI takeover.
Centigonal
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...
havaloc
I loved reading his columns at PC Magazine growing up, it's an end of an era. He had such an interesting view of the PC industry as a whole and his column was almost always the first thing I read when a new issue would arrive at my house.
chollida1
Oh man, that's an old school name. I miss cranky geeks, to the point where I've gone back to listen to older episodes.
xbar
He was a thoughtful and insightful writer. I eagerly awaited his PC Magazine article every single week.
freeAgent
That’s very sad. I enjoyed his contributions to PC Mag and TWiT.
overgard
Sad news, I grew up reading his column.
rhymeswithjazz
I clicked on this link with my 'experimental pointing device called a mouse'. Rest in peace from all the ships at sea.
cjboco
Was this the guy that always had it out for Apple, and was somewhat notorious with bad Apple predictions?
marknutter
I loved listening to him on TWiT and other shows/podcasts. RIP, what a legend.
1970-01-01
https://www.pcmag.com/authors/john-c-dvorak He went all-in on his takes. Most were on the money, some were big misses. He was very good at what he did. R.I.P. https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/reddits-wild-west-experiment-... https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/the-30-year-ai-scare-cycle https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/the-dark-ages-of-search https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/enough-with-the-3d-printer-hy...
ChrisMarshallNY
I'd say this def rates a black bar.