John C. Dvorak | |
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July 2007
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Born |
John Charles Dvorak April 5, 1952 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Residence |
San Francisco Bay Area Washington state |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Occupation | columnist, host, podcaster |
Height | 6'1' |
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg). |
Spouse(s) | Mimi Dvorak |
Website | www |
John Charles Dvorak (born April 5, 1952) is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a regular columnist in a variety of magazines. Dvorak is also the vice president of Mevio (formerly PodShow) and has been a host on TechTV and TWiT.tv. He is currently a co-host of the No Agenda podcast.
John Charles Dvorak was born in 1952 in Los Angeles, California. The nephew of sociologist and creator of the Dvorak keyboard, August Dvorak, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in history, with a minor in chemistry.
Dvorak started his career as a wine writer.
He has written for various publications, including InfoWorld, PC Magazine (two separate columns since 1986), MarketWatch, BUG Magazine (Croatia), and Info Exame (Brazil). Dvorak has been a columnist for Boardwatch, Forbes, Forbes.com, MacUser, MicroTimes, PC/Computing, Barron's Magazine, Smart Business, and The Vancouver Sun. (The MicroTimes column ran under the banner Dvorak's Last Column.) He has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, MacMania Networks, International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Examiner and The Philadelphia Inquirer among numerous other publications.