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'''John Dvorak''' is an editor who contributed to PC Magazine for many years writing two complete columns since the year 1986. For his work in this magazine he earned an award from the Computer press association which, no doubt, was for Best Columnist as well as Best Column | '''John Dvorak''' is an editor who contributed to PC Magazine for many years writing two complete columns since the year 1986. For his work in this magazine he earned an award from the Computer press association which, no doubt, was for Best Columnist as well as Best Column. | ||
Column writing wasn’t his only calling in life though as he would later show off his talents in more media-savvy environments such as the, now defunct, television network Tech TV, where he was a very intrepid contributor. He is also currently the VP of the company Mevio. | Column writing wasn’t his only calling in life though as he would later show off his talents in more media-savvy environments such as the, now defunct, television network Tech TV, where he was a very intrepid contributor. He is also currently the VP of the company Mevio. | ||
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== Education and Personal Development == | |||
John graduated from Berkley, University of California earning a degree for history. After that he decided to start writing special periodicals for the column he would later start officially. As a columnist he has written articles for many magazines including big name ones such as Boardwatch, Forbes Magazine, the official Forbes website and MacUser, He would later continue writing in more PC-specific magazine but would often times branch off into other spectrums of writing when he had the chance. | John graduated from Berkley, University of California earning a degree for history. After that he decided to start writing special periodicals for the column he would later start officially. As a columnist he has written articles for many magazines including big name ones such as Boardwatch, Forbes Magazine, the official Forbes website and MacUser, He would later continue writing in more PC-specific magazine but would often times branch off into other spectrums of writing when he had the chance. | ||
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== Career As A Writer == | |||
As a writer he has dipped his toes outside the comfort zone of simple article writing and has written a slew of informational texts and books, one such book entitled “Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation” As well as the book “Dvorak’s Guide to Desktop telecommunications”. Both books were written in the 1990’s but his most recent book, at the start of the Internet’s boom was “Online! The Book” with help from techie-icon Chris Pirillo. | As a writer he has dipped his toes outside the comfort zone of simple article writing and has written a slew of informational texts and books, one such book entitled “Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation” As well as the book “Dvorak’s Guide to Desktop telecommunications”. Both books were written in the 1990’s but his most recent book, at the start of the Internet’s boom was “Online! The Book” with help from techie-icon Chris Pirillo. | ||
Revision as of 21:34, 19 March 2011
John Dvorak is an editor who contributed to PC Magazine for many years writing two complete columns since the year 1986. For his work in this magazine he earned an award from the Computer press association which, no doubt, was for Best Columnist as well as Best Column.
Column writing wasn’t his only calling in life though as he would later show off his talents in more media-savvy environments such as the, now defunct, television network Tech TV, where he was a very intrepid contributor. He is also currently the VP of the company Mevio.
Education and Personal Development
John graduated from Berkley, University of California earning a degree for history. After that he decided to start writing special periodicals for the column he would later start officially. As a columnist he has written articles for many magazines including big name ones such as Boardwatch, Forbes Magazine, the official Forbes website and MacUser, He would later continue writing in more PC-specific magazine but would often times branch off into other spectrums of writing when he had the chance.
Career As A Writer
As a writer he has dipped his toes outside the comfort zone of simple article writing and has written a slew of informational texts and books, one such book entitled “Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation” As well as the book “Dvorak’s Guide to Desktop telecommunications”. Both books were written in the 1990’s but his most recent book, at the start of the Internet’s boom was “Online! The Book” with help from techie-icon Chris Pirillo.