19 Facts About John Dvorak

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John C Dvorak is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing.

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John Dvorak's writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a regular columnist in a variety of magazines.

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John Dvorak was vice president of Mevio, and has been a host on TechTV and TWiT.

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John Dvorak is currently a co-host of the No Agenda podcast.

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John Dvorak has been a columnist for Boardwatch, Forbes, Forbes.

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John Dvorak was the winner of the American Business Editors Association's national gold award in 2004 and 2005, for Best Online Columns of 2003 and 2004, respectively.

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John Dvorak was the creator and lead judge of the Dvorak Awards.

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John Dvorak has received the title of Kentucky Colonel, the highest title of honor awarded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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John Dvorak was on the start-up team for CNET Networks, appearing on the television show CNET Central.

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John Dvorak hosted a radio show called Real Computing, and later 'Technically Speaking' on NPR, as well as a television show on TechTV called Silicon Spin.

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John Dvorak hosted the show "Tech5", where he discussed the day's tech news in approximately five minutes; it ended production in late 2010.

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Curry usually has more outlandish opinions of the week's news or world events, while John Dvorak plays the straight man in the dialogue.

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John Dvorak hosted the show X3, which, like the defunct Tech 5, was a short tech-focused cast.

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Since September 2009, John Dvorak has hosted the DH Unplugged podcast with personal money manager Andrew Horowitz.

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John Dvorak is a co-founder, with Gina Smith and the late Jerry Pournelle, of the web site aNewDomain.

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On February 19,1984, in an article in The San Francisco Examiner, John Dvorak listed the mouse as one of many reasons Apple Inc.

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John Dvorak has mentioned in the past that he is a fan of MorphOS and used the Video Toaster in its heyday.

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In 2005, John Dvorak wrote "Creative Commons Humbug", an opinion piece criticizing Creative Commons licensing.

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John Dvorak is listed as a minister of the Universal Life Church.