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John C. Dvorak (John Charles Dvorak) was born on 5 April, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, U.S., is an American journalist and radio broadcaster. Discover John C. Dvorak's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As John Charles Dvorak
Occupation columnist, host, podcaster
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 5 April 1952
Birthday 5 April
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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John C. Dvorak Height, Weight & Measurements

At 71 years old, John C. Dvorak height is 1.74 m .

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His wife is Marolee "Mimi" Dvorak

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John C. Dvorak Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is John C. Dvorak worth at the age of 71 years old? John C. Dvorak’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from United States. We have estimated John C. Dvorak's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1952

John C. Dvorak (born 1952) is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing.

Dvorak was born in 1952 in Los Angeles, California.

He is a nephew of sociologist and creator of the Dvorak keyboard, August Dvorak.

Dvorak started his career as a wine writer.

1980

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

He was vice president of Mevio, and has been a host on TechTV and TWiT.tv.

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

1986

He has written for various publications, including InfoWorld, PC Magazine (two separate columns since 1986), MarketWatch, BUG Magazine (Croatia), and Info Exame (Brazil).

He 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, The San Francisco Examiner and The Philadelphia Inquirer, among numerous other publications.

Dvorak created a few tech running jokes.

In episode 18 of TWiT (This Week in Tech) he claimed that, thanks to his hosting provider, he "gets no spam."

1990

Dvorak has written or co-authored over a dozen books, including Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation with Adam Osborne and Dvorak's Guide to Desktop Telecommunications in 1990, Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications (Osborne McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, California, 1992), Dvorak's Guide to OS/2 (Random House, New York, 1993) with co-authors Dave Whittle and Martin McElroy, Dvorak Predicts (Osborne McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, California, 1994), ''Online!

1992

He was the creator and lead judge of the Dvorak Awards (1992–1997).

2001

In 2001, he received the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology.

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

2003

The Book (Prentice Hall PTR, October, 2003) with co-authors Wendy Taylor and Chris Pirillo and his latest e-book is Inside Track 2013''.

The Computer Press Association presented Dvorak with the Best Columnist and Best Column awards.

2004

He was also 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.

2006

In March 2006, he started a new show called CrankyGeeks, where he led a rotating panel of "cranky" tech gurus in discussions of technology news stories of the week.

2007

In 2007, Mevio hired Dvorak as vice president and Managing Editor for a new Mevio TECH channel, where he manages content from existing Mevio tech programming.

2009

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

He is a co-founder, with Gina Smith and the late Jerry Pournelle, of the web site aNewDomain.net, where he is also a columnist.

2010

The last episode (No. 237) aired on September 22, 2010.

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

He co-hosts a podcast with Mevio co-founder Adam Curry called No Agenda.

The show is a conversation about the week's news, happenings in the lives of the hosts and their families, and restaurant reviews from the dinners Dvorak and Curry have together when they are in the same city (usually San Francisco).

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

2011

Since early 2011, Dvorak has been one of the featured "CoolHotNot Tech Xperts," along with Chris Pirillo, Jim Louderback, Dave Graveline, Robin Raskin, Dave Whittle, Steve Bass, and Cheryl Currid, at CoolHotNot's web site, He shares his "Loved List" of favorite consumer electronics, his "Wanted List" of tech products he'd like to try, and his "Letdown List" of tech products he found disappointing.

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

Unlike Tech 5, it was in video format, with two co-hosts.

2012

The last update was 24 June 2012.

2015

In September 2015, Leo Laporte infamously "banned" Dvorak—his long-time friend and frequent guest—from TWiT for comments Dvorak made on Twitter.

In reply to Dvorak's comments that Laporte was biased, Laporte told Dvorak "you won't ever have to worry about it again", insinuating that he never wanted Dvorak back on TWiT.

2016

In July, 2016, Dvorak and co-host Adam Curry won the "Best Podcast" Podcast Award for No Agenda, in the News & Politics category.

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

He also hosted a radio show called Real Computing, and later 'Technically Speaking' on NPR, as well as a television show on TechTV (formerly ZDTV) called Silicon Spin.

He appeared on Marketwatch TV and This Week in Tech, a podcast audio and now video program hosted by Leo Laporte and featuring other former TechTV personalities such as Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, and Robert Heron.

Dvorak was once banned from the show.

2018

Dvorak returned to TWiT on December 23, 2018.