John C. Dvorak, a pioneering technology journalist, podcaster, and cultural commentator, passed away peacefully on the morning of Monday, July 20, 2026. He was 80 years old. For tech journalists of a certain age, there was a time when everyone knew him.
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@sjvn Oh, that is sad news. Was there any tech magazine for which he didn't write?
@withaveeay There were a few, but not many. He started his career at InfoWorld and at Ziff-Davis, the publisher I always end up writing for over and over again; he was in pretty much every magazine. I edited him at Computer Shopper.
@sjvn @withaveeay I always remember saving his column at the back of PCMag for last, after I had read all the other columns, features, and checked in on memory prices. (The more things change…)
Computer Shopper was a tome.
@sjvn Not only tech journalists, tech readers too. RIP.
