John C. Dvorak, Veteran Tech Journalist and ‘No Agenda’ Podcaster, Dies at 80

Remembering John C. Dvorak, a Passionate Chronicler of PC History

As John's editor at InfoWorld and PC Magazine, I had a front-row seat to his cantankerous and often hilarious views on technology.

John C. Dvorak, Veteran Tech Journalist and ‘No Agenda’ Podcaster, Dies at 80

John C. Dvorak, the technology journalist, cultural commentator and co-host of the No Agenda podcast, died July 20 in Albany, California. he was 80.

Columnist John C. Dvorak passes

John C. Dvorak was an American writer and broadcaster of technology and personal computing. He was a columnist for multiple magazines from the 1980s and wrote or co-authored over a dozen how-to books on software and technology. His last role was as a co-host of the No Agenda podcast. Purportedly Dvorak was a nephew of sociologist August Dvorak, creator of the Dvorak keyboard, per Jerry Pournelle. Dvorak started his career as a wine writer. He pe…