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The word Magazine was added to the name with the third issue in June 1982, [6] but not added to the logo until January 1986.) [2] PC Magazine was created by David Bunnell, Jim Edlin, and Cheryl Woodard [7] (who also helped Bunnell found the subsequent PC World and Macworld magazines). David Bunnell, Edward Currie and Tony Gold were the ...
John C. Dvorak (/ ˈ d v ɔːr æ k /; born 1952) is an American writer and broadcaster in the areas of technology and personal computing. [1] He has been a columnist for multiple magazines since the 1980s and has written or co-authored over a dozen how-to books on software and technology.
John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as his satirical trilogy The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All, he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign, and for his ...
David Hugh Bunnell (July 25, 1947 – October 18, 2016) was a pioneer of the personal computing industry who founded some of the most successful computer magazines including PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld. In 1975, he was working at MITS in Albuquerque, N.M., when the company made the first personal computer, the Altair 8800.
Moving to New York in 1950, he edited Dell Publishing's cartoon magazines (1000 Jokes, Ballyhoo, For Laughing Out Loud) and Dell's paperback cartoon collections, such as Forever Funny (1956). His comic strip about an absent-minded professor , Professor Phumble , was carried by King Features from 1960 to 1978.
It is from those venues that he created and enjoyed a cult, underground following of fans who mainly owned his self-produced cassette tapes of those strip club performances which were self-distributed by him prior to his record deal with Laughing Hyena Records, the same label which discovered comedian Jeff Foxworthy. A total of 7 CDs were ...
Kalfas thought he might have been more successful if he had found more allies. “There wasn’t a push anywhere,” he said. “No pressure from the community. No public outcry. One dying here or there of an overdose — it wasn’t considered a big public health issue. Insurance wasn’t demanding anything different like an evidence-based ...
Crecente was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro in 2009 [6] and one of gaming's Top 50 journalists by Edge in 2006. The site has made CNET's "Blog 100" list [7] and was ranked 50th on PC Magazine ' s "Top 100 Classic Web Sites" list. [8]