Yeah, John C. Dvorak is a crank, and he's proud of it. I first ran across Dvorak when he was a regular part of Leo LaPorte's TWIT podcast (which I'll probably get to another day), but it's on his own Cranky Geeks webcast that Dvorak really shines. Each week, Dvorak hosts a round-table discussion with three other tech geeks (usually fellow columnists or industry insiders) to discuss the events of the week that in some way affect the world of technology, whether it be some new piece of hardware or an interesting bit of reporting. Basically whatever seems to have caught Dvorak's wide-roving eye is fair game, as long as it seems likely to generate interesting discussion. As a matter of fact, quite often you'll see him edit on-the-fly, tossing aside or passing over a topic on his ever-present blue cards in favor of either letting the discussion go on longer or moving on to something else that seems more interesting than whatever is "officially" on the agenda.The show recently lost it's founding co-crank and news editor Sebastian Rupley, and his presence is dearly missed as he and Dvorak had a very good chemistry and played well off of each other, but Dvorak shows no signs of slowing down and is still cranking out (ouch) episodes each week, which is good for those who like to stay informed about what's going on in the tech world, for those who enjoy a laid back discussion, or for those who simply enjoy listening to opinionated people do their thing.
I'm embedding the latest episode below, and past episodes can be found at the official site.
Oh, and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Dvorak's blog, which can be found here, and is often the source for many of the items found in this blog's own junkyard roundups.
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