| ▲ | ColdStream 9 hours ago |
| Credit to him, he always had a bold take. One of the funniest things he used to do was write draft reviews of software simply by looking at the back of the box. He said you could get it like 90% right just doing that, I was a different era. I also remember Leo Laporte constantly trying to take his phone back of him as John was trying to guess his passcode or unlock pattern based on the screen smudges. Didn't agree with him at lot but he always brought something to the table. |
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| ▲ | donatj 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Most of what I know him for was coming on TWiT, driving Leo Laporte nuts, and making claims that ended up not coming true. He was a hilarious curmudgeon. He will be missed. |
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| ▲ | acomjean 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Curmudgeon is the perfect term to describe. He was a great part of TWIT. I liked his obscure software references (lotus Jazz was one I think). He also found this new thing is like that old thing. His non positive takes were a great addition to the show. | | |
| ▲ | donatj 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | When Leo banned him is actually when I stopped listening to TWiT. Apparently he came back a few years later, but I never did. | | | |
| ▲ | rbanffy 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > lotus Jazz I actually remember that. |
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| ▲ | rasz 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Praising IBM PS/2 modularity and ease of service on Computer Chronicles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAH1aHmwR0&t=637s He pulled one apart and couldnt put it back together for the rest of the episode :-) | |
| ▲ | ghaff 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | He was a very readable columnist for PC Mag among other places. He was also more focused on being interesting and at least a bit provocative than being correct. >He was a hilarious curmudgeon. Agreed. | | |
| ▲ | duzer65657 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | >> He was also more focused on being interesting and at least a bit provocative than being correct. So exactly like everyone today, but also interesting? | | |
| ▲ | smackeyacky 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | He set the style of being confidently incorrect. At least he was entertaining. | | | |
| ▲ | ghaff 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Probably. With some exceptions, he wasn't flat out wrong. But he did push the boundaries from time to time. |
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| ▲ | fraXis 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Too bad him and Leo had a falling out years ago. I really loved watching those two together. I remember John was always borrowing Leo's equipment, such as camera lenses, and he would always forget to bring them back and Leo would always scold him for that. |
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| ▲ | dylan604 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > by looking at the back of the box. He said you could get it Well that is definitely something different about today's software websites. How many times have you looked at a company's website for a product/service and still left wondering what it did? |
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| ▲ | malfist 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | When product websites are more focused on getting investors than customers the whole system breaks down |
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| ▲ | adamrezich 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > he always had a bold take Often quite literally, in his PC Magazine columns! |
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| ▲ | rbanffy 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | His most hilarious predictions that were almost always wrong. | | |
| ▲ | ChickeNES 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I laughed at one I happened to spot recently, where he confidently said that Compaq would license Micro Channel from IBM according to "sources". | | |
| ▲ | antonvs 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | It’s amusing how nerdy IBM was back then: “Oh we’ve come up with a better bus design! Why isn’t everyone flocking to buy our product?” |
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| ▲ | adamrezich 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | He was right about the mouse, in the long run. |
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