Daniel J. Barrett
Daniel J. Barrett (born November 6, 1963) is a writer,[1][2] software engineer,[3][4] and musician.[5] He is best known for his technology books, his work with progressive rock band Gentle Giant,[6] and the imaginary computer game BLAZEMONGER.
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Writing
Barrett has written a number of technical books on computer topics. The most well-known are Linux Pocket Guide[7] and SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide.[8][9] His books have been translated into Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Corporate use of MediaWiki
Barrett, author of the book MediaWiki (ISBN 978-0-596-51979-7),[10] has received media coverage for his deployment of MediaWiki in corporate environments.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Gentle Giant
Barrett has been active in the resurgence of 1970s progressive rock band Gentle Giant from the 1990s onward. He created the official Gentle Giant Home Page in 1994,[17] and though it began as a fan site, it was adopted by the band and is listed as the "Official Gentle Giant website" on the band's CD re-releases.[18]
In 1996, Barrett compiled a 2-CD set of their songs for PolyGram entitled Edge of Twilight.[19]
Humor
In the 1990s, Barrett created the concept of BLAZEMONGER,[20] an imaginary computer game that spoofed the computing industry, and wrote approximately 100 articles about it.
In 1988, Barrett wrote and recorded the song "Find the Longest Path," a parody incorporating an NP-complete problem in computer science and the frustrations of graduate school. It has been played at mathematics conferences,[21] incorporated into several YouTube videos by other people,[22][23] and independently performed by a choral ensemble at ACM SIGCSE 2013.[24] Computer scientist Robert Sedgewick ends his algorithms course on Coursera with this song.
Bibliography
- Barrett, Daniel J., Bandits on the Information Superhighway, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-156-9.
- Barrett, Daniel J., NetResearch: Finding Information Online, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-245-X.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Polylingual Systems: An Approach to Seamless Interoperability, Doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, February 1998.
- Barrett, Daniel J., and Silverman, Richard E., SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2001, ISBN 0-596-00011-1.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., Linux Security Cookbook, 2003, ISBN 0-596-00391-9.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux Pocket Guide, 2004, ISBN 0-596-00628-4.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition, 2005, ISBN 0-596-00895-3.
- Barrett, Daniel J., MediaWiki, October 2008, ISBN 978-0-596-51979-7.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux Pocket Guide, Second Edition, March 2012, ISBN 1-4493-1669-7.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide, June 2012, ISBN 1-4493-2834-2.
Translations
Bandits on the Information Superhighway:
- Barrett, Daniel J., Gauner Und Ganoven Im Internet, 1998, ISBN 3-930673-44-4.
NetResearch: Finding Information Online:
- Barrett, Daniel J., 網路搜尋寶典, 1998, ISBN 957-8395-29-9.
SSH, the Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide:
- Barrett, Daniel J., and Silverman, Richard E., SSH: Secure Shell - Ein umfassendes Handbuch, December 2001, ISBN 3-89721-287-0.
- Barrett, Daniel J., and Silverman, Richard E., SSH, le shell sécurisé: La référence, January 2002, ISBN 2-84177-147-4.
- Barrett, Daniel J., and Silverman, Richard E., SSH, KompletnÍ průvodce, April 2003, ISBN 80-7226-852-X.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., 実用SSH 第2版—セキュアシェル徹底活用ガイド (大型本), November 2006, ISBN 4-87311-287-7.
Linux Security Cookbook:
- Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., Linux-Sicherheits-Kochbuch, October 2003, ISBN 3-89721-364-8.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., Linuxセキュリティ クックブック――システム防御のためのレシピ集, November 2003, ISBN 4-87311-159-5.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., Linux Bezpieczenstwo Receptury 2003, ISBN 83-7361-249-1.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., Linux Biztonsági Eljárások, 2004, ISBN 963-09-4574-6.
Linux Pocket Guide:
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - kurz & gut, September 2004, ISBN 3-89721-501-2.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux Leksykon Kieszonkowy, 2004, ISBN 83-7361-586-5.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux: основнЫе командЫ, 2005, ISBN 5-9579-0050-8.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux: Guida pocket, May 2005, ISBN 88-481-1793-7.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linuxハンドブック――機能引きコマンドガイド, August 2005, ISBN 4-87311-237-0.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux: Kapresní přehled, 2006, ISBN 80-251-0838-4.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - précis & concis, February 2006, ISBN 2-84177-392-2.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - Guia de Bolso, July 2006, ISBN 85-7608-104-0.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Guia de Bolsillo - Linux, September 2012, ISBN 978-84-415-3215-1.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - kurz & gut (2. Auflage), September 2012, ISBN 3-86899-412-2.
MediaWiki:
- Barrett, Daniel J., MediaWiki efficace: Installer, utiliser et administrer un wiki, March 2009, ISBN 2-212-12466-X.
References
- ↑ Amazon author page
- ↑ LibraryThing
- ↑ "Are you ready for a wiki?", cover story, Northeast Executive, October 2009
- ↑ Barrett, L.F. & Barrett, D. "An Introduction to Computerized Experience Sampling in Psychology", Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, 175-185 (2001)
- ↑ Giant Tracks album page
- ↑ About the Gentle Giant Home Page
- ↑ USA Linux Users Group, Book Review: Linux Pocket Guide
- ↑ Unix Review, Review by Ben Rothke
- ↑ Review by Danny Yee
- ↑ Review by Danny Yee
- ↑ "VistaWiki – Example of Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge Sharing" on The App Gap, April 8, 2009
- ↑ "Another Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge Sharing Success Story - VistaWiki" on Bill Ives's "Portals and KM" blog, April 29, 2009
- ↑ "Case Study: VistaPrint's Wiki Way", Training Magazine, September 30, 2009
- ↑ "Are you ready for a wiki?", cover story, Northeast Executive, October 2009
- ↑ McAfee, Andrew. Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges. Harvard Business School Press, 2009
- ↑ "Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Vistaprint", Cloud Ave, March 3, 2010
- ↑ "Untangling nets and webs," Q, November 1975, page 191.
- ↑ Gentle Giant's "35th anniversary" CD releases from DRT Entertainment, 2005, including Free Hand, The Power and the Glory, and others.
- ↑ Liner notes, Edge of Twilight, Vertigo 534 101-2.
- ↑ First BLAZEMONGER article, December 8, 1990. Note that "BLAZEMONGER" is always written in all capital letters.
- ↑ About the song "Find the Longest Path"
- ↑ YouTube video of "Find the Longest Path"
- ↑ YouTube video of "Find the Longest Path"
- ↑ "The Longest Path" performance at SIGCSE on March 13, 2013