Daniel J. Barrett Explained

Daniel J. Barrett
Birth Place:United States
Years Active:1992 - present
Spouse:Lisa Feldman Barrett

Daniel J. Barrett is a writer, software engineer, and musician. He is best known for his technology books.

Writing

Barrett has written a number of technical books on computer topics. The most well-known are Linux Pocket Guide[1] and SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide.[2] [3] His books have been translated into Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

He is unrelated to Daniel J. Barrett, an author of mystery novels.[4]

Corporate use of MediaWiki

Barrett, author of the book MediaWiki,[5] has received media coverage for his deployment of MediaWiki in corporate environments.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

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,[12] 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.[13]

In 1996, Barrett compiled a 2-CD set of their songs for PolyGram entitled Edge of Twilight.[14] Later, he also helped to coordinate the creation of the boxed sets Under Construction and Unburied Treasure.

Humor

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,[15] incorporated into several YouTube videos by other people,[16] [17] and independently performed by a choral ensemble at ACM SIGCSE 2013.[18] Computer scientist Robert Sedgewick ends his algorithms course on Coursera with this song.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. USA Linux Users Group, Book Review: Linux Pocket Guide
  2. [Unix Review]
  3. http://dannyreviews.com/h/SSH.html Review by Danny Yee
  4. https://blackopalbooks.com/daniel-j-barrett/ Author page, Black Opal Books
  5. http://dannyreviews.com/h/MediaWiki.html Review by Danny Yee
  6. http://www.theappgap.com/vistawiki-%E2%80%93-example-of-enterprise-20-knowledge-sharing.html "VistaWiki – Example of Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge Sharing"
  7. http://billives.typepad.com/portals_and_km/2009/04/another-enterprise-20-knowledge-sharing-success-story-vistawiki.html "Another Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge Sharing Success Story - VistaWiki"
  8. http://www.trainingmag.com/article/case-study-vistaprints-wiki-way "Case Study: VistaPrint's Wiki Way"
  9. http://www.northeastexecutive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=198 "Are you ready for a wiki?"
  10. McAfee, Andrew. Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges. Harvard Business School Press, 2009
  11. http://www.cloudave.com/link/implementing-enterprise-2-0-at-vistaprint-part-one-business-drivers "Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Vistaprint", Cloud Ave, March 3, 2010
  12. "Untangling nets and webs," Q, November 1975, page 191.
  13. Gentle Giant's "35th anniversary" CD releases from DRT Entertainment, 2005, including Free Hand, The Power and the Glory, and others.
  14. https://www.blazemonger.com/w/images/c/c6/Eot-back.jpg Liner notes, Edge of Twilight
  15. Web site: About the song "Find the Longest Path" . 2010-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304100328/http://paarsch.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/documents/aboutLP.html . 2010-03-04 . dead .
  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ww0gwEszo YouTube video of "Find the Longest Path"
  17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZyT9bayf8o YouTube video of "Find the Longest Path"
  18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_TYSWTPzg "The Longest Path" performance at SIGCSE on March 13, 2013

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