Dan Knight
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? | *I first used a Macintosh in 1986, when I designed a 54 page booklet on a friend's Mac Plus with PageMaker and a LaserWriter. Very cutting edge. I was still using Commodore equipment. What got me hooked on the Mac was working at ComputerLand of Grand Rapids. I was their DOS geek -- everyone else was into that odd computer from Apple. It took a few months, but I finally saw that easy didn't mean lacking in power. But what really hooked me was earning a Mac Plus in an Apple sales promotion over the Christmas season back around 1991. | |
| Status: | Advocate, guru, geek. | |
First Mac:
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Mac Plus 1/0, upgraded to 2.5MB RAM, borrowed an external floppy, upgraded to 4MB RAM, bought a huge 40MB hard drive, accelerated to 16MHz with Brainstorm upgrade. | |
Current Mac:
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We have about a dozen in the home, ranging from an SE, a Portable, and a Mac II through my main machine, a SuperMac J700/180. | |
| When did you get your first modem? | My first modem was a 300bps one for my VIC-20 or Commordore 64. I think I got it back in 1986. My first PC modem was 1200bps in 1988. My first Mac modem was 2400bps around 1992. | |
| Who did you call first? | My friend with the Mac -- so I could send him text files for the booklet we were designing. | |
| Present Occupation: | Editor-in-chief, MacTimes Network Webmaster, Low End Mac, the iMac channel Information systems manager, Baker Book House Company | |
| Claim to Fame: | Proficient in older Macs. Especially known for Low End Mac site and Mac Daniel advice column. | |
| Dream Job: | Editor-in-chief, MacTimes Network Webmaster, Low End Mac, the iMac channel |
| Not So Random Thoughts... | |||
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| Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Different?" What was the situation and what did you do? | |||
| I can't think of anything at the moment. | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| It turned me into more of a user than a geek -- and got me into web work. | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| A bendable rubber SpiderMan. | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| My wife, because we don't get to have dinner one-on-one all that often. | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| No. | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| Editor-in-chief, MacTimes Network Webmaster, Low End Mac, the iMac channel |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | Canadian born, but American raised. Attention Deficit Disorder unleashed. Married with children. |
Education: | B.A. in English/history/philosophy from Calvin College. | |
| Location at Birth: | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (home of the Red Green Show) | Current Location: | Grand Rapids, Michigan. | |
| Where you've been in between: |
1 year in St. Catharines, Ontario -- senior year of high school; 2 years in suburban Chicago during college; 1-1/2 years in Virginia Beach, Virgina. | Astrological Sign: | Bunk | |
| Available? | Very taken. | Chat Nick: | Don't do chat. | |
| Favorite Books: | Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card; almost any science fiction by Larry Niven or Jerry Pournelle. | Favorite Music or Band: | Billy Sprague, Larry Norman. | |
| Favorite Food: | Mexican, especially Don Pablos | Cat or Dog Person: | Computer person. | |
| Dan's Personal Web Site | |
| Dan's Professional the Low End Mac and tThe iMac Channel |
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| Favorite Web Site: | MacKiDo -- because I don't always agree, and that's alright with David K. Every. It's a prime example of thinking different. |
Created Sunday, January 31, 1999; Edited: