Daniel J. Barrett

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Daniel J. Barrett
Born1963 (age 59–60)
United States
Occupation
  • writer
  • software engineer
Alma mater
Genre
  • technology
  • music
Subject
  • Linux
  • internet
  • macOS
  • MediaWiki
  • security
  • Amiga OS
  • progressive rock
Years active1992–present
SpouseLisa Feldman Barrett
Website
danieljbarrett.com

Daniel J. Barrett is a writer,[1][2] software engineer,[3][4] and musician.[5] He is best known for his technology books.

Writing[edit]

Barrett has written a number of technical books on computer topics. The most well-known are Linux Pocket Guide[6] and SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide.[7][8] His books have been translated into Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Corporate use of MediaWiki[edit]

Barrett, author of the book MediaWiki (ISBN 978-0-596-51979-7),[9] has received media coverage for his deployment of MediaWiki in corporate environments.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Gentle Giant[edit]

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,[16] 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.[17]

In 1996, Barrett compiled a 2-CD set of their songs for PolyGram entitled Edge of Twilight.[18] Later, he also helped to coordinate the creation of the boxed sets Under Construction and Unburied Treasure.

Humor[edit]

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,[19] incorporated into several YouTube videos by other people,[20][21] and independently performed by a choral ensemble at ACM SIGCSE 2013.[22] Computer scientist Robert Sedgewick ends his algorithms course on Coursera with this song.

Bibliography[edit]

Translations[edit]

Bandits on the Information Superhighway:

  • Barrett, Daniel J., Gauner Und Ganoven Im Internet, 1998, ISBN 3-930673-44-4. (German)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Bandité na informační dálnici, 1999, ISBN 80-722-6167-3. (Czech)

NetResearch: Finding Information Online:

  • Barrett, Daniel J., 網路搜尋寶典, 1998, ISBN 957-8395-29-9. (Simplified Chinese)

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. (German)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., and Silverman, Richard E., SSH, le shell sécurisé: La référence, January 2002, ISBN 2-84177-147-4. (French)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., and Silverman, Richard E., SSH, KompletnÍ průvodce, April 2003, ISBN 80-7226-852-X. (Czech)
  • 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, November 2006, ISBN 4-87311-287-7. (Japanese)

Linux Security Cookbook:

  • Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., Linux Sicherheits-Kochbuch, October 2003, ISBN 3-89721-364-8. (German)
  • 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. (Japanese)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., Linux Bezpieczenstwo Receptury, 2003, ISBN 83-7361-249-1. (Polish)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Silverman, Richard E., Byrnes, Robert A., Linux Biztonsági Eljárások, 2004, ISBN 963-09-4574-6. (Hungarian)

Linux Pocket Guide:

  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - kurz & gut, September 2004, ISBN 3-89721-501-2. (German)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux: основнЫе командЫ, 2005, ISBN 5-9579-0050-8. (Russian)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux: Guida pocket, May 2005, ISBN 88-481-1793-7. (Italian)
  • 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. (Japanese)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux: Kapresní přehled, 2006, ISBN 80-251-0838-4. (Czech)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - précis & concis, February 2006, ISBN 2-84177-392-2. (French)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - Guia de Bolso, July 2006, ISBN 85-7608-104-0. (Portuguese)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Guia de Bolsillo - Linux, September 2012, ISBN 978-84-415-3215-1. (Spanish)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - kurz & gut (2. Auflage), September 2012, ISBN 3-86899-412-2. (German)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux Leksykon Kieszonkowy, Wydanie II, 2013, ISBN 978-83-246-5605-9. (Polish)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux口袋书(第2版), July 2014, ISBN 978-71-212-0307-7 (Chinese)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux - kurz & gut, Die wichtigen Befehle (3. Auflage), February 2017, ISBN 3-96009-034-X. (German)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux Leksykon Kieszonkowy, Wydanie III, 2017, ISBN 978-83-283-3066-5. (Polish)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux命令速查手册(第3版), January 2018, ISBN 978-75-1981-421-2. (Simplified Chinese)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., 리눅스 핵심 레퍼런스, February 2018, ISBN 978-89-6626-217-5. (Korean)

MediaWiki:

  • Barrett, Daniel J., MediaWiki efficace: Installer, utiliser et administrer un wiki, March 2009, ISBN 2-212-12466-X. (French)

Efficient Linux at the Command Line:

  • Barrett, Daniel J., Linux Eficiente na Linha de Comando, September 2022, ISBN 978-65-8605-797-3. (Portuguese)
  • Barrett, Daniel J., Produktiv auf der Kommandozeile, November 2022, ISBN 978-39-6009-205-6. (German)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Amazon author page
  2. ^ LibraryThing
  3. ^ "Are you ready for a wiki?" Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, cover story, Northeast Executive Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, October 2009
  4. ^ Barrett, L.F. & Barrett, D. "An Introduction to Computerized Experience Sampling in Psychology", Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, 175-185 (2001)
  5. ^ Giant Tracks album page
  6. ^ USA Linux Users Group, Book Review: Linux Pocket Guide Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Unix Review, Review by Ben Rothke
  8. ^ Review by Danny Yee
  9. ^ Review by Danny Yee
  10. ^ "VistaWiki – Example of Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge Sharing" on The App Gap, April 8, 2009
  11. ^ "Another Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge Sharing Success Story - VistaWiki" on Bill Ives's "Portals and KM" blog, April 29, 2009
  12. ^ "Case Study: VistaPrint's Wiki Way" Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, Training Magazine, September 30, 2009
  13. ^ "Are you ready for a wiki?" Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, cover story, Northeast Executive Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, October 2009
  14. ^ McAfee, Andrew. Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges. Harvard Business School Press, 2009
  15. ^ "Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Vistaprint", Cloud Ave, March 3, 2010
  16. ^ "Untangling nets and webs," Q, November 1975, page 191.
  17. ^ Gentle Giant's "35th anniversary" CD releases from DRT Entertainment, 2005, including Free Hand, The Power and the Glory, and others.
  18. ^ Liner notes, Edge of Twilight, Vertigo 534 101-2.
  19. ^ "About the song "Find the Longest Path"". Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  20. ^ YouTube video of "Find the Longest Path"
  21. ^ YouTube video of "Find the Longest Path"
  22. ^ "The Longest Path" performance at SIGCSE on March 13, 2013
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