Daniel J. Barrett
{{short description|American writer, engineer and musician}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Daniel J. Barrett
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}}
| birth_place = United States
| occupation = {{Cslist|writer|software engineer}}
| alma_mater = {{ ubl
| University of Massachusetts Amherst
}}
| genre = {{Cslist|technology|music}}
| subject = {{Cslist|Linux|internet|macOS|MediaWiki|security|Amiga OS|progressive rock}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| spouse = Lisa Feldman Barrett
| website = {{URL|danieljbarrett.com}}
}}
Daniel J. Barrett is a writer, software engineer, musician, and author of technology books.
Writing
Barrett has written a number of technical books on computer topics. The most well-known are Linux Pocket GuideUSA Linux Users Group, [http://usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4638 Book Review: Linux Pocket Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620182402/http://usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4638 |date=2010-06-20 }} and SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide.Unix Review, [http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1236/urm0104d/ Review by Ben Rothke][http://dannyreviews.com/h/SSH.html Review by Danny Yee] 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.[https://blackopalbooks.com/daniel-j-barrett/ Author page, Black Opal Books]
Corporate use of MediaWiki
Barrett, author of the book MediaWiki ({{ISBN|978-0-596-51979-7}}),[http://dannyreviews.com/h/MediaWiki.html Review by Danny Yee] has received media coverage for his deployment of MediaWiki in corporate environments.[http://www.theappgap.com/vistawiki-%E2%80%93-example-of-enterprise-20-knowledge-sharing.html "VistaWiki – Example of Enterprise 2.0 Knowledge Sharing"] on [http://www.theappgap.com/ The App Gap], April 8, 2009[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"] on Bill Ives's [http://billives.typepad.com/ "Portals and KM" blog], April 29, 2009[http://www.trainingmag.com/article/case-study-vistaprints-wiki-way "Case Study: VistaPrint's Wiki Way"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006072055/http://www.trainingmag.com/article/case-study-vistaprints-wiki-way |date=2011-10-06 }}, [http://www.trainingmag.com Training Magazine], September 30, 2009[http://www.northeastexecutive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=198 "Are you ready for a wiki?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114033343/http://www.northeastexecutive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=198 |date=2010-11-14 }}, cover story, [http://www.northeastexecutive.com/ Northeast Executive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208065559/http://www.northeastexecutive.com/ |date=2009-12-08 }}, October 2009McAfee, Andrew. [https://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-2-0-Collaborative-Organizations-Challenges/dp/1422125874/ Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges]. Harvard Business School Press, 2009[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]
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,"Untangling nets and webs," Q, November 1975, [https://www.blazemonger.com/w/images/3/37/Q.jpg page 191]. 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.Gentle Giant's "35th anniversary" CD releases from DRT Entertainment, 2005, including Free Hand, The Power and the Glory, and others.
In 1996, Barrett compiled a 2-CD set of their songs for PolyGram entitled Edge of Twilight.[https://www.blazemonger.com/w/images/c/c6/Eot-back.jpg Liner notes, Edge of Twilight], Vertigo 534 101-2. 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,{{Cite web |url=http://paarsch.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/documents/aboutLP.html |title=About the song "Find the Longest Path" |access-date=2010-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304100328/http://paarsch.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/documents/aboutLP.html |archive-date=2010-03-04 |url-status=dead }} incorporated into several YouTube videos by other people,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ww0gwEszo YouTube video of "Find the Longest Path"][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZyT9bayf8o YouTube video of "Find the Longest Path"] and independently performed by a choral ensemble at ACM SIGCSE 2013.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_TYSWTPzg "The Longest Path" performance at SIGCSE on March 13, 2013] 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., [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barbara-Lerner-4/publication/2354798_Polylingual_Systems_An_Approach_To_Seamless_Interoperability/links/02e7e5243001f24b7e000000/Polylingual-Systems-An-Approach-To-Seamless-Interoperability.pdf 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}}.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux Pocket Guide, Third Edition, June 2016, {{ISBN|1-4919-2757-7}}.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Efficient Linux at the Command Line, March 2022, {{ISBN|978-1-098-11340-7}}.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Linux Pocket Guide, Fourth Edition, March 2024, {{ISBN|978-1-098-15796-8}}.
- Barrett, Daniel J., Responsible Software Engineering, in preparation. {{ISBN|978-1-098-14915-4}}.
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Category:American computer programmers
Category:American technology writers