Patrick Norton
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Patrick Norton (born June 26, 1970, Urbana, Illinois) was co-host and managing editor of The Screen Savers, an interactive television program on TechTV geared toward the technology enthusiast.
He is now the host of the IPTV show DL.TV, as well as an editor for [1]. He claimed on an episode of dl.tv his official job title is 'head of podcasts' for Ziff Davis Media. Prior to joining TechTV, Norton tested products and wrote for PC Magazine, Computer Shopper, and InfoWorld.
He also wrote for ExtremeiPod before it was taken down in the wake of pressure from Apple over the use of the word "iPod". He also ran the hardware reviews section of Windows Sources magazine. Patrick cut his technical teeth on Osborne and Kaypro CP/M systems in the early 1980s.
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[edit] History
Norton grew up in the Midwest, but considers the Jersey Shore his home. He graduated from Pace University in New York City with a major in English literature. He currently lives in San Francisco, California with his wife.
[edit] Personal
He is married to a librarian, likes to read mystery novels, race sailboats and off-road racing (he is typically absent during the week of the Baja 1000), snowboard, and spend as much free time as possible at his oceanfront home with a surfboard or kayak. While he no longer plays bass guitar in a punk rock band, he does dote upon his massive collection of over 700 compact discs.
Aside from his love of music, he is also known for his love of sledgehammers, Flogging Molly, and kilts, which he has worn on numerous episodes of The Screen Savers and DL.TV. Patrick no longer drinks alcohol. He is a recovering alcoholic, claiming on an episode of DL.TV that he started drinking at age 16. He has come out in favor of Net Neutrality.
[edit] Trivia
- Norton calls the Tablet PC the ultimate device for browsing the web on the toilet.
- He refers to Ctrl+Alt+Del as the three fingered salute.
- After many years of building only AMD based PCs Patrick is tempted to build an Intel based system again following the release of Intel Core 2 Duo "Conroe".
- On an episode of This Week In Tech, he once described the band Thievery Corporation as 'a punk band - like Black Flag'.
[edit] Media
Norton co-hosts a Internet videocast with Robert Heron called DL.TV covers a wide range of technology related topics and is streamed live twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
He also appears on the weekly podcast This Week in Tech (a.k.a. TWiT) along with several other former cast members of The Screen Savers, including Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, and DL.TV co-host Robert Heron. Patrick also co-hosts a weekly podcast with Jim Louderback called New Now. Recently he guest hosted episode six of Systm covering the Maker Faire.
