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Dennis publishing computer magazines helped me, and many others become "advanced users" at a young age. Pretty sure they pointed me in the direction of the BASI
by throwawayaway 12y ago
Dennis publishing computer magazines helped me, and many others become "advanced users" at a young age. Pretty sure they pointed me in the direction of the BASIC programming part of the Windows 95 CD. Didn't know anything about the man til reading the article.
It seems like he had no great interest in computers, like Branson, enabling the talents of others to do the work for him brought success.
His personality seems to have informed the style of PC Zone - one of the many places Charlie Brooker cut his teeth.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago>> "It seems like he had no great interest in computers, like Branson, enabling the talents of others to do the work for him brought success." I wouldn't characterise Branson in that way. A lot of his ventures seem like passion projects, in particular Records and Galactic.
- throwawayaway 12y agoBranson has passion and interest in his ventures unlike Dennis who did not care for the subject material. Branson's management style is supposed to be quite hands off, you'd have to think Dennis was also hands off.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoI guess you're right - Branson has so many companies it would be hard for him to be passionate about them all.
- ryanjshaw 12y agoIn his book, "How to Get Rich", I believe he wrote that despite owning many luxury cars he didn't actually know how to drive: because he could pay people for that. It's quite an interesting attitude, one that I wish I had a better intuitive understanding of because I think I often waste time doing things that somebody else could be doing for me.