name: Joe Barr email: url: privateEmail: tag: updated: Joe has worked in software development for 24 years. He has served as programmer, analyst, consultant, and manager. He started writing about the industry in 1994 and his monthly column (Papa Joe's Dweebspeak Primer) became a favorite in Austin's "Tech Connected" magazine. The Dweebspeak Primer exists today in the form of an email newsletter and website. His articles have been reprinted in places like IBM Personal Systems Magazine, the legendary e-zine phrack, and the Manchester Guardian.