Dan Huard
Encyclopedia
Dan Huard is a computer
enthusiast and American television
personality who resides in San Francisco, California
. Huard is best known for his work on the TechTV
television program
The Screen Savers
, an hour-long technology
-related variety show
.
and graduated in the summer of 2003.
and The Screen Savers
in 2001 as an intern
. He primarily helped Megan Morrone
with her segments for the show as well as working behind the teleprompter
. From there he worked his way into a position as a Production Assistant. Once becoming a Production Assistant, he was in charge of all the computer systems on the set of The Screen Savers. This also included most video and audio effects required during segments of the show. Huard also was in charge of screening phone calls for the live televised show.
On March 25, 2004, Comcast
's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV. This move became hugely controversial among loyal fans of TechTV. Around May 6, G4 announced the termination
of 250 employees from the San Francisco
office by July 10, 2004, allowing approximately 80 to 100 employees to transition to G4's main office in Los Angeles, California
if they agreed to relocate there. Huard chose to stay with G4 and moved to Los Angeles.
On November 11, 2004, Huard was terminated, along with many other co-workers from G4techTV. G4 had decided to revamp The Screen Savers by making it more pop culture, Internet, and gaming-oriented.
Huard teamed up with Kevin Rose
to create the online video podcast
thebroken
, which features computer security topics such as password cracking
and social engineering. They thereafter began work on another podcast, Systm
, which loosely resembles older technology-oriented formats of The Screen Savers.
Huard is currently a community manager of digg.com.
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
enthusiast and American television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
personality who resides in San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Huard is best known for his work on the TechTV
TechTV
TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...
television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
The Screen Savers
The Screen Savers
The Screen Savers was a live American TV show on TechTV. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV on May 11, 1998. The Screen Savers originally centered around computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world...
, an hour-long technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
-related variety show
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
.
Early life
Huard attended California State University, FullertonCalifornia State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...
and graduated in the summer of 2003.
Career
Huard started out working for TechTVTechTV
TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...
and The Screen Savers
The Screen Savers
The Screen Savers was a live American TV show on TechTV. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV on May 11, 1998. The Screen Savers originally centered around computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world...
in 2001 as an intern
Intern
Internship is a system of onthejob training for white-collar jobs, similar to an apprenticeship. Interns are usually college or university students, but they can also be high school students or post graduate adults seeking skills for a new career. They may also be as young as middle school or in...
. He primarily helped Megan Morrone
Megan Morrone
Megan Morrone is an American writer and former television personality. She is best known for her role on the technology-related television show The Screen Savers on TechTV – a cable and satellite channel which has since been taken over by G4...
with her segments for the show as well as working behind the teleprompter
Teleprompter
An autocue is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script. Using a teleprompter is similar to the practice of using cue cards...
. From there he worked his way into a position as a Production Assistant. Once becoming a Production Assistant, he was in charge of all the computer systems on the set of The Screen Savers. This also included most video and audio effects required during segments of the show. Huard also was in charge of screening phone calls for the live televised show.
On March 25, 2004, Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV. This move became hugely controversial among loyal fans of TechTV. Around May 6, G4 announced the termination
Termination of employment
-Involuntary termination:Involuntary termination is the employee's departure at the hands of the employer. There are two basic types of involuntary termination, known often as being "fired" and "laid off." To be fired, as opposed to being laid off, is generally thought of to be the employee's...
of 250 employees from the San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
office by July 10, 2004, allowing approximately 80 to 100 employees to transition to G4's main office in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
if they agreed to relocate there. Huard chose to stay with G4 and moved to Los Angeles.
On November 11, 2004, Huard was terminated, along with many other co-workers from G4techTV. G4 had decided to revamp The Screen Savers by making it more pop culture, Internet, and gaming-oriented.
Huard teamed up with Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk...
to create the online video podcast
Video podcast
Video podcast is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures...
thebroken
Thebroken
thebroken is a video podcast produced by Revision3, focusing on software cracking, computer intrusion, and other "questionable activities". It was hosted by Kevin Rose and Dan Huard, with Ramzi as a regular comical feature, and geared toward anyone interested in computer security. The show...
, which features computer security topics such as password cracking
Password cracking
Password cracking is the process of recovering passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system. A common approach is to repeatedly try guesses for the password...
and social engineering. They thereafter began work on another podcast, Systm
Systm
Systm was a weekly video podcast produced by Revision3, geared toward “the common geek”, a “This Old House” for geeks, hosted by Patrick Norton and David Calkins, and focused on do it yourself projects.-History:...
, which loosely resembles older technology-oriented formats of The Screen Savers.
Huard is currently a community manager of digg.com.