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David Pogue
David Pogue (born March 9 1963) is a technology writer, journalist and commentator. He is a personal technology columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and weekly tech correspondent for CNBC. He has written or co-written seven books in the "...for Dummies" series (including Macintosh computers, magic, opera, and classical music); in 1999, he launched his own series of computer how-to books, called the Missing Manual series, which includes over 60 titles covering a variety of personal computer operating systems and applications. Pogue graduated from Yale University in 1985, summa cum laude with Distinction in Music.[1] He spent ten years working in New York as a Broadway musical conductor, arranger, and keyboard player.[1] On August 29, 2007 he received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Music) from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. He is married and has three children.
New York TimesSince November 2000, Pogue has served as the New York Times personal-tech columnist; his column, "State of the Art," appears each Thursday. He also writes "From the Desk of David Pogue," a tech-related opinion column that is sent to readers by e-mail. He also maintains a blog at nytimes.com called Pogue's Posts. Each Thursday morning, he appears on CNBC's "The Call" in a taped, three-minute comic tech review, which then appears on the New York Times website, nytimes.com, as well as iTunes, TiVo, and JetBlue. The Web version features a different introduction and different music (CNBC requires the use of its own music library, purchased for broadcasting). Macworld and IDGPogue wrote for Macworld Magazine from 1988-2000. His back-page column was called The Desktop Critic. Pogue got his start writing books when Macworld-owner IDG asked him to write Macs for Dummies to follow on the success of the first ...for Dummies book, DOS for Dummies.[1] Pogue followed that with Macworld Macintosh Secrets in 1993, newer editions of which have gone under slightly different titles such as Macworld Mac & Power Mac Secrets (1994) and Macworld Mac Secrets (2001). ControversyIn 2005, Pogue was the subject of a conflict-of-interest controversy. In a New York Times review of a hard drive recovery service, Pogue noted that the service, which can cost from $500 to $2,700, was provided at no charge for the purposes of the review [2]; but when describing the service for National Public Radio's Morning Edition program on September 12, 2005.[3], he failed to mention this. NPR's Vice President of News Bill Marimow later stated that NPR should have either not aired the review or paid for the services itself.[3] Ultimately, The Times paid for the service. [2] TEDPogue has attended TED, a conference in Monterey, CA a number of times and has also given talks twice, one 20-minute talk about simplicity and another, a medley, or, as Pogue joked, "a tedley." [4] BibliographyNon-fiction
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TelevisionIn 2007, the HD Theater and Science channels aired his twelve-episode series, It's All Geek to Me, a how-to show about consumer technology. He also writes and hosts several segments each year for CBS News Sunday Morning, and appears weekly on CNBC's "The Call." ReferencesExternal links
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