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'''David Welch Pogue''' (born March 9, 1963) is an American technology writer and TV science host. He is a personal technology columnist for the '']'', an ]-winning tech correspondent for '']'', and a columnist for '']''. He is also the host of '']'' on ] and was the host of the ''NOVA'' specials ''Making Stuff'' in 2011<ref name=PBS>{{cite web|title=Making Stuff: Series Overview|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html|work=NOVA|publisher=PBS.org|accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref> and ''Hunting the Elements'' in 2012.<ref name=NOVA>{{cite web|title=Hunting the Elements|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/hunting-elements.html|work=NOVA|publisher=PBS.org|accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref> Pogue has written or co-written seven books in the '']'' series (including ] computers, ], ], and ]). In 1999, he launched his own series of computer ] books called the '']'' series, which now includes over 100 titles covering a variety of Macintosh and ] operating systems and applications. Among the dozens of books Pogue has authored is ''The World According to Twitter'' (2009), written in collaboration with around 500,000 of his ] followers. | |||
'''David Welch Pogue''' (born March 9, 1963) is an American technology and science writer and TV presenter, and correspondent for '']''. | |||
==Early life== | |||
Pogue was born in ], the son of Richard Welch Pogue, an attorney and former Managing Partner at ], and Patricia Ruth (née Raney).<ref></ref> He is a grandson of aviation attorney ] and Mary Ellen Edgerton. He is also a great nephew of ], a professor of ] at the ], and credited with transforming the ] from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff-stronger.html 16 minutes into program discusses Edgerton</ref> | |||
He has hosted 18 ''Nova'' specials on PBS, including '']'', the ''Making Stuff'' series in 2011 and 2013,<ref name=PBS>{{cite web |title=Making Stuff: Series Overview |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html |work=Nova |publisher=pbs.org |access-date=27 November 2011}}</ref> and ''Hunting the Elements'' in 2012.<ref name=NOVA>{{cite web|title=Hunting the Elements |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/hunting-elements.html |work=NOVA |publisher=PBS.org |access-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> Pogue has written or co-written seven books in the '']'' series, and in 1999, he launched his own series of computer how-to books called the '']'' series, which now includes more than 100 titles. He also wrote ''The World According to Twitter'' (2009) and ''Pogue's Basics'' (2014), a ].<ref name="NYT Bestseller 12.14">{{cite news |title=Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous |url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-12-28/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/list.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=26 January 2015|ref=The New York Times |url-access=limited}}</ref> | |||
He graduated from ] in 1985, summa cum laude with Distinction in Music.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|title = David Pogue's Bio|author=David Pogue|url = http://www.davidpogue.com/bio_photos/index.html|accessdate=2007-06-28}}</ref> He spent ten years working in New York, for a time in the office of Music Theatre International and also intermittently as a ] musical conductor. On August 29, 2007 he received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Music) from Shenandoah Conservatory of ] in Winchester, Virginia. | |||
In 2013, Pogue left ''The New York Times'' to join ], where he would create a new consumer-technology Web site.<ref name="NYT Oct 2013">{{cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Leslie|title=Pogue, Times Technology Columnist, Is Leaving for Yahoo|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/media/pogue-times-technology-columnist-is-leaving-for-yahoo.html |access-date=15 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 October 2013 |url-access=limited}}</ref> In 2018, returned to the ''Times''<ref>{{cite tweet |user=pogue |author=David Pogue|number=1062525607458758656 |date=November 13, 2018 |title=Well, after five great years—407 articles, 352 videos, 46 live appearances—I’m saying farewell to the Yahoo family. I’ll be redoubling my efforts at '@CBSSunday Morning'—and returning to the @NYTimes to launch a new column! Details soon! }}</ref> as the writer of the "Crowdwise" feature for the "Smarter Living" section. | |||
==Early years== | |||
Pogue was born in ], the son of Richard Welch Pogue, an attorney and former managing partner at ], and Patricia Ruth Raney.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/patricia-pogue-obituary?id=48993800 |title=Patricia Pogue Obituary |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 2, 2023 |website=www.cleveland.com |publisher=Brown Forward Funeral Home |access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/oh/shaker-heights/patricia-ruth-pogue-16051423 |title=Patricia Ruth (Raney) Pogue |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 23, 2023 |website=www.echovita.com |publisher=Brown Forward Funeral Home |access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoNjwxuud_4&ab_channel=PlymouthChurchUCC | |||
|title=Memorial Service Patricia Raney Pogue |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 7, 2023 |website=www.youtube.com |publisher=Plymouth Church UCC |access-date=May 11, 2023 }}</ref> Pogue graduated from ] in 1985 '']'', earning a ] in music. He spent ten years working in New York intermittently as a conductor and arranger in ].<ref name="Biography">{{cite web |title = About David Pogue|first=David |last=Pogue|url =http://davidpogue.com/about|work=DavidPogue.com|access-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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Pogue wrote for '']'' from 1988-2000. His back-page column was called ''The Desktop Critic.'' Pogue got his start writing books when ''Macworld''-owner ] asked him to write ''Macs for Dummies'' to follow on the success of the first '']'' book, ''DOS for Dummies,'' written by Dan Gookin.<ref name="Biography" /> | |||
Pogue wrote for '']'' magazine from 1988–2000. His back-page column was called ''The Desktop Critic''. Pogue got his start writing books when ''Macworld'' owner ] asked him to write ''Macs for Dummies'' to follow on the success of the first ''...]'' book, ''DOS For Dummies'', written by Dan Gookin.<ref name="Biography" /> | |||
Starting in November 2000, Pogue served as the personal-tech columnist '']''; his column, "State of the Art," appeared each Thursday on the front page of the Business section. He also wrote "From the Desk of David Pogue," a tech-related opinion column sent to readers by e-mail. He also maintained a ] at nytimes.com called Pogue's Posts. | |||
Pogue joined '']'' as a correspondent since 2002, writing and hosting stories on technology, science, the environment, and show business. | |||
Since November 2000, Pogue has served as the '']'' personal-tech columnist; his column, "State of the Art," appears each Thursday on the front page of the Business section. 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 ] at nytimes.com called Pogue's Posts. | |||
From 2007 to 2011, Pogue appeared on CNBC's ''Power Lunch'' in a taped, three-minute comic tech review, which then appeared on the ''New York Times'' website, nytimes.com, as well as ], ], ], and ]. | From 2007 to 2011, Pogue appeared on CNBC's ''Power Lunch'' in a taped, three-minute comic tech review, which then appeared on the ''New York Times'' website, nytimes.com, as well as ], ], ], and ]. | ||
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In 2007, the ] and ] channels aired his six-episode series, '']'', a how-to show about consumer technology. | In 2007, the ] and ] channels aired his six-episode series, '']'', a how-to show about consumer technology. | ||
From 2010 to 2019, Pogue wrote a monthly column for '']'' called "Techno Files." | |||
He hosted a four-part PBS ''NOVA'' miniseries about materials science called ''Making Stuff'', which aired on four consecutive Wednesdays starting January 19, 2011 on PBS.<ref name=PBS /> It was followed by a two-hour special about the periodic table, ''Hunting the Elements'', which aired April 4, 2012.<ref name=NOVA /> | |||
He hosted a four-part PBS ''Nova'' miniseries about materials science called "Making Stuff," which aired on four consecutive Wednesdays starting January 19, 2011, on PBS.<ref name=PBS /> It was followed by a two-hour special about the periodic table, "Hunting the Elements," which aired April 4, 2012.<ref name=NOVA /> He hosted a further series, "Making More Stuff," on ''Nova'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-more-stuff.html |title=NOVA {{!}} Making More Stuff |website=] |access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
He also writes and hosts several segments each year for ''].'' | |||
Taking up where "'Hunting the Elements' left off, Pogue hosted a three-part PBS ''Nova'' series 'Beyond the Elements'," about how key molecules and chemical reactions paved the way for life on earth, including humans and their civilizations. The series aired on February 3, 2021.<ref> ''NOVA''. PBS.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.</ref> | |||
Pogue is a frequent speaker at educational and government conferences, addressing such topics as disruptive technology, ], ], and why products fail.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Pogue's Pages|url=http://www.davidpogue.com/bio_photos/speaking.html|work=Speaking Inquiries|publisher=David Pogue|accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref> He has performed twice at ], a conference in Monterey, CA: in 2006, a 20-minute talk about simplicity; and in 2007, a medley of high-tech song parodies at the piano (or, as Pogue joked, "a tedley,").<ref name="TED: David Pogue on the music wars">{{cite web|title = David Pogue on the music wars|author=TED|url =http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/196}}</ref> In 2008, he performed at the EG conference, also in Monterey, talking about cellphones, the tricks they can be made to do, and how the phones are often better than the companies that market them. | |||
Pogue's December 2022 report for ''CBS Sunday Morning'', which questioned the safety of the '']'' ], went viral on social media after the submersible ] with five people onboard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=20 June 2023 |title=CBS Story On OceanGate's Missing Titanic Sub Goes Viral After Reporter David Pogue Got Jitters Over Its "Jerry-Rigged" Design |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/cbs-oceangate-titanic-submarine-viral-david-pogue-safety-concerns-1235420540/ |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Panella |first=Chris |title=Maker of the lost Titanic sub once told a reporter that 'at some point, safety is just pure waste' |url=https://www.insider.com/missing-titanic-sub-ceo-told-reporter-safety-pure-waste-2023-6 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
==Consumer advocacy== | |||
In his ''New York Times'' columns and blog posts, Pogue has launched several high-profile consumer advocacy initiatives. His campaigns have caused corporations to change practices and marketing claims that Pogue said were unfair or misleading. | |||
Pogue is a frequent speaker at educational and government conferences, addressing such topics as disruptive technology, ], ], and why products fail.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Pogue's Pages|url=http://www.davidpogue.com/bio_photos/speaking.html|work=Speaking Inquiries|publisher=David Pogue|access-date=27 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126174412/http://www.davidpogue.com/bio_photos/speaking.html|archive-date=26 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has performed three times at ] conferences: in 2006, a 20-minute talk about simplicity; in 2007, a medley of high-tech song parodies at the piano (or, as Pogue joked, "a tedley,"); and in 2013, offering tips everyone should know ("a driver's ed for tech").<ref name="TED: David Pogue on the music wars">{{cite web|title = David Pogue on the music wars|author=TED|date=24 January 2008 |url =https://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_on_the_music_wars}}</ref><ref name=TED2013>{{cite web|title=David Pogue at TED U|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tedconference/8517509550/in/set-72157632867963776|work=TED2013|date=28 February 2013 |publisher=Flickr|access-date=2 April 2013}}</ref> In 2008, he performed at the EG conference, also in Monterey, talking about cellphones, the tricks they can be made to do, and how the phones are often better than the companies that market them. | |||
In July 2009, Pogue launched “Take Back the Beep.”<ref name="Take Back Beep NYT">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=‘Take Back the Beep’ Campaign|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/the-mandatory-15-second-voicemail-instructions/|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 July 2009}}</ref> The campaign was designed to raise consumer awareness about American cellphone carriers’ mandatory 15-second voice mail instructions. Pogue wrote that the instructions are unnecessary, as most everyone knows “what to do at the beep.”<ref name="Take Back Beep NYT" /> However, because consumers can’t easily turn the instructions off (if at all), the instructions eat into consumers’ voice plan minutes. “I calculated that if Verizon’s 87 million customers leave or check messages twice each business day, that comes out to $750 million of air time a year — your money and your time, listening to pointless instructions over and over again.”<ref name="Will Carriers? NYT">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Will Carriers Offer a Better Way to Get Voice Mail?|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/will-carriers-offer-a-better-way-to-get-voicemail/|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 February 2010}}</ref> | |||
==Consumer advocacy== | |||
Pogue explained how consumers could bypass the voice mail instructions, encouraged readers to complain about the practice to their carriers, and provided links where they could file complaints.<ref name="Take Back Beep II">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Take Back The Beep, Part II|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/take-back-the-beep-part-ii/|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=31 July 2009}}</ref> Other media outlets reported on the “Take Back the Beep” campaign, including radio stations and blogs such as ], ], ], and Technologizer.<ref name="Take Back Beep II" /> As a result of the “Take Back the Beep” campaign, ] shortened its voicemail instructions to eight seconds down from 12 or 15, though no other carriers followed suit<ref name="AT&T Relents">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=AT&T Relents, Drops Paging Instructions from Voicemail|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/att-relents-drops-paging-instructions-from-voicemail/|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 September 2009}}</ref> and ] didn’t respond to the campaign.<ref name="Verizon NYT">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Verizon: How Much Do You Charge Now?|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/verizon-how-much-do-you-charge-now/|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=12 November 2009}}</ref> | |||
In July 2009, Pogue launched "Take Back the Beep."<ref name="Take Back Beep NYT">{{cite news |last=Pogue |first=David |title='Take Back the Beep' Campaign |url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/the-mandatory-15-second-voicemail-instructions/ |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 July 2009 |access-date=23 May 2012 |url-access=limited}}</ref> The campaign was designed to raise consumer awareness about American cellphone carriers’ mandatory 15-second voice mail instructions. Pogue wrote that the instructions are unnecessary, as most everyone knows "what to do at the beep."<ref name="Take Back Beep NYT" /> However, because consumers can’t easily turn the instructions off (if at all), the instructions eat into consumers’ voice plan minutes. "I calculated that if Verizon’s 87 million customers leave or check messages twice each business day, that comes out to $750 million of air time a year — your money and your time, listening to pointless instructions over and over again."<ref name="Will Carriers? NYT">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Will Carriers Offer a Better Way to Get Voice Mail?|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/will-carriers-offer-a-better-way-to-get-voicemail/ |newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 February 2010|access-date=23 May 2012 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Pogue explained how consumers could bypass the voice mail instructions, encouraged readers to complain about the practice to their carriers, and provided links where they could file complaints.<ref name="Take Back Beep II">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Take Back The Beep, Part II|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/take-back-the-beep-part-ii/|access-date=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=31 July 2009 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Other media outlets reported on the "Take Back the Beep" campaign, including radio stations and blogs such as ], ], ], and Technologizer.<ref name="Take Back Beep II" /> As a result of the "Take Back the Beep" campaign, ] shortened its voicemail instructions to eight seconds down from 12 or 15, though no other carriers followed suit<ref name="AT&T Relents">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=AT&T Relents, Drops Paging Instructions from Voicemail|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/att-relents-drops-paging-instructions-from-voicemail/|access-date=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 September 2009 |url-access=limited}}</ref> and ] did not respond to the campaign.<ref name="Verizon NYT">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Verizon: How Much Do You Charge Now?|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/verizon-how-much-do-you-charge-now/|access-date=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=12 November 2009 |url-access=limited}}</ref> | |||
In November 2009, Pogue reported on a Verizon customer’s complaint that the wireless carrier charged $1.99 |
In November 2009, Pogue reported on a Verizon customer’s complaint that the wireless carrier charged $1.99 for "bogus data downloads" every time an internet connection was established, even if the user did not intend to use the connection. The practice was validated by a reader who claimed to work for Verizon.<ref name="Verizon NYT" /> The charge resulted whenever a Verizon customer touched the up-arrow key on some Verizon phones. The key is easy to hit accidentally and is preprogrammed by Verizon to launch the mobile Web, causing the consumer to incur a $1.99 data charge each time the key is pressed.<ref name="Verizon NYT" /> As a result of Pogue’s reportage, the ] (FCC) asked Verizon to explain the data charge.<ref name="Verzion Comes Clean">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Verizon Comes Clean|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/verizon-comes-clean/|access-date=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 October 2010 |url-access=limited}}</ref> In October 2010, in response to the FCC inquiry, Verizon agreed to pay up to $90 million in refunds to 15 million customers "wrongly charged for data sessions or Internet use," one of the largest refunds by a telecommunications company.<ref name="Verizon Pays Millions">{{cite news|last=Wyatt|first=Edward|title=Verizon Wireless to Pay Millions in Refunds|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/technology/04webphone.html?_r=1|access-date=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 October 2010 |url-access=limited}}</ref> | ||
== Conflict of interest and other issues == | |||
As a result of Pogue’s reportage, the ] (FCC) asked Verizon to explain the data charge.<ref name="Verzion Comes Clean">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Verizon Comes Clean|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/verizon-comes-clean/|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 October 2010}}</ref> In October 2010, in response to the FCC inquiry, Verizon agreed to pay up to $90 million in refunds to 15 million customers “wrongly charged for data sessions or Internet use,” one of the largest refunds by a telecommunications company.<ref name="Verizon Pays Millions">{{cite news|last=Wyatt|first=Edward|title=Verizon Wireless to Pay Millions in Refunds|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/technology/04webphone.html?_r=1|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 October 2010}}</ref> | |||
In a 2005 ''New York Times'' review of a ] recovery service, Pogue noted that the service, which can cost from $500 to $2,700, was provided to him at no charge for the purposes of the review;<ref name="Can You Save a Hard Drive?">{{cite news|title = Can You Save a Hard Drive?|author=David Pogue|url =https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/technology/circuits/01POGUE-EMAIL.html | work=The New York Times | date=September 1, 2005 | access-date=May 1, 2010 |url-access=limited}}</ref> but when describing the service for ]'s '']'' program on September 12, 2005,<ref name="The Cost of a Story: Who Pays?">{{cite web|author=Jeffrey A. Dvorkin|title = The Cost of a Story: Who Pays?| website=NPR | date=15 March 2006 |url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5281529 | access-date=2007-07-05}}</ref> he neglected 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.<ref name="The Cost of a Story: Who Pays?"/> Ultimately, the ''Times'' paid for the service.<ref name="Can You Save a Hard Drive?"/> | |||
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In September 2009, Pogue's ''New York Times'' review of the Snow Leopard Macintosh operating system, a product for which he had also authored a '']'' book, was the subject of a column by ''The Times''{{'}} Public Editor ].<ref name=Hoyt>{{cite news|last=Hoyt|first=Clark|title=He Works for The Times, Too|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/opinion/06pubed.html|access-date=6 December 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 September 2009 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Hoyt wrote that Pogue's "multiple interests and loyalties raise interesting ethical issues."<ref name=Hoyt /> Of three ethicists Hoyt consulted, each agreed Pogue's position created a "clear conflict of interest" and placed the paper on "tricky ethical terrain." In response, Pogue posted a statement of ethics on his ''Times'' Topics page<ref name="Disclosure note">{{cite web|last=Pogue|first=David|title=A Note About Ethics and Disclosure|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/technology/poguedisclosure.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=6 December 2011 |url-access=limited}}</ref> and a disclosure was added to his Snow Leopard review on ''The Times''{{'}} web site.<ref name=Hoyt /> | ||
In June 2011, Pogue gave a presentation at the Media Relations Summit sponsored by Ragan Communications in which he offered advice to PR professionals on how to successfully pitch him.<ref name=Brisbane>{{cite news|last=Brisbane|first=Arthur S.|title=Times curbs Pogue's P.R. appearances|url=http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/times-curbs-pogues-pr-appearances/|access-date=1 December 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 July 2011 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Arthur S. Brisbane, ''The New York Times''{{'}} reader representative, subsequently wrote that the paper’s ethics policy states staff members and freelancers on assignment "may not advise individuals or organizations how to deal successfully with the news media."<ref name=Brisbane /> Though Pogue is not a ''Times'' staff member and was not on assignment, an internal review determined that his presentation was not appropriate.<ref name=Brisbane /> In an email to Brisbane about the matter, Pogue wrote that in the future, "my speaking agent will now present every offer to my editor and me simultaneously."<ref name=Brisbane /> | |||
Pogue took Barnes & Noble to task again in November 2011 for claiming that its Nook Color Tablet allowed users to view movies and TV shows in high definition.<ref name="Nook Specs Exaggerated" /> However, the device’s screen resolution is 1,024 x 600 pixels, below the lowest-quality HD format of 720p, which has a screen resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels.<ref name="Nook Specs Exaggerated" /> In response, Barnes & Noble agreed that consumers might be misled by the HD video claims and eliminated nine such references from its Web site<ref name="Nook Corrects Ads">{{cite news|last=Pogue|first=David|title=Nook’s Advertising Is Corrected|url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/nooks-advertising-is-corrected/|accessdate=23 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 December 2011}}</ref> and from its marketing literature. | |||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
In 2004, Pogue won a Business ] as the correspondent for two ] stories about ] and ] |
In 2004, Pogue won a Business ] as the correspondent for two '']'' stories about ] and ] for taking "complex technological applications such as Google or Spam and them comprehensible to the ordinary, non-technophile viewer."<ref name=Emmy>{{cite web|title=The National Television Academy Announces the Winners of the Second Annual Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/2ndBizEmmyWinners.html|publisher=National Television Academy|access-date=May 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205093801/http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/2ndBizEmmyWinners.html|archive-date=February 5, 2012}}</ref> | ||
Shenandoah Conservatory awarded Pogue an honorary doctorate in music in 2007 for his |
Shenandoah Conservatory awarded Pogue an honorary doctorate in music in August 2007 for "his unique imagination of the boundary between music as a classical discipline and the computer of the future, and his artistic contributions".<ref name=Conservatory>{{cite web | ||
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In 2008, Pogue received a Society of Business Editors and Writers Best in Business Journalism award for his ''New York Times'' video |
In 2008, Pogue received a Society of Business Editors and Writers Best in Business Journalism award for his ''New York Times'' video, ''The ] Challenge: Keep it Quiet.''<ref name="Free Library">{{cite web|title=SABEW Announces Winners in its 13th Annual Best in Business Journalism Contest.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SABEW+Announces+Winners+in+its+13th+Annual+Best+in+Business...-a0177111954/|publisher=The Free Library|access-date=May 23, 2012|archive-date=October 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027115350/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SABEW+Announces+Winners+in+its+13th+Annual+Best+in+Business...-a0177111954/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
On May 5, 2009, Pogue won two ]. His ''New York Times'' online video series |
On May 5, 2009, Pogue won two ]s. His ''New York Times'' online video series "was the only winner in multiple categories, earning nods for Best Reality/Variety Host and Technology."<ref name=Webby>{{cite press release | ||
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His ''New York Times'' |
His blog, "Pogue’s Posts" in ''The New York Times'', received the 2010 ] for Online Commentary & Blogging.<ref name=BusinessJournalism.org>{{cite web|title=CNBC, NYT, Vanity Fair Each Take Two Loeb Awards|url=http://businessjournalism.org/2010/06/29/nyt-cnbc-each-take-two-loeb-awards/|work=Business Journalism|access-date=May 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707185700/http://businessjournalism.org/2010/06/29/nyt-cnbc-each-take-two-loeb-awards/|archive-date=July 7, 2012}}</ref> | ||
In 2011, Pogue won the second "Golden Mouth Organ" award on '']'' for being the second person on the show who, when presented with a harmonica, could actually play it.<ref name=Ferguson>{{cite web | |||
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In 2013, Pogue was named an Honorary Fellow of the ].<ref>Society for Technical Communication: " {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509020032/http://notebook.stc.org/david-pogue-named-honorary-fellow/ |date=2016-05-09 }}".</ref> | |||
==Controversy== | |||
In a 2005 ''New York Times'' review of a ] recovery service, Pogue noted that the service, which can cost from $500 to $2,700, was provided to him at no charge for the purposes of the review;<ref name="Can You Save a Hard Drive?">{{cite news|title = Can You Save a Hard Drive?|author=David Pogue|url =http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/technology/circuits/01POGUE-EMAIL.html | work=The New York Times | date=September 1, 2005 | accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref> but when describing the service for ]'s '']'' program on September 12, 2005,<ref name="The Cost of a Story: Who Pays?">{{cite web|author=Jeffrey A. Dvorkin|title = The Cost of a Story: Who Pays?|url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5281529 | accessdate=2007-07-05}}</ref> he neglected 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.<ref name="The Cost of a Story: Who Pays?"/> Ultimately, the ''Times'' paid for the service.<ref name="Can You Save a Hard Drive?"/> | |||
In September 2009, Pogue’s ''New York Times'' review of the Snow Leopard Macintosh operating system, a product for which he had also authored a '']'' book, was the subject of a column by ''The Times''’ Public Editor ].<ref name=Hoyt>{{cite news|last=Hoyt|first=Clark|title=He Works for The Times, Too|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/opinion/06pubed.html|accessdate=6 December 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 September 2009}}</ref> Hoyt wrote that Pogue’s “multiple interests and loyalties raise interesting ethical issues."<ref name=Hoyt /> Of three ethicists Hoyt consulted, each agreed Pogue's position created a "clear conflict of interest" and placed the paper on "tricky ethical terrain." In response, Pogue posted a statement of ethics on his ''Times'' Topics page<ref name="Disclosure note">{{cite web|last=Pogue|first=David|title=A Note About Ethics and Disclosure|url=http://www.nytimes.com/ref/technology/poguedisclosure.html|work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=6 December 2011}}</ref> and a disclosure was added to his Snow Leopard review on ''The Times''’ web site.<ref name=Hoyt /> | |||
In June 2011, Pogue gave a presentation at the Media Relations Summit sponsored by Ragan Communications in which he offered advice to PR professionals on how to successfully pitch him.<ref name=Brisbane>{{cite news|last=Brisbane|first=Arthur S.|title=Times curbs Pogue's P.R. appearances|url=http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/times-curbs-pogues-pr-appearances/|accessdate=1 December 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 July 2011}}</ref> Arthur S. Brisbane, ''The New York Times''’ reader representative, subsequently wrote that the paper’s ethics policy states staff members and freelancers on assignment “may not advise individuals or organizations how to deal successfully with the news media.”<ref name=Brisbane /> Though Pogue is not a ''Times'' staff member and was not on assignment, an internal review determined that his presentation wasn’t appropriate.<ref name=Brisbane /> In an email to Brisbane about the matter, Pogue wrote that in the future, “my speaking agent will now present every offer to my (''Times'') editor and me simultaneously.”<ref name=Brisbane /> | |||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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===Nonfiction=== | ||
*{{cite book |author1=Pogue, David |author2=Scott Speck |title=Classical Music for Dummies |url=https://archive.org/details/classicalmusicfo00pogu |url-access=registration |location=Foster City, CA |publisher=IDG Books Worldwide |year=1997|isbn=9780764550096 }} {{cite book|title=2nd edition|year=2015|isbn=9781119049753|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCvdCQAAQBAJ|last1=Pogue|first1=David|last2=Speck|first2=Scott}} | |||
*''Classical Music for Dummies'' (ISBN 978-0764550096) | |||
* |
*{{cite book |author1=Engst, Adam |author2=David Pogue |title=Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook |location=Sebastopol, California |publisher=O'Reilly |year=1999}} | ||
*''CSS: the Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''CSS: the Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596802448}}) | ||
*''David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596154035}}) | ||
*''The Flat-Screen iMac |
*''The Flat-Screen iMac For Dummies'' ({{ISBN|978-0764516634}}) | ||
*''GarageBand: the Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''GarageBand: the Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596006952}}) | ||
*''GarageBand 2: the Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''GarageBand 2: the Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596100353}}) | ||
*''The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt'' (ISBN |
*''The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt'' ({{ISBN|978-0425160060}}) | ||
*'']'' ({{ISBN|978-1982134518|}})<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-pogue-2/how-prepare-climate-change/|title=How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos|publisher=]|date=December 15, 2020|isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/How-to-Prepare-for-Climate-Change-A-Practical-Guide-to-Surviving-the-Chaos-By-David-Pogue/pid=9741441|title=How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos, by David Pogue|publisher=Booklist Online|date=2020-12-15|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Schlossberg|first=Tatiana|date=2021-01-22|title=Three Books Offer New Ways to Think About Environmental Disaster|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/books/review/scorched-earth-emmanuel-kreike-how-to-prepare-for-climate-change-david-pogue-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline-andreas-malm.html|access-date=2021-01-30|issn=0362-4331 |url-access=limited}}</ref> | |||
*''The iBook for Dummies'' (ISBN 978-0764506475) | |||
*'' |
*''The iBook For Dummies'' ({{ISBN|978-0764506475}}) | ||
*''iLife ' |
*''iLife '04: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596006945}}) | ||
*'' |
*''iLife '05: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596100360}}) | ||
*'' |
*''The iMac For Dummies'' ({{ISBN|0764504959}}) | ||
*''iMovie |
*''iMovie: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|1565928598}}) | ||
*''iMovie |
*''iMovie 2: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596001049}}) | ||
*''iMovie |
*''iMovie 3 & iDVD: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596005078}}) | ||
*''iMovie |
*''iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596006938}}) | ||
*''iMovie |
*''iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596100339}}) | ||
*''iMovie |
*''iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596527266}}) | ||
*''iMovie ' |
*''iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596516192}}) | ||
*''iMovie ' |
*''iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596801410}}) | ||
*'' |
*''iMovie '11 & iDVD: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-1449393274}}) | ||
*''iPhoto |
*''iPhoto: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596003654}}) | ||
*''iPhoto |
*''iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596005061}}) | ||
*''iPhoto |
*''iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596006921}}) | ||
*''iPhoto |
*''iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596100346}}) | ||
*''iPhoto |
*''iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596527259}}) | ||
*''iPhoto ' |
*''iPhoto '08: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596516185}}) | ||
*''iPhoto ' |
*''iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596801441}}) | ||
*'' |
*''iPhoto '11: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-1449393236}}) | ||
*''Mac OS |
*''Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-1565928572}}) | ||
*''Mac OS X |
*''Mac OS X: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|0596000820}}) | ||
*''Mac OS X Hints'' (with ]) ({{ISBN|978-0596004514}}) | |||
*''Macs for Dummies'' (ISBN 978-0764503986) | |||
*'' |
*''Macs For Dummies'' ({{ISBN|978-0764503986}}) | ||
*''Macworld Mac Secrets'' (6 total editions) (with ]) ({{ISBN|978-0764534157}}) | |||
*''Magic for Dummies'' (ISBN 978-0764551017) | |||
*'' |
*''Magic For Dummies'' ({{ISBN|978-0764551017}}) | ||
*'' |
*''The Microsloth Joke Book: A Satire'' (editor) ({{ISBN|978-0425160541}}) | ||
*'' |
*''More Macs For Dummies'' ({{ISBN|978-0764502675}}) | ||
*''Opera For Dummies'' (with ]) ({{ISBN|978-0764550102}}) | |||
*''PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide'' (ISBN 1565926005) | |||
*'' |
*''PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide'' ({{ISBN|1565926005}}) | ||
*''Tales from the Tech Line: Hilarious Strange-But-True Stories from the Computer Industry's Technical-Support Hotlines'' (editor) (ISBN |
*''Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596004521}}) | ||
*''Tales from the Tech Line: Hilarious Strange-But-True Stories from the Computer Industry's Technical-Support Hotlines'' (editor) ({{ISBN|978-0425163634}}) | |||
*''The Weird Wide Web'' (with ]) (ISBN |
*''The Weird Wide Web'' (with ]) ({{ISBN|978-0614262995}}) | ||
*''Windows Me: The Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''Windows Me: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596000097}}) | ||
*''Windows Vista: The Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''Windows Vista: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596528270}}) | ||
*''Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596528263}}) | ||
*''Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596008970}}) | ||
*''Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual'' (ISBN |
*''Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-0596008987}}) | ||
*''The World According to Twitter'' (ISBN |
*''The World According to Twitter'' ({{ISBN|978-1579128272}}) | ||
*''Windows 8.0: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-1449314033}}) | |||
*''Windows 8.1: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-1449371623}}) | |||
*''Windows 10: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-1491947173}}) | |||
*''Windows 10 May 2019 Update: The Missing Manual'' ({{ISBN|978-1492057291}}) | |||
*''Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying the Technology in Your Life'' ({{ISBN|9781250053480}}) | |||
*''Pogue's Basics: Life: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying Your Day'' ({{ISBN|9781250080431}}) | |||
===Fiction=== | ===Fiction=== | ||
*{{cite book |author=Pogue, David |title=Hard Drive : A Novel By David Pogue|location=New York |publisher=Berkeley |year=1993}} Reprint 1995: Ace ({{ISBN| 9780441002559}}). Mass market paperback edition: Diamond Books | |||
* ''Hard Drive'' (1993), a ] (ISBN 978-0441002559) | |||
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* ''Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power'' (2010, novel for middle-schoolers) ({{ISBN|978-1596433847}}) | ||
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Technology writer, journalist and commentator (born 1963)
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Born | David Welch Pogue (1963-03-09) March 9, 1963 (age 61) Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) |
Spouse(s) | Jennifer Letitia O'Sullivan (1995-2011) Nicole "Nicki" Dugan Pogue (2013– ) |
Children | 3 |
Website | davidpogue |
David Welch Pogue (born March 9, 1963) is an American technology and science writer and TV presenter, and correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning.
He has hosted 18 Nova specials on PBS, including Nova ScienceNow, the Making Stuff series in 2011 and 2013, and Hunting the Elements in 2012. Pogue has written or co-written seven books in the For Dummies series, and in 1999, he launched his own series of computer how-to books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes more than 100 titles. He also wrote The World According to Twitter (2009) and Pogue's Basics (2014), a New York Times bestseller.
In 2013, Pogue left The New York Times to join Yahoo!, where he would create a new consumer-technology Web site. In 2018, returned to the Times as the writer of the "Crowdwise" feature for the "Smarter Living" section.
Early years
Pogue was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the son of Richard Welch Pogue, an attorney and former managing partner at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, and Patricia Ruth Raney. Pogue graduated from Yale University in 1985 summa cum laude, earning a bachelor's degree in music. He spent ten years working in New York intermittently as a conductor and arranger in Broadway musicals.
Career
Pogue 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, written by Dan Gookin.
Starting in November 2000, Pogue served as the personal-tech columnist The New York Times; his column, "State of the Art," appeared each Thursday on the front page of the Business section. He also wrote "From the Desk of David Pogue," a tech-related opinion column sent to readers by e-mail. He also maintained a blog at nytimes.com called Pogue's Posts.
Pogue joined CBS News Sunday Morning as a correspondent since 2002, writing and hosting stories on technology, science, the environment, and show business.
From 2007 to 2011, Pogue appeared on CNBC's Power Lunch in a taped, three-minute comic tech review, which then appeared on the New York Times website, nytimes.com, as well as iTunes, YouTube, TiVo, and JetBlue.
In 2007, the Discovery HD and Science channels aired his six-episode series, It's All Geek to Me, a how-to show about consumer technology.
From 2010 to 2019, Pogue wrote a monthly column for Scientific American called "Techno Files."
He hosted a four-part PBS Nova miniseries about materials science called "Making Stuff," which aired on four consecutive Wednesdays starting January 19, 2011, on PBS. It was followed by a two-hour special about the periodic table, "Hunting the Elements," which aired April 4, 2012. He hosted a further series, "Making More Stuff," on Nova in 2013.
Taking up where "'Hunting the Elements' left off, Pogue hosted a three-part PBS Nova series 'Beyond the Elements'," about how key molecules and chemical reactions paved the way for life on earth, including humans and their civilizations. The series aired on February 3, 2021.
Pogue's December 2022 report for CBS Sunday Morning, which questioned the safety of the Titan submersible, went viral on social media after the submersible went missing in June 2023 with five people onboard.
Pogue is a frequent speaker at educational and government conferences, addressing such topics as disruptive technology, social media, digital photography, and why products fail. He has performed three times at TED conferences: in 2006, a 20-minute talk about simplicity; in 2007, a medley of high-tech song parodies at the piano (or, as Pogue joked, "a tedley,"); and in 2013, offering tips everyone should know ("a driver's ed for tech"). In 2008, he performed at the EG conference, also in Monterey, talking about cellphones, the tricks they can be made to do, and how the phones are often better than the companies that market them.
Consumer advocacy
In July 2009, Pogue launched "Take Back the Beep." The campaign was designed to raise consumer awareness about American cellphone carriers’ mandatory 15-second voice mail instructions. Pogue wrote that the instructions are unnecessary, as most everyone knows "what to do at the beep." However, because consumers can’t easily turn the instructions off (if at all), the instructions eat into consumers’ voice plan minutes. "I calculated that if Verizon’s 87 million customers leave or check messages twice each business day, that comes out to $750 million of air time a year — your money and your time, listening to pointless instructions over and over again." Pogue explained how consumers could bypass the voice mail instructions, encouraged readers to complain about the practice to their carriers, and provided links where they could file complaints. Other media outlets reported on the "Take Back the Beep" campaign, including radio stations and blogs such as Gizmodo, Engadget, The Consumerist, and Technologizer. As a result of the "Take Back the Beep" campaign, AT&T shortened its voicemail instructions to eight seconds down from 12 or 15, though no other carriers followed suit and Verizon Wireless did not respond to the campaign.
In November 2009, Pogue reported on a Verizon customer’s complaint that the wireless carrier charged $1.99 for "bogus data downloads" every time an internet connection was established, even if the user did not intend to use the connection. The practice was validated by a reader who claimed to work for Verizon. The charge resulted whenever a Verizon customer touched the up-arrow key on some Verizon phones. The key is easy to hit accidentally and is preprogrammed by Verizon to launch the mobile Web, causing the consumer to incur a $1.99 data charge each time the key is pressed. As a result of Pogue’s reportage, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked Verizon to explain the data charge. In October 2010, in response to the FCC inquiry, Verizon agreed to pay up to $90 million in refunds to 15 million customers "wrongly charged for data sessions or Internet use," one of the largest refunds by a telecommunications company.
Conflict of interest and other issues
In a 2005 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 to him at no charge for the purposes of the review; but when describing the service for National Public Radio's Morning Edition program on September 12, 2005, he neglected 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. Ultimately, the Times paid for the service.
In September 2009, Pogue's New York Times review of the Snow Leopard Macintosh operating system, a product for which he had also authored a Missing Manual book, was the subject of a column by The Times' Public Editor Clark Hoyt. Hoyt wrote that Pogue's "multiple interests and loyalties raise interesting ethical issues." Of three ethicists Hoyt consulted, each agreed Pogue's position created a "clear conflict of interest" and placed the paper on "tricky ethical terrain." In response, Pogue posted a statement of ethics on his Times Topics page and a disclosure was added to his Snow Leopard review on The Times' web site.
In June 2011, Pogue gave a presentation at the Media Relations Summit sponsored by Ragan Communications in which he offered advice to PR professionals on how to successfully pitch him. Arthur S. Brisbane, The New York Times' reader representative, subsequently wrote that the paper’s ethics policy states staff members and freelancers on assignment "may not advise individuals or organizations how to deal successfully with the news media." Though Pogue is not a Times staff member and was not on assignment, an internal review determined that his presentation was not appropriate. In an email to Brisbane about the matter, Pogue wrote that in the future, "my speaking agent will now present every offer to my editor and me simultaneously."
Awards
In 2004, Pogue won a Business Emmy as the correspondent for two CBS News Sunday Morning stories about Google and spam for taking "complex technological applications such as Google or Spam and them comprehensible to the ordinary, non-technophile viewer."
Shenandoah Conservatory awarded Pogue an honorary doctorate in music in August 2007 for "his unique imagination of the boundary between music as a classical discipline and the computer of the future, and his artistic contributions".
In 2008, Pogue received a Society of Business Editors and Writers Best in Business Journalism award for his New York Times video, The iPhone Challenge: Keep it Quiet.
On May 5, 2009, Pogue won two Webby Awards. His New York Times online video series "was the only winner in multiple categories, earning nods for Best Reality/Variety Host and Technology."
His blog, "Pogue’s Posts" in The New York Times, received the 2010 Gerald Loeb Award for Online Commentary & Blogging.
In 2011, Pogue won the second "Golden Mouth Organ" award on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson for being the second person on the show who, when presented with a harmonica, could actually play it.
In 2013, Pogue was named an Honorary Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication.
Works
Nonfiction
- Pogue, David; Scott Speck (1997). Classical Music for Dummies. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide. ISBN 9780764550096. Pogue, David; Speck, Scott (2015). 2nd edition. ISBN 9781119049753.
- Engst, Adam; David Pogue (1999). Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook. Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly.
- CSS: the Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596802448)
- David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596154035)
- The Flat-Screen iMac For Dummies (ISBN 978-0764516634)
- GarageBand: the Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596006952)
- GarageBand 2: the Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596100353)
- The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt (ISBN 978-0425160060)
- How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos (ISBN 978-1982134518)
- The iBook For Dummies (ISBN 978-0764506475)
- iLife '04: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596006945)
- iLife '05: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596100360)
- The iMac For Dummies (ISBN 0764504959)
- iMovie: The Missing Manual (ISBN 1565928598)
- iMovie 2: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596001049)
- iMovie 3 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596005078)
- iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596006938)
- iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596100339)
- iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596527266)
- iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596516192)
- iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596801410)
- iMovie '11 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-1449393274)
- iPhoto: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596003654)
- iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596005061)
- iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596006921)
- iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596100346)
- iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596527259)
- iPhoto '08: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596516185)
- iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596801441)
- iPhoto '11: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-1449393236)
- Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-1565928572)
- Mac OS X: The Missing Manual (ISBN 0596000820)
- Mac OS X Hints (with Rob Griffiths) (ISBN 978-0596004514)
- Macs For Dummies (ISBN 978-0764503986)
- Macworld Mac Secrets (6 total editions) (with Joseph Schorr) (ISBN 978-0764534157)
- Magic For Dummies (ISBN 978-0764551017)
- The Microsloth Joke Book: A Satire (editor) (ISBN 978-0425160541)
- More Macs For Dummies (ISBN 978-0764502675)
- Opera For Dummies (with Scott Speck) (ISBN 978-0764550102)
- PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide (ISBN 1565926005)
- Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596004521)
- Tales from the Tech Line: Hilarious Strange-But-True Stories from the Computer Industry's Technical-Support Hotlines (editor) (ISBN 978-0425163634)
- The Weird Wide Web (with Erfert Fenton) (ISBN 978-0614262995)
- Windows Me: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596000097)
- Windows Vista: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596528270)
- Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596528263)
- Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596008970)
- Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-0596008987)
- The World According to Twitter (ISBN 978-1579128272)
- Windows 8.0: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-1449314033)
- Windows 8.1: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-1449371623)
- Windows 10: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-1491947173)
- Windows 10 May 2019 Update: The Missing Manual (ISBN 978-1492057291)
- Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying the Technology in Your Life (ISBN 9781250053480)
- Pogue's Basics: Life: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying Your Day (ISBN 9781250080431)
Fiction
- Pogue, David (1993). Hard Drive : A Novel By David Pogue. New York: Berkeley. Reprint 1995: Ace (ISBN 9780441002559). Mass market paperback edition: Diamond Books
- Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power (2010, novel for middle-schoolers) (ISBN 978-1596433847)
References
- ^ "Making Stuff: Series Overview". Nova. pbs.org. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Hunting the Elements". NOVA. PBS.org. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- "Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- Kaufman, Leslie (21 October 2013). "Pogue, Times Technology Columnist, Is Leaving for Yahoo". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- David Pogue (November 13, 2018). "Well, after five great years—407 articles, 352 videos, 46 live appearances—I'm saying farewell to the Yahoo family. I'll be redoubling my efforts at '@CBSSunday Morning'—and returning to the @NYTimes to launch a new column! Details soon!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Patricia Pogue Obituary". www.cleveland.com. Brown Forward Funeral Home. March 2, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- "Patricia Ruth (Raney) Pogue". www.echovita.com. Brown Forward Funeral Home. March 23, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- "Memorial Service Patricia Raney Pogue". www.youtube.com. Plymouth Church UCC. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ^ Pogue, David. "About David Pogue". DavidPogue.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- "NOVA | Making More Stuff". PBS. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- "Beyond the Elements". NOVA. PBS.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- Kanter, Jake (20 June 2023). "CBS Story On OceanGate's Missing Titanic Sub Goes Viral After Reporter David Pogue Got Jitters Over Its "Jerry-Rigged" Design". Deadline. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- Panella, Chris. "Maker of the lost Titanic sub once told a reporter that 'at some point, safety is just pure waste'". Insider. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- Pogue, David. "Pogue's Pages". Speaking Inquiries. David Pogue. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- TED (24 January 2008). "David Pogue on the music wars".
- "David Pogue at TED U". TED2013. Flickr. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ Pogue, David (30 July 2009). "'Take Back the Beep' Campaign". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Pogue, David (18 February 2010). "Will Carriers Offer a Better Way to Get Voice Mail?". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Pogue, David (31 July 2009). "Take Back The Beep, Part II". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Pogue, David (9 September 2009). "AT&T Relents, Drops Paging Instructions from Voicemail". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Pogue, David (12 November 2009). "Verizon: How Much Do You Charge Now?". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Pogue, David (4 October 2010). "Verizon Comes Clean". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Wyatt, Edward (3 October 2010). "Verizon Wireless to Pay Millions in Refunds". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ David Pogue (September 1, 2005). "Can You Save a Hard Drive?". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ Jeffrey A. Dvorkin (15 March 2006). "The Cost of a Story: Who Pays?". NPR. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
- ^ Hoyt, Clark (5 September 2009). "He Works for The Times, Too". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- Pogue, David. "A Note About Ethics and Disclosure". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ Brisbane, Arthur S. (6 July 2011). "Times curbs Pogue's P.R. appearances". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- "The National Television Academy Announces the Winners of the Second Annual Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting". National Television Academy. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- Kaptain, Laurence (August 30, 2007). "David Pogue Receives Honorary Doctorate from Shenandoah Conservatory". Conservatory Dean's Blog. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- "SABEW Announces Winners in its 13th Annual Best in Business Journalism Contest". The Free Library. Archived from the original on October 27, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- "13th Annual Webby Awards Announce Online Film & Video Winners" (Press release). New York: The Webby Awards. May 5, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- "CNBC, NYT, Vanity Fair Each Take Two Loeb Awards". Business Journalism. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- Ferguson, Craig (February 3, 2011). "Pogue Wins Craig Ferguson Mouth Organ". YouTube. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- Society for Technical Communication: "David Pogue Named Honorary Fellow Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine".
- How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos. Kirkus Reviews. December 15, 2020.
- How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos, by David Pogue. Booklist Online. 2020-12-15.
- Schlossberg, Tatiana (2021-01-22). "Three Books Offer New Ways to Think About Environmental Disaster". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
External links
- Official website
- David Pogue collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Pogue's Posts blog
- David Pogue at TED
- David Pogue at IMDb
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- American technology writers
- Gerald Loeb Award winners for News Service, Online, and Blogging
- O'Reilly writers
- Writers from Shaker Heights, Ohio
- Scientific American people
- The New York Times columnists
- Yahoo! people
- Yale University alumni
- Journalists from Ohio
- 21st-century American journalists