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David Pogue is a New York Times personal technology columnist, Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and tech guest for NPR's Morning Edition. 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 books called the Missing Manual series, which includes over 60 titles covering Macintosh software predominantly, but also including some Windows and cross-platform software.

Pogue graduated from Yale University in 1985, with Distinction in Music. He has no educational background in computer science, the focus of his career.

He is married to Jennifer Pogue, MD and has three children.

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.

New York Times

Each week, he produces a short online video for the New York Times website, nytimes.com, writes a review column for the paper, and writes a tech-related opinion column that is sent to readers by email. He also maintains a blog at nytimes.com called Pogue's Posts. His articles are usually critical of Microsoft products while praising Apple products. He focuses attention on new Apple products by writing articles about them before they are released, such as the new iPhone and Apple TV, though he does not do this for other companies' products. His articles are folksy in style and minimal in technical explanation and comparison, targeting an audience that is unspecialized in technology.

Criticism

Pogue is often criticized for having an alleged conflict of interest in writing his product reviews due to financial-incentive and a cozy relationship with Apple Inc. He has authored or co-authored scores of books primarily about Apple products, so it is seen by many to be no coincidence that his reviews are almost universally favorable of Apple products and critical of others, especially Microsoft. He recently got into an "editorial fistfight" over this point with Josh Quittner, leading editor of Business 2.0 and former tech writer for Time Magazine. Pogue responded to Quittner's criticism, stating that the majority of his Missing Manuals books are written about PC software. In a follow-up to Pogue's response, Quittner wrote:

I repeat: I'm surprised that the New York Times allows you to review Apple stuff. Just look at the list of Apple-related how-to books you've authored! It's a cottage industry! At the very least, there should be a disclaimer every time you do an Apple review. Whether you admit it to yourself or not, your vested interest here is in helping Apple sell more products. What you are doing is wrong, flat-out, flat-panel-for-non-dummies wrong, David.

Pogue's alleged close relationship with Apple is also claimed to be apparent in comments he has made on book tours. At a convention for tech book publisher O'Reilly in 2001, Pogue said to Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs:

I just want you to know that I've never had another job other than writing about the Mac — except for the New York Times thing that I'm currently doing — and I just want to thank you for 15 years of my career.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• Classical Music for Dummies
• Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook (with Adam C. Engst)
• The Flat-Screen iMac for Dummies
• GarageBand 2: the Missing Manual
• GarageBand: the Missing Manual
• The Great Macintosh Easter Egg Hunt
• Hard Drive (novel)
• The iBook for Dummies
• iLife '04: The Missing Manual
• iLife '05: The Missing Manual
• The iMac for Dummies
• iMovie: The Missing Manual
• iMovie 2: The Missing Manual
• iMovie 3 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
• iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
• iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual
• iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
• iPhoto: The Missing Manual
• iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual
• iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual
• iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual
• iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual
• Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual
• Mac OS X: The Missing Manual
• Mac OS X Hints (with Rob Griffiths)
• Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell
• Macs for Dummies
• Macs for Teachers
• Macworld Mac & Power Mac Secrets (with Joseph Schorr)
• Magic for Dummies
• The Microsloth Joke Book: A Satire (editor)
• More Macs for Dummies
• Opera for Dummies (with Scott Speck)
• PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide
• Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual (with Adam Goldstein)
• Tales from the Tech Line: Hilarious Strange-But-True Stories from the Computer Industry's Technical-Support Hotlines (editor)
• The Weird Wide Web (with Erfert Fenton)
• Windows Me: The Missing Manual
• Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
• Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
• Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual
• Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual

Fiction

• Hard Drive (1993) a techno-thriller

Trademarks

Pogue has trademarked the following:

• "the Missing Manual"
• "the book that should have been in the box"
• the Missing Manual logo

to denote his series of books, some of which are written by other authors and published by Pogue Press.

References

1. ^ David Pogue. "David Pogue's Bio". Retrieved 2007-06-28.
2. New York Times. "List of David Pogue articles at The New York Times". Retrieved 2007-6-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
3. Ryan Block. "David Pogue and Josh Quittner trade barbs over iPhone". Retrieved 2007-7-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
4. Josh Quittner. "A Review of Reviewers". Retrieved 2007-7-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
5. David Pogue. "David Pogue's Response to Josh Quittner". Retrieved 2007-7-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
6. Josh Quittner. "The Missing Manual: What Every Gadget Reviewer Should Know". Retrieved 2007-7-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
7. Derrick Story. "David Pogue Talks About Publishing, Steve Jobs, and Mac OS X".

External links

• Official website
• David Pogue's 22 min Talk at TED Conference (2006) Monterey, CA
• David Pogue at IMDb

• 1963 births
• Living people
• American technology writers
• New York Times people