David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. Each week, he contributes a print column, an online column and an online video. His daily blog, "Pogue's Posts," is the Times's most popular blog. David is also an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News, a frequent guest on NPR's "Morning Edition," and a regular on CNBC. With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 60 titles. David graduated summa cum laude from Yale in 1985, with distinction in Music, and he spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York. He's been profiled on both "48 Hours" and "60 Minutes." In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the Shenandoah Conservatory.
Keynote Speech: Five Technologies for the Next Five Years
As a journalist on the cutting edge of personal technology, David Pogue of the New York Times displays, discusses, and demonstrates the five technological advances--out of the hundreds introduced each year--that will have the most impact on the audience in the next few years. Which five? They're constantly evolving, of course. But in recent versions of this talk, David has featured Voice Over IP (free phone calls over the Internet), the online video revolution (like YouTube), radio iPod tags, personal videoconferencing, HDTV, and other goodies.