David Pogue

David Pogue began his academic training at Yale University, where he graduated summa cum laude with a distinction in music. After graduation, Pogue spent a decade working as a conductor and arranger for Broadway musical productions in New York, a lesser-known facet of his career that demonstrates his versatility. His foray into journalism and technology began in the late 1980s, when he started writing for Macworld magazine and made a name for himself with his monthly column, The Desktop Critic.

Pogue is one of the world's best-selling how-to authors. His publishing success skyrocketed when IDG Publishing asked him to write Macs for Dummies, which became the best-selling Mac title in the successful For Dummies series. Subsequently, he created his own line of technology books, the Missing Manual series, which is characterized by providing clear and humorous manuals for software and hardware, and has over 120 titles published. More recently, he published the bestselling "Pogue's Basics" series, which offers essential tips for simplifying technology and everyday life.

For 13 years, Pogue was the influential personal technology columnist for The New York Times, a position from which he analyzed and critiqued industry news, guiding millions of readers in their purchasing decisions. His ability to translate technical complexity into layman's terms also led him to television. He has served as technology correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning since 2002 and has hosted numerous science specials for PBS, including the Nova ScienceNow series and the popular Making Stuff, winning multiple Emmy awards for his journalistic work.

Throughout his career, he has been a tireless explorer of everyday technology, researching gadgets, software and trends to report his findings in an entertaining way. He has been a speaker on the TED stage several times and has received the Loeb Prize for journalism and several Webby Awards. After a stint as founder of Yahoo!'s technology site, he returned to The New York Times.