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Paul Kent gives TUAW the latest news about Macworld 2010

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Nov 11th, 2009

As a Mac-head who has attended the Macworld Expo and Conference on and off since the late 1980s, I met the announcement last December that Apple would no longer attend the event with a big, jaw-breaking yawn. Personally, I never attended Macworld for the Apple display, which was overcrowded and staffed by Apple employees who usually knew less about the new products than I did. The keynotes were usually a highlight, but hard to get into, and without Steve Jobs as the "star," it just wouldn't be the same. My reason for going to Macworld has always been the same; to see great new software or hardware made to work with Apple products, meet with manufacturers and developers, and to enjoy the camaraderie of the large group of buddies I've made at Macworld Expo in the past.

So, when I saw that registration for Macworld 2010 had opened, I immediately jumped on the website and signed up. To me, it's a no-brainer to attend the original and only US conference that is all about Apple. Macworld Expo has been around for 25 years, and all indications are that it will continue for as long as the Macintosh and other Apple platforms exist. Yesterday, I talked with Paul Kent, General Manager, Macworld 2010 and Vice President of IDG World Expo, about Macworld 2010 and how preparations are coming along for the show.

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Tags: david pogue, DavidPogue, kevin smith, KevinSmith, leo laporte, LeoLaporte, macworld, macworld expo, macworld expo 2010, macworld2010, MacworldExpo, MacworldExpo2010

Filed under: Macworld, Video

Macworld 2009: Interview with David Pogue

by Nik Fletcher (RSS feed) on Jan 8th, 2009

Hot on the heels of the Macworld Live show Wednesday morning, we caught up with New York Times columnist David Pogue to talk about what's hot (and not) at the show this year, his thoughts on the "Philnote" and the future of Macworld, the iPhone's phenomenal success in 2008 and his undying love (ahem) for the Blackberry Storm.

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Tags: david pogue, DavidPogue, iphone, macworld09, new york times, NewYorkTimes

Filed under: Macworld, Cult of Mac

Macworld Live with David Pogue

by Nik Fletcher (RSS feed) on Jan 7th, 2009

One of the highlights of every Macworld is the Macworld Live session with New York Times columnist, musician extraordinaire and Missing Manual author David Pogue. Featuring trivia, parody songs and amusing guests, it's the perfect way to start your Expo day.

This year's show included musical performances such as "Where is Steve?" (parodying "Where is Love" from the musical "Oliver") and a special guest performance from Ge Wang (founder of Smule) on his best-selling Ocarina app. On top of the musical appearances, this years extra guests were Matt Harding from YouTube phenomenon "Where the Hell is Matt" and the folks behind "You Suck at Photoshop".

Gallery: Macworld Live with David Pogue 2009

Tags: david pogue, david-pogue, DavidPogue, new-york-times

Filed under: Retail, Reviews, Found Footage, iPhone

Found Footage: David Pogue reviews the iPhone 3G

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Jul 9th, 2008

In regular David Pogue style, he has published a half-comedy, half-review of the iPhone 3G. In the video, he shows a side-by-side comparison of the loading speeds of EDGE vs. 3G. It took only 40 seconds for a page to load on 3G, while to took over 3 minutes for the same page to load over EDGE. He also swings by the 5th Avenue Apple Store to speak with the people waiting in line.

You can view this comical video review of the iPhone 3G by David Pogue on the NewYorkTimes video website. In addition, be sure to take a look at our summary of the top technologist's iPhone reviews.

Tags: 2.0 firmware, 2.0Firmware, David Pogue, DavidPogue, iPhone, iPhone 3G, Iphone3g, review

Filed under: Reviews, iPhone, App Store

Mossberg, Pogue, Baig review the iPhone 3G

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Jul 9th, 2008

While most people are waiting in line for their soon-to-be new friend, pal and everyday communications device, the world's top tech reviewers have already been playing with the long awaited device. Below is a summary of their findings along with links to their full reviews of the iPhone 3G.

Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal)

Pros: Faster cell network data speeds, GPS
Cons: Weaker battery life due to 3G/GPS
Bottom Line: If you don't already have an iPhone and can live with the weaker battery life, then you should go ahead and buy; otherwise wait out for the 2.0 firmware update (hmm... I think I've heard this advice somewhere else)

David Pogue (New York Times)

Pros: You can talk and access 3G data network simultaneously, cheaper, improved audio quality
Cons: 3G isn't wide-spread, AT&T pricing,
Bottom Line: "iPhone 3G is a nice upgrade," 2.0 firmware update will make your original iPhone in most ways similar to the iPhone 3G

Edward Baig (USA Today)

Pros: Faster data network, cheaper, GPS, Visual Voicemail
Cons: Slow EDGE speeds when not in 3G area, no video, no memory expansion
Bottom Line: "The Sequel, is worth the wait," he also shows a side-by-side comparison between EDGE and 3G speeds

As an interesting note: David Pogue says that the iPhone's GPS antenna is too small to provide you with turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps -- this is something that Apple has failed to note until now.

Tags: 3G, att, Cons, David Pogue, DavidPogue, Edward Baig, EdwardBaig, GPS, iPhone 3G, Iphone3g, New York Times, NewYorkTimes, Pros, reviews, USA Today, UsaToday, Wall Street Journal, WallStreetJournal, Walt Mossberg, WaltMossberg

Filed under: Software, Odds and ends

David Pogue on Macro programs

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Aug 23rd, 2007

NY Times tech columnist David Pogue has done it again. I'll admit that more than once I've wondered about David after watching one of his whimsical video reports for the Times, but then he offers up a gem like the one in his latest column and I realize why he is a powerful tech columnist and I'm a lowly blogger.

Pogue takes a look at several Macro programs for both Mac and PC (a Macro program is one that allows you to assign certain actions to corresponding key strokes. Launch an app with a push of a button, have a script fire off, things of that nature). He takes Keyboard Maestro, iKey, and QuicKeys for a spin on the Mac side. They all fare well, but QuicKeys is the one the gets the highest marks, and the one that spawned the tip which has me believing in Pogue all over again. QuicKeys allows you to remap the tilde key (pictured to the right) to any button you would like. David uses it as a left hand delete button so he doesn't have to move his hand off the mouse whilst editing. Brilliant.

Tags: david pogue, DavidPogue, ikey, keyboard maestro, KeyboardMaestro, macro, new york times, NewYorkTimes, quickeys

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iLife, Software

David Pogue on iMovie '08: "What the [bleep]!"

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Aug 17th, 2007

iLife '08 buyers have spoken, and Apple has listened: the new iMovie '08 is a major disappointment in some key areas. So much so that Apple decided to provide iMovie '06 as a free download, but it's almost as if they knew this was going to happen, because iMovie '06 is the only iLife app that gets preserved in a backup folder when installing iLife '08.

Adding his influential voice to the crowd, David Pogue has penned a new article blatantly titled Apple Takes a Step Back with iMovie '08, and you get three guesses as to how he feels about the new changes. Throughout the article, Pogue repeatedly slams Apple for doing something no other company has in recent memory: update a mature, popular application with a new version that retains almost no resemblance to its predecessors. Pogue even goes so far as to recommend iMovie '08 to have been given a different name, such as FlyMovie, ByeMovie or WhyMovie.

Though he does briefly praise the app for a few of its new features - such as skimming (despite its tall resource requirements), unparalleled color correction tools, YouTube sharing and the ability to truly delete portions of a clip you won't be using to reclaim hard drive space - Pogue still tosses his hat into the ring with disgruntled iMovie fans (especially since he's been using it to create all his videos for the New York Times) in asking Apple: "What the [bleep]!"

Tags: David Pogue, DavidPogue, iMovie, iMovie 06, iMovie 08, Imovie06, Imovie08

Filed under: Books, iPhone

iPhone: The Missing Manual available in August, PDF bundle available now

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jul 18th, 2007

The venerable David Pogue has worked his relentless magic yet again to conjure up yet another manual that apparently should have been in the box with iPhone: The Missing Manual (though one could certainly argue that there would have been no way to fit a typical book in the iPhone's impressively compact packaging anyway). As the promo email that I just received states, Pogue's iPhone coverage is summarized into four primary categories: the phone and organizer, the iPod, the Internet, and the hardware and software. Pogue even tackles such issues as synching an iPhone with multiple machines and ways to solve the iPhone's lack of a spam filter. Heck, Mr. Pogue is so into the iPhone, he even sang about switching to it.

If you're already hooked and itching to both buy and read, O'Reilly is offering a bundle deal right up your alley: though the $20 book doesn't ship until sometime in August, you can purchase a $24.99 bundle to get a PDF copy right now. Either way, you can find out more details at O'Reilly's product page for iPhone: The Missing Manual.

Tags: books, david pogue, DavidPogue, iphone, missing manual, MissingManual, o reilly, o'reilly, OReilly, pdfs

Filed under: Books and Blogs, iPhone

iPhone: The Missing Manual

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Jun 29th, 2007

David Pogue, is there anything you can't do? He has had an iPhone for a few weeks now (one of the perks of being the New York Times tech columnist, I would imagine) and now there is news of the pending release of iPhone: The Missing Manual (it'll set ya back $20). This latest addition to the Missing Manual covers, what esle, the iPhone and will be jam packed full of tips and tricks for the iPhoner in your life.

The book will be available in August, but David has shared some of his favorite tricks a little early for all those folks who are lucky enough to get an iPhone today.

Tags: david pogue, DavidPogue, iphone, missing manual, MissingManual

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software

David Pogue blogs mini-review of Parallels 3

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Jun 8th, 2007

David Pogue, the NY Times' answer to Walt Mossberg (as distinct from "This WSJ writer, nicknamed Uncle Walt, hosted two technology legends at a 2007 conference" -- that's the Jeopardy answer to Walt Mossberg) hasn't reviewed Parallels 3.0 yet, at least not in print. On his blog, however, Pogue has given the new version an enthusiastic thumbs up.

Pogue uses Dragon NaturallySpeaking on Windows to do a large chunk of his writing (Mac voice-rec tools like TrueVoice or iListen, though available, did not measure up to his needs) which has meant either lugging two laptops around or, more recently, Boot Camp. Up until now the USB audio support in Parallels hasn't worked well enough for speech recognition to go smoothly. With the 3.0 release and an XP virtual machine (Vista was still too resource-intensive), Pogue is now running the voice-rec app completely flawlessly and happily.

Pogue's post ends with a reminder of how the platform equation is changing; he writes, "Whether you're a Mac person or a Windows person, the point is that you can now run 100 percent of the world's computer software on a single machine, faster and more easily than ever." It's no longer a matter of justifying answers to "Why would you buy a Mac?" but simply responding "Why wouldn't you buy a computer that can run all your applications, whichever platform you need?"

Tags: david pogue, DavidPogue, dragon, parallels, voice recognition, VoiceRecognition

Pogue tests 802.11n routers, blasts Netgear

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Apr 12th, 2007

In today's New York Times, friend to Mac users and finder of lost loves, David Pogue does a nice user-focused job of reviewing four 802.11n wireless routers (story, video), evaluating performance and ease of setup for the Apple, Belkin, Netgear & Linksys offerings. His conclusion: the Airport Extreme, while slightly more expensive than the other units and lacking Gigabit support on the Ethernet side, is far and away the best performer (up to 90mbit transfer speeds, almost double the best results with the other three routers, testing details in his video) and certainly the easiest to configure and control. He also points out that current Macs are firmware-updatable to 802.11n, while most other PC manufacturers will make you buy a new card to get your speedy on.

For the real entertainment, however, check out Pogue's behind-the-story blog post. His experience with the Netgear software installation for a USB 802.11n adapter -- a madness-inducing swirl of EULAs, unsigned drivers, UI design from Graphix-R-Us, and plain ol' Windows user-hostile behavior -- is both familiar and chuckle-worthy.

Update: Clarified the 2nd paragraph to note that Pogue's issues with the Netgear installation were specific to the adapter, not the router itself.

Tags: 802.11n, airport extreme, AirportExtreme, david pogue, DavidPogue, nyt

Filed under: Macworld, Video

TUAW Video: A Mac Moment with David Pogue

by Dan Pourhadi (RSS feed) on Jan 16th, 2007

Continuing our Macworld Mac Moment series, I talk (more or less) to Macworld fave, New York Times' tech columnist and "Missing Manual" author David Pogue. I ask him "three" versioned questions about iPhone, the AppleTV and, of course, the surprising lack of Mac product announcements during the keynote. (He actually got to touch the iPhone. It's worth watching the interview just so you can say "I watched an interview with someone who actually touched the iPhone." Seriously.) Click here to avoid the flash player and download the original format (.mp4) version.

Tags: david pogue, DavidPogue, mac moment, macmoment, macworld, macworld07, mwsf07, netscape

Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone

David Pogue Ultimate iPhone FAQ

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jan 12th, 2007

New York Times columnist and Mac-celebrity David Pogue has a great iPhone FAQ. It answers a number of outstanding questions about Apple's new toy that I haven't seen answered anywhere else. For instance, he reports it does not connect to iChat, the iPhone version of Safari does not support Flash or Java, and it has no way to open Word or Excel files. Going down the list is, unfortunately, something of an exercise in frustration. The more I see about what the iPhone cannot do makes me more and more concerned about what it can.

[Via Daring Fireball]

Tags: David Pogue, DavidPogue, iPhone FAQ, IphoneFaq

Filed under: Macworld, Steve Jobs

IDG unveiles Macworld 07 event highlights including Kevin Smith, David Pogue

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Oct 20th, 2006

Get your frequent flier miles ready boys and girls, cuz IDG has just announced the event highlights for the Macworld 07 (of course, if you're a lucky SF resident, you can probably hang onto those miles). Key speakers include Kevin Smith (yea, the), as well as the New York Times' own David Pogue. Of course, Mr. J's keynote has been confirmed again, and let's not forget it should shape up to be quite the event considering IDG added a second hall.

Personally, I'm with reader boom bam boom bam bam's comment: I think we should turn Steve's 'Boom!' into a drinking game.

Tags: david pogue, DavidPogue, event, events, kevin smith, KevinSmith, macworld, presentations, san francisco, SanFrancisco

Filed under: Productivity, Odds and ends, TUAW Tips

TUAW Tip: Quickly reveal enclosing folders in Spotlight

by Conrad Quilty-Harper (RSS feed) on Jul 27th, 2006

I don't know whether it's just me, but the one thing that I've always felt was lacking from Spotlight was the ability to quickly and easily reveal the enclosing folder for search results. It was never a major problem, but on the rare occasion when I do use Spotlight, I often seem to need to see the search result's containing folder. Earlier I was looking up a rogue "mds" process which was hogging 60% of my MacBook's CPU when I came across an article on Macintouch, with this little tidbit at the end from Chong-Yee.

"Apple's "Spotlight Tips" page is good, but doesn't include the following tip I discovered. If you want to reveal a file in its enclosing folder from the drop down Spotlight results list, hold down the Command key and click the result."

This is probably something I should have discovered on my own anyway (holding down Command during any action in OS X usually reveals some kind of useful alternative action), but because the problem wasn't so annoying that I felt the need to research it (hence my accidental discovery) I never thought to try. Usually I'd click "show all", and then right click the item and press "reveal in Finder". That usually took a few seconds -- now the process takes less than a single second.

This personal example reminds me of Steve Garfield's entertaining interview with David Pogue (seriously, check out the bit at the end where David sings and plays the piano) where he talks about cool shortcuts that developers put into their work which, for whatever reason, don't make their way in the official documentation.

Tags: David Pogue, DavidPogue, Macintouch, Odd, Spotlight, Steve Garfield, SteveGarfield, The Missing Manual, TheMissingManual, TUAW Tip, TuawTip

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