David Pogue

If you want to know what of importance is going on in the world of technology, New York Times columnist David Pogue is the perfect tour guide.

This talk is constantly updated to represent what's going on in tech right now, whether it's the gadgets themselves, amazing free Internet services, or social-media shockwaves. Originally designed for groups who hire Pogue to return to their conferences each year (so they'd be sure to see fresh, funny material every time), this speech is a great stand-alone and highly entertaining crash course in what's worth knowing about at the time of your event.

As the New York Times' tech reviewer, David Pogue has a front-row seat for observing the blazing-fast torrent of new inventions. Hundreds of gadgets and technologies come down the pike every year, and plenty get lots of press – and most of it is junk.

In this fast, funny presentation, Pogue will stick his neck out to predict which will actually cause major, disruptive changes. He'll display, discuss, and even demonstrate the technological advances – in personal entertainment, cellular tech, Web 2.0, and more – that will have the greatest impact on society in the coming years.

What do YouTube, MySpace, eBay, and Craigslist have in common? They're all part of "Web 2.0," in which a website's material is supplied by its visitors.

What do blogs, vlogs, and podcasts have in common? They're all new ways for individuals – and even corporations – to express themselves online.

In this head-spinning talk, David Pogue, The New York Times' most popular blogger (and first video blogger), helps to make sense of the explosively expanding realm of Web 2.0 and all kinds of 'casting. He'll advise both individuals and companies on how to exploit these live-wire technologies, supply some horrifying and hilarious real-world stories, and hint at the future, the pitfalls, and the rewards of these revolutionary new channels.

In his ten years reviewing tech products for The New York Times, David Pogue has seen his share of turkeys. Many were so obviously failures a kindergartener could have spotted them. Sometimes the problem is design. But more often, it's procedural, having to do with misfires in communication, PR, marketing, or groupthink. In this entertaining talk, he'll revisit some horrifying disasters from his journalism career – and, more importantly, pick apart how things went off the tracks.

It's been said, over and over again, that blogs unleash the power of the citizen journalist. A new day has dawned, when news can hit the web instantly, long before the mainstream media gets around to it. That, after all, is how so many of the great scandal stories have broken in the last few years.

But is blogger journalism actually journalism? David Pogue, who writes a column for The New York Times, obviously has an opinion – but it might not be the one you expect. In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he tries to pin down the pros and the cons of the blogger as journalist, as well as the journalist as blogger – and offers a few suggestions that might give the public the best of both worlds.

For the last 20 years, computers and technology have been part of the everyday curriculum for a generation or two of digitally privileged kids – and, as they become the majority, it's showtime.

As computer-literate children become America's new leaders, visionaries, and designers, how will their digital upbringing affect society and culture? New York Times technology columnist David Pogue takes a thoughtful, funny look at how the tidal wave will hit as the digital generation enters prime time – what we'll gain, what we'll lose, and what beliefs and approaches will shift into something we've never seen before.