17 Facts About David Pogue

David Welch Pogue was born on March 9,1963 and is an American technology and science writer and TV presenter, and correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning.

David Pogue has hosted 18 Nova specials on PBS, including Nova ScienceNow, the Making Stuff series in 2011 and 2013, and Hunting the Elements in 2012.

David Pogue wrote The World According to Twitter and Pogue's Basics, a New York Times bestseller.

David Pogue spent ten years working in New York intermittently as a conductor and arranger in Broadway musicals.

David Pogue got his start writing books when Macworld owner IDG asked him to write Macs for Dummies to follow on the success of the first.

David Pogue wrote "From the Desk of David Pogue," a tech-related opinion column sent to readers by e-mail.

David Pogue joined CBS News Sunday Morning as a correspondent since 2002, writing and hosting stories on technology, science, the environment, and show business.

From 2007 to 2011, David Pogue appeared on CNBC's Power Lunch in a taped, three-minute comic tech review, which then appeared on the New York Times website, nytimes.

David Pogue hosted a four-part PBS Nova miniseries about materials science called "Making Stuff," which aired on four consecutive Wednesdays starting January 19,2011, on PBS.

David Pogue hosted a further series, "Making More Stuff," on Nova in 2013.

David Pogue is a frequent speaker at educational and government conferences, addressing such topics as disruptive technology, social media, digital photography, and why products fail.

David Pogue has performed three times at TED conferences: in 2006, a 20-minute talk about simplicity; in 2007, a medley of high-tech song parodies at the piano ; and in 2013, offering tips everyone should know.

In November 2009, David Pogue reported on a Verizon customer's complaint that the wireless carrier charged $1.99 for "bogus data downloads" every time an internet connection was established, even if the user did not intend to use the connection.

In June 2011, David Pogue gave a presentation at the Media Relations Summit sponsored by Ragan Communications in which he offered advice to PR professionals on how to successfully pitch him.

In 2008, David Pogue received a Society of Business Editors and Writers Best in Business Journalism award for his New York Times video, The iPhone Challenge: Keep it Quiet.

In 2011, David Pogue won the second "Golden Mouth Organ" award on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson for being the second person on the show who, when presented with a harmonica, could actually play it.

In 2013, David Pogue was named an Honorary Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication.