David Pogue (born March 9 1963) is a technology writer, journalist and commentator. He is a personal technology columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and tech guest reporter for NPR's Morning Edition. He has written or co-written seven books in the "...for Dummies" series (including Macintosh computers, magic, opera, and classical music); in 1999, he launched his own series of computer how-to books, called the Missing Manual series, which includes over 60 titles covering a variety of personal computer operating systems and applications.
Pogue graduated from Yale University in 1985, with Distinction in Music.
He spent ten years working in New York as a Broadway musical conductor, arranger, and keyboard player.
On August 29, 2007 he received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Music) from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
He is married with three children.
