David Pogue is one of the computer culture's heros. He is the guy who
invented the "Missing Manual" series of books: books that should have
come with your cell phone, computer, software .. but didn't! He's
turned into everyone's favorite tech uncle by starting the hugely
successful Pogue's Posts section of the NY Times. Each new edition of
the Mac OS X (Panther, Tiger, Leopard ..) sprouts a must-have book for
our family for sure.
Well, now all folks who fret over not being able to catch up with
their techie friends may have a rescue on the way:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/tech-tips-for-the-basic-computer-user/
This post is having such success that a book is being born:
"Nothing I’ve ever written has ever prompted a reaction like last
week’s e-column. In six days, over 1,150 of you added comments to the
online version at nytimes.com/pogue. The column was the #1 most e-
mailed New York Times article for two days straight. Three publishers
invited me to turn the topic into a book. (I’ve chosen my existing
publisher, O’Reilly.)"
So help is on the way. AND all the techies will find things in the
list that they didn't know (and probably won't admit)! So head over
and leave a tip or two, and be prepared to find out something you
don't know either.
-- Owen
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