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Columns > The Desktop Critic
Pogue's Macworld Magazine Column
The Desktop Critic
The Desktop Critic, that's the name of the back-page column in Macworld Magazine. My goal: 800 words a month of always funny, sometimes thought-provoking commentary on the Macintosh, Apple, Microsoft, and other freaks of nature. My home from 1991 until 2001, when I moved to the New York Times.
Winner of Computer Press Association "Best Column" awards in 1997 and 2000.
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4/01
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The Desktop Critic's Secret Diary
David Pogue Departs, but His Column Ideas Live On |
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3/01
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Darkness in the Amazon Jungle
Amazon.com Keeps Fiddling with the Formula |
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2/01
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Unexpected Lesson in Europe
Why Electronics Makers Cripple Their Wares Intentionally |
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1/01
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Welcome to Car OS X Public Beta
Pay to Try an Unfinished Product? Just Wait Till Other Industries Catch On |
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12/00
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Take My Privacy... Please
Could Somebody Remind Me Why We're Panicking? |
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11/00
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In Praise of Corporate Tyranny
It Takes a Force of Nature to Move Mountains |
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10/00
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Dear Rammy
Macworld's First Advice Column Debuts |
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9/00
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Calling It Splits
Judge Jackson: 'Microsoft was only the beginning' |
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8/00
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The Dawn of a New Error
What Do Apple's Error Messages Have Against Pronouns, Anyway? |
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7/00
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Real Estate Breakers
When It Comes to Clever Pixel Conservation, Guess Who's Doing It Right? |
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6/00
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The Night Before X-Ness
On the Eve of Mac OS X's Release, Just How Much Panic Is Justified? |
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5/00
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Secrets of the Software License Agreement
Have You Ever Actually Read One of These Things? I Didn't Think So. |
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4/00
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Reality Check 2000
Reports of Apple's Death, It Turns Out, Were Greatly Exaggerated |
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3/00
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Why Stainless-Steel Software Stinks
Think Better, Not Just Different: Apple's New Software Look |
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2/00
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www.BogusMacRumors.com
In The Era of the Leakproof Apple, It's Entertainment 10, Accuracy 2 |
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Thinking More about Different
If Apple Can Reinvent Computers, Think What It Could Do for Diapers |
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12/99
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Silicom As a Second Language
When Plain English Isn't Wordy Enough, Incentivize Your Form Factor |
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11/99
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The Repeal of Moore's Law
The Chips Are Fast Enough. When Will The Rest Of The Mac Catch Up? |
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10/99
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Steven Saves the Mac
Inspired by Ernest Lawrence Thayer's "Casey at the Bat" |
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9/99
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Stealing for a Better Tomorrow
What the Mac OS and Windows can Learn from Each Other |
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8/99
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When the Grass Roots Die
What's Happening to the Mac User Groups? |
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7/99
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The Dark Side of the Dark Side
Is Microsoft Satan? You Decide |
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6/99
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Anything--Especially If You Make 'Em Up |
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5/99
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Attack of the Living E-Mail
In the Battle of Man versus In-Box, Software Wins |
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4/99
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Differently Cabled
A Calbe Modem Isn't Just an Expensive Gadget--Really, It's Not |
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3/99
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CompUSA: Apple's Not-So-Superstore
If This Is The Best National Mac Chain, I'd Hate To See The Worst |
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2/99
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The Simplicity Backlash
The iMac and PalmPilot show Microsoft the way |
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First the Battles, Then the War
If the Mac is Dead, We Never Got the Memo |
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