David Pogue

My new Times column: Bose Soundlink vs the new Big Jambox! Backyard-sized sound from tiny wireless speakers. Awesome.

My new Scientific American column is online: The cellphone owners' Bill of Rights. Rise up, people!

My new Times column: A stompbox for singers. Adds backup vocals and does about 100 other cool things for your voice.

My new Times column: Can the new $300 Chinese pen displays for artists take on the $2000 Wacom Cintiq? Surprise!

My new Times column: what went wrong with the Draw Something update!

My new Times column is online: a review of the new Nook e-reader--the one that lights up like an Indiglo watch. Cool!

I'm very sorry! HERE is the correct link to the heat map for "How common is your birthday?"

Cool "heat map" graph: How common is your birthday? (Hint: Most people get snuggly in the winter; many Sept babies!)

More iOS 5 news: automatic background magazine downloads. Direct post to Twitter from Camera, Safari, YouTube, or Maps.

(Future taxi tech ideas, RT @Angelaelle:) A smartphone app that shows where available cabs are on a map. (They already have gps tracking.)

(iPogue app ideas #3, RT @flpatriot:) The ability to see where you are, on a map, in real time. What could _possibly_ go wrong? :)

Don't be intimidated by people who do amazing Draw Something drawings. They're probably on an iPad, not a phone--infinitely easier to draw.

Which Draw Something type are you? Hilarious.

My new Times column: what went wrong with the Draw Something update!

My Times post today: The TRUTH about ebook incompatibilities!

Here's my NPR radio appearance today--a smart, well-informed panel on the future of e-books:

The last print-only book anybody cares about is FINALLY available as an e-book: Harry Potter ($8 and $10 each).

All 12 volumes of Thomas Jefferson's complete writings and letters are free online, in all ebook formats:

My new Times column is up! A review of the new touchscreen ebook readers from Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.

RT @budish: @Pogue There should also be a site that lists ebook/music availability and prices. And movies that are closed captioned should be identified

@rickroberts Unless you follow me, I can't DM you. But drop me a note (pogue@nytimes.com); I'll answer your question fairly conclusively.

A weekend of local Pogue! Tomorrow in Ridgefield, CT (); Saturday at Westport's Mini Maker Faire!

I'm on a plane to San Francisco for tonight's FREE POGUE TWEETUP/SCREENING! (Free tchotchkes to be given out!)

POGUE TWEETUP! San Fran this Weds, 4/4. I'll give a talk; we'll watch my NOVA "Elements" movie on a big screen! RSVP:

At SXSW today: stop by for a FREE piece of 3-Berry Pie à la Pogue! Mmmm.

named a dessert after me: 3-Berry Pie à la Pogue! If you're going to SXSW, stop by for a slice.

As unlimited data plans die off, you MUST have a simple way to track your minutes/texts/data usage. My suggestions:

In many states, texting while driving is illegal. So what about DICTATING texts to Siri? Should that be an exception?

My daughter (12) was phoneless, had to text me urgently. Googled "send SMS by email," found this: Clever girl! Worked!

Engadget has a detailed hands-on with iOS 5, including discoveries like text macros and more camera shortcuts.

New in iOS5: iMessages service, for iOS devices. send text, photos, videos, group msgs, receipts. See your msgs on all your iOS dvices.

New in OS5: Photo editing built-in. Crop, color enhance, etc. New in Mail: search text in messages; flagging; indenting; rich text format.