David Pogue

Video professionals, just get a (new) life already! (Apple isn't looking at you.)

Posted 23 Jun 2011 by Laura Scott

That's the message coming from Apple fanboys and apologists, going by the blogs out there, regarding the limitations of Apple's "update" to Final Cut Pro. Pick just about any thread on the Creative Cow forums and you'll see masses of discontent, frustration, anger, resignation ... and not one iota of joy.

In a final death blow, Apple has removed the link to the Pro Apps updater. Excellent news for those who recently purchased Studio 3....

Marvin Holdman:

Still a bit miffed at the fact that they expect me to "know" that their "upgrade" won't open FCS3 projects. Still say this product should NOT be named Final Cut anything, it is NOT Final Cut.

and Peter Blumenstock:

Pogue's Imponderables -- Answered!

Posted 18 Oct 2007 by Laura Scott

Some answers to David Pogue's questions about the technological universe:

* Why is Wi-Fi free at cheap hotels, but $14 a night at expensive ones?

Because you can afford it.

* What happens to software programs when their publishers go out of business?

They persevere on individual computers, in denial of extinction. Sometimes they're just so right you cannot improve upon them.

* Would the record companies sell more music online if it weren't copy-protected?

Of course. I'd start buying and downloading if they stopped treating me like a criminal.

* Do cellphones cause brain cancer?

No I don't know, but they do cause traffic accidents.

* What's the real reason you have to turn off your laptop for takeoff?

To annoy you.

* Why can't a digital S.L.R. camera record video?

Mine can. Yours can't?