TEDTalks David Pogue, When It Comes to Tech, Simplicity Sells

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Summary: David Pogue, a tireless explorer of everyday technology, is the personal technology columnist for The New York Times and an Emmy Award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. In this TEDTalk, Pogue combines insight, humor, and an unsinkable sense of fun as he takes aim at technology's worst interface-design offenders while providing encouraging examples of products that get it right. "Hello voicemail, my old friend," sings Pogue to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence."

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (21 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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electronic resource (video)
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2006.

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General Note:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on January 28, 2012. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Formatted Contents Note:	David Pogue's 'Sounds of Silence' (1:33) -- David Pogue Discusses 'Software Rage' (1:42) -- The Problem with Simpler Tech (2:14) -- Software's Growing Features (2:22) -- Examples of Unnecessary Software Complexity (3:12) -- The BIll Gate's Song: 'I Write the Code' (3:01) -- The Steve Jobs Song: 'Don't Cry for Me Cupertino' (2:29) -- Examples of Simple Design (3:18) -- Simplicity Sells (1:10) -- TEDTalks: David Pogue - When It Comes to Tech, Simplicity Sells: Credits (0:04)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.