New York Times technology columnist David Pogue - "The Megapixel Myth"

ASMP NorCal will be hosting a special event with acclaimed NY Times columnist, David Pogue,

on Wednesday, January 16th, from 6:00 - 9:00 pm at BlueSky Studios, S.F.

 David will speak on the "The Megapixel Myth".  It promises to be entertaining, enlightening and amusing as David is a performer extraordinare!

If you believe the marketing hype, the quality of a digital camera is determined by the number of megapixels it has—10 megapixels must be better
than 5, right? In this hilarious talk, New York Times technology columnist David Pogue relives his four-month quest to determine, once and for all,
just how important megapixels are in a digital camera. Pogue’s adventure involved the Discovery Channel, the New York Times, the technical director
of Professional Photography magazine, 100 passersby in Times Square and over 500 angry bloggers. Join him as he shares his experience.

David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. Each week, he contributes a print column, an online column and an online video.

His daily blog, “Pogue’s Posts,” is the Times’s most popular blog. David is also an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News,

a frequent guest on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and a regular on CNBC. With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the world’s bestselling how-to authors.

He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the “for Dummies” series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music);

in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 60 titles.

David graduated summa cum laude from Yale in 1985, with distinction in Music, and he spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York.

He’s been profiled on both “48 Hours” and “60 Minutes.” In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the Shenandoah Conservatory.

David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children.

His web site is www.davidpogue.com

Come join us, rest you feet from Mac World, meet other like photographers, eat, drink and be merry with David Pogue

Sponsored by Livebooks

The raffle will include a free l-year portfolio (worth $860.00) with PhotoServe.com, the on-line portfolio site from PDN  

At BlueSky Studios, 2325 3rd Street, S.F.

http://www.blueskysf.com/

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Social Hour 6-7 PM; Event 7-9 PM.  Food and drink will be served

Free to ASMP members, $5 SFDIG, BATW and APA, $10 for non-members

 To volunteer for this or any event please contact our assistant Chair Dee Rogers: dee@deerogersphotography.com

ASMPNorcal- 510-792-9969

P.s. David Pogue will be making his keynote speech at Mac World on Wednesday January 16th from 9-10 AM.