Have I told you about the time I stood in line behind George Takei at LAX? I was flying first class on upgrades and he was right in front of me at check in. Until that point I figured LAX had a secret tunnel to Beverly Hills or somewhere else exclusive so that the rich and famous didn’t have to mingle except when explicitly directed by their press agents. Perhaps that’s evidence to the contrary, but I don’t consider myself to be a starstruck person. I don’t have a favorite entertainer, sports hero or even technologist. I am the kind of person who, upon seeing Mel Gibson walk into a restaurant, would hope that he didn’t take my table. So why then would I be so excited to get a DM from David Pogue.
I met David Pogue via downloads to my TiVo. To be brutally honest I don’t value his technical advice all that much. The format does not permit the type of information I use to make buying decisions. What he does do, and does very well, is introduce technology in interesting and approachable ways. He is often clever or witty, he seems to have a gift for making fun of himself while remaining genuine. This is a skill and style that many of us more technically savvy attempt to emulate with our own family and friends.
It was an odd feeling to have in response to receiving a DM and it led me to do a search on @Pogue. That’s when I saw someone else tweeting that he had received a DM from @Pogue as well. So maybe I was excited he considered something I wrote funny enough to deserve exclamation points. Maybe Twitter’s 140 character limit is truly some type of social equalizer as the hype suggests. Or maybe David Pogue is just a cool guy. The kind of guy you want to hang out with at his house because you know he has all of the best toys.
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