NY Times tech wiz David Pogue gives out his best tech idea awards – or Pogies.
Wow, what an opportunity! Imagine having a newspaper column published precisely on the last day of the year. What a chance to step back, look ahead, sum it all up! Or else I could just trot out my usual end-of-year silliness, better known as the Pogie Awards. These honors, now in their fifth consecutive year, aren’t meant to identify the best products of the year; that’s way too obvious. Instead, the Pogies celebrate the best ideas of the year — great, clever features that somehow made it past the obstacles of cost, engineering and lawyers. Kindly turn off your cellphones and refrain from flash photography. All right, then, let’s begin. – From NY Times