Simplicity and interface design... with show tunes!

Well, who knew that high-profile techie David Pogue was such a dab hand on the ivory keyboard too? In a 20-minute TED Talks presentation from mid-2006, the New York Times columnist opines on simplicity as a winning factor behind tech successes – and tosses in plenty of real-life examples, geek jokes, and broadway show tunes set to IT industry lyrics. The Pogue humor is sometimes a hit, and the singing never is, but the piano is solid and the presentation entertaining.

Gotta give a geek columnist major credit for facing an audience with Barry Manilow reworkings. If you're a follower of the TED Talks presentations, you'll have seen this already; otherwise, take a view here or below.