Walt Mossberg is the author of the weekly Personal Technology column in The Wall Street Journal.  He is co-creator and co-producer of the technology industry’s most prestigious annual conference, D: All Things Digital; co-executive editor of allthingsd.com and writes the Mossberg’s Mailbox column and edits the Mossberg Solution column in the Journal. The New York Times calls him a “protean critic of the new economy’s tools and toys.”  Mossberg is a trustee of Brandeis University.