mossberg, when did you start writing your personal technology column? >> guest: well, peter, it was 1991, and you can call me walt. >> host: well, i appreciate that. do you remember what your first column was about in 1991? >> guest: the first line of my first column was personal computers are just too hard to use, and it's not your fault. and the idea behind the column was there are a lot of computer columns at the time or technology columns, and the contribution i made was to convince the editors of the journal that we should write a column that unlike nearly all the others was not written by geeks for geeks, but was actually written to champion non-techie, smart people that were smart about whatever their business was. if they were an insurance agent, if they were a teacher, whatever it was, but they didn't know or want to know how the computer or the digital camera worked. they just wanted to be able to use it. and in those days, and i think it's hard sometimes for viewers now to remember, it was really -- you had to, basically, put in many, many, m

. >> this week on "the communicators" walt mossberg who writes a personal technology column in the "wall street journal" that is geared toward the average technology user. >> host: tech watchers and viewers of this program will recognize the name walt mossberg of the "wall street journal," maybe not the face, but he is joining us this week on "the communicators". he writes the personal technology column in the "wall street journal," and he is also co executive editor of all things the .com. when did you start writing your column? >> guest: it was 1992 -- 1991. you can call me walt. >> host: i appreciate that. do you remember what your first column was about in 1991? >> guest: the first line of my first column was personal computers are just too hard to use and is now your fault. the idea behind the column was there are a lot of computer columns of the time, technology columns. the contribution i made was to convince the editors of the journal that we should write a column on like nearly all the others that was not written by geeks for geeks but was actually written to champion non techie

. >> walt mossberg, we passed some supporters if they had some questions for you. how do you view microsoft's new tablets computer? can they compete and hardware? >> maybe we should explain to people that something historic happen to last week, which is that microsoft announced that it is building its first computer. it happens to be a tablets computer. it will run the new version of windows, which is coming out in the fall. it is a hybrid of the tablets operating system. we do not know whether that will appeal to consumers. they decided to adopt apple's model. microsoft and apple have been rivals for decades. one of the big differences between them was that microsoft was very firm on the idea of putting aside -- putting aside for a minute the xbox, we will make the operating system and other people make the hardware. apple's philosophy has been, the right way to do this is to the whole thing. the software integrates with the hardware. it is one reason, for instance, i have tested -- i do not know, two dozen or three dozen tablets. not a single one has, then two ho

. >> host: for future communicators we interviewed walt mossberg of "the wall street journal" is oneof the things he raised. he said congress is up in 10 years behind technology, five years the high-tech elegy. is that a bad name? >> guest: i don't think it's add bad thing because it limits the ability of congress to step in$6 and regulate in these areas. if you're a big believer in regulation you always frustrated that regulations are staying ahead of all these great new ideas and great at technologies being deployed. i think the tech elegies have been deployed and content created on the way consumers can utilize the content are occurring because there is not a lot of regulation of the internet and we should be striving to keep it that way. again, that is not to say that there aren't areas where people abuse the law. and in some instances break the law. those people should have the book thrown at them. creative people who come up with new started businesses and new products to offer on the internet should be encouraged and should not be worried about the next round of deregulation s

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. >> walt mossberg on the future of personal technology and relationships with train technology makers and the federal government, monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> we start tying our hand appeared the first was petraeus and mcchrystal recommended a minimum force of 30. they got 25% less. they wanted to conduct simultaneous campaigns to collapse the enemy and put pressure on them. but they could not do it. we had to do is sequentially. it drives up casualties. evaporate more political will at home. the second problem we have is petraeus wants to keep the surge forces, the 30,000, much longer and at a higher level. they are all gone. that is where we are at the time of your question. given those dynamics have already happened. there's pressure on the commanders to stay on a schedule that transitions our combat forces in 2013 totally and then the out of there by 2014. in my judgment what is happening to support that is far from condition based. that is a date we are moving to. by god we are doing it. we to take the pressure off of them so they can come ba

. >> walz moss bird on the future of personal technology and -- walt mossberg on the future of personal technology and the internet. >> colorado christian university hosted a summit on the economy, the national deficit, and the supreme court ruling on the affordable care act. we will hear from the governors of arizona and wyoming, a fox news analyst, and james robison. this is just over two and a half hours. >> it is a familiar feeling. men have your attention please, be in your seats, be in order. western conservative summit 2012 is in session for saturday the 30 of june. those of you who have been with us in 2010, 2011, note that just because the sum at program is printed and the press releases is out does not mean we stop trying to add a special guests and features. until this becomes the best conference you attend all year. this year is no exception. we have a special guest for you this morning. we tried, in fact 2 -- in fact, to have an even more special one. as president obama visited colorado yesterday, we urged him to extend his day to come to the western conservative summit and

. >> host: walt mossberg, "wall street journal" personal technology columnist and co-executive editor of allthings j deny.com at "the wall street journal." thank you for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you for having me. >> just ahead, golf bobby jindal of louisiana and former minnesota governor tim pawlenty campaigning for republican presidential candidate mitt romney in pittsburgh. in about 20 minutes we'll be live at the woodrow wilson center with a review and analysis of last week's mexican elections and what the new government may mean for u.s. relations. and later the u.s. senate returns from its weeklong independence day recess. no roll call votes are expected. >> louisiana governor bobby jindal and former minnesota governor tim pawlenty took a bus tour through northern ohio and western pennsylvania last week to campaign for gop presidential candidate mitt romney. the trip coincided with president obama's two-day campaign swing through those same battleground states. one of their stops was in pittsburgh where the golfs talked about -- governors talked about what t

ho >> walt mossberg on technology and the government.onight at 8:00 eastern on " the communicator's" on c-span2. oklahoma city in, which upon in june, this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the consuming travel of the c-span local content vehicles every month, booktv and american history tv. next month, watch for the history and literary culture of brown next stop, louisville, kentucky, on c-span2 and 3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: every monday morning, we look at your money. here to talk about the electric power grid is matthew wald, energy reporter for "the new york times." thanks for coming in. guest: thanks, libby. host: when we talk about the power grid, explain what makes that up, what we are referring to. guest: the north american continent is divided into three grades. at the utility's connect themselves to each other in the 1960's and 1970's for the purpose of reliability and trading energy 11 at a cheaper supplied and the other. at his about 132,000 circuit miles -- it is about 132,000 circuit miles. it doe

. >> co-executive ed editor of "the wall street journal"'s online all things d, walt mossberg, on the future of personal technology and the relationships between technology makers and the federal government, tonight at 8 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> you're watching c-span2, with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events, and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our scheduled toes at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> now, a discussion on the impact of social media on news reporting and what defines professional journalism. a panel of social media editors and journalists from silicon valley sat down to talk ott -- at a stanford university symposium in mid may. yoel hear from the executive editor of yahoo! news and a strategist who uses twitter to cover the middle east. this panel is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome t> the mcclatchy symposium. my

. >> walt mossberg on the future of the future of technology tonight at 8:00 eastern on c- span2. >> according to election officials in mexico, at the red lucida a party candidates won the recent presidential election. he was declared the winner friday. he had 30 aides term of the boat appeared earlier today they hosted a discussion -- had 38% of the vote. earlier today they hosted a discussion. this is two hours. >> good morning. i am the associate director at the mexico institute. i want to give you a special welcome to the woodrow wilson center. i see that some of the fourth of the july vacationers are slow to arrive. i am sure we will be joined by a number of other people. we did want to get started. we want to welcome folks who are viewing this online through the web speed and also folks from c- span have joined us this morning. we will give them a special hello. mexico held a historic election on july the first. it is historic in many ways that we will discuss this morning. one is that it appears to have resulted in the election of the president of mexico. his election has now