Washington Apple Pi General Meeting Summaries
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
The following summaries were prepared to describe Washington Apple Pi General Meetings in the Washington Apple Pi Journal, for the benefit of those Pi members who were unable to attend or who desire notes on the meetings. They are archived here for Pi members, and for interested parties or vendors who wish to sponsor future meetings and events.
Unless otherwise specified, all meeting summaries were written by Lawrence Charters, Don Essick, or Steve Kiepe and are Copyrighted by them and Washington Apple Pi, Ltd. Reprinted with permission.
Note: meeting dates in the future often have speculative summaries; check the summary closer to the meeting date for the latest information. Meeting dates for 2004: Aug. 28, Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 20, winter Garage Sale on Dec. 4. Meeting dates for 2005: Jan. 22, Feb. 26, Mar. 19, Apr. 23, May 21, June 25 Picnic, July 23, Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 19, Dec. 3 Garage Sale.
2005 Meetings
June 2005
Washington Apple Pi will have its second annual Pi Picnic on June 25 (tentative; we're negotiating with the ants).
May 2005
In further personnel changes, the Pi will trade a technology futurist, a stock market futures analyst, and an Ouija board for a topic on May 21.
April 2005
The Pi will trade two Mac OS 7.6 power users and a HyperCard programmer for a topic on April 23.
March 2005
Making the Most of Your iPod is the (tentative) topic for March 19.
The Pi will explain why the "Joys of Open Source Software" should be part of your Mac's life on February 26.
A review of Macworld San Francisco will be held January 29 (moved from Jan. 22 due to a scheduling conflict with the weather).
2004 Meetings
Washington Apple Pi's Garage Sale 2004 was held December 4. You'd never believe what people had in their garages.
FileMaker, the most popular database program not made in Redmond, was the topic on November 20, along with our annual "Neat Gifts For Your Mac."
GollyGee Software demonstrated GollyGee Blocks, their 3D software package, on October 23.
Listen Up! Getting music from wherever it is into your Mac was the topic for September 25.
Ben Waldie of Automated Workflows LLC showed us the wonders of AppleScript on August 28.
Breaking Into Digital Photography was the wildly popular subject of the General Meeting topic on July 31.
Washington Apple Pi will be having a picnic for members and guests on June 19, 2004. Check out the Web page for details and a flyer.
Microsoft, the world's second largest Macintosh software developer, demonstrated Microsoft Office 2004.
Washington Apple Pi will present iMovie: Fun, Fantastic and Free on April 24.
The electronic parts of Washington Apple Pi -- member Web sites, E-mail, Web mail, Web forums and such -- were the topic on March 27.
February 28 featured a consumer's guide to Macintosh security. The following day, the entire year took a leap.
January 2004
January 24 featured a review of Macworld San Francisco and the Mac's 20th anniversary.
2003 Meetings
Washington Apple Pi Winter Computer Sale and Show was held on Dec. 13.
On November 22, the Pi hosted Pantherpalooza, an in-depth look at Mac OS X 10.3. In the Forum.
October 2003
Holiday gifts for your Mac were the topic on Oct. 18, in the Auditorium.
September 2003
On September 27, Washington Apple Pi luminaries talked about and demonstrated the Pi's wide-ranging services in the Auditorium.
August 2003
Brian Wayman, Senior Systems Engineer from Apple Computer, briefed us on the new Power Mac G5 computers and demonstrated the forthcoming "Panther," Mac OS X 10.3.
July 2003
Washington Apple Pi had a wonderful Macworld Creative Pro recap and inspired demonstration of iChat AV on July 26 at the Elks Lodge in Fairfax, VA.
June 2003
The Pi's Summer Garage Sale was held on June 14.
May 2003
Pi members spent the entire meeting in an extended series of Question and Answer chats and demonstrations.
The Pi's 25th Birthday Celebration and Brunch featured Shawn King, host of Your Mac Life Web Radio Show, all on April 26.
March 2003
The General Meeting was a week early, on the Ides of March (March 15), devoted to "Macintosh Bag of Tricks."
February 2003
Adobe was the Pi's guest on February 22.
Apple took us on a Safari and review of Macworld Expo San Francisco, with a dramatic Keynote, expanding PowerBook vistas and other cat-like wonders of Mac OS X on January 25.
2002 Meetings
December 2002
November 2002
You could have learned how to organize your life with iCal, iSync and the Mac OS X Address book on Nov. 16.
October 2002
LaCie showed us how to store all kinds of stuff on Oct. 26.
September 28 featured a detailed tour of the Washington Apple Pi telecommunications system, including the Web-enabled bulletin board, the TCS.
August 2002
August 24 saw lots of multicolored fur flying with the release of Mac OS X 10.2, code-named Jaguar.
July 2002
Apple's J.D. Mankovsky joined us for a review of Macworld New York City and Apple's offerings.
June 2002
The Washington Apple Pi Summer 2002 Computer Show and Sale was held on June 15.
May 2002
The General Meeting was held one week early, on May 18, at the NOVA Forum, and concentrated on Apple's "i" programs.
April 2002
Steve Roberson explored the wonders of Mac OS X multi-user capabilities and talents.
March 2002
March 30, 2002 was devoted to telecommunications and networking in Mac OS X.
February 2002
Microsoft visited on Feb. 23 to offer a high-speed overview of Microsoft Office v.X.
January 2002
Apple was on hand to talk about recently-introduced things that you just can't live without, in particular the new flat-panel iMac, on Jan. 26.
2001 Meetings
December 2001
The Winter 2001 Computer Show and Sale was held December 8.
November 2001
We think the universe existed on November 17.
October 2001
Epson joined us on October 20 in spirit (the rep didn't show up but we gave away their door prizes and demonstrated their stuff, anyway).
September 2001
Wacom Technology, the little graphics tablet company that came out of nowhere a few years ago and creamed all their competitors in the graphics tablet/digitizing tablet world, convinced even the non-artists that they needed a tablet. The new Apple Education Representative for the region talked about local and national challenges to Apple in education.
August 2001
4D, the company that is multi-dimensional, showed lots of slides, some legible, on their database of the same name, plus WebSTAR, widely regarded as the world's most secure Web server, on Aug. 25.
July 2001
Apple gave an overview (complete with demos) of MacWorld New York 2001 on July 28, just days after the event concluded.
June 2001
Washington Apple Pi held its first Computer Show and Sale of the millennium on June 2, with a fine selection of computer hardware and software collected over the past thousand years.
May 2001
Mimio demonstrated their digital flip chart/whiteboard technology, and the Smithsonian's George Venable spoke on QuickTime and art on May 12.
April 2001
Washington Apple Pi held a series of mini tutorials on lighting for photography (think iMovie) and on Mac OS X on April 28.
Washington Apple Pi held a special clinic on March 24 (the day Mac OS X was released) covering -- installing Mac OS X. There were forms to sign, plus lots of people captured on digital film.
February 2001
Microsoft, which you may have heard of, stopped by and told us why Office:Mac is more than just strange punctuation on February 24.
January 2001
Apple stopped by on January 27 to tell us about the wonders of MacWorld San Francisco 2001, complete with a lengthy discourse on the 24th letter of the alphabet.
2000 Meetings
December 2000
The last Washington Apple Pi Garage Sale of the millennium was held on Dec. 9, 2000.
November 2000
November 25 featured the fall Mystery Program.
October 2000
Apple told us all kinds of interesting things about the new iBooks and present and future versions of Mac OS on October 21.
September 2000
UMAX, a leading Macintosh peripheral manufacturer, shared the stage with noted Photoshop guru Jim Rich on September 23.
August 2000
Washington Apple Pi held their 2000 edition of its amazing QuickTime Festival featuring how-tos and I-dids and what-fors, on August 26, which also featured a presentation by LaCie.
July 2000
Hewlett-Packard stormed into the Pi determined to show they were the leading Macintosh peripheral supplier. Apple stormed in to show off Cubist modern art, fresh from MacWorld New York.
The legendary Washington Apple Pi
Garage SaleComputer Show and Sale came and exhausted all participants, as usual.
FileMaker covered their extensive line of database packages on May 20.
Adobe wowed everyone with the wonders of InDesign 5.0 on April 22.
Corel wowed the crowd with an incredible masking utility, plus some very flexible general purpose graphics packages, and The Society for International Space Cooperation talked about Macs and their work at the society.
Asante built a mixed LocalTalk and Ethernet network from scratch while the crowd looked on, and answered zillions of networking questions.
Millions awoke, shocked to see their computers think it is January 1980. Mac users, spared such a fate, enjoyed the Jan. 22 meeting with Microsoft, showing Outlook Express 5.0 and Internet Explorer 5.0.
1999 Meetings
Washington Apple Pi hosted its last
Garage SaleComputer Show & Sale before the arrival of Y2K on Dec. 11. (The last sale of the century will be twelve months later.)
Adobe, famed maker of bricks and pottery, failed to visit Washington Apple Pi to talk about InDesign on November 20, a virtual repeat of their no-show on April 24. But we gave away their software, anyway.
Apple stopped by for a two-hour chat and talk about some new things on October 23, such as Mac OS 9 and Power Mac G4 and...
Microsoft fails in its second attempt at a calendar rollback. (The lobbyist forgot to set his alarm.)
Apple showed the hot new computer of the season, the iBook, while Fortner Software gave a superb talk on the beauty and utility of data visualization on August 28.
Aladdin Systems wowed the faithful with their extensive line of utilities just one day after the end of MacWorld New York 1999.
Washington Apple Pi held its Summer Computer Show & Sale on June 5, 1999.
Apple visited May 15 (a week earlier than usual) to talk about all kinds of things, including Final Cut Pro, QuickTime 4, and Mac OS 8.6.
Adobe, famed maker of bricks and pottery, failed to visit Washington Apple Pi to talk about PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign on April 24. But we gave away their software, anyway.
Washington Apple Pi explored the wonders of QuickTime on March 27.
Microsoft did a bang-up job of demonstrating Internet Explorer 4.5 and Outlook Express 4.5 -- without using the Internet -- on February 27.
Apple Computer began the year by wowing the masses with a review of the wonders of MacWorld San Francisco on January 23, showing off a Blue G3, Mac OS 8.5 and (unofficially) Mac OS X.
1998 Meetings
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Washington Apple Pi hosted its winter
Garage SaleComputer Show & Sale on December 12, 1998.
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Washington Apple Pi hosted a 20th Anniversary Celebration with MovieWorks animation and CorelDraw 8 illustration on November 21, 1998.
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Terry Morse demonstrated Myrmidon, a ridiculously easy way to produce Web pages, and GoLive demonstrated CyberStudio, a powerful tool for managing an entire Web site, on September 26, 1998.
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Multi-Ad Services showed off the far more appropriately named Creator 2, a legitimate Quark and PageMaker killer, on August 22, 1998
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Leister Productions demonstrated Reunion just in time for summer reunions on July 25, 1998, and Alps demonstrated cutting edge graphics reproduction technology.
June1998
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Washington Apple Pi had a really big Computer Show & Sale on June 6, 1998. We'll get around to telling you about it someday...
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Apple kicked off a national tour, complete with updates on hardware and software, on May 23, 1998. Apple gave away 100 T-shirts, providing a huge boost to the cotton industry. But the real star of the show was the iMac, appearing in person.
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Alps cancelled, which left Switzerland in a real bind. So the Pi held a "Users Helping Users" meeting with an extended Question and Answer session, demos of software packages, and several surprises.
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Microsoft demonstrated a vastly improved version of Microsoft Office 98 for the Macintosh on March 28, and Apple showed off their splendid flat-panel desk monitor.
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Synergy Sales and Marketing demonstrated UMAX computers and scanners and Micronet storage devices on February 28, 1998
Claris demonstrated some spiffy new technology, including FileMaker Pro 4.0, Home Page 3.0 and ClarisWorks 5.0, on January 24, 1998.
1997 Meetings
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Washington Apple Pi's Winter Computer Show and Sale (
The Garage Sale) was held December 13, 1997.
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Apple Computer visited November 22, 1997, to show off Mac OS 8.1, Rhapsody, QuickTime 3.0, and many other things they can't confirm or deny (since they never preannounce things).
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Aladdin Systems and Symantec visited on October 25, 1997.
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Corel demonstrated WordPerfect 3.5 and CorelDraw 6.
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Wingz (Investment Intelligence Systems Corp.) and Apple Computer visited August 23, 1997.
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Dr. Macintosh (AKA Bob Levitus) and Motorola joined the speed demons from Connectix on July 26, 1997.
June 1997
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Washington Apple Pi's Summer Computer Show and Sale ("The Garage Sale") was held June 7, 1997.
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Third Annual Washington Apple Pi QuickTime Festival was a moving experience that animated the crowd.
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Adobe Systems quickly ran through the wonders of Acrobat 3.0, PageMaker 6.5, Illustrator 7.0 and Photoshop 4.0.
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Aladdin Systems, of Stuffit fame, demonstrated utilities, and Metricom showed off wireless networking.
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Mariner Software demonstrated MarinerWrite, and Charles Schwab demonstrated investment software.
Apple Computer, a vendor of MacOS clones, had a terrific visit.
1996 Meetings
December 1996
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Washington Apple Pi Winter Computer Show and Sale ("The Garage Sale") was loads of fun, as usual.
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Digital Adventures with CyberFlix
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Utility and fun from Casady & Greene; tomorrow's technology from Apple.
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Home on the Page with Claris HomePage, plus FileMaker Pro 3.0, ClarisWorks 4.0, and more
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Arranging and Whacking the Web with CE Software's WebArranger
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Diehl Graphsoft: Big Plans with MiniCAD 6
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Washington Apple Pi Mid-Summer Computer Show and Sale (otherwise known as The Garage Sale)
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To be or not to be with Be, Inc.
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Proxima: The Bright Light of Computing
Adobe: Acrobat, PageMill, SiteMill, Adobe Photo Deluxe
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TIAC: The Internet Access Company
Enteractive: Earth Explorer
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Second Annual Washington Apple Pi QuickTime Festival
Power Computing: Bob LeVitus discusses Mac clones
Megahertz: itty bitty modems
Everyware: Butler SQL and Tango
1995 Meetings
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Washington Apple Pi Winter Computer Sale and Show
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Walt Disney Interactive
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Cyberflix: Dust: A Tale of the Wired West
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Education Month with:
Broderbund
Davidson & Associates
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Washington Apple Pi Summer Maintenance and Repair Seminar
Aspen Gold Software: Cross Pro
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Fractal Design: Not!
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Washington Apple Pi Summer 1995 Computer Garage Sale
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Specular International: Collage, TextureScape, Infini-D, LogoMotion
Microsoft: Microsoft Dangerous Creatures, Microsoft Cinemania '95, AutomMap
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Now Software: Now Utilities, Now Up-To-Date, Now Contact
Main Event: Scripter
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Global Village: modems
Washington Apple Pi TCS (bulletin board)
Washington Apple Pi Internet service
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First Annual Washington Apple Pi QuickTime Festival
Praxisoft: Color Compass
Iomega: Zip drives
AMI: Medical House Call
Intuit: MacInTax '94; Quicken 5.0
1994 Meetings
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Winter Semi-Annual Computer Garage Sale
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Casady & Greene: Conflict Catcher II
Internet Information Services: the World Wide Web
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Proxima: Ovation projection system
Claris: ClarisImpact
Microtek: ScanMaker IISP
Tektronix: Phaser printer systems
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Microsoft: Microsoft Office 4.2 (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0)
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Annual Game SIG Extravaganza
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Global Village: Not!
Microsoft Home: Bookshelf '94, Encarta '94, Fine Artist
Apple: eWorld
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Summer Semi-Annual Computer Garage Sale
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Ares Software: FontChameleon
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Microsoft: FoxPro 2.5
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TimeWorks: PublishIt! Easy
GeoPoint: BaseMap
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WordPerfect Corporation: WordPerfect 3.0
Cyberflix: Lunicus, Jump Raven
VaporSoft: SimMeeting, SimSnow
Revised January 23, 2005
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