September 1989 — Vol 11 No 9

Overview

First fully stabilized issue after the June-August governance crisis. President's Corner restored under David Morganstein (no longer "Director's Corner"). July Board of Directors minutes published. Frank Potter editorial: "PageMaker, Design, and a little gossip about what really happened at Apple" — book review framing. Alternative Cover Designs (page 14) — Pi solicits/showcases new cover concepts after the redesign turmoil. "Artists on Exhibit" (page 16) — new Nancy Seferian column showcasing computer-generated art. Report on MacWorld Expo, D.C. Back to Basics: The MultiFinder (Ralph Begleiter) — MacNovice returns. MasterJuggler Revisited (Phil Noguchi) — font/DA management. Insights into Insight (Cindy Carter) — small-business accounting. Adventures in Excel (Larry Feldman) — sports score-keeping spreadsheet. Are We Having Fun Yet? (Lynn Trusal).

Table of contents (selected, by category)

Club News: Editorials (Frank Potter, 7); Letters to Editor (7); President's Corner (David Morganstein, 9); July BOD Minutes (11); Book Reviews (Frank Potter, 13); Alternative Cover Designs (14); Artists on Exhibit (Nancy Seferian, 16); Report on MacWorld Expo, D.C. (18)

SIGs and Slices: AVSIG (19); Excel SIG (20); FedSig (21); NeXT SIG (21); PI-SIG (23); IIGS SIG (24); WorksSIG (24); Columbia Slice (25); Annapolis Slice (27)

Macintosh Articles: Adventures in Excel (Larry Feldman, 29); Insights into Insight (Cindy Carter, 33); MasterJuggler Revisited (Phil Noguchi, 37); Back to Basics: The MultiFinder (Ralph Begleiter, 40); Are We Having Fun Yet? (Lynn Trusal, 42); Math Rabbit (Martin Milrod, 51)

Highlights

Editorial: PageMaker gossip from Apple — Frank Potter

Frank Potter's editorial uses a PageMaker book review as a frame for "a little gossip about what really happened at Apple" — meta-coverage suggesting industry-insider commentary.

Alternative Cover Designs

Pi solicits cover design alternatives — community-input redesign continuing the July emergency rebuild.

Artists on Exhibit (new column) — Nancy Seferian

New computer-art showcase column — Seferian's continuing AV-SIG / art focus made permanent.

Back to Basics: The MultiFinder — Ralph Begleiter

MacNovice returns after the leadership shake-up. MultiFinder explained again.

MasterJuggler Revisited — Phil Noguchi

ALSoft MasterJuggler — font/DA loader competitor to Suitcase II. Noguchi (writes as "Dr. No") becomes a fixture.

Entities

People: David Morganstein, Frank Potter, Nancy Seferian, Ralph Begleiter, Phil Noguchi, Cindy Carter, Larry Feldman, Lynn Trusal, Martin Milrod Topics: Artists on Exhibit Column, Alternative Cover Designs, Pi Crisis Recovery References: Insight (accounting), MasterJuggler, Math Rabbit, PageMaker

Connections to other issues

• Recovery from Pi Governance Crisis 1989 (1989-07 — V11 N07 → 1989-08 — V11 N08)
• Artists on Exhibit Column becomes a recurring Nancy Seferian column
• Reverts "Director's Corner" back to "President's Corner" — sign of stabilization