January 1993 — Vol 15 No 1

Overview

INTERNET ARRIVES AT PI in earnest. Internet User's Guide and Catalog (Phil Shapiro, 20) — Pi's first focused Internet how-to. The Internet and "Systers" Mailing Lists (Phil Shapiro, 24) — early discussion-list culture. Washington Apple Pi and UGTV (Lawrence Charters, 11) — User Group TV initiative. Community Affairs Column (Phil Shapiro, 13) — formalized. CARL: A New Public Access Database (Harold Baer, 14) — Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (early online catalog). The Year in Review (Lorin Evans, 15) — President's annual recap. WAP Volunteers and Supporters 1992 (The Office Staff, 17) — recognition list. Kid Works 2 (Blake Lange, 28). From Alice to Ocean multi-media review (Dennis R. Dimick, 30). A Better Mousetrap: A Bag of Tricks (Thomas Hoyt, 33). In Touch: A Second Opinion (Jim Campbell, 43). GraphMaster (R.C. Bailey, 44). Image Grabber (Bob Schmidt, 46). Favorite Games for the Mac (Mike Dickman, 47). Incubator Pro 2.0 (Bill Jones, 51). Think and Talk German (Susan Kayser, 53).

Table of contents (selected)

SIGs: EdSIG (Phil Shapiro, 8); Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 8); IIGS SIG (Paul Tarantino, 10)

General Interest: Washington Apple Pi and UGTV (Lawrence Charters, 11); Community Affairs Column (Phil Shapiro, 13); CARL: A New Public Access Database (Harold Baer, 14); The Year in Review (Lorin Evans, 15); WAP Volunteers and Supporters 1992 (The Office Staff, 17); Artists on Exhibit — Gina Giaccardo (Ann Aiken, 18); Internet User's Guide and Catalog (Phil Shapiro, 20); The Internet and "Systers" Mailing Lists (Phil Shapiro, 24)

Macintosh Articles: Macintosh Tutorials (Craig Eastman, 26); Kid Works 2 (Blake Lange, 28); From Alice to Ocean (Dennis R. Dimick, 30); A Better Mousetrap: A Bag of Tricks (Thomas Hoyt, 33); Multi-Review (Jon Slobins, 35); In Touch: A Second Opinion (Jim Campbell, 43); GraphMaster (R.C. Bailey, 44); Image Grabber (Bob Schmidt, 46); Favorite Games for the Mac (Mike Dickman, 47); New Files on the TCS (Lawrence I. Charters, 49); Incubator Pro 2.0 (Bill Jones, 51); Think and Talk German (Susan Kayser, 53)

Apple II: Byts and Pyces (Gary Hayman, 56)

Highlights

Internet User's Guide + Systers — Phil Shapiro

Pi's first Internet how-to articles — major historical moment. Pi members now have written guidance for joining and navigating the Internet (mid-NSFNET era, pre-web). "Systers" was the women-in-computing mailing list at Anita Borg's initiative.

WAP and UGTV — Lawrence Charters

User Group TV — Pi explores video-distribution channel for content.

CARL public-access database — Harold Baer

Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries online catalog — early networked library access.

Year in Review — Lorin Evans

1992 retrospective by President Evans.

From Alice to Ocean — Dennis R. Dimick

Multimedia CD-ROM review — Photographer Rick Smolan's Alice-to-Ocean travel project, an early showcase Photo CD title.

Entities

People: Lorin Evans, Phil Shapiro, Morris Pelham, Paul Tarantino, Lawrence Charters, Harold Baer, Ann Aiken, Gina Giaccardo, Craig Eastman, Blake Lange, Dennis R. Dimick, Thomas Hoyt, Jon Slobins, Jim Campbell, R.C. Bailey, Bob Schmidt, Mike Dickman, Bill Jones, Susan Kayser, Gary Hayman Topics: Internet Arrival, UGTV, CARL Public Access, Phil Shapiro Internet Series References: Internet User's Guide and Catalog, Kid Works 2, From Alice to Ocean, Incubator Pro 2.0, Think and Talk German, GraphMaster, Image Grabber

Connections to other issues

• Internet Arrival — Pi's threshold moment. Earlier Netiquette piece 1992-07 — V14 N07 previewed; this is full guidance
• Year in Review is President's annual feature
• Lawrence Charters expanding into video/TV content