November 1993 — Vol 15 No 11
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Open original PDF • November 1993 • Vol 15 No 11 • 80 pages
Overview
The First Look at Newton (Thomas Siblo, 22) — Apple's Newton MessagePad launched August 1993 — Pi's first review of the world's first commercial PDA. IdeaFisher (MacPublicity Network, 27). Image Grabber (MacPublicity Network, 28). Canvas 3.5 Upgrade Review (Bill Baldridge, 29). Photoshop Books: From Drought to Deluge (Dennis R. Dimick, 32) — Photoshop documentation reaching tipping point. Stickybear's Early Learning Activities (Christy Spector, 36). Story-Mation (Lisa Benson + Phil Shapiro, 43). WriteNow 3.0 (Thomas Siblo, 45). Choosing an Accounting Package for Your Small Business (Sherry Junker, 47). LIFEmap Series on CD ROM (MacPublicity Network, 50). Boston MacWorld Report (Thomas Siblo, 51). IntelliDraw 2.0 (continuing). Beginning HyperSpeak: The F's, Part I (from Jargon File, 7). Garage Sale Map (12).
Table of contents (selected)
Club News: WAP General Meeting Map (1)
SIGs: Stock SIG (Morris Pelham, 6)
General Interest: ... in the Pi Pan (Debbie Hoyt, 5); Beginning HyperSpeak: The F's, Part I (from Jargon File, 7); Garage Sale Map (12)
Macintosh Articles: Macintosh Special Offers (13); Artists on Exhibit — Jim Morris (Ann Aiken, 14); Graphic Tips (Carol O'Connor, 16); Macintosh Tutorials for November (19); The First Look at Newton (Thomas Siblo, 22); IdeaFisher (MacPublicity Network, 27); Image Grabber (MacPublicity Network, 28); Canvas 3.5 Upgrade Review (Bill Baldridge, 29); Photoshop Books: From Drought to Deluge (Dennis R. Dimick, 32); Stickybear's Early Learning Activities (Christy Spector, 36); Story-Mation (Lisa Benson + Phil Shapiro, 43); WriteNow 3.0 (Thomas Siblo, 45); Choosing an Accounting Package for Your Small Business (Sherry Junker, 47); LIFEmap Series on CD ROM (MacPublicity Network, 50); Boston MacWorld Report (Thomas Siblo, 51); IntelliDraw 2.0
Highlights
The First Look at Newton — Thomas Siblo
Apple Newton MessagePad (released August 2, 1993) — the world's first commercial PDA. Pi's first hands-on review. Major Apple platform launch (though commercially disappointing).
Photoshop Books: From Drought to Deluge — Dennis R. Dimick
Photoshop documentation tipping point — Adobe Photoshop (released 1990) now has substantial book ecosystem.
Canvas 3.5 Upgrade — Bill Baldridge
Deneba Canvas 3.5 — continuing graphics suite coverage (Canvas 2.1 reviewed 1990-08 — V12 N08).
Boston MacWorld Report — Thomas Siblo
Macworld Expo Boston August 1993 report — Siblo is now Pi's main Mac event correspondent.
Story-Mation — Lisa Benson + Phil Shapiro
Children's storytelling-animation software — Shapiro continues his ed-tech advocacy.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Debbie Hoyt, Morris Pelham, Ann Aiken, Jim Morris, Carol O'Connor, Thomas Siblo, MacPublicity Network, Bill Baldridge, Dennis R. Dimick, Christy Spector, Lisa Benson, Phil Shapiro, Sherry Junker Topics: Newton MessagePad, Mac Photoshop Ecosystem, Apple PDA Era, Children's Software References: Newton MessagePad, IdeaFisher, Canvas 3.5, Stickybear Early Learning, Story-Mation, WriteNow 3.0, LIFEmap, IntelliDraw 2.0
Connections to other issues
- Newton MessagePad — Apple's PDA launch (Aug 1993) — Pi covers as inflection point
- Mac Photoshop Ecosystem reflects Photoshop's rise — earlier reviews and now book ecosystem
- Thomas Siblo dominant Mac voice (Newton, Boston MacWorld, WriteNow 3.0, Rumors)