May – June 1997 — Vol 19 No 3
Source
Open PDF • May–Jun 1997 • Vol 19 No 3 • 84 pages
Overview
February General Meeting Report (Don Essick, 8). March General Meeting Report (Lawrence Charters, 10). Additional WAP Member Benefits, Travel Discounts (J. David Mudd, 12). Assistance to AOL Members (John Barnes, 13). Journal Writers' Guidelines (14). New Users Pages (David Ottalini, 18-19). Lou Dunham, WAP Member at Large (Nancy Seferian, 23). Can Anyone Save Packard Bell? (Scott Kelly, 25). Tuesday Night Clinic "Magic Show" (Theresa Freilicher, 30) — first explicit "Tuesday Night Clinic" name in this ingest range. Internet Books for Teachers (70). Training Your Golden Retriever to Retrieve Email (Phil Shapiro, 71). Adobe Acrobat as a Research Tool (Dennis Dimick, 27). Best of the TCS (Nancy Seferian, 34). Graphic Tips (Carol O'Connor, 37). Brief History of Fonts (MDJournal, 51). Sick Mac—What to do? (Tom Witte, 55). TechTool Pro mini-review (Tom Witte, 58). QuicKeys 3.5 (Herbert Block, 60). 3D Landscape (Mary Keene, 62). Intuit's QuickBooks (John Fazzino with Paul Gerstenbluth, 72).
Highlights
Tuesday Night Clinic — first named
Theresa Freilicher's "Magic Show" report — the term "Tuesday Night Clinic" appears explicitly. (Earlier the same activity was called "Tuesday Night—Technical Assistance".) Predates the 2010 revival.
Travel Discounts member benefits — J. David Mudd
Pi expands member benefits to include travel discounts — strategy to retain members.
Lou Dunham profile — Nancy Seferian
Seferian profiles fellow Director Lou Dunham. (Dunham was elected to BoD in 1995.)
Training Golden Retriever to Retrieve Email — Phil Shapiro
Pun-titled email/automation piece — Shapiro's playful side.
Can Anyone Save Packard Bell? — Scott Kelly
PC industry coverage — Pi journal occasionally covers Wintel side.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Don Essick, Lawrence Charters, J. David Mudd, John Barnes, David Ottalini, Nancy Seferian, Lou Dunham, Scott Kelly, Theresa Freilicher, Dennis Dimick, Carol O'Connor, Tom Witte, Herbert Block, Mary Keene, John Fazzino, Paul Gerstenbluth, Phil Shapiro Topics: Tuesday Night Clinic, Pi Travel Discounts, New Users Pages, Email Automation References: TechTool Pro, QuicKeys 3.5, 3D Landscape, QuickBooks
Connections to other issues
- Tuesday Night Clinic = name first used here; revived/reactivated in 2010-09 — V32 N05 (Diana King + Bob Jarecke)
- Lou Dunham = Pi Board director elected 1995-07 — V17 N04
- New Users Pages = first explicit beginner-orientation feature