July – August 2004 — Vol 26 No 4

Overview

John Barnes becomes Pi President — first issue under new leadership.

Welcome to WAP! (Dave Ottalini, 4). President's Corner, In With the New (John Barnes, 5) — Barnes succeeds Pat Fauquet (May 2004 election). Summary of April + May BOD Meetings (7-9). An iMac Named Chad (Jon C. Thomason, 10). March Programming SIG Report (Steve Roberson, 16). Apple Stockholders Meeting (Bob Whitsel, 17). April 24 General Meeting Report — iMovie (John Barnes, 21). April General Meeting Sidebar — Jump (24). May General Meeting Report: Microsoft Office for Mac (John Barnes, 27). Monster iSpeaker Product Review (John Barnes, 29). Montgomery Mall gets an Apple Store (John Barnes, 32). Why you should have a .Mac Account (Pat Fauquet, 35). Meeting Notices (42). Broken Windows (John Gruber, 43) — pre-Daring-Fireball Gruber.

Macintosh: BTCS: There's Safety in Diversity, but not in Microsoft (Richard Rucker, 46). Hands-On Report — iPod Mini (Bill Fox, 56) — iPod mini launched Jan 2004. Making a QuickTime iChat (Phil Shapiro, 58). How to Protect Your Images By Embedding Copyright Notices Inside JPEG files (James Kelly, 60). WebQuest Part II: Tips to help you create an original WebQuest (Sheri German, 64). iBreeze by MacMice (John Barnes, 67). Pro Camera 101 — The art of the interview (Lighting and Composition) (Grant Peacock, 69). Meet a Friend of Ours, the Lilipod (Steve Roberson, 74). Review: Toast 6 Titanium (Paul Gerstenbluth, 77). Super Driving — What is a DVD (Rich Lenoce, 80). DoubleClick (82-83). Product Demos at the Banana Computer Store (Phil Shapiro, 84).

Highlights

Barnes Presidency Begins

John Barnes becomes Pi President (May 2004 election). Succeeds Pat Fauquet (Jul 2003 – May 2004, one-year tenure). Barnes had been Retired SIG + Power Users SIG anchor.

Montgomery Mall Apple Store

Second DC-area Apple Store opens — Montgomery Mall (Bethesda) joins Tyson's Corner (May 2001 2001-07 — V23 N04) in Pi territory.

Broken Windows — John Gruber reprint

John Gruber — pre-Daring Fireball era (Daring Fireball launched Aug 2002) — reprinted at Pi. Significant.

iPod Mini Hands-On — Bill Fox

iPod mini (launched January 2004) — Bill Fox's Hands-On Report. Five colors, $249, "smaller, lighter, cooler."

"An iMac Named Chad" — Jon C. Thomason

Jon Thomason (the 2000-11 — V22 N06 "Open Letter to Apple" author) returns with a humorous iMac piece.

Pro Camera 101 — Grant Peacock

Professional photography series begins — Grant Peacock on lighting and composition. Pi gains a serious pro-photo column.

Apple Stockholders Meeting — Bob Whitsel

Pi member attends Apple Annual Stockholders Meeting — corporate-shareholder coverage.

Entities

People: John Barnes (now President), Pat Fauquet (now Past President), Dave Ottalini, Jon C. Thomason, Steve Roberson, Bob Whitsel, John Gruber, Richard Rucker, Bill Fox, Phil Shapiro, James Kelly, Sheri German, Grant Peacock, Paul Gerstenbluth, Rich Lenoce Topics: Barnes Presidency, Montgomery Mall Apple Store, iPod Mini, John Gruber at Pi, Pro Camera 101 Series, Banana Computer Store References: iPod Mini, Toast 6 Titanium, Monster iSpeaker, .Mac

Connections to other issues

• Barnes Presidency = third presidential transition this decade (Evans → Fauquet 2003 → Barnes 2004); Fauquet served only one year
• John Gruber at Pi = Gruber pre-Daring-Fireball-fame appearance
• Montgomery Mall Apple Store = second DC-area Apple Store (Tyson's was 2001-07 — V23 N04)
• iPod Mini = first iPod-line proliferation