May – June 2005 — Vol 27 No 3
Source
Open PDF • May–Jun 2005 • Vol 27 No 3 • 35 pages
Overview
President's Corner (John Barnes, 25). Apple at FOSE 2005 (7) — FOSE (Federal Office Systems Exhibition) is the big DC government-IT show. Safe and Sane Updating (7). Intro to Podcast (8) — podcasting arrives at Pi. Wicked Cool Shell Scripts (12). Mac Security, Part 1 (13). Apple Mail's Dreaded "Locked File" Dialog (22). General Meetings (19-25).
Upcoming events: - May 21: Adobe's Dave Helmly at NVCC Forum — Photoshop Elements 3 + the newly-released Creative Suite 2. - June 25: Second Annual Pi Family Picnic at Cabin John Regional Park — alcohol-free, BYO food, grills provided. Chuck Joiner — Pi Advisory Board mentioned. - July 23: "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright!!" — Pi's Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger general meeting (Tiger released April 29, 2005).
Highlights
Intro to Podcast
Podcasting arrives at Pi — the term was coined in 2004 (Ben Hammersley, The Guardian) and Apple added podcasts to iTunes in June 2005 (right as this issue went to press / Chuck Joiner's MacVoices podcast had launched March 2003). Pi catches the wave with an intro piece.
Apple at FOSE 2005
FOSE (Federal Office Systems Exhibition) — the biggest DC-area government-IT trade show. Apple has a presence; Pi reports.
Tiger Meeting Coming
July 23 General Meeting devoted to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger — released April 29, 2005. Spotlight, Dashboard, Automator, iChat A/V — major OS X release.
Chuck Joiner on Pi Advisory Board
Chuck Joiner named to Pi Advisory Board (per picnic flyer) — formal Pi role for the MacVoices host (since 2003). Joiner had been corresponding with Pi since 2000-11 — V22 N06 mailing-lists piece.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 — Dave Helmly
Adobe CS2 — Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2 — newly released. Adobe's Dave Helmly presents at the May 21 meeting.
Wicked Cool Shell Scripts
Dave Taylor's "Wicked Cool Shell Scripts" — Pi continues Unix-on-OS-X thread from 2003-01 — V25 N01 Charters review.
Entities
People: John Barnes, Chuck Joiner (Pi Advisory Board), Dave Helmly (Adobe) Topics: Podcasting Arrives at Pi, Apple at FOSE, Tiger Coming, Pi Advisory Board, Second Annual Pi Picnic References: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Adobe Creative Suite 2, Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, Mac Security Series
Connections to other issues
- Podcasting Arrives at Pi = Pi catches the audio-publishing wave — Chuck Joiner's MacVoices launched Mar 2003 (foreshadowed in 2000-11 — V22 N06)
- Tiger Coming = next OS X release after Panther 10.3 (2003-07 — V25 N04 First Look)
- Chuck Joiner now on Pi Advisory Board — third milestone in his Pi relationship