September – October 2007 — Vol 29 No 5
Source
Open PDF • Sep–Oct 2007 • Vol 29 No 5 • 44 pages
Overview
Editorial staff addition: Copy Editor William (Bill) Bailey joins Patsy Chick on the copy desk.
Upcoming meetings: - September 29 (5th Saturday — religious event conflict on Sat 4): More on Web Publishing — intermediate web design picking up from July's iWeb meeting. Two web-publishing apps: Sandvox + Dreamweaver. Q&A + Coffee Break with "unConferences." - October 27: Double Header — (a) Investments / CHURR Stock Investment Guide with Etana Finkler (former Investors SIG) + (b) The iPhone at 4 months and counting — Apple's new iPhone at the 4-month mark, software, websites, usage techniques.
Pi Mini-Meetings "Under Reconstruction" — content/style being revised with new presenter. Date may shift.
Highlights
iPhone at 4 Months
October 27 meeting focuses on iPhone — Apple's iPhone shipped June 29, 2007; 4-month retrospective ahead of Leopard launch.
unConferences + Coffee Break
Pi adopts "unConferences" format for the coffee-break portion of meetings — informal, attendee-driven topics. Modern community-event format.
Sandvox vs. Dreamweaver
Two web builders compared — Sandvox (Karelia, Mac-native, 2007-03 — V29 N02 Rucker review) vs Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Dreamweaver.
Etana Finkler + CHURR Stock
Etana Finkler — Pi investments SIG veteran — talks investment philosophies + clubs + CHURR Stock Investment Guide.
Pi Mini-Meetings Reconstruction
Format reset — the Tysons-Corner-Apple-Store mini-meetings going through a change.
Entities
People: Bob Jarecke, Gordon Nord, Gabriel Roth, Mike Schneible, Pat Fauquet, Thomas Carlson, Jonathan Bernstein, Lawrence I. Charters, Nora Korc, Richard Sanderson, Patsy Chick, William (Bill) Bailey ★ DEBUT (Copy Ed.), Etana Finkler Topics: Pi unConferences, iPhone at 4 Months, Sandvox vs Dreamweaver, Etana Finkler Investments References: Sandvox, Dreamweaver, CHURR Stock Investment Guide
Connections to other issues
- iPhone at 4 Months = sequel to 2007-03 — V29 N02 "Fingerprints" iPhone anticipation
- Sandvox vs Dreamweaver = continues 2007-03 — V29 N02 Rucker Sandvox review
- William (Bill) Bailey joins copy desk — editorial team expanding