November – December 2007 — Vol 29 No 6
Source
Open PDF • Nov–Dec 2007 • Vol 29 No 6 • 48 pages
Overview
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard released October 26, 2007 — Pi gears up coverage.
November 17 General Meeting (one week early for Thanksgiving): - First look at Leopard via Pi early adopters — Time Machine (automatic backup), Spaces (workspaces/virtual desktops), new Finder - Proposed online tutorial service demo — Travis Good + Pat Fauquet showing online training. Theme: "reinvigorate the Pi Tutorial Program" - Holiday List (Steve Roberson) — gizmos + gift ideas tradition
December 9 (Sunday): Pi Holiday Party at the Pi Clubhouse (12022 Parklawn Drive, Rockville) + American Plant Foods' large conference room (Pi's landlord). 1:00-4:00 PM. Bring finger food / sweets.
Highlights
★ Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Coverage
Leopard released October 26, 2007 — major OS X release. Time Machine, Spaces, Cover Flow Finder, Quick Look, Stacks, new Dock. Significant Apple software milestone. Pi's first-look meeting Nov 17.
★ Online Tutorial Service Proposed — Travis Good + Pat Fauquet
The seed of Take Control Books partnership and online tutorials at Pi — Travis Good (debuted 2007-03 — V29 N02) + Pat Fauquet pitch an online tutorial service. Sign-up list for free training. "We think this service will reinvigorate the Pi Tutorial Program." → This trajectory continues into the 2009 eJournal era's TidBITS/Take Control coverage.
★ Pi Clubhouse + American Plant Foods Landlord
"the Pi clubhouse… and the large conference room of our landlord, American Plant Foods" — Pi's landlord identified as American Plant Foods. The 12022 Parklawn Drive Rockville space is Pi's clubhouse, sharing the building with garden-supply business American Plant Foods. The "Clubhouse" identity now formal (2006-11 — V28 N06 "Pi Clubhouse First Mention").
Holiday List Tradition
Steve Roberson presents the Pi Holiday List — Pi tradition of holiday gift ideas. Continues from earlier years.
Entities
People: Bob Jarecke, Pat Fauquet, Travis Good, Steve Roberson, Lawrence I. Charters, Nora Korc, Richard Sanderson, Patsy Chick, William (Bill) Bailey Topics: Mac OS X Leopard Launch, Online Tutorial Service Proposed, Pi Clubhouse American Plant Foods Landlord, Holiday List Tradition, Pi Tutorial Program Reinvigoration References: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Time Machine, Spaces, American Plant Foods
Connections to other issues
- ★ Mac OS X Leopard Launch = next major OS X after Tiger 10.4 (2005-07 — V27 N04); precedes Snow Leopard (2009-09 — V31 N05)
- ★ Online Tutorial Service Proposed = Travis Good's first major Pi initiative — precedes 2009 eJournal era online-focus
- ★ Pi Clubhouse American Plant Foods Landlord = confirms Pi's tenancy arrangement at 12022 Parklawn Drive
- Closes Vol 29 — last full pre-eJournal year