March – April 2008 — Vol 30 No 2
Source
Open PDF • Mar–Apr 2008 • Vol 30 No 2 • 43 pages
Filename note
The pre-built stub used filename 2008-02 — V30 N02.md (per the catalog showcase's "February–March 2008" label flagged as unusual). The actual cover date is March-April 2008.
Overview
Cover: "Macs in Moscow and Elsewhere!" with RUB 72.89 ruble price — Pi members abroad. St. Basil's Cathedral + a Russian MacBook Pro poster cover photos by Allen Kent.
Articles: Macs in Moscow and Elsewhere! (Bob Jarecke, Allen Kent, Travis Good, 6). Pathways to Macintosh Learning (Bob Jarecke, 9). Building a Check Register in REALbasic: Part 5 (Brent Malcolm, 15). Running Leopard: My Experience with Time Machine and Scanning (Brian G. Mason, 22).
Club: Letters to the Editor (4) — including Cecily Wood's critique of the new Pi logo ("Where's the beef?"). President's Page: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back! (Bob Jarecke, 5). The Best of the TCS — Winter 2008 (Bob Jarecke + Richard Rucker, 24). Holiday Party 2007 (28). Annual Macworld Expo Review: January 2008 (Lawrence I. Charters, 30). January 2008 Retired SIG: Got Leopard? Session 2 (34).
Upcoming: - March 29: Microsoft Office 2008 vs. iWork '08 — "boxing ring" comparison meeting. Pi election news + Pi Dollars raffle. - April 26: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 with Lesa Snyder-King (later Lesa Snider) — graphic-arts educator. Sponsored by iStockphoto.
Highlights
★ Macs in Moscow
Cover feature — Pi members Bob Jarecke, Allen Kent, and Travis Good in Russia with their Macs. International Pi spirit (2007-05 — V29 N03 "The International Pi"). Photos: St. Basil's Cathedral + a MacBook Pro Russian poster. Cover priced in rubles (RUB 72.89) as a joke.
★ Lesa Snider Pi Debut — April 26
Lesa Snyder-King (Lesa Snider) — graphic-arts educator, world-class — visits Pi April 26 for Photoshop Elements 6 meeting. First Pi appearance of who becomes a longtime contributor in the 2009-2016 era.
Office 2008 vs iWork '08
MS Office 2008 for Mac (released Jan 15, 2008 — Universal Binary; killed Visual Basic) vs Apple iWork '08 (Jul 2007 — Numbers debut). Pi cage match.
New Pi Logo Feedback
Cecily Wood's Letter to the Editor: "Where's the beef?" — found the new Pi logo too generic, missing Greek π symbol or DC/Apple references. Letters to the Editor (revived 2008-01 — V30 N01) now active.
Time Machine Experience — Brian G. Mason
First serious Time Machine + scanner-flow piece — Time Machine launched with Leopard (2007-11 — V29 N06).
REALbasic Part 5
Malcolm's series at part 5 — still rolling.
Macworld 2008 Review — Lawrence I. Charters
Macworld January 2008 — where MacBook Air was unveiled (Jan 15, 2008). Charters' annual review.
Entities
People: Bob Jarecke, Allen Kent, Travis Good, Brent Malcolm, Brian G. Mason, Cecily Wood, Richard Rucker, Lawrence I. Charters, Lesa Snider ★ DEBUT, Nora Korc, Richard Sanderson, Patsy Chick, William (Bill) Bailey Topics: Macs in Moscow, Lesa Snider Pi Debut, New Pi Logo Feedback, Office 2008 vs iWork 08, Macworld 2008 Review References: Office 2008 Mac, iWork 08, Photoshop Elements 6, MacBook Air
Connections to other issues
- ★ Lesa Snider Pi Debut = future longtime Pi contributor; first appearance
- Macs in Moscow = international Pi member trip; companion to 2007-05 — V29 N03 The International Pi
- New Pi Logo Feedback = follow-up to 2008-01 — V30 N01 new logo unveiling
- Macworld 2008 Review = MacBook Air debut (Jan 15, 2008)