May – June 2008 — Vol 30 No 3
Source
Open PDF • May–Jun 2008 • Vol 30 No 3 • 40 pages • Pi 30th Anniversary year
Overview
Cover: "Obsolete Software" photo by Lawrence I. Charters. Cover design Nora Korc.
Editorial staff change: Lawrence I. Charters is now formally titled Editor (was previously Macintosh/Reviews Editor). Promotion to lead-editor.
Articles: The $18 Million iMac: Why Your Old Mac is Too Expensive (Lawrence I. Charters, 6). The Macintosh iLife 08: A Review (Richard Orlin, 8). Building a Check Register in REALbasic: Part 6 (Brent Malcolm, 9). Mac OSX Has A Dictionary (Lawrence I. Charters, 14). Lightning and Lightening: From PowerBook to MacBook Air (Joe Belotte, 16) — MacBook Air launched Jan 15, 2008.
Club: Letter to the Editor (Apple One to One vs ProCare clarification, 4). President's Page: Another Year for the Pi (Bob Jarecke, 5). The Washington Apple Pi Elections — May 2008 (18). The Best of the TCS — Spring 2008 (Bob Jarecke + Richard Rucker, 22). March Madness: Office 2008 versus iWork '08 (Lawrence I. Charters, 26). Highlights of WAP Board Activities, December 2007 - March 2008 (Gordon Nord, 30). Retired SIG March Meeting: "Let's Make a Movie!" (Len Adler, 31).
Upcoming meetings: - May 31, 2:00 PM (date+location change): "Dr. Mac Takes Your Questions!" with Bob LeVitus at Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre, Arlington VA — immediately after the Mac Masters Seminar last session. Pi business + BOD voting (portable Macs available). - June 28, 9:30 AM: ★ 30th Anniversary Gala + Walt Mossberg (rescheduled from Feb weather cancellation). Party hats + kazoos + cake. SIG sessions after.
Highlights
★ Pi 30th Anniversary Approaching
Pi turns 30 in 2008 (founded Feb 1979 1979-02 — V01 N01). June 28 General Meeting will be the 30th Anniversary Gala with Walt Mossberg (rescheduled after the Feb 2008 weather cancellation). Three decades of Pi.
Mossberg Meeting Rescheduled
February meeting was weather-canceled — Mossberg's planned Feb 23 visit (2008-01 — V30 N01) didn't happen due to weather. Rescheduled to June 28 as the 30th Anniversary keynote.
Mac Masters Seminar + Dr. Mac
Mac Masters Seminar weekend at Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre with Bob LeVitus — Pi's biggest-ever Pi+LeVitus event. Third LeVitus Pi visit (2005-09 — V27 N05, 2006-07 — V28 N04).
$18 Million iMac — Lawrence I. Charters
Total-cost-of-ownership essay — why hanging onto an old Mac is expensive in time. Charters's signature wit.
Charters Promoted to Editor
Lawrence I. Charters now formally "Editor" (was Macintosh/Reviews Editor). The masthead title change. Charters is the editorial center of the Journal.
MacBook Air at Pi — Joe Belotte
"Lightning and Lightening: From PowerBook to MacBook Air" — Joe Belotte's MacBook-Air migration. MacBook Air launched January 15, 2008.
Apple One to One vs ProCare
Letter to the Editor: Apple replaced tutorial-via-ProCare with One to One ($99/year), separate from ProCare (now Genius Bar priority + Rapid Repairs + annual tune-ups). Apple's tutorial service evolved.
REALbasic Part 6
Brent Malcolm's series at part 6 — over half a year of installments.
Entities
People: Bob Jarecke (President), Lawrence I. Charters (now Editor), Nora Korc, Richard Sanderson, Patsy Chick, William (Bill) Bailey, Richard Orlin, Brent Malcolm, Joe Belotte, Richard Rucker, Gordon Nord, Len Adler, Bob LeVitus (3rd visit), Walt Mossberg (rescheduled) Topics: Pi 30th Anniversary 2008, Mac Masters Seminar, Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre, Pi Election 2008 Results, MacBook Air at Pi, Charters Promoted to Editor, Apple One to One References: MacBook Air, Office 2008 Mac, iWork 08, Apple One to One
Connections to other issues
- ★ Pi 30th Anniversary 2008 = 30 years after 1979-02 — V01 N01 founding; June 28 Gala with Mossberg
- ★ Charters Promoted to Editor = Charters now leads the Journal (was Mac/Reviews Editor)
- Mac Masters Seminar = Bob LeVitus's biggest Pi event yet (3rd visit)
- MacBook Air at Pi = Pi members' MacBook Air adoption begins