March – April 2010 — Vol 32 No 2
Source
Open PDF • Mar–Apr 2010 • Vol 32 No 2 • 28 pages
Overview
iPad anticipation issue — Apple announced iPad January 27, 2010; ships April 3. Fingerprints: Why you care about the iPad (Lawrence I. Charters, 6) — © 2010 Charters. From the President: We're Counting on You! (Jay Castillo, 5). Twelve Full Monitors (David L. Harris, 9). What I Learned from Having My Laptop Stolen (David Blatner, 11) — © 2009 Blatner. Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post technology columnist (Lawrence I. Charters, 13) — Pi profile of Rob Pegoraro. An On-Line Poll (17). I Now Own December (Lawrence I. Charters, 18) — © 2010 Charters. Wickeder Fast (Derrick Garbell, 19) — © 2010 Garbell. Tips & Tricks (Jonathan Bernstein, 20).
Table of contents
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Editor's Column | Bob Jarecke | 4 |
| From the President: We're Counting on You! | Jay Castillo | 5 |
| Fingerprints: Why you care about the iPad | Lawrence I. Charters | 6 |
| Twelve Full Monitors | David L. Harris | 9 |
| What I Learned from Having My Laptop Stolen | David Blatner | 11 |
| Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post technology columnist | Lawrence I. Charters | 13 |
| An On-Line Poll | — | 17 |
| I Now Own December | Lawrence I. Charters | 18 |
| Wickeder Fast | Derrick Garbell | 19 |
| Tips & Tricks | Jonathan Bernstein | 20 |
| Help Wanted | — | 24 |
| Comic Pi | — | 26 |
Highlights
iPad anticipation — Lawrence I. Charters
"Fingerprints: Why you care about the iPad" — pre-launch piece (iPad announced Jan 27, 2010, ships April 3). Charters articulates the case for iPad even before hands-on review.
Rob Pegoraro profile
Rob Pegoraro = Washington Post personal-tech columnist (later USA Today, Yahoo Finance) — DC tech-journalism profile. Echoes earlier Pi profiles of DC-area Mac journalists (Mossberg, etc.).
Twelve Full Monitors — David L. Harris
Multi-monitor power-user setup — Pi member with 12 displays.
Laptop stolen lessons — David Blatner
Recovery+protection lessons from laptop theft. Blatner is the InDesign-Magazine co-founder.
Wickeder Fast — Derrick Garbell
Performance tuning piece (the playful title).
Entities
People: Jay Castillo, Bob Jarecke, Lawrence I. Charters, David L. Harris, David Blatner, Rob Pegoraro, Derrick Garbell, Jonathan Bernstein, Larry Kerschberg Topics: iPad Anticipation, DC Mac Journalism, Multi-Monitor Setups, Laptop Theft Recovery References: iPad, InDesign Magazine
Connections to other issues
- iPad Anticipation — pre-launch, follows Mac Magic Mouse coverage from 2009-11 — V31 N06; full iPad coverage in 2010-05 — V32 N03
- Rob Pegoraro — local-tech-journalism profile, echoing Walt Mossberg thread from 1988-02 — V10 N02
- David Blatner = noted publishing-industry voice (InDesign Magazine, Real World Photoshop)