March – April 2011 — Vol 33 No 2
Source
Open PDF • Mar–Apr 2011 • Vol 33 No 2 • 36 pages
Overview
President's Page: Now is the Time… (Jay Castillo, 5). Preserving Memories: My Adventure in Digitizing Family Slides (Diana King, 8). Troubleshooting With Plist Files (Jay Castillo, 11). Going Paperless @ Home (Neil McNamara, 13). Spam Words (Bob Jarecke, 15). ZAGGmate w/Keyboard (Kevin W. Parker, 17). Clicking the Right Button (Joe Kissell, 19) — TidBITS author guest piece. Coming To Grips With The Snowball Microphone (Bill Kingsley, 23). My Adventures Transcribing Audio Recordings into Meeting Minutes (page later).
Table of contents
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Editor's Column | Jay Castillo | 4 |
| President's Page: Now is the Time… | Jay Castillo | 5 |
| Pi Comic | — | 6 |
| Quotable Quotes | — | 7 |
| Preserving Memories: Digitizing Family Slides | Diana King | 8 |
| Troubleshooting With Plist Files | Jay Castillo | 11 |
| Going Paperless @ Home | Neil McNamara | 13 |
| Spam Words | Bob Jarecke | 15 |
| ZAGGmate w/Keyboard | Kevin W. Parker | 17 |
| Clicking the Right Button | Joe Kissell | 19 |
| Coming To Grips With The Snowball Microphone | Bill Kingsley | 23 |
| My Adventures Transcribing Audio Recordings | — | — |
Highlights
Digitizing Family Slides — Diana King
Practical slide-digitization adventure — personal-archive workflow.
Going Paperless @ Home — Neil McNamara
Home-document scanning — Pi members reducing paper.
Clicking the Right Button — Joe Kissell
Joe Kissell — prolific Take Control / TidBITS author — guest piece on Mac context menus.
Snowball Microphone — Bill Kingsley
Blue Microphones Snowball USB mic — early podcast-era audio.
Spam Words — Bob Jarecke
Follow-up to Living with Spam (2011-01 — V33 N01).
Entities
People: Jay Castillo, Diana King, Neil McNamara, Bob Jarecke, Kevin W. Parker, Joe Kissell, Bill Kingsley, Larry Kerschberg Topics: Personal Archive Workflow, Going Paperless, Joe Kissell Pi Guest References: ZAGGmate, Snowball Microphone, Plist Files
Connections to other issues
- Joe Kissell = noted Take Control author (Kissell wrote the Snow Leopard upgrade book that Larry Kerschberg reviewed 2009-11 — V31 N06)
- Diana King continuing Pi contributor (Tuesday Night Clinic 2010-09 — V32 N05)