Winter 2014 — Vol 36 No 1

Overview

SCHEDULE COLLAPSE: This is the only issue of all of 2014 (no Spring, Summer, Fall). Pi Journal production strain reaches near-failure point. President's Page (Diana King, 4). Editor's Column (Jay Castillo, 5). Hot Links (6). Testimonial: Zagg Folio for iPad Air (Diana King, 7) — King's iPad Air review. Fitbit Followup (Diana King, 8) — follows the Charters family Fitbit piece from 2013-09 — V35 N03. What to do When Your Email is Hacked (Walter Romanek, 14). Updating to Mavericks — Not So Good (Roy T. Oishi, 16) + Updating to Mavericks — Not So Bad (Jay Castillo, 17) — paired Pi-perspectives on OS X 10.9 Mavericks (launched Oct 2013). Air Sharing, a Helpful Glossary (Jonathan Bernstein, 19). What's My Apple ID? (Neil McNamara, 25). Recovering a Stuck CD (Neil Ferguson).

Table of contents

Highlights

Only issue of 2014

Pi Journal nearly dies as a publication — single issue in 2014 vs 3 in 2013 vs 4 in 2012. Membership volunteers shrinking.

Paired Mavericks reviews

Bad vs. Bad — Oishi vs Castillo split-perspective on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks (released October 22, 2013).

Fitbit Followup — Diana King

Continuation of the Charters health-tech thread — President writes her own Fitbit experience.

Stuck CD recovery — Neil Ferguson

Optical drive era ending — Pi members documenting the last days of physical media (MacBook Pro lost optical drive in 2012; iMac in 2012).

Entities

People: Diana King, Jay Castillo, Walter Romanek, Roy T. Oishi, Jonathan Bernstein, Neil McNamara, Neil Ferguson, Larry Kerschberg Topics: Pi Single-Issue Year 2014, OS X Mavericks, Email Hacking, Fitness Wearables References: Zagg Folio iPad Air, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Fitbit, Apple ID

Connections to other issues

• Pi Single-Issue Year 2014 marks production crisis — schedule collapses from quarterly to annual
• OS X Mavericks = OS X 10.9 (October 2013)
• Fitness Wearables thread continues from 2013-09 — V35 N03 (Charters family Fitbit)