December 2015 — Vol 37 No 2
Source
Open PDF • December 2015 • Vol 37 No 2 • 34 pages
Overview
NEW PRESIDENT: Ken Goldman opens with a self-introduction: "Hi, everyone, my name is Ken Goldman and I have the honor of being the new president of Washington Apple Pi." Bio: New York metro area (Queens/Long Island); attended Johns Hopkins University early 1970s; engineer for what is now Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (David Taylor Model Basin); five-year stint at US Coast Guard Office of Research and Development early 1980s. Diana King presumably stepped down.
Editor's Page (Jay Castillo, 6). Cover photo and p.12 © Apple (apple.com/pr/products/ipad). Learn About the Find My iPhone App Before You Need It (Ann Melchior, 8). Apple's New iPad Pro - Just a Bigger iPad? …A Different Perspective (Richard Orlin, 11). Zagg Folio Review Revisited (Diana King, 14). Take A Spin, and Discover Great Local Food with Spotluck (Jonathan Bernstein, 15). Zombies at Clubhouse Saturday! (Ann Zabaldo, 17). Comparing U.S. iPhone Plan Costs in a Contract-Free World (Josh Centers and Adam C. Engst, 19). 11 Stupid Backup Strategies (Joe Kissell, 27). Members Helping Members (33).
Table of contents
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Page | Ken Goldman | 4 |
| Editor's Page | Jay Castillo | 6 |
| Hot Links | — | 7 |
| Learn About the Find My iPhone App Before You Need It | Ann Melchior | 8 |
| Apple's New iPad Pro — Just a Bigger iPad? | Richard Orlin | 11 |
| Zagg Folio Review Revisited | Diana King | 14 |
| Spotluck (local food discovery) | Jonathan Bernstein | 15 |
| Zombies at Clubhouse Saturday! | Ann Zabaldo | 17 |
| Comparing U.S. iPhone Plan Costs in a Contract-Free World | Josh Centers & Adam C. Engst | 19 |
| 11 Stupid Backup Strategies | Joe Kissell | 27 |
| Members Helping Members | — | 33 |
Highlights
Ken Goldman becomes President — Ken Goldman
New Pi President — Goldman is the third Pi President in our 2009-2015 ingest range (Jarecke → Castillo → King → Goldman). Engineer background, JHU/Naval Surface Warfare Center/Coast Guard R&D experience. Earlier Pi contributions include "iFixited my iPod" (2010-01 — V32 N01) and "So You Think You Want to Work in Apple Retail" (2012-07 — V34 N03).
iPad Pro coverage
iPad Pro (released November 11, 2015) covered by Orlin. Pi covers Apple's biggest iPad launch since iPad Air.
11 Stupid Backup Strategies — Joe Kissell
Joe Kissell TidBITS/Take Control reprint — backup-misconception primer.
TidBITS pair: iPhone plan costs
Josh Centers + Adam C. Engst (TidBITS) on the post-contract iPhone purchasing era (after AT&T/Verizon dropped 2-year contracts).
Zombies at Clubhouse — Ann Zabaldo
Halloween-themed Pi event — humorous tone.
Stub filename mismatch
Stub filename says 2015-06 but actual PDF is dated December 2015 — the stub seeding may have assumed a Summer issue that wasn't published.
Entities
People: Ken Goldman (new President), Jay Castillo (Editor), Diana King (former President), Ann Melchior, Richard Orlin, Jonathan Bernstein, Ann Zabaldo, Josh Centers, Adam C. Engst, Joe Kissell, Larry Kerschberg Topics: Ken Goldman Presidency, iPad Pro, Post-Contract iPhone Era References: Find My iPhone, iPad Pro, Spotluck, Zagg Folio, 11 Stupid Backup Strategies
Connections to other issues
- Ken Goldman Presidency succeeds Diana King Presidency (King had been President 2012-2015)
- Pi Single-Issue Year 2014 → 2015 has two issues (Jan + Dec) — slight recovery
- Closes Vol 37