Vol 38 No 1 — Spring 2016 — ★ THE FINAL ISSUE ★
Source
Open final PDF • Early 2016 • Vol 38 No 1 • 40 pages • ★ The Last Pi Journal Ever Published ★
Overview
THIS IS THE FINAL ISSUE OF THE WASHINGTON APPLE PI JOURNAL — Per the wap.org Journal Showcase index (1979-2016), Volume 38 Number 1 is the last issue. After 37 years of continuous publication (founded February 1979 by Bernard Urban, 1979-02 — V01 N01) the Pi Journal concludes here. Pi the user group continues, but the Journal as a periodical stops.
President's Page (Ken Goldman, 4) — Goldman's second appearance as President. Editor's Page (Jay Castillo, 6) — Castillo's last as Editor. When Bad Things Happen to Good Macs (Jay Castillo, 7). What's New From Apple (Brent Malcolm, 11). Customizing the Finder Window (Neil McNamara, 13). Fergy's Ordeal With His External Hard Drive Containing Very Important Stuff (Neil Ferguson, 17). Wow!! My iDevice does that? (Ron Masi, 20). Hot Links (21). The Power of Preview: Converting Images and Exporting PDFs (Josh Centers and Adam C. Engst, 22). Responses to General Meeting Questions, May 31, 2014 (30) — answers from a meeting almost 2 years prior, signaling the publication backlog. Pi Comic.
Table of contents
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| President's Page | Ken Goldman | 4 |
| Editor's Page | Jay Castillo | 6 |
| When Bad Things Happen to Good Macs | Jay Castillo | 7 |
| What's New From Apple | Brent Malcolm | 11 |
| Customizing the Finder Window | Neil McNamara | 13 |
| Fergy's Ordeal With His External Hard Drive | Neil Ferguson | 17 |
| Wow!! My iDevice does that? | Ron Masi | 20 |
| Hot Links | — | 21 |
| The Power of Preview | Josh Centers & Adam C. Engst | 22 |
| Responses to General Meeting Questions, May 31, 2014 | — | 30 |
| Pi Comic | — | — |
Highlights
THE END OF THE JOURNAL
37 years and a few months after Bernard Urban's first letter to Pi members (February 2, 1979), the Pi Journal publishes its final issue. The Journal began as a 3-page typed mailing for an Apple II user group; it ends as a 40-page eJournal covering Mac, iOS, iPad Pro, Apple Watch era.
"Responses to General Meeting Questions, May 31, 2014"
Two-year publication lag — answers to questions asked at a May 2014 general meeting finally appear here. Tells the story of the publication's strain in one detail.
When Bad Things Happen to Good Macs — Jay Castillo
Castillo's last major piece as Editor — Mac troubleshooting wisdom.
TidBITS pair on Preview
Josh Centers + Adam C. Engst (TidBITS) — Preview app deep-dive. A fitting final guest piece from a kindred Mac-community publication.
"Fergy's Ordeal" — Neil Ferguson
Ferguson has appeared in many issues with hardware-trouble narratives ("Crashed Hard Drive", "Bad Hard Drive iMac", "Lightroom Ordeal", "Stuck CD"). This is his last in the run.
Pi history capped here
Pi Journal volumes ingested in this wiki: - Vol 1 (1979) — Vol 5 N7 (Jul 1983): full - Vol 5 N8-12 (Aug-Dec 1983) — Vol 8 N8 (Aug 1986): GAP — no PDFs - Vol 8 N9 (Sep 1986) — Vol 8 N12 (Dec 1986): ingested - Vol 9 (1987): GAP — no PDFs - Vol 10 N1-8 (Jan-Aug 1988): ingested - Vol 10 N9-12 (Sep-Dec 1988): GAP - Vol 11 (1989) — Vol 15 (1993): full - Vol 16 (1994) — Vol 30 (2008): GAP — no PDFs (15 years!) - Vol 31 (2009) — Vol 38 N1 (2016): ingested
Entities
People: Ken Goldman (final President), Jay Castillo (final Editor), Brent Malcolm, Neil McNamara, Neil Ferguson, Ron Masi, Josh Centers, Adam C. Engst, Larry Kerschberg (longtime Director) Topics: End of the Pi Journal, Pi Journal Final Issue, 37 Years of Publication References: Preview, Finder, External Hard Drive
Connections to other issues
- 1979-02 — V01 N01 = the founding issue (Bernard Urban's first letter, Feb 2, 1979). 37 years and 1 month earlier.
- End of the Pi Journal is the terminal topic — Pi as a club continues but the periodical stops
- Bernard Urban's 1979 vision of "an information specialist with main interests in information exchange and clearinghouses" ran its full course
- This concludes the wiki's ingested timeline