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Walt Mossberg

Future Wall Street Journal personal-technology columnist (the column launched 1991; later AllThingsD, Recode). DC-area Pi member.

Pi byline timeline: - First major byline: 1984-06 — V06 N06 — "AppleWorks: A Review" (Apple's new integrated office suite, four years before his recurring Pi column) - Second 1984 byline: 1984-11 — V06 N11 — "AppleWorks Utility" - Recurring column: 1988-02 — V10 N02 launches "Apple II News and Notes" ("A Dozen Dozen for the IIGS"); continues in subsequent issues - Special-guest evening at Pi: 2007-03 — V29 N02 (Mossberg visits Pi as WSJ Personal Technology columnist) - Returns as headline speaker at Pi's 30th Anniversary Gala June 28, 2008 — covered 2008-09 — V30 N05

Mossberg's pre-1988 Pi appearances are sometimes overlooked — the 1984 AppleWorks review predates his now-famous WSJ column by 7 years.

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