STANFORD/PALO ALTO MACINTOSH USERS GROUP NEWSLETTER Vol. 13 No. 8 • August 2004 Bill Atkinson Headlines is filled with stories of “The Early Days.” But can you the August 2 Meeting cleanly separate the facts from the fiction? Truth from reality distortion? Bill Atkinson, a key member of the original Macintosh design How did Steve “discover” the Mac? Why was it nearly team returns to SMUG on August 2 to reflect on his days at DOA? What saved it? What are the real stories behind Apple and his current passion as a nature photographer. Steve’s “First Booting” and “Second Coming”. Arguably as much as anyone, Bill Atkinson is responsible Owen Linzmayer will shed light on some of these issues in a for the initial spectacular success of the Macintosh. It was free-flowing discussion at 7:00, “Macintosh: The Truth he who pressed a reticent Steve Jobs to see the wonders Behind the Mythology.” Following the discussion and again hibernating over at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. It at the end of the evening you can purchase a signed copy of was he who developed the graphics routines, QuickDraw, his recent book, Apple Confidential 2.0. The price is $20. that formed the underpinnings of the Mac’s revolutionary graphical user interface. And it was Bill Atkinson who cre- Your Marching Orders: ated MacPaint, the first bitmapped graphics program, and “Ten hut!” later HyperCard, the user-friendly programming and data- Tell all your friends about our August 2 Meeting. linking tool that served as a model for today’s ubiquitous Have them RSVP at our phone number, 650-286-7539. Internet interface, the World Wide Web. Come early on the 2d to beat the crowds and wave the SMUG flag proudly. Since his days at Apple, Bill has combined his pioneering Q&A begins at 6:30 work in computer graphics with his love of nature photog- Owen Linzmayer truth serum at 7:00, and…. raphy. Advising printing companies, such as Epson, he has Bill Atkinson headlines at 7:40. enhanced the color accuracy of their print outputs. The See you there. state of his digital art is reflected in his newly released “Dismissed” book of digital photography, Within the Stone. Fred Balin Join us for an evening of reminiscence, reflection, and cutting Private First Class, SMUG Infantry edge graphics in “My Life With Macintosh,” a presentation by Apple legend Bill Atkinson. Presentation begins at 7:30, to be IN THIS ISSUE followed by questions and a book signing. Autographed copies of the Bill Atkinson Presentation.................................1 book can be purchased at the Bug Fixes on Memory.....................................1 meeting for $40. SMUG July Meeting Schedule .........................2 My iLife....................................................................2 SMUG CD-Rom—Summer 2004 ....................3 Are Macs Immune From Viruses ...................4 Bug Fixes on Memory Lane Apple Introduces Click Wheel iPods.............5 With Mac Historian Owen Linzmayer Disaster Preparation (part 2 ).........................6 Author Owen Linzmayer has been chronicling the sagas at Calendar of SMUG Events..............................7 Apple Computer from its earliest days. His “Mac Bathroom Reader” was a marvelous collection of gold nuggets and arcane SMUG new home page trivia that delighted Mac devotees new and old. http://www.pa-smug.org As denizens of Panofsky Auditorium, the mid 70s stump- 650–286–7539 ing grounds of the Homebrew Computer Club our mindset Page 1 Smug Contacts smug August 2 SMUG Office Meeting Schedule 6:30 - 9:30 P.O. Box 20132 6:30 - 7:00 Questions and Answers. What ills afflict your Mac? Bring ‘em on. Stanford CA, 94309 650 286-7539 7:00 - 7:30 Macintosh: The Truth Behind the Mythology. Owen Linzmayer, author of the recently released Apple Confidential 2.0. WEB Site ht t p : / w w w . p a - s m u g . o r g 7:30 - 7:40 Break Club Mailing List Bill Atkinson’s book sale and Shareware purchases sm u g u s e r g r o u p @ y a h o o g r o u p s . c o m 7:40 - 9:10 “My Life With Macintosh”—Bill Atkinson, Apple Legend, digital BOARD OF DIRECTORS graphics pioneer, software designer, and nature photographer. Bill will discuss the influence of the Mac on his life from his days working on Frank Smith, int. President the original Mac to his latest ground-breaking work as displayed in his (510) 477- 0969 aq u a m a n 4 7 @ m a c . c o m new book of nature photography, Within the Stone. Tom Mathieu, Director 9:10 - 9:30 Book signings by Bill Atkinson Treasurer (650) 494-7760 tmathieu@p a - s m u g . o r g July Meeting Report William Maxwell, Director The raffel was a hugh success everyone went home a winner. 650-937-3280 [email protected] This raffle was about software. There were lots of goodies—some new, some classic, and some old. See pictures below for the enormous selection of software. Jim Thornton Director We are planning on doing another one with hardware at a future meeting. [email protected] Steve Bellamy Director (650) 854-5895 [email protected] NON-BOARD OFFICER Vice President/vacant COMMITTEES Membership Ilana Braun, Chair (650) 493-6197 ilanab@p a - s m u g . o r g Scott Spencer Assistant smug _ [email protected] NEWSLETTER Lorrie Bleiler, Director My iLife Editor/Designer (650) 948-1400 phone /fax by Frank Smith [email protected] Chronologically it must have started with iMovie, but for me it was iPhoto that John Schipper, Staff Writer pulled me into the iLife. Steve Jobs declared that the iLife was here at MacWorld (650) 493-8048 2003 when Apple offered the bundle as an Apple software package. This past John Kaufmann, Distribution Mac World @ Moscone, Steve added Garage Band to the mix of iMovie, iPhoto, (650) 494-0703 iDVD, and iTunes. What does all this really mean to Mac users? [email protected] Louis Bookbinder, News and Tips Well it pushed me to switch from an SLR film camera to a digital camera so I booky@p a - s m u g . o r g could take advantage of iPhoto. I now use my Sony DSC-F717 and view and store in iPhoto. In the beginning I regularly plugged to my PowerBook to import S H A R E W A R E and then erase my memory stick. Recently this workflow was modified to use an Owen Saxton iPod as intermediate storage. (650) 966-1775 [email protected] Yes, more gadgets to use and store, but maybe not. Now instead of the WEB SITE PowerBook and accessories in a backpack, I condense everything necessary into James W. Higgins, one smaller camera bag. Webmaster/Secretary [email protected] How you ask? Simple use the iPod as an image storage device. One more small thing was required, something to read memory media into the iPod. 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