EvangeList Digest Saturday, September 5 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1269
In this issue:
Tidbit - iMac In New York Magazine ?? - Need Help Justifying Macs at Ernest Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory PR - Publishing on the Web (Stanford Seminar)
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 08:06:35 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - iMac In New York Magazine
This tidbit is from:
Roz Levinson <Rozndon@aol.com>
Imagine my surprise and delight when upon flipping through the pages of this week's New York Magazine - the September 7th issue - I came upon an ad for the mags own web site. There - with the New York Magazine logo emblazoned across the monitor was our own iMac above the header "Surf our turf". Wow, it sure looks beautiful!!! Looking at the ad, I could almost imagine users of "ordinary" computers saying "what kind of computer is that? I want one!!" Check it out on page 50. There's no reference to Apple in the ad - just the photo (with the iMac logo clearly visible) and the ad copy.
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 08:06:42 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - Need Help Justifying Macs at Ernest Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Keith Olson, <kromjp@earthlink.net>
I just don't believe it! After witnessing a revival at Apple Computer the last few months (return to profitability, stock price has gone up, good news regarding upcoming OS X, fastest processors, the iMac...) I was taken by surprise by a secretive decision my employer (if you live in the US, your government) has made.
Thursday, my boss told me that we had a few dollars left in our research budget and we should get a new computer before the end of the fiscal year for a new person who will be joining our team shortly. So, I called our purchasing department to ask what the current model number is for an Apple G3 desktop computer. They promptly replied that Apple computers are a non-standard computer configuration. Gee, just two months ago I order one, what's the deal! Purchasing replied that I could only buy a Micron 400 MHz pentium II computer with either a 17" or 21" monitor for approximately $2900 or $3500. If I want a Mac, I need to fill out a waiver form and get it signed by our department head and the top honcho in our CIS (Computer Infrastructure and services, I think) department.
Having been through a standardization of the computer environment (Windows 3.11) in1993 at my former employer (Chevron), I have a keen sense of deja vu. I hope that someone is reading this at Apple, because we are going down the slippery slope of a PC only computing environment at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Hey, doesn't Steve have any strings he could pull with Bill (Clinton, that is), since Bill did stay at Steve's home one evening a few months ago?
Anyhow, after being interrogated by the CIS manager on why I want a Mac, and how I will not be able to run the STANDARD set of software application, he finally told me that there is no Mac client for some PeopleSoft program (sounds like some HR database program). I told him I work in the lab, I have never used PeopleSoft stuff and I don't plan on using it in my research work! Anyway, my waiver was signed for a new G3 computer, however I see the days of using an Apple product at the Ernest Lawrence Berkeley Nation al Laboratory numbered. It is too bad, since this WAS one of the few platform neutral places I have worked at and one of the top reasons I applied and accepted a job here.
So, I need help! Well, maybe what I need is some solid advice on how to change the CIS decision on only supporting Micron computers and the Windows platform. I know all the advantages and disadvantages of all the platforms, so please don't write to me about that (I have a feeling I could scream the advantages of the Mac until I am blue in the face but nobody will listen). What I need is information or tactics on how to change the direction of our CIS department back to a platform neutral computer environment. In addition, if there are evangelists who work at Ernest Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who are willing to help me out on this most likely, futile attempt at changing LBNL's computing strategy, please drop me an e-mail.
Thanks for reading through this lengthy (but therapeutic for me) post and thanks for your advice in advance,
Keith Olson
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 22:29:33 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - Publishing on the Web (Stanford Seminar)
This announcement is from:
Diana Schneider, <dianas2@leland.stanford.edu>
Publishing on the Web: A Stanford Workshop for Magazine, Book, and Newspaper Professionals ...from the sponsors of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course.
When: November 15-18,1998 Where: Monterey Plaza Hotel on Cannery Row, Monterey, California
For more information: * Email: publishing.courses@leland.stanford.edu * Phone: Registrar Ann-Marie, (650) 725-6259 * Fax: Call 1-800-621-3022 to receive an application via fax. * Visit http://www.stanfordproed.org and click on Professional Publishing.
To register online go to http://sunsite.stanford.org/solar/saa/PubsVentures/powreg.html.
The fourth annual Stanford Publishing on the Web Workshop brings together today's most entrepreneurial print publishers to define "next generation" Web publishing and to explore the many possibilities that are shaping this industry-in-the-making.
****Special Feature**** Participants' websites will be critiqued by their peers working with a small group of content and design specialists.
Speakers include: * Guy Kawasaki, Author, Apple Fellow, and co-founder of Garage.com * Bill Allman, New Media Editor, U.S. News & World Report * Rich Jaroslovsky, Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition * Jonathan Hart, Partner, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson * Paul Saffo, Director of Institute for the Future * Al Sikes, President, Hearst, New Media & Technology * Lorraine Cichowski, Vice President & General Manager, USA Today Information Network * Peter Winter, President, Cox Interactive Media
The workshop provides an open forum to discuss new business models, shifting staff roles, effective Web design, quality editorial content, and selling on the Web. Other topics include online marketing and branding, increasingly complicated legal issues and new technologies to improve website usability.
While anyone is welcome to attend, the course is specifically designed for magazine, book, and newspaper professionals looking to either develop a dynamic new presence on the Web or to increase the profitability and effectiveness of their existing websites.
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