Publisher
Volume Number: 10
Issue Number: 10
Column Tag: From the Publisher
From The Publisher
By Neil Ticktin, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
Several issues ago in the June, 1994 issue, we went through a quiet change here
at MacTech. David Williams, the official Publisher since 1992, stepped aside from
that title to better reflect our division of responsibilities. Since that time, I’ve been
working under the title of Editor-in-Chief and Publisher - with most of my duties
continuing to be Publisher related. This is due to our continued expansion of editorial
staff at MacTech Magazine.
As Publisher, I will, from time to time, write here - in the Publisher’s column
- so that I continue to communicate directly with you, our readers. As always, you are
welcome to e-mail me. As Scott attests to in his column this month, I’m an e-mail
fanatic. I’ve even heard that our staff throws “Fingers can now rest”parties whenever
I go on vacation. So write us, let us know what you think and what you want. I do
respond to just about every e-mail I get - personally.
Software Frameworks Closes
MacTech Helps SFAMembers
As many of you may have already heard by now, Software Frameworks
Association (formerly known as MADA) has closed its doors and ceased doing business.
To help soften the blow to the Macintosh developer community, we’ve announced that
we’re helping SFAmembers during this transition period.
MacTech to FrameWorks subscribers
For all SFA members who have issues remaining in their FrameWorks magazine
and/or disk subscription, we will be providing two issues of MacTech magazine and/or
disk subscription for each outstanding issue of FrameWorks. Those SFA members who
are already MacTech subscribers will receive an extension to their current
subscription. The transformation will take place starting with the November issue of
MacTech (possibly the October issue - the one you are reading right now).
FrameWorks subscribers do not need to do anything, it will all happen automatically.
More OOP in MacTech
We’ll be adding or enhancing our coverage of OOP, in part so we can pick up
where FrameWorks is leaving off. We’re working with Mary Elaine Califf
(FrameWorks’ Editor) to run pending FrameWorks articles. Furthermore, we’re
inviting FrameWorks authors to continue to write - just now for MacTech Magazine.
You should expect to see the same FrameWorks type articles on a regular basis in
MacTech. That’s in addition to the “regular” articles you are used to seeing in
MacTech.
FrameWorks back issues still available
To make certain that FrameWorks articles and materials are still available to the
community, MacTech has agreed to include some or all of these articles in a future
release of the MacTech CD-ROM. FrameWorks back issues of disks, magazines and CDs
are available through the MacTech Mail Order Store.
The MacTech Mail Order Store is also inviting the products formerly published
and distributed by SFA to be a part of the Mail Order Store. For information or
availability of any of these products, contact our Mail Order Dept.
New Exclusive Products
Starting immediately, the Mail Order Store is now the exclusive distributor of
OOP-related products: AdLib, a replacement for Apple’s MacApp ViewEdit; Savvy, the
only scripting addition to MacApp that allows for full AppleScript attachability and
editability; and MAScript (which Apple will be incorporating into the next release of
MacApp). These products are now available in the Mail Order Store (with full
descriptions) at the back of this issue. Check them out!
We’re here to help!
We at MacTech Magazine have always had a lot of respect for SFA - they served
the needs of an important niche for Macintosh programmers. We’ll be sorry to see
SFAgo.
SFAprovided a forum for people to meet, discuss, and publish a continual stream
of great ideas. Now that SFA is gone, MacTech would like to help the community keep
these ideas flowing. What we want to know from you is: how can we help?
For example, do the SFAaffiliates need support? What directions does the
community want frameworks to go? In other words, what’s on your mind?
New Folios!
Periodically, we get comments from readers about the formatting of the
magazine. Many of you have noticed the new style we introduced with the August issue.
In our quest to continually improve MacTech, we’ve made another change - this time to
our folios (the thing with the page number and the name of the magazine at the bottom
of the page). Starting this month, we’ve added the title of the article to the folio. This
should make searching for an article easier.
As always, let us know what you think.