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<p>MacTech Magazine Announces New Editorial Staff Additions</p>
<p>Westlake Village, CA -- December 26, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, the<br />
publisher of MacTech(r) Magazine, announced today its new editorial staff<br />
additions.</p>
<p>MacTech has evolved into the primary news and information vehicle for over<br />
40,000 Mac programmers and developers in 64+ countries. The magazine has<br />
established an eminent reputation within the Macintosh developer community.<br />
To that end, these editorial additions come at a great time for the<br />
magazine while it is enjoying its continued growth and success.</p>
<p>"The Mac developer industry is at a point today where now, more than ever,<br />
developers are looking for information, direction and news." said Neil<br />
Ticktin, Publisher of MacTech. "MacTech has continued to grow, even in the<br />
past year, providing a variety of services in a variety of formats. Our<br />
new staff line up will help us accomplish even more."</p>
<p>In an effort to continue its mission to provide the development community<br />
access to cutting-edge editorial content MacTech is very pleased to<br />
announce the following new editorial staff line up.</p>
<p> Editorial Staff<br />
---------------<br />
Publisher * Neil Ticktin<br />
Editor Emeritus * Eric Gundrum<br />
Editor * Dr. Nichols "nick.c" DeMello<br />
Managing Editor * Jessica Courtney<br />
Online Support * Jeffrey Clites</p>
<p>Dr. Nicholas "nick.c" DeMello is the magazine's new Editor. DeMello has<br />
been the magazine's Online Editor for a year writing the MacTech Online<br />
column for MacTech Magazine. Being a programmer for almost a decade, he has<br />
specialized in the understanding of chemical reactions by computer<br />
simulations and the display of molecular properties through custom software<br />
development. Having spent a decade on the internet, DeMello was involved in<br />
the creation of the comp.sys.mac.programmer newsgroups, is the moderator<br />
for the comp.sys.mac.programmer.info newsgroup. His interest in internet<br />
technologies, graphic arts, and scientific programming has resulted in<br />
DeMello's joining UCLA's Center for Digitital Innovation in 1996.<br />
DeMello's current projects involve developing distance learning tools,<br />
educational multimedia, and scientific visualization technologies for UCLA,<br />
and McGraw-Hill. (<a href="mailto:editor@mactech.com" title="mailto:editor@mactech.com">mailto:editor@mactech.com</a>)</p>
<p>Eric Gundrum, MacTech's new Editor Emeritus, is not new to technical<br />
documentation. He began his career preparing technical documentation for<br />
the U.S. Government, but quickly moved to writing and editing documentation<br />
for the products of Software Ventures Corporation. Before long, Gundrum<br />
became manager of Software Ventures Technical Services team, responsible<br />
for many aspects of the product development process. More recently, Gundrum<br />
has branched out on his own. He is a founding member of The Mac Group,<br />
providing Macintosh debugging services to those in a crisis. As an<br />
independent consultant, Gundrum provides Macintosh programming and other<br />
product development services on a variety of projects include those of<br />
Apple, Netscape, and StarNine. (<a href="mailto:editor_emeritus@mactech.com" title="mailto:editor_emeritus@mactech.com">mailto:editor_emeritus@mactech.com</a>)</p>
<p>Jessica Courtney, MacTech's Managing Editor, has a degree in English, with<br />
over 10 years of experience in computer related, editorial environments.<br />
Prior to coming to the magazine, Courtney worked as a project Managing<br />
Editor for a multimedia software developer.(<a href="mailto:managing_ed@mactech.com" title="mailto:managing_ed@mactech.com">mailto:managing_ed@mactech.com</a>)</p>
<p>Jeffrey A. Clites will replace DeMello as our new Online Editor. As a new<br />
member to the MacTech team, Clites brings with him an impressive education<br />
in the sciences. He received a BS from Yale University with a double major<br />
in Chemistry and Mathematics & Philosophy. Currently he is pursuing his<br />
Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology, studying magnetism in<br />
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