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From: [e-mail] (Tony Lindsey)
Subject: Mac*Chat#085/08-Aug-95

Mac*Chat#085/08-Aug-95
======================

Welcome to Mac*Chat, the free, weekly electronic newsletter biased
   toward Mac users who are production-oriented professionals.  Other
   Mac users may find many, many items of interest as well.  I'd enjoy
   hearing your feedback and suggestions.  Unfortunately, due to the
   massive numbers of messages I get every day, I can't guarantee
   a personal reply.

  Tony Lindsey, <[e-mail]>
  http://www.cts.com/browse/xxltony

  Mac*Chat back-issues may be found within any Info-Mac ftp archive at
      info-mac/per/chat
  and read with any Web browser at
      http://www.ese.ogi.edu/macchat/

See the end of this file for legalisms and info on how to subscribe.

Any [comments in brackets] are by Tony Lindsey.

Topics:
Highlights Of This Issue
Ads Vs. Shareware - My Final Decision
Feedback About Contribution System
Adobe Liquidator Feedback
Laserwriter 8.3 Is Officially Released
Clarisworks 4.0
Consultant Legal Tips
Internet Section Starts... Here
User Groups Online
Exploring The Internet - Free Online Workshop
The Impact Of The Web
Cool Web Site Corrections, Plus Wabbit Info
Network Time Utility
Legalisms
Free Subscriptions To This Newsletter

Highlights Of This Issue
------------------------
  I explain my thought-processes behind Mac*Chat's future, we hear
  more about Adobe Liquidators, we discuss LaserWriter 8.3,
  ClarisWorks 4.0, legal tips for consultants, plus an Internet
  extravaganza - User Groups online, a free class for folks who
  want to learn more about the Internet, Wade Nelson gives some
  opions about the future of the Web, we hear more about the two
  most important sites for locating Mac Shareware and freeware,
  plus a nice utility for saving all those Internet addresses you
  find, and another one for setting your Mac's clock using the
  Internet.

Ads Vs. Shareware - My Final Decision
-------------------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]

  Man alive, I am so burned out.  As I said before, I received over
  1,200 messages in the first two weeks concerning Mac*Chat's next
  phase.  I've been lobbied very vigorously by all sides, with a
  lot of misunderstandings and assumptions mixed in.  It's time for
  some explanations.

  I don't like the idea of ads in Mac*Chat.  Call me a fool, but it
  doesn't feel right.  I've been successfully working for myself
  for over 14 years, and I've governed my career by my sense of
  right and wrong.  I'm not going to do something that makes me
  unhappy.  Period.  That's the magic of being an entrepreneur.

  I prefer to remain impartial and unbiased by outside influences.
  I'm already feeling strong pressure every day from people who
  want to gain access to Mac*Chat's considerable reading public
  (around 65,000 at the moment), and not all of them have our best
  interests at heart.

  I've spent over 300 (unpaid) hours on Mac*Chat since the
  beginning of 1995.  I just did the math, and I'm not happy about
  it.  That's nearly 8 of the first 34 weeks!  That's time I didn't
  spend on my "real" career.  I think I'm just going to skip
  figuring out how much time I've spent on it in the previous five
  years.  I don't think I'd like to know.  I'm currently up to
  nearly 16 hours a week at the moment.

  I've been shipping free copies of my newsletter since November
  1989.  In all that time, I can count the new, paying
  computer-consulting clients I've gained directly from it on the
  fingers of one hand.  I've been editing Mac*Chat for the
  considerable pleasure of it, and I admit it has helped me keep in
  contact with my clients in a nice way - at least the ones who are
  online.  The majority still don't get the newsletter.

  I'm now at a decision-point.  I've made my choices, and I will
  stand by them.  To be able to continue and enhance the
  newsletter, I need to find some income to allow me to spend even
  more of my time on it.  I've decided to shift the newsletter to a
  donations-based system.

  Please don't jump to the wrong conclusion.  For some reason, over
  a hundred people have written me with an understanding of the
  shareware concept that doesn't match mine, and they got angry.
  They think I'm holding a gun to their heads.

  The donations-based system I'm talking about allows you to read
  the newsletter for free, and copy it as much as you want for your
  friends, but if you find it useful and want to continue receiving
  it, you should pay your subscription fee (I'm thinking of
  $10/year for individuals, $25/year for corporate).  Of course,
  I'm not going to be chasing people down and asking them to pay.
  Some people don't have the money, or just feel uncomfortable
  paying.  That's the way shareware works, most times.

  The Internet is crammed full of shareware software.  Mac*Chat
  will be the first Top-Twenty, worldwide, member-supported online
  magazine.  It's new, but that doesn't make it bad.  Think of
  Consumer Reports magazine or Public Broadcasting here in the
  States.  They're better without ads.

  To make this possible, we will be using a brand-new system from
  Kagi Software <[e-mail], allowing payment in nearly any
  manner available on earth (including scrambled credit card info
  over the Internet), securely and instantly.  You can find out
  more about the general theory behind it at

http://198.207.242.3

  I'm perfectly comfortable with my decisions.  If the world isn't
  ready for a subscription-based online magazine, then I'll go back
  to full-time consulting.  If "Professional-Level Mac*Chat"
  succeeds, then there will be great improvements and enhancements.
  This is an exciting time to be in the New Media, and big changes
  are becoming available.  We'll be taking Mac*Chat to the next
  century in wild style!

  ------------

  Please watch future issues for specific details of how we will
  implement this new system.  The structure is still being built-up
  for long-term viability.

Feedback About Contribution System
----------------------------------
  By [e-mail] (C Netter)

  [Any time someone sent me a letter expressing their opinion about
  Mac*Chat's next phase, I sent them a copy of the preceding
  section.  This is one of the responses I received.]

  Go for it.  First, because YOU feel it's the right thing to do
  and second, third, fourth etc. etc. for the following reasons.

  The idea of a publication is not without precedence.  One of my
  other lives is as a woodworker.  There are a lot (no, make the A
  LOT) of magazines out there that are targeted at the woodworker.
  One of those, Woodsmith (out of Iowa), contains no advertisement.
  None, zippo, nada, niet!  It's thinner than the other
  publications on the market, but it's packed full of quality
  information.  And when they do a review of a product, you know
  that it's not biased because company is including their payment
  for a multi-page ad with the sample.  ("Here, tell us what you
  think of this.  Oh, and by the way here's $10000 for next month's
  ad.")  The same people just recently came out with a publication
  focused on gardening.  I subscribed to it without a second
  thought.

  [That's exactly my feeling - I've toiled for almost fifteen
  years, turning away kickbacks and denying outsiders access to my
  customer database in every case, because I value my credibility
  above all else.  I want trust, and I'm willing to earn it, even
  if it means I still haven't made my first million.]

  The fact that you're not even going to require payment makes your
  proposal even better.  If I was a poor college student (Oh to be
  young again) I'd breath a sigh of relief.  But since I'm
  gainfully employed, I will gladly send you a check for the annual
  subscription.

  [I thank you for the thoughts - The "starving student" concept is
  very applicable here.  I hear from a LOT of them, eager to know
  more.  I don't see them as being any different from anyone else
  on the list, and would never cut them off.]

  Then there's the time factor involved.  The fact that you're
  spending a lot of time on something that is yielding no income,
  is no big deal IF (and only if) it's: resulting in more income
  generating work (it doesn't appear to be) OR it's not cutting
  into the time you spend on income generating work (it sounds like
  it is).  The last time I checked, they aren't canonizing a lot of
  people lately, and other than Saint Dogbert, I don't know of any
  other computer related saints (although St. Tony of Mac*Chat has
  a certain ring to it ;) ).

  I say "go for it!" and if anybody really bitches about it, tell
  them to start their own Internet magazine.

Adobe Liquidator Feedback
-------------------------
  [In a recent issue, I posted information about Adobe Liquidators,
  a business that sells older versions of Adobe software products
  and then upgrades them to the newest version before you get them.
  It sounded way too good to be true, so I did some research,
  found no problems, and posted the information in the newsletter.
  The AL folks were flooded with orders and were very pleased.
  They offered me a free software package for my help, but I gently
  declined, since it is my policy not to accept kickbacks or favors
  of any kind.  I simply asked that they provide good service at a
  reasonable price for my readers.  As of this moment, I've
  received 17 letters from folks who have received their software
  packages as a result of the Mac*Chat article, and all of them
  were pleased.  Here is a representative letter:]

  By [e-mail] (Tom Schott)

  I'm just writing to let you know that I did in fact get my
  Photoshop v3.0.3 direct from Adobe, just like Adobe Liquidators
  said I would. I actually got it in about 4 days as opposed to 10!

  Everything's there, Deluxe CD-ROM, floppies, all manuals,
  Type-on-Call, everything.

  I called them (Adobe Liquidators) after receiving the package to
  get my registration number, and I mentioned to them that I had
  spoken to you, etc. I said that I'd email you back and tell you
  how everything went. I'd have to say I'm *very* pleased.

  I'm also going to tell my local User Group (NYMUG) about the deal.

  You might want to check out the Mac newsgroups, I've noticed some
  people posting questions about the Adobe Liquidators deal already.

  [I had heard that AL was telling folks that their service was
  approved by "the guy behind Mac*Chat," so I checked the
  newsgroups to see if Mac*Chat was mentioned anywhere in their
  text.  It wasn't, which was a big relief.  Mac*Chat doesn't
  accept paid ads, and I also doesn't allow its reputation to be
  advertised by others for profit.  That's the policy of Consumer
  Reports magazine, and it works for me, too.]

  BTW, the new MacChat Web site is great! I was actually thinking
  of writing you a few weeks ago and suggesting that someone
  WWWeb-ify MacChat, but I guess I don't have to now.

Laserwriter 8.3 Is Officially Released
--------------------------------------
  By [e-mail] (The Shriminator)

  Apple has released LW 8.3 for public ftp.  I really like the
  Desktop Printer capability without the use of QuickDraw GX, and
  color printing is way too good.

  You can find it in the Apple's new ftp site,

<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/US/Macin
tosh/Printing/LaserWriter>

  [Please be aware that 8.3 REQUIRES System 7.5 or later, in a
  practical sense - It actually needs Finder 7.1.3 I believe, but
  hardly anybody has that.  I have known where to find LaserWriter
  for over a month, but I declined to mention it in the newsletter
  because I felt the early release was half-baked.  It had no
  Installer, and I found problems when clients couldn't figure out
  how to combine their old Printer Descriptions folder with the new
  one.  That's all fixed now.]

Clarisworks 4.0
---------------
  By [e-mail] (Julian Harris)

  Check out ClarisWorks 4.0. I'm really impressed. As a very
  experienced Word user, it lacks the calibre of the dedicated word
  processors, but has lots of useful features and unrivalled
  integration:

  - Word-like sections
  - multicolumns
  - PowerMac-native
  - Worldscript support
  - HTML support
  - Excellent outliner
  - paragraph, table, graphics and outline styles
  - wrapping of text around arbitrary shapes

  I only wish it properly supported drag and drop and Apple Guide,
  though its built-in help system is pretty good.

  Its tables are just spreadsheet modules, and with decent table
  styles, the tables in CW are better than any word processor
  around.

Consultant Legal Tips
---------------------
  By <[e-mail]> and <[e-mail]>

  >>>I was wondering whether you have some agreement/brochure that
  you give to clients upfront before you start working for them
  which sets out the terms and conditions for the client (e.g. what
  work you charge for, what happens if it doesn't work, etc.)?

  I'm not a consultant--just a long-time Mac user who is also a
  lawyer. Potential pitfalls may lie ahead. Your words describe a
  *legally binding contract* even though neither you nor the client
  signs the brochure.

  Yes, this is so in Australia as well as the U.S. As former
  English colonies, both our countries have based their law on
  English (pommie) common law. However, in addition to the
  similarities in our legal systems, many differences also exist.
  The terms & conditions, the totality of the "agreement" (another
  word for "contract"), and the precise wording of a legally
  appropriate U.S. brochure may get you into legal hot water in
  Australia. Use the U.S. brochures as models.

  I strongly urge you to allow a solicitor [lawyer] to run her or
  his eye over your draft & point out any legal dangers. No matter
  what it costs, it's cheaper than a lawsuit--but it couldn't cost
  much, as it wouldn't take much of the solicitor's time. Ask the
  solicitor to put any suggestions in writing. Then, if his or her
  advice results in serious problems with clients or--horrors--a
  lawsuit, you may be able to sue the solicitor for malpractice.
  Truly! Preparing well is the best protection.

  I'm not an expert on Australian law, but I have spent much time
  in Australia, & I'm currently probating an estate with heirs in
  both our countries. Australia is terrific! (Yes, I've travelled
  throughout the country.) If I could get a job there I'd be packed
  & ready in a flash. I have done some job-hunting, willing to give
  up the law & do something else, but so far, no luck.

  It's now a hot & steamy Sunday evening here, so I'll shut down my
  Mac & head for a cold tinnie.

Internet Section Starts... Here
-------------------------------


User Groups Online
------------------
  [I'm requesting information about official Mac User Groups
  online.  I'd like to know about online newsletters, Web site, or
  what-have-you.  Here's a good example:]

  From Andy <[e-mail]>

  Check out

http://www.nymug.org/

  to see the New York MacUser's Group new Web page, which was put
  together by Elliott Rusty Harold, who also does the
  Well-Connected Mac page, as well as the comp.sys.mac.apps FAQ on
  word-processing software.  I don't know ERH personally, so I may
  have got some of the aforementioned details wrong; in any case,
  we're both members of NYMUG.

  Like you, I also do some writing for a user group, in this case
  the Mac Street Journal, NYMUG's monthly magazine; it certainly is
  time-consuming work, but I enjoy it (my recent stories have been
  a review of the shareware Tex-Edit Plus, coverage of an online
  seminar at NYMUG's annual MacFair, and a how-to on creating your
  own e-zine).

  NYMUG also has a presence on eWorld (go NYMUG), which includes
  some clips from various MSJ issues.

Exploring The Internet - Free Online Workshop
---------------------------------------------
  By Spectrum Universal <[e-mail]

  Net users and newcomers can unleash the power of their modems and
  discover valuable resources on the Internet in a four-week online
  workshop that is free to the public.

  "Exploring The Internet" will provide a hands-on introduction to
  popular services in easy-to-understand terms and help newcomers
  get plugged in.  Participants will receive an assortment of free
  software and in some parts of the country, new users will be able
  to sign up for free trial access with local Internet providers.

  The workshop begins in September and runs for four weeks.  Anyone
  who has basic e-mail can participate.  The course is being
  offered by Spectrum Universal, a nonprofit organization that
  recently launched a "virtual university" on the World Wide Web.

  Author/editor Richard De A'Morelli will lead the class. De
  A'Morelli, a former by-lined member of Irving Wallace's editorial
  staff, has been roaming the Net since the early 1980's.

  "People are being told that the Internet is full of pornography
  and paramilitaries but the fact is, virtually all of the
  knowledge that our civilization has amassed since the dawn of
  history is accessible on the Internet if you know where to look
  for it," De A'Morelli said.

  Workshop topics will include FTP, which stands for "File Transfer
  Protocol" and, simply put, enables PC users to download free
  software programs, electronic books and magazines, museum art
  replicas, even samples of hot new music from virtual libraries
  around the world. Millions of such items are stored online and
  free for the asking.

  The workshop will also reveal how users can save money with
  "offline" news and mail readers and explore low-cost alternatives
  to commercial services such as Prodigy and America Online.

  Other workshop topics will include Usenet, the popular network of
  14,000+ public news groups, and "mailing lists", which are a
  cross between a news group and an electronic magazine.  Some
  20,000 mailing lists now exist on every conceivable topic.  Many
  lists are moderated which means incoming messages are filtered
  and junk mail is purged before reaching your mailbox.

  A Question & Answer bulletin board will provide step-by-step
  assistance and technical support to individuals during the
  workshop, and a 24-hour telephone helpline is being considered.

  Enrollment deadline for the course is Friday, September 29.
  Those wishing to enroll can e-mail [e-mail] for a
  registration form. Those who don't have e-mail can register by
  fax [phone] or via touch tone phone by calling Spectrum's
  24-hour registration line at [phone].

The Impact Of The Web
---------------------
  by Wade H. Nelson <[e-mail] Copyright 1995 WHN
  All Rights Reserved

  [I saw this opinion piece in one of the many mailing lists I'm
  always reading, and received Wade's permission to re-post it
  here.  I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but I found it
  quite thought-provoking!]

  In various discussions online people have discussed the impact of
  the Web on society relative to the invention of birth control,
  jet airplanes, etc. Many agree the Web is going to bring major
  changes.  Others poo-poo it.  Anyone who underestimates the
  impact the Web/Internet is going to have on society will quickly
  be eating their words.

  I now browse online catalogs, place orders, and receive products
  mail-order on my doorstep by 10:30.  The WEB is going to totally
  rearrange the face of commerce. The sad truth is, except for
  WalMart, NOBODY in my rural Americana town of 35,000 has a better
  selection or pricing than mail-order offers, and the Web makes
  shopping there even more convenient. . If I have questions, I
  email the company and get prompt replies.   The Web  makes
  mail-order easier and more convenient.  I now order computer
  supplies, bicycle parts and office supplies for 30-50% less than
  what local merchants seem to think traffic will bear. Perhaps
  these merchants don't see all the brown and purple trucks zooming
  past all day long.

  There are few products I can't wait till 10:30 am to have in my
  hands. (Buy stock in FedEx, people)

  The fact is, for computer support, help lines are for all
  practical purposes, hopeless.  But email works.  Email spreads
  the load out for support people. Since there are never enough
  support people (especially the good ones) load sharing is the
  only economical policy software firms can adopt.

  The camera sites give a hint of what is to come.  I may indeed
  shop a few local merchants, or specialty merchants, those I can
  turn the interactive video on and talk to on my screen, and ask
  them if they stock something, or how to use it.  The videophone
  arrives belatedly,  in the form of the WWW.

  I don't commute to work.  I telecommute.  A million folks like me
  aren't out there on the freeways, generating pollution, and
  creating the need for adding more lanes to the 405. Or keeping GM
  and Toyota in (as much) business.  Office buildings  -- well, we
  won't need nearly as many of them because of the Web.

  Schoolkids aren't going to be sitting in crowded classrooms
  anymore.  The whole learn at home thing is going to snowball as
  private schools, and even good teachers offer their services over
  the Web, or whatever follows the Web, with truly interactive
  classes, etc.   Who wants to send their kids to a drug and
  violence infested school?  No one.  Why should an excellent
  teacher accept mediocre wages when he or she can sell their
  services privately over the Web.

  Libraries?  Within a few years we'll be re-enacting the book
  burning scenes from Fahrenheit 451. Why? To ban books?  No.
  Because they'll all have been scanned, and there will be little
  point in keeping faded, dusty copies around taking up space.  The
  library of the future is a row of computer terminals, not stacks
  of books.  I wonder when the first library is going to realize
  this, accept it, and begin the conversion.

  There will always be worker bees who dig ditches, flip burgers,
  build houses, assemble automobiles, and so on. But there are many
  of us in the "information broker" category, whether that is
  marketing, writing, selling insurance, number crunching,
  whatever.  The Web is an enabler for us. A tremendous enabler.

  The fact is with a little programming people might not only be
  able to renew their driver's license at an ATM, but at home,
  using a Connectix Quickcam sitting on top of their Mac.  They
  could take their license exam on-screen. They could even have a
  simulated driving exam on screen, not unlike those good arcade
  games where you must do everything, including shift the car
  properly or else you stall out. And they will.  The impact?
  Three DMV "take a number and sit down" folks out of work, a half
  dozen programmers (making twice as much salary) at work trying to
  debug the test at home system.

  The impact of the Web on privacy smacks enormously of Big Brother
  to me, and certain phrases in the last chapter of the bible,
  where it seems to say we're all going to need a number to buy and
  sell (a PGP protected Credit card #, perhaps) in the "later
  days".  What about the day when there's a web site for everyone,
  whether they like it or not, containing a fingerprint, a credit
  history, a photo, criminal record, and so on.  Giving up a
  fingerprint is now required to get a Colorado driver's license,
  which is necessary around here to cash checks,....and buy and
  sell.....

  AIDS and Birth Control may have altered people's sexual
  practices, but Internet is just as RAPIDLY changing how people
  meet and get to know one another, in equally powerful ways.  Go
  check out the free on-line dating services or AOL "meet markets".
  Behind closed Windows plenty of cybersex is going on between
  consenting adults.  Believe it.

  The Web/Internet will bring about more change than anything else
  invented/created/discovered in my generation, and not just how we
  visit dinosaur museums - online or in person. The Web's reach
  will be enormous.  It will not be all bad, nor will it be all
  good.  But it will bring enormous change, in my opinion.

Cool Web Site Corrections, Plus Wabbit Info
-------------------------------------------
  By [e-mail] (Malcolm Dunn)

  [The following discussion concerns two VERY important Web sites.
  These will allow you to get just about ANY shareware or freeware
  software ever imagined for the Mac.  Keep them handy!]

  Ok ok! Yet another 'more and further correction'. This one works.
  I tried it out just now. Don't know what their game is over at
  .wku but this seems to be the new home for this search engine. Go
  figure. Now I know why they call it smurfing...:-)

<http://www.msc.wku.edu/Dept/Support/Tech/MSC/Macintosh/search_infomac.html>

<http://www.msc.wku.edu/Dept/Support/Tech/MSC/Macintosh/search_umich.html>

  [I just cruised over to check it out, and they appear to be
  moving BACK to the previous address at some point.]

  Here's my potted chronology of the change:

  - the first URL reported here was, well, whatever. :-)

  - I wrote in correcting the URL based on what was being displayed
  on their web page. The corrected URL did work for awhile, as did
  the old one.

  - it seems, without notice, and due to their "construction," the
  URL's were changed again to their current directory. There were
  no pointers from the previous two locations so most of us were
  left with a less than intelligible screen of hypertext markers.
  I've since ferreted out the most current URL's and they are still
  good as of today, Saturday!  They're on a roll! :-)

  PS, have you seen yet a magical little application called Wabbit?
  Written by Mel Patrick at [e-mail], it very neatly
  organises your email addresses, URL's, gopher ports, ftp sites,
  you name it, and provides a pretty seamless cut-and-paste
  shortcut to get those addresses etc. into your browser or mailer.
  And the price is right - freeware! Available at your favourite
  Mac ftp site.

  It's currently version 1.0.5 released the end of May it seems. No
  balloon

  help still, though the help screen is good.

  /info-mac/comm/tcp/wabbit-105-da.hqx'

  From the author's description:

  WABBITDA is a two part freeware desk accessory that I have
  written. First part is a database that is designed to hold all of
  the various types of URLs found on the Internet and allow you to
  copy/paste them between internet applications.

  Secondly it is a monthly online timer with alarm for Internet
  connect sessions.

Network Time Utility
--------------------
  By "ROGER C WIEGAND" <[e-mail]>

  If you have an internet connection, Pete Resnick's Network Time
  ($5 shareware) automatically checks a network timeserver and sets
  your Mac's clock without any added attention.

  /infomac/comm/tcp/network-time-201.sit

  or your favorite info-mac mirror. A list of public time servers
  can be found at:

ftp://louie.udel.edu/pub/ntp/doc/clock.txt

  For lots of information about the network time protocol see:

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/

Legalisms
---------

Copyright 1989-1995 Tony Lindsey. Nonprofit groups (such as Mac
   User Groups) or other non-commercial publications) are welcome
   to use any part of the Mac*Chat newsletters if full credit is
   given.  All others will need to contact me.

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   information.  No profit has been made from any of these
   opinions.  Time passes, so accuracy may diminish.

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