[MacPerl-Scribes] Future "Script Different" Directions

[Arved Sandstrom <Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca>]

Rich's synopsis is good stuff to start with, planning-wise.

I think it would be helpful to have ground-rules laid out that a few of us
are already aware of, but not all. Off the top of my head, column pieces
are generally 1500-2000 words (I don't know how etched in stone this is),
and if one is submitting for month X, then the piece is deliverable to
PerlMonth by the 15th of X-1, so that the editor (Brian) probably wants to
see it no later than 30 days before the first day of the month that it's
supposed to appear.

It would be good if Vicki can confirm this. I guess Brian will be liasing
with PerlMonth anyhow. :-)

I can definitely commit to 2-3 columns per annum; I'd like to see enough
different contributors so that I don't have to do more than 2. As I've got
one showing up in March, I think I can volunteer to do an interesting piece
for July timeframe. Something solid and readable. :-)

Arved

This is stuff from Rich:
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Several possible topics have been mentioned for future columns, as:

   ?  Brian McNett        ???
   ?  Chris Nandor        The MacPerl Glue Package
   ?  Matthias Neeracher  MacPerl 5.5(?)
   ?  Arved Sandström     ???
   ?  David Steffen       MacPerl & CGI Scripts
   ?  Bruce Van Allen     Grep, Map, & Sort

Brian has volunteered (well, we'll call it that :-) to be the "point
man" for the column; Arved has said that he can do 2-3 columns per
year.  Consequently, I've penciled them in above, without giving any
particular topics.  Brian's explorations into AudioVisual programming
are quite a kick; Arved's tutorials are solid and readable.

I have also tried to hustle some folks at Apple into telling about
how MacPerl is used in the Tech Pubs Tools Group.  Unfortunately,
their priorities haven't yet allowed them to write the article.
Maybe I'll be able to do an email interview and write it up...
*****


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