Walt Mossberg, noted Wall Street Journal Technology Columnist, will join Washington Apple Pi Mug as its 30th Anniversary Speaker, Falls Church, VA, June 28, 9:30 a.m.
Walter Mossberg, creator of the Wall Street Journal(WSJ) ‘Personal Computing’ column and co-producer of WSJ’s All Things Digital, speaks and takes questions at Washington Apple Pi general meeting on June 28, 2008, Falls Church, VA. The meeting is at Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church, Virginia, starting at 9:30 a.m. with its usual questions session led by Lawrence Charters. Mr. Mossberg’s program begins at 10:30 a.m., with short talk followed with an audience question period. The morning session wraps up with a celebration of our thirty years of Apple and Macintosh user support. Members and guests reminisce about their favorite times in Apple Pi.
Following a half hour light food break consisting of anniversary cake as well as food and cola (with donations accepted to share food and drink costs) , the afternoon program begins. It offers three concurrent afternoon special interest group (SIG) sessions. The New User/Mac OSX Basics SIG addresses basic how-to-do-it on a Macintosh tasks, related questions, and activities. iLife SIG, the second session, focuses on using one or more of the five software products in Apple’s iLife suite making doing a fun task easier or showing how to more easily produce near-professional results. In the third session, the Genealogy SIG, holds an organizational meeting with participants sharing their interests and challenges. The SIG meetings wrap up by 3:00 p.m.
Meeting is free and open to the public. The public is invited to join Washington Apple Pi for this exciting learning experience. Attend morning session or afternoon as your schedule permits.
Directions from Capital Beltway, I-495: Take the Washington Beltway I-495 to US Route 50 West (Arlington Boulevard), exit 50. Make your way to the inner roadway, staying right at the Y to go north on Gallows Road (Virginia Route 650). Drive through the first stop light at Gatehouse Road (school house is on your left). Make left near end of school property, driving back along north edge of property past doors 8 and 9 to far end of parking area closest to the tennis courts. Walk between building and tennis courts to door 7. Greeter will welcome you and direct you to our meeting room. and walk up hallway’s incline to multi-purpose room on your right. Map to Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, is at http://www.fcps.edu/maps/jackson.htm.
Directions from Dunn Loring Metro: Take Orange subway line to Dunn Loring Metro station. Board the Fairfax Connector 401 bus with destination sign Franconia-Springfield Metro. Ride bus about seven minutes, disembarking at Gatehouse Road. School is on northwest corner of Gatehouse Road and Gallows Road. Use school’s main entrance and follow signs to Apple Pi meeting. Alternatively, in nice weather, it is a pleasant walk along Gallows Road from Dunn Loring Metro to the school. Busses on Saturday run on approximately hourly intervals.
