LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- January 3, 1994 -- MacTech™ Magazine today announced that it has expanded its editorial staff. Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech Magazine, has engaged Scott Boyd -- a veteran of the industry -- as the Editor of MacTech Magazine.
Scott brings with him a substantial amount of technical experience and is a veteran of Apple. He has published works with MacHack, Texas A&M, and MacTutor as well as has contributed to parts of develop and Inside Macintosh. Scott is the co-creator of the MacHack Hack Contest and a frequent speaker at Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference, Macworld Expo, and the MacHack Conference. In 1985, Scott co-founded the MacHax™ Group which developed custom Macintosh applications. In 1988, Scott joined Apple Computer, Inc. as part of a tools group. He continued on as part of the “Blue Meanies”, “X-Men”, and finally, as a Technical Lead. During his involvement at Apple, Scott was the Anti-virus development team lead, a member of the Bug-tracking system development team, system architecture consultant, low-level coder, debugger, and key contact with many groups around Apple. As part of Apple’s move to PowerPC-based Macintoshes, he helped prepare the way for native code on RISC Macintosh, was a technical evangelist to key 3rd-party developers, lead over sixty technical people and was responsible for the on-time delivery of system software.
The addition of an editor represents Xplain’s continued and increasing commitment to bring quality information to Macintosh developers. “Scott will take over much of the day-to-day editorial responsibilities. He knows the Macintosh, he knows the magazine, he knows Apple, and he knows the developer industry. His broad, in-depth knowledge of the Macintosh and the industry make him the ideal editor for a publication as technical as ours. The magazine will continue to cover topics for novice, intermediate and expert Macintosh developers, but now we’ll have even better resources to do so.” said Neil Ticktin, Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine.
Xplain Corporation acquired MacTutor in January, 1992. Since that time, it has continually expanded the editorial commitment and its contributors. In 1984, MacTutor gave developers the first information about the Macintosh without regard to Apple’s “developer status.” Many, if not most, veteran Macintosh programmers “cut their teeth on MacTutor”. Today, the magazine has added a number of regular features to help developers sort out the details of the industry -- Getting Started (by noted Addison-Wesley author, Dave Mark), Programmers’ Challenge (by Mike Scanlin), NewsBits (for relevant developer news), Tips & Tidbits (by the readers of MacTech Magazine), THINK Top 10 (by Symantec’s Technical Support Group), Inside Information (by Apple’s premier insider, Chris Espinosa), and Powering Up (by Apple for transitional PowerPC information). This is in addition to the magazine’s Tools of the Trade product reviews, feature articles, editor’s page, letters, conference reports and Mail Order Store, make up the core of the magazine.
MacTech Magazine will be at Macworld Expo/San Francisco (booth #1222) and the staff will be available for further discussion/comment on this release or anything else. Additional information on the company and its products can be obtained by calling 310-575-4343.
Xplain Corporation is the publisher of MacTech Magazine and the All of MacTech Magazine CD-ROM, develops software and writes technical documentation for Apple Macintosh based applications. Founded in 1984, the company has its office in Los Angeles, California. MacTech Magazine was formerly called MacTutor and began publishing in November, 1984.
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