From nicholas at nicholaspyers.com Fri May 20 09:45:11 2005 From: nicholas at nicholaspyers.com (Nicholas Pyers) Date: Fri May 20 09:52:54 2005 Subject: [ACNN-Mac] Nicholas Pyers quoted in iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business Book Cover Message-ID: Nicholas Pyers Quoted in iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business Book Cover == Press Release - For Immediate Release == Melbourne, Australia Issued on May 20, 2005 -- Start Abstract -- Nicholas Pyers is quoted in the latest unauthorised biography on Steve Jobs, "iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business" by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simonan. -- End Abstract -- iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business Book Cover [icon-cover.jpg] Nicholas Pyers is quoted in the latest unauthorised biography on Steve Jobs, "iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business" by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simonan. The unattributed quote appears in the third paragraph on page 274 and reads; "An Australian reporter who roused himself to watch the live Webcast that aired at 3 A.M. Australian time was especially impressed by one feature of the software program that Apple offered. "The best news of all," he wrote, was that "iTunes is a free download." The original article the quote refers to, can be found in the article "Macworld Expo - San Francisco 2001" . Nicholas Pyers quoted in iCon Image: Nicholas Pyers quoted in iCon [nkp-quoted-in-icon-small.jpg] Click the image for the full page version == Purchase == Interested in purchasing a copy of iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business, from Amazon.com then just click the link below; == Credits == The page excerpt was provided through Amazon.com and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. for the cover image. A copy of this press release, along with any images, is also available from my website, www.nicholaspyers.com . Discussions about this press release may also occur on the appropriate Australian Computer News Network (ACNN) mailing list(s). For more details, please visit http://www.zonian.net.au/lists . Copyright May 2005, Nicholas Pyers. -- Nicholas Pyers (nicholas@nicholaspyers.com) "Heaven on Earth?" "No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth!" From nicholas at nicholaspyers.com Tue May 31 09:20:13 2005 From: nicholas at nicholaspyers.com (Nicholas Pyers) Date: Tue May 31 09:21:21 2005 Subject: [ACNN-Mac] nicholaspyers.com featured in The Age & Sydney Morning Herald newspapers Message-ID: <1EB6B11A-2108-4650-90E8-C55AE5EE7369@nicholaspyers.com> Apple to the core with 'structured viewpoints' == Press Release - For Immediate Release == Melbourne, Australia Issued on May 31, 2005 -- Start Abstract -- Nicholas' website, nicholaspyers.com, was featured in May 30, 2005 issue of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers Technology section, Next. In six-page lift out special entitled "Meet Joe Blogs", Next asked some of Australia's most influential bloggers what it takes to stand out from the loudmouthed crowd and nicholaspyers.com is listed as such a Blog.. -- End Abstract -- The Age Logo Nicholas' website, nicholaspyers.com, was featured in May 30, 2005 issue of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers Technology section, Next. The feature is found in a six-page lift out special entitled "Meet Joe Blogs", where Next asked some of Australia's most influential bloggers what it takes to stand out from the loudmouthed crowd. The feature covering nicholaspyers.com is entitled "Apple to the core with 'structured viewpoints'" It commences with the statement "Nicholas Pyers' blog reminds the influential American Apple user community that Apple is a global brand and its overseas customers face different challenges to those in the US." and concludes with "Mr Pyers says his is not a typical blog, which can be more like a diary, but it's not true journalism, either. He describes his contributions as "structured viewpoints"." Mention of the un-attributed quote found in iCon, the unauthorized biography on Apple and Pixar CEO, Steve Jobs, is also mentioned, along with the material Nicholas covers, and plans to cover, on his site. The full article can be viewed as a PDF or directly on The Age or SMH websites; == What is a Blog? == Wikipedia Logo The following definition of "blog" was found at Wikipedia.org, the Free Encyclopedia; "A weblog (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log) is a web application presented as a webpage consisting of periodic posts, normally in reverse chronological order. The term blog came into common use as a way of avoiding confusion with the term server log." == Credits == A copy of this press release, along with any images, is also available from my website, www.nicholaspyers.com . Discussions about this press release may also occur on the appropriate Australian Computer News Network (ACNN) mailing list(s). For more details, please visit http://www.zonian.net.au/lists. Copyright May 2005, Nicholas Pyers. -- Nicholas Pyers (nicholas@nicholaspyers.com) "Heaven on Earth?" "No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth!"