Wired's Leander Kahney's "Cult of Mac" book finally coming out...

[pscates2.0]

Unless I wound up a victim of the editor's pen, I should be in Chapter 11, along with some of my mockups.

Wheee! (http://www.nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=cult_mac)

:)

When I lived in San Diego, Leander called me at home and we had a pretty neat interview. I sent him some high-res Illustrator art and gave permission for its use.

http://www.macminute.com/2004/08/30/cultofmac

That article of his for Wired, "Ersatz Mac Designs" (or whatever it was called), was the jumping point for this chapter. He told me about this book a couple of years ago.

Glad to see it finally is seeing daylight!



Edit/update: I'm in it! :) A full two-page spread, no less, of large (4-5 inches) full color mockups of mine, including the lime green LCD iMac G4, the tangerine iCube, the "Street legal" curvy PowerBook G4, etc. And a couple of quotes/comments from me.

Mr. Kahney just e-mailed me a pic of the spread he took with his camera phone...and there's my stuff, and big and colorful! I can't wait to get this book!

:)

[Moogs]

Very cool, Paul. Congrats on being in the new book!

[Escher]

Kudos, pscates. Same commentary as in the "iMac G5 mockup" thread applies.

I'll get a copy and go straight to your spread in Chapter 13. Absolutely awesome that the "street legal" PowerBook is in there. I so wanted that design to become reality!

Escher

[Satchmo]

I hope you're getting a complementary copy at the very least. :)

[pscates2.0]

Nah, I wouldn't imagine so. I'm just one small little part of it and everyone else in there isn't getting one, I'd imagine. I've got no problem paying $40 for it. It's exactly the kind of book I've been wishing someone would do, and would buy it anyway whether I was in it or not. :) No problem at all. Can't wait to get it!

I looked at that sample chapter PDF and it looks pretty cool (talked about keynote/Expo mania and build-up, with photos of people waiting in line, security guards around unveiled display areas, people in various Apple-inspired apparel, geeking out, partying, etc.).

:D

Should be a book right up our alley.

[Windswept]

Gosh, Skaitsie, may I have your autograph? :)

I'm all atwitter at having a celebrity in our midst. ;)

And, YES! You *should* get a complimentary copy. Geez. That's the least he could do.

I plan to buy the book too. Money well-spent, I say. Hurray!

*pounds pscates on back in a highly-enthusiastic and congratulatory manner*

*gives hug, and kiss on cheek* :)

:lol:

[drewprops]

He was always such a quiet boy...we never expected this kind of behavior out of Paul...

way to go buddy!

[pscates2.0]

Is Carol puttin' the mooch on me? :lol:

My face...it's all red and warm. :p

And yet another interesting spelling of my name...how does she do it, folks?

It's a big book, with more than just me in there (I'm 2 of 280 or so pages). I doubt the author OR the publisher would be big on giving out free copies to everyone in there. This is a niche-appeal book to begin with...if they did that, they wouldn't sell hardly any! :)