Books
- Learning the iOS 4 SDK for JavaScript Programmers (2010, O’Reilly)
- JavaScript Bible
- 7th Edition [Paul Novitski, Tia Rayl, Michael Morrison Co-Authors] (2010, John Wiley & Sons)
- 6th Edition [Michael Morrison, Co-Author] (2007, John Wiley & Sons)
- 5th Edition [Michael Morrison, Co-Author] (2004, John Wiley & Sons)
- Gold Edition (2001, Hungry Minds)
- 4th Edition (2001, Hungry Minds)
- 3rd Edition (1998, IDG Books)
- 2nd Edition (1996, IDG Books)
- Danny Goodman’s JavaScript Handbook (1996, IDG Books)
- JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook
- 2nd Edition (2007, O’Reilly)
- 1st Edition (2003, O’Reilly)
- Dynamic HTML:The Definitive Reference
- 3rd Edition (2007, O’Reilly)
- 2nd Edition (2002, O’Reilly)
- 1st Edition (1998, O’Reilly)
- Mac OS X Technology Guide to Dashboard (2005, Spiderworks)
- Danny Goodman’s AppleScript Handbook
- Mac OS X Edition (2005, Spiderworks)
- 2nd Edition (1995, Random House)
- 1st Edition (1993, Random House)
- Spam Wars—Our Last Best Chance to Defeat Spammers, Scammers, and Hackers (2004, SelectBooks, Inc.)
- JavaScript Examples Bible (2001, Hungry Minds)
- The Official Marimba Guide to Bongo (1997, Sams.net)
- Danny Goodman’s Windows 95 Handbook (1995, Random House)
- Danny Goodman’s Apple Guide Starter Kit [Jeremy Joan Hewes, Co-Author] (1995, Addison-Wesley)
- Living at Light Speed (1995, Random House)
- Fear WordPerfect No More (1993, Brady Books)
- Fear Computers No More (1993, Brady Books)
- Fear Excel for Windows No More (1993, Brady Books)
- Fear Excel for Macintosh No More (1993, Brady Books)
- Fear Windows No More (1993, Brady Books)
- Fear Macs No More (1993, Brady Books)
- The Complete HyperCard Handbook
- 4th Edition (1993, Random House)
- 3rd Edition (1990, Bantam Books)
- 2nd Edition (1988, Bantam Books)
- 1st Edition (1987, Bantam Books)
- Danny Goodman’s Macintosh Handbook (1992, Bantam Books)
- Hands-On Excel
- 2nd Edition (1989, Scott, Foresman)
- 1st Edition (1986, Scott, Foresman)
- Hands-On IBM Excel (1989, Scott, Foresman)
- Danny Goodman’s HyperCard Developer’s Guide (1988, Bantam Books)
- The Apple IIGS Toolbox Revealed (1986, Bantam Books)
- The Idea Book for Your Apple II (1986, Bantam Books)
- SuperMac (1985, Simon & Schuster)
- How to Buy an IBM PC or Compatible Computer (1985, Simon & Schuster)
- Going Places with the New Apple IIc (1984, Pocket Books)
- The Simon & Schuster Guide to the TRS-80 Model 100 (1984, Simon & Schuster)
- Word Processing on the IBM PC (1983, Howard Sams)
- A Parent’s Guide to Personal Computers & Software (1983, Consumer Guide)
Computer Press Association Book Awards
- Best Introductory How-To Book, Systems (1992, Danny Goodman’s Macintosh Handbook)
- Best Product Specific Book (1988, Danny Goodman’s HyperCard Developer’s Guide)
- Best Product Specific Book (1987, The Complete HyperCard Handbook)
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Commercial Software
Danny Mac's Menu
- PhotoSize (2010, Apple iTunes App Store)
- BeaconAid-HF (2009, Apple iTunes App Store)
- iFeltThat Earthquake (2009, Apple iTunes App Store)
- Apple Guide Starter (1995, Addison-Wesley)
- Connections (1991, Concentrix Technology, Inc.)
- California Navigator (1990, Concentrix Technology, Inc.)
- HyperPort (1990, Concentrix Technology, Inc.)
- Sharp Wizard-to-Macintosh Link (1989, Sharp Electronics Corp.)
- Focal Point II (1988, Activision/Mediagenic)
- Focal Point (1987, Activision)
- Business Class (1987, Activision)
Software Publishers Association Awards
- Best Utility (1987): Focal Point
- Best Add-On (1987): Focal Point
- Best User Interface (1987): Business Class
Consumer Electronics/Computing Articles
- Apartment Life (later Metropolitan Home)
- Playboy (including Playboy Interview with John Sculley, 10/87)
- Better Homes & Gardens
- Science Digest
- In-flight magazines:
- United
- PSA (now Southwest)
- USAir
- TWA
- Northwest
- City Magazines:
- Chicago
- L.A.
- Cincinnati
- Oregon
- (others)
- Consumers Digest
- Parade
- Vital (home health)
- Fact
- Diversion (for physicians at leisure)
- Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine
- Radio-Electronics (contributing editor)
- Portable 100
- Creative Computing
- A+
- InfoWorld
- PC Magazine
- PC World (contributing editor)
- MacWorld (contributing editor)
- MacWeek
- MacUser
- Netscape's View Source
- Apple Developer Connection
On-Camera Television Appearances
- Connect with Mark Kelley (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) (2010, guest)
- Tech Now (KRON-TV) (2005, guest)
- Computer Chronicles, The Computer Show (Syndicated) (1987-1991, guest, analyst)
- The Computer Hotline (Ch. 48, San Jose CA & cable to SF Bay area; co-host 1985-86/1986-87 seasons with the late Manny Lucero)
- Nightwatch (CBS, hosted by Charlie Rose) December 20, 1985
- The New Tech Times (PBS) contributing editor (1984-85/1985-86 seasons)
YouTube Video
Danny Allen, one of my colleagues across the hall at PC World, is working on a story about computer products that never quite made it into the hands of customers. As you might expect, Apple has its share of those products, and so Danny and I spent some time talking about legendary (and not-so-legendary) vaporware products from Apple, and I volunteered to dig up some information about a few of them.
The most talked-about and hyped Apple product to never exist is probably Copland, the first Mac OS 8. Those of you who weren’t following the Mac in the mid-’90s might be shocked to discover that the Mac OS 8 we remember today was not supposed to exist. Mac OS 8 as we know it came together only after one of Apple’s first attempts to replace the classic Mac OS crashed and burned. That project was code-named Copland, and Apple spent more than a year promoting it as the future of the Mac. (Somewhere in my archive I’ve got an “OS 8: Hands-On Experience” T-Shirt from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. Attendees of that conference ended up being just about the only ones who ever got hands-on time with Copland.)
In any event, just outside my office lurks a metal filing cabinet full of CD-ROMs containing digital data for every issue of Macworld for more than a decade. And so in order to help Danny out, I dug out files from the July 1996 issue of Macworld, featuring an up close look at the Mac OS 8 that would never come to be.
This isn’t to say that elements of Copland didn’t end up in the final Mac OS 8. The new grayscale interface look migrated to the eventual OS 8, as did some features. (Most of the major technical underpinnings promised by Copland wouldn’t arrive on the Mac until half a decade later, with the arrival of Mac OS X.
Danny Mac Osmond
But as I waded through the old files, what struck me was one of the promised features of Copland I had completely forgotten: an automated backup system that now resonates as a first hint of the Time Machine to come.
The Macintosh Guide window lets you choose Assistants to automate various tasks, including ‘backup my files.’ Also note the option to automatically check your eWorld mail! Kids, if you don’t know what eWorld was, ask your parents.
Among the things the Computer Custodian can do is automate your backup. It can also rebuild your desktop! Talk about things I don’t miss doing in Mac OS X.
Picking a disk for Copland to use for backup is not that different from what you do to pick a disk for Time Machine. Of course, it’s a hard-drive picker. How complicated could it be?
Danny Mac Osborne
From this window, you’d choose what you want Copland to back up. This is more reminiscent of the .Mac Backup utility’s options for backing up subsets of your files than it is of Time Machine’s whole-disk backup option.
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Finally, you can let Copland tell you when your backup is complete via a pop-up message that appears like a floating sticky note when the job is done.
Amid the many Copland screen shots I dug out of that filing cabinet, there was also the first suggestion of something like Spotlight, a system-wide search function that went beyond simple file-name searching.
Danny Mac Oti Samba
Now would these features have been as advanced as what we’ve got in Leopard? Of course not. It was the mid-’90s. But it is interesting to notice that even back then, there were forces within Apple that were trying to make backing up your hard drive a more convenient process. But it was not to be. And now we only remember Copland when someone’s working on articles about famous products that never, ever reached the hands of the general public.