Washington Apple Pi is a computer user group. It started as an informal gathering of individuals interested in personal computers, and after a time became formally incorporated in 1978 as Washington Apple Pi.
In terms of scope and subject, the group has always been focused on users helping users with their computers, computer peripherals, computer software, computer concepts. Over the years this has expanded to cover portable computing devices and home automation devices. While not limited to Apple products, the group started out working with Apple II computers (hence the name), and expanded to cover the Apple ///, the Lisa, the Macintosh, the Newton, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, HomePod, and various other technologies.
Lawrence I. Charters, “Panorama X, Kardia Mobile, Radio Silence, and User Groups,” November 18, 2017. (PDF, 295K)
Lawrence I. Charters, “The Internet of Things: Discovering the Internet of Things in your home.” July 26, 2014. (PDF, 700K)
Kathleen G. Charters and Lawrence I. Charters, “Tracking your health with your Mac, iPhone and iPad,” June 28, 2014. (PDF, 4 MB)
Lawrence I. Charters, “Mountain Lion Security: Mac OS X 10.8,” September 22, 2012 (PDF, 17 MB)
Lawrence I. Charters, “Google — More than search,” July 28, 2012 (PDF, 53K)
Larry Kerschberg, Ken Goldman, Lawrence I. Charters and Travis Good, “Social Media: What it means for you!” May 26, 2012
Lawrence I. Charters, “Apple: The Next 35 Years.” This presentation was made October 22, 2011, after the death of Steve Jobs, amidst press stories that suggested Apple might not survive. (PDF, 14 MB)
Lawrence I. Charters, “Mac Security in an Age of Cyberwar and Cyber Crime,” June 25, 2011. (PDF, 545K)