MacMinute
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MacMinute was the name of a web site that provided news and information focused on Apple Inc and the Macintosh
Operating system
. It was founded by Canadian businessman Stan Flack in 2001 to "keep you up-to-date on everything that is going on in the world of Macintosh as soon as it happens". On the opening day, May 9, 2001http://www.macminute.com/2001/05/9/, the update to the Mac OS X to 10.0.3 was announced.
Prior to creating MacMinute Stan Flack founded the MacCentral
news website which he sold to MacWorld
on June 1, 1999.http://db.tidbits.com/article/5425http://www.mactech.com/news/ This website was eventually folded into the MacWorld brand name and the last vestiges of MacCentral
disappeared with the incorporation of the MacCentral
Forum into the MacWorld
forums in December 2007.
MacMinute was noted for its up to the minute digest of current breaking news about everything connected to the Macintosh and Apple products but one of its more important functions was to serve as a forum for the Macintosh community. This MacMinute Reader Café is an eclectic mix of Macintosh users who provide and share expertise in all aspects of the Macintosh platform.
Mr. Flack died of natural causes, from complications to a pre-existing condition
, in his home on Prince Edward Island, Canada on April 14, 2008.
On May 22, 2008, the Flack family announced the closing of the Macminute website and forums. Some forum members decide to move to MacCentral Cafe as it reminds them of the single forum Stan Flack started with at the MacCentral news website.
On June 5, 2008 it is announced on the Macminute news site that MacTech
's Community News Scan and Macsimum News will act as caretakers to the archives of MacMinute News and Forums. They also announced they would continue to host the MacMinute Forums which are now up and running smoothly as of November 2008. Stan's Lounge is crowded with MacCentral
and MacMinute faithful in honor of Stan Flack and all that he did for the Macintosh community.
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
Operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
. It was founded by Canadian businessman Stan Flack in 2001 to "keep you up-to-date on everything that is going on in the world of Macintosh as soon as it happens". On the opening day, May 9, 2001http://www.macminute.com/2001/05/9/, the update to the Mac OS X to 10.0.3 was announced.
Prior to creating MacMinute Stan Flack founded the MacCentral
MacCentral
MacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed by Macworld's own brand.MacCentral was founded by...
news website which he sold to MacWorld
Macworld
Macworld is a web site and monthly computer magazine dedicated to Apple Macintosh products. It is published by Mac Publishing, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California...
on June 1, 1999.http://db.tidbits.com/article/5425http://www.mactech.com/news/ This website was eventually folded into the MacWorld brand name and the last vestiges of MacCentral
MacCentral
MacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed by Macworld's own brand.MacCentral was founded by...
disappeared with the incorporation of the MacCentral
MacCentral
MacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed by Macworld's own brand.MacCentral was founded by...
Forum into the MacWorld
Macworld
Macworld is a web site and monthly computer magazine dedicated to Apple Macintosh products. It is published by Mac Publishing, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California...
forums in December 2007.
MacMinute was noted for its up to the minute digest of current breaking news about everything connected to the Macintosh and Apple products but one of its more important functions was to serve as a forum for the Macintosh community. This MacMinute Reader Café is an eclectic mix of Macintosh users who provide and share expertise in all aspects of the Macintosh platform.
Mr. Flack died of natural causes, from complications to a pre-existing condition
Pre-existing condition
A pre-existing condition is a risk with extant causes that is not readily compensated by standard, affordable insurance premiums. Pre-existing condition exclusions by the insurance industry are meant to cope with adverse selection by potential customers. Such exclusions have become a topic in the...
, in his home on Prince Edward Island, Canada on April 14, 2008.
On May 22, 2008, the Flack family announced the closing of the Macminute website and forums. Some forum members decide to move to MacCentral Cafe as it reminds them of the single forum Stan Flack started with at the MacCentral news website.
On June 5, 2008 it is announced on the Macminute news site that MacTech
MacTech
MacTech is the journal of Apple technology, a monthly magazine for software developers, system administrators, and other technical users of the Apple Macintosh line of computers....
's Community News Scan and Macsimum News will act as caretakers to the archives of MacMinute News and Forums. They also announced they would continue to host the MacMinute Forums which are now up and running smoothly as of November 2008. Stan's Lounge is crowded with MacCentral
MacCentral
MacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed by Macworld's own brand.MacCentral was founded by...
and MacMinute faithful in honor of Stan Flack and all that he did for the Macintosh community.
Abbreviated MacMinute Chronology
- June 1, 1999 MacWorldMacworldMacworld is a web site and monthly computer magazine dedicated to Apple Macintosh products. It is published by Mac Publishing, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California...
purchases MacCentralMacCentralMacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed by Macworld's own brand.MacCentral was founded by...
from Canadian businessman Stan Flack. - May 9, 2001 MacMinute News site is published on the internet by Stan Flack.
- May 19, 2001 MacMinute opens MacMinute Reader Café.
- April 19, 2002 A major influx (more than 30) of MacCentral forum members create user accounts in the MacMinute Reader Café.
- August 4. 2004 MacMinute forum member mikeb_X dies.
- September 2, 2004 A "Political Forum" is created within the MacMinute Reader Café.
- May 14, 2005 Lesh creates the neologism "malacarpism".
- December 16, 2007 With the imminent closing of MacCentral forum another influx of users to MacMinute Café occurs.
- January 3, 2008 The MacCentralMacCentralMacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed by Macworld's own brand.MacCentral was founded by...
Forum becomes read only causing a few more MCF members to become Macminuters. - April 14, 2008 Stan Flack passes away.
- May 22, 2008 The Flack family announces the closing of Macminute.
- June 5, 2008 MacTech's Community News Scan and Macsimum News announces the hosting of MacMinute Forums as well as archiving of all past MacMinute News.
- November 6, 2008 Neil Ticktin of MacTech announces that the old MacMinute software has been upgraded and the forum moves to new servers as well.
- November 10, 2008 Old time MacMinute forum members are having difficulty adjusting to a forum that works instantly.
- 2010 or so MacMinute disappears without anyone noticing.
- 2011 With the continuing expansion of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and now Google+ into the social interaction schema of the internet Forums in general seem to be dying off.