I just got an email yesterday from author David Price (The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company published by Knopf, May 2008), who corrects some of the information I was posting yesterday:

[Just so there's no misimpression ... I'm a proud card-carrying memberof SIGGRAPH, but I'm not employed there.]

Considering David's online profile, I am now certain that this book will be a "must-read".