The MUG Center Briefing - 8/28/05
The MUG Center Briefing - 8/28/05
- Subject: The MUG Center Briefing - 8/28/05
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:14:08 -0400
The MUG Center Briefing
August 28, 2005
The MUG Center
The Resource Site for Mac User Groups
http://www.mugcenter.com
1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of August 29
2 - The User Group Report: Mac Annoyances and Macs and Windows with John
Rizzo, Virginia MUG at Digital Edge Expo, Twenty Years of North Coast
Mac Users Group, Mac News Braintrust with Jim Dalrymple of MacCentral,
Vendor Offers for MUGs and More
3 - Christopher Breen Launches New Vodcast
4 - Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus Takes Washington (Apple Pi) in September
5 - ColorIQ Offers User Group-Only Discount on IQ Match Through The MUG Center
6 - User Group Vendor Offers Expiring In One Week and New Offers On Deck
7 - Apple Mac Users' Society of Melbourne Will Host Apple and a Market/
Swap Meet in September
8 - Coming Up This Week on the MUG Event Calendar
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1 - THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 29: JOE COX OF APPLE,
EXPIRING VENDOR OFFERS, A LAPTOP NIGHT, GOOGLING AROUND AND "THE iPOD SPECIAL"
A variety of interesting meeting topics from around the world and
expiring vendor offers highlight this week's MUG Event Calendar. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/082005/0828eventcal.html>
2 - THE USER GROUP REPORT: MAC ANNOYANCES AND MACS AND WINDOWS WITH JOHN
RIZZO, VIRGINIA MUG AT DIGITAL EDGE EXPO, TWENTY YEARS OF NORTH COAST
MAC USERS GROUP, MAC NEWS BRAINTRUST WITH JIM DALRYMPLE OF MACCENTRAL,
VENDOR OFFERS FOR MUGS AND MORE
Dealing with Mac and other technology annoyances, Macs working with
Windows networks, a user group going out of their way to participate in
an Expo, another celebrating 20 years, Mac news commentary, vendor
offers and more are all included in this week's show. Guests this week
include author John Rizzo, Judy Morse of the Virginia Macintosh Users
Group, Larry Hrusovsky of The North Coast Macintosh Users Group and Jim
Dalrymple of MacCentral. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/usergroupreport/2005/528.html>
3 - CHRISTOPHER BREEN LAUNCHES NEW VODCAST
So you thought podcasting was hot, eh? Well, Christopher Breen says
that, "Podcasts are so last month--video is where it's at," and to prove
his point, he's released his first vodcast. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/082005/0826breenvodcast.html>
4 - BOB "DR. MAC" LeVITUS TAKES WASHINGTON (APPLE PI) IN SEPTEMBER
On Saturday, September 24, Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus will make his first-
ever appearance at Washington Apple Pi. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/082005/0825levituspi.html>
5 - COLORIQ OFFERS USER GROUP-ONLY DISCOUNT ON IQ MATCH THROUGH THE MUG CENTER
ColorIQ is offering a special discount and upgrade option on their
flagship IQ Match color matching software to user group members. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/vendoroffers/coloriq.html>
6 - USER GROUP VENDOR OFFERS EXPIRING IN ONE WEEK AND NEW OFFERS ON DECK
As August comes to a close, so do several user group-only vendor offers.
You and the members of your user group have one week to take advantage
of a MUG Center-exclusive offer of three months free from BackJack, the
online backup service. Other expiring offers include specials from
LoadPod, Curry K. Software and O'Reilly. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/082005/0824newexpiring.html>
7 - APPLE MAC USERS' SOCIETY OF MELBOURNE WILL HOST APPLE AND A MARKET/
SWAP MEET IN SEPTEMBER
Australia's Apple Mac Users' Society of Melbourne (AUSOM) will hold
Melbourne's only Mac-focused computer market and swap meets on Saturday,
September 3, 2005, along with a presentation by Apple. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/082005/08ausomswap.html>
8 - COMING UP THIS WEEK ON THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2005/082005.html>
Monday 29-Aug
Wellington Macintosh Users Group (New Zealand) - Audio/Music &
Customizing Your Mac
Philadelphia Area Developers - Creating Dynamic Web
Interfaces with CSS and DOM Scripting
North Coast Mac User Group (OH) - 20th Anniversary Picnic
Tuesday 30-Aug
Deadline: LoadPod User Group Offer
Midlands Macintosh User Group (United Kingdom) - Making My Own Web Page
Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia - Wayne
Connelly, of Innova Art Ltd.
Wednesday 31-Aug
Deadline: BackJack User Group Offer
Deadline: Curry K. Software User Group Offer
Deadline: O'Reilly User Group Offer
Oceanside Macintosh User Group - Googling Around
SF Cutters - Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Automatic Duck's Pro Export FCP 3.0
Thursday 1-Sep
Bux-Mont Macintosh Users Group - Do you really need a Data Base?
Conejo Valley Macintosh Users Group - Laptop Night, iDVD and more
Santa Fe Macintosh Users Group - The iPod Special
Silicon Mountain Macintosh Users Group - Pizza Party/Open Discussion
Board Members
MUGPort - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Pixels: Part 2
Southern Wisconsin Macintosh Computer Society - Wacom Graphic Tablets,
Color Calibration
Josephine County Macintosh Users Group - Welcome Back From Summer
Digital Arts User Group - Creating Templates with Adobe InDesign
Friday 2-Sep
Saturday 3-Sep
AUSOM - Joe Cox from Apple Australia & "Mac Market" Swap Meet
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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