The MUG Center Briefing - 10/9/05
The MUG Center Briefing - 10/9/05
- Subject: The MUG Center Briefing - 10/9/05
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 20:15:07 -0400
The MUG Center Briefing
October 9, 2005
The MUG Center
The Mac User Group Resource Site
http://www.mugcenter.com
1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of October 10
2 - The User Group Report: Podcasting with Jack Herrington, 3D Animation
with Kinemac, Mac News Braintrust with Bryan Chaffin and Macworld Expo Update
3 - User Group Participation in GarageBand and Podcasting Survey Invited
4 - Christopher Breen's Playlist Vodcast Available as User Group Resource
5 - User Group Stops Scheduled on iListen Road Show
6 - Podcasting and "The Ultimate Podcasting Studio Contest" at 3MG in
Australia
7 - Beijing Mac User Group Spins Off New iPod User Group
8 - InterMac Expo 2005 - A Fully Featured One Day Mac Event
9 - Registration for User Group University 2006 Now Open
10 - Coming Up This Week on the MUG Event Calendar
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1 - THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 10: MACSPEECH,
PROSOFT ENGINEERING, LACIE , AUTOMATIC DUCK, BORIS FX, "EVERY 3,000
MILES" AND MUCH MORE
The second week of October sports plenty of action at Mac user groups,
including several vendor presentations, a wide variety of demonstrations
and more.
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/news/2005/102005/1009eventcal.html>
2 - THE USER GROUP REPORT: PODCASTING WITH JACK HERRINGTON, 3D ANIMATION
WITH KINEMAC, MAC NEWS BRAINTRUST WITH BRYAN CHAFFIN AND MACWORLD EXPO UPDATE
Interested in podcasting? Get information on both the basics and the
state of the online broadcasting phenomenon from the author of a new
book on the subject. Want a new graphics challenge? Learn about a 3D
animation tool that delivers professional results and sports user group
pricing. What do all the iPod headlines mean? Find out in the Mac News
Braintrust. Want to help make the show better? Take the User Group
Report Survey.
<http://www.mugcenter.com/usergroupreport/2005/534.html>
3 - USER GROUP PARTICIPATION IN GARAGEBAND AND PODCASTING SURVEY INVITED
Sue and the team at Digital Life Discoveries asked us to help get the
word out on a special focus group they are organizing for one of their
clients. The topic is GarageBand and podcasting, so naturally, user
groups come right to mind. Best of all, if you qualify to participate,
you can actually earn money for your time. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1007digital.html>
4 - CHRISTOPHER BREEN'S PLAYLIST VODCAST AVAILABLE AS USER GROUP RESOURCE
For quite some time, Macworld and Christopher Breen made the now-on-
hiatus "Breen's Bungalow" available to user group for at-meeting
screenings and as a resource to be included on MUG CDs or DVDs. Well,
he's back! (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1005breenvodcast.html>
5 - PODCASTING AND "THE ULTIMATE PODCASTING STUDIO CONTEST" AT 3MG IN
AUSTRALIA
Popular user group presenter Nicholas Pyers will be the featured speaker
for the October 11 meeting of the Macintosh MultiMedia Group (3MG) in
Victoria, Australia. Nick will be delivering, "Create, Publish and
Promote Your Own Podcast." (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1006pyers.html>
6 - BEIJING MAC USER GROUP SPINS OFF NEW iPOD USER GROUP
On October 15, The Beijing Macintosh User Group (BeiMac) will launch the
Beijing iPod User Group (BeiPod). (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1008bejingipod.html>
7 - INTERMAC EXPO 2005 - A FULLY FEATURED ONE DAY MAC EVENT
Regional events with a Mac focus are popping up everywhere, to the
benefit of local Mac users, vendors and related parties. The latest is
the InterMac Expo 2005, scheduled for October 11, 2005 at the Hilton
Hotel ballrooms in Brisbane. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1007intermactive.html>
8 - USER GROUP STOPS SCHEDULED ON iLISTEN ROAD SHOW
A popular presenter at almost any gathering of Mac users is Andrew
Taylor, CEO of MacSpeech. Andrew has three user group appearances on his
current iListen Road Show schedule that includes stops at a number of
Apple Stores. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1006macspeech.html>
9 - REGISTRATION FOR USER GROUP UNIVERSITY 2006 NOW OPEN
Over the weekend, registration for User Group University 2006 quietly
opened with early bird pricing available. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/news/2005/102005/1003ugu.html>
10 - COMING UP THIS WEEK ON THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2005/102005.html>
Monday 10-Oct
- Portland Macintosh Users Group - LaCie
- London Macintosh Users Group (U.K.) - File Management & Backup
Tuesday 11-Oct
- Princeton Macintosh Users Group - Andrew Taylor of MacSpeech
- Oxford Macintosh Users Group (U.K.) - Making Music with GarageBand
- Charlotte Apple Computer Club - "Everything Old is New Again" and
Podcasting 102
- Gateway Area Macintosh Users Group - "Every 3,000 Miles" - Keeping OS
X at its Peak
- Maryland Apple Corps - Brooke McCrystle Behnken will show the type of
graphics work she does with various Mac programs, including Illustrator
and Quark
- Nashville Apple Pro Video Group - Wes Plate of Automatic Duck and
Eric Gardner of Boris FX
- Lakeland Area Macintosh User Group - Metro Crime Prevention of
Florida Unit about Personal Safety
Wednesday 12-Oct Club Mac of Hampton - Photoshop Elements 3
- Boston Macintosh - Weblogs aka Blogs
- Santa Barbara Macintosh Users Group - Better, More Interesting Photographs
- Hershey Apple Core - Making a Macintosh Impression
- Club Mac (Australia) - Wireless Internet access
- Serious Macintosh Users Group (CA) - iLife
- dBUG - Virtual PC and "Extreme Makover: dBUG Edition"
Thursday 13-Oct CapMac - Prosoft Engineering
- Leisure World Macintosh Users Group - System Preferences
- Tidewater Area Macintosh Users Group - Mac maintenance
- East Bay Macintosh Users Group - FileMaker Pro 7
Friday 14-Oct
- Long Island Macintosh Users Group - Andrew Taylor of MacSpeech
Saturday 15-Oct
- Houston Area Apple Users Group - Jennifer Dyer and Gorgon Bell of
ProMac Engineering
- Bejing Macintosh Users Group - The iPod and the creation of the
Bejing iPod Users Group
- MacGroup-Detriot - Using DVD Studio Pro
Sunday 16-Oct
- Double Click - Wireless Networking & Internet Messaging
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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