The MUG Center Briefing - 10/16/05
The MUG Center Briefing - 10/16/05
- Subject: The MUG Center Briefing - 10/16/05
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:51:13 -0400
The MUG Center Briefing
October 16, 2005
The MUG Center
The Mac User Group Resource Site
http://www.mugcenter.com
1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of October 17
2 - The User Group Report: The Mac Networker's Retreat with Paul Kent,
GarageBand and Podcasting Focus Group with Sue Arment, Mac News
Braintrust with Dennis Sellers and the Evolution of The User Group Report
3 - MacNotables Podcast Debuts with a Panel of Mac Experts
4 - iWork Users Group Releases "Design Kit" for Apple's Pages
5 - Hellenic Mac User Group Will Take MUGs to Comdex Athens
6 - David Pogue Will Reveal "The Secrets of Tiger" at a Special User
Group Event in New Jersey
7 - MacNotables: Of Video iPods, Media iMacs and Video in the iTunes
Music Store
8 - Four Free Issues of X-Ray Magazine for User Group Members
9 - PMUG's Fall MacCamp Celebrates Second Half of 20th Anniversary on
October 21
10 - Coming Up This Week on the MUG Event Calendar
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1 - THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 17: JOHN RIZZO,
MACSPEECH, PROSOFT ENGINEERING, SWAP MEET, AUCTION, REMOTE ACCESS, PAGES
AND MORE
Coming up this week at Mac User Groups are not only a variety of
speakers and topics, but also a variety of events. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1016eventcal.html>
2 - THE USER GROUP REPORT: THE MAC NETWORKER'S RETREAT WITH PAUL KENT,
GARAGEBAND AND PODCASTING FOCUS GROUP WITH SUE ARMENT, MAC NEWS
BRAINTRUST WITH DENNIS SELLERS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE USER GROUP REPORT
A professional Mac conference of a different kind, a focus group where
you can get paid, and the latest in Mac news commentary are all included
in this week's show, along with news of the User Group Report's
evolution. The guests are Paul Kent of The Mac Networker's Retreat, Sue
Arment of Digital Life Discoveries and Dennis Sellers of Macsimum News. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/usergroupreport/2005/535.html>
3 - MACNOTABLES PODCAST DEBUTS WITH A PANEL OF MAC EXPERTS
A new podcast featuring some of the Mac industry's most noted
personalities debuted today. MacNotables is the panel of, "The Mac
Experts You Want To Hear From," all of which are well known advocates
and supporters of Mac user groups. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1012macnotables.html>
4 - iWORK USERS GROUP RELEASES "DESIGN KIT" FOR APPLE'S PAGES
Looking for a way to make the Pages component of Apple's iWork package
even more useful? The iWork Users Group has released their first "Design
Kit" for Pages. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1012design.html>
5 - HELLENIC MAC USER GROUP WILL TAKE MUGs TO COMDEX ATHENS
From November 18 to 20, the Hellenic Macintosh User Group will be both
attending and exhibiting at Comdex Athens. This will be the fourth time
HelMUG has given Mac user groups a presence at this particular event (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1014hellenic.html>
6 - DAVID POGUE WILL REVEAL THE "THE SECRETS OF TIGER" AT A SPECIAL USER
GROUP EVENT IN NEW JERSEY
David Pogue, well-known user group advocate, tech columnist for the New
York Times and author of the new Mac OS X : The Missing Manual, Tiger
Edition will be the featured guest at a special user group event in New
Jersey. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1013pogue.html>
7 - MACNOTABLES: OF VIDEO iPODS, MEDIA iMACS AND VIDEO IN THE iTUNES
MUSIC STORE
The newest edition of MacNotables featues discussion of Apple's
announcements of the video iPod, new iMac G5, music and television video
in the iTunes Music Store and more. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1014macnotables.html>
8 - FOUR FREE ISSUES OF X-RAY MAGAZINE FOR USER GROUP MEMBERS
Another publisher has contacted us to help spread the word about an
offer they want user groups to be aware of. This time, Cyndie
Shaffstall, the publisher of X-Ray Magazine has asked us to let user
group members know about a special limited time offer. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1013xray.html>
9 - PMUG'S FALL MACCAMP CELEBRATES SECOND HALF OF 20TH ANNIVERSARYON
OCTOBER 21
Earlier this year, the Portland Macintosh User Group's semi-annual
MacCamp celebrated their 40th get-together in 20 years. On October 21 -
23, the second half of the 20th anniversary celebration continues, with
the Fall MacCamp to be held at the Silver Falls Conference Center near
Portland OR. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1010maccamp.html>
10 - COMING UP THIS WEEK ON THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2005/102005.html>
Monday 17-Oct
- Silicon Valley Macintosh Users Group - O'Reilly author John Rizzo
Tuesday 18-Oct
- Design Matters (Japan) - Creating a retail outlet with Japanese landlords
- Macintosh User Group Serving the Inland Empire - eBay
- Diablo Valley Macintosh Users Group - FileMaker 8
- Manitoba New Media Group - Return of QuickTime; One Codec to Rule Them All
- Keystone MacCentral - iMovie Training
- Macintosh Users of Delaware - Remote Desktop Connection Client & File
juicer
- Long Island Macintosh Users Group - Andrew Taylor of MacSpeech
Wednesday 19-Oct
- Tucson Macintosh Users Group - Backup Strategies, Ink Cartridge
Refilling, Paypal, Freeware & Shareware Favorites
- MacCORE - Annual Auction and Schoozefest
- Madison Macintosh Users Group - Word Processing Software
Thursday 20-Oct
-Tri-Valley Macintsh Users Group - Prosoft Engineering & Free iPod
- Tidewater Area Macintosh Users Group - Swap Meet
- Hawaii Mac Nuts - Remote Access
- Syracuse Macintosh Users Group - Wireless Security - Protecting your
home wireless network and why you should
- Arizona Macintosh Users Group - Macintosh Arts & Crafts
- New York Final Cut Pro Users Group - HD Production and Post
Saturday 22-Oct
- Yorkshire Macintosh Users Group - An Introduction to Pages
- Washington Apple Pi - Learning "How To" Get Through The Holidays With
Computer Ease"
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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