The MUG Center Briefing - 10/23/05
The MUG Center Briefing - 10/23/05
- Subject: The MUG Center Briefing - 10/23/05
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:15:25 -0400
The MUG Center Briefing
October 23, 2005
The MUG Center
The Mac User Group Resource Site
http://www.mugcenter.com
1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of October 24
2 - MacVoices Premiers with Warren Williams of The iWork Users Group and
Doug Adams of Doug's Scripts
3 - Apple, Tropical Software, Circus Ponies Are The Most Frequent User
Group Presenters Through September
4 - New MacNotables Discusses Hi-Res PowerBooks, Dual Core G5's and Aperture
5 - MacVoices #502: Cyndie Shaffstall of X-Ray Magazine and MacCamp
6 - Put Your Mac User Group on "The Map"
7 - Macsimum News Kicks Off New Series Profiling Mac User Groups
8 - Adobe InDesign CS2 eSeminar Series Invitation for Mac User Groups
9 - Macworld San Francisco Introduces Market Symposiums
10 - Coming Up This Week on the MUG Event Calendar
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1 - THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 24: A PACK OF FINAL
CUT PRO UG MEETINGS, ASTRONOMY AND "FIX YOUR PICTURES NIGHT"
Several Final Cut Pro User Groups convene this week and a wide variety
of other topics will highlight MUG meetings around the world, including
one that will help attendees improve their digital photos. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1023eventcal.html>
2 - MACVOICES PREMIERS WITH WARREN WILLIAMS OF THE iWORK USERS GROUP AND
DOUG ADAMS OF DOUG'S SCRIPTS
The premier of MacVoices features a discussion with Warren Williams, the
President of the iWork Users Group about their just-released Business
Stationery Design Kit, and Doug Adams, the man behind Doug's Scripts,
one of the best, most approachable AppleScript and Automator sites on
the web. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1018macvoices.html>
3 - APPLE, TROPICAL SOFTWARE, CIRCUS PONIES ARE THE MOST FREQUENT USER
GROUP PRESENTERS THROUGH SEPTEMBER
Have you ever wondered who presents to Mac user groups most often? Well,
we do too, so we decided to try to find out.
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1021mugpresos.html>
4 - NEW MACNOTABLES DISCUSSES HI-RES POWERBOOKS, DUAL CORE G5'S AND APERTURE
The newest edition of the MacNotables podcast sees members of the panel
discussing the importance and meaning of the October 19 Apple special
event in New York where higher-resolution PowerBooks, new dual core
PowerMac G5 models, and Aperture, the new pro-level digital photography
application that so many digital photography enthusiasts have been
waiting for.
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1020macnotables.html>
5 - MACVOICES #502: CYNDIE SHAFFSTALL OF X-RAY MAGAZINE AND MACCAMP
Cyndie Shafstall, the editor and publisher of X-Ray Magazine talks about
her publication and what it offers to Quark users, why it isn't just a
tips and tricks magazine, and provides some perspective on where Quark
stands in the user community now and where it is headed. Charles DeVore
updates us on the Portland Macintosh User Group's MacCamp, and some
current user group news headlines round out this edition. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1021macvoices.html>
6 - PUT YOUR MAC USER GROUP ON "THE MAP"
One of the hottest new technologies on the web is that of integrating
information with maps of various types to better visualize and interpret
data. If you're not quite sure what that means, then you need to check
out the Macintosh User Group Map... (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1020mugmaps.html>
7 - MACSIMUM NEWS KICKS OFF NEW SERIES PROFILING MAC USER GROUPS
Mac User Groups are the subject of a new series by Macsimum News editor
Dennis Sellers. Starting today, Dennis will profile a different group
each week in his MUG Spotlight series. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1017macsimum.html>
8 - ADOBE INDESIGN CS2 eSEMINAR SERIES INVITATION FOR MAC USER GROUPS
The Adobe User Group Program has asked us to let Mac user groups know
about an upcoming series of Adobe InDesign CS2 eSeminar that will appeal
to anyone who is interested in learning more about Adobe InDesign,
especially if you are considering InDesign as an alternative to
QuarkXPress. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1019adobeeseminars.html>
9 - MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO INTRODUCES MARKET SYMPOSIUMS
So you think you know about everything that Macworld Conference and Expo
offers to attendees? You might want to keep an eye on The MUG Center's
new Macworld Expo Notes, because the organizers of the largest and most
popular Apple and Macintosh-focused conference in the -world are always
adding and enhancing the event with new offerings, new conference tracks
and more. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/102005/1019macworldsymposiums.html>
10 - COMING UP THIS WEEK ON THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2005/102005.html>
Monday 24-Oct
- BMUG West - ??? and More Tiger
- Apple PIE User Group - Fix Your Pictures Night
Tuesday 25-Oct
- Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia - Color
calibration of monitors and output devices.
Wednesday 26-Oct
- Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group - Walter Murch & Company
- SF Cutters - Halloween Costume Party
- Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group - Larry Jordan with the latest FCP
tips, tricks and power tools you can use
- Oceanside Macintosh User Group - Astronomy Overview
Thursday 27-Oct
- Portland Mac Filmmakers - An Evening of HDV Production
- Shreveport Macintosh Users Group - Ben Balser of Wolf Digital Media
- West Pasco Macintosh User Group - Using a Wacom Tablet with Painter
Classic
- Central Victorian Macintosh Users - Trouble-shooting, Basics &
Looking After Your Files: naming, organising and backing-up
- Seattle X-Coders - Core Data
- Cleveland Digital Publishing Users Group - Optimizing Opportunity:
Strategies for Graphic Arts Professionals in Today's Market
- Grand Rapids Area Macintosh Users Group - Final Cut Express HD
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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