The MUG Center Briefing - 9/11/05
The MUG Center Briefing - 9/11/05
- Subject: The MUG Center Briefing - 9/11/05
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:13:26 -0400
The MUG Center Briefing
September 11, 2005
The MUG Center
The Resource Site for Mac User Groups
http://www.mugcenter.com
1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of September 12
2 - The User Group Report: Vodcasting with Christopher Breen, In-Depth
with iStockPhoto.com, Mac News Braintrust with Dennis Sellers and Thanks
to an Apple Regional Liaison
3 - Latest "Take Control" ebook Helps with Microsoft Office and
Generates Funds for The Red Cross
4 - Largest Campus MovieFest Yet Kicks Off at UC Berkeley
5 - TMC Survey: Membership Tracking Tool Question and Raffle Answers
6 - Coming Up This Week on the MUG Event Calendar
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1 - THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12: ELGATO
SYSTEMS, MARK/SPACE, PODCASTING, COMPUTER SECURITY AND "WHAT'S THAT
THING ON YOUR DESK"
You can bet that the iPod nano and new ROKR cell phone will be the buzz
at Mac user groups this coming week, but there are plenty of other
interesting and informative topics already scheduled. (more)
<<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/092005/0911eventcal.html>>
2 - THE USER GROUP REPORT: VODCASTING WITH CHRISTOPHER BREEN, IN-DEPTH
WITH iSTOCKPHOTO.COM, MAC NEWS BRAINTRUST WITH DENNIS SELLERS AND THANKS
TO AN APPLE REGIONAL LIAISON
What's a vodcast? What can you learn from one? What can the internet's
#1 stock photography web site offer you, the iLife-loving Mac user? How
can you share your very best digital photos and make some money doing
it? What's the hottest Mac news and why? All these and more questions
are answered in this week's show. Guests include Christopher Breen of
Playlistmag.com, Patrick Lor and Kelly Thompson of iStockPhoto.com and
Dennis Sellers of Macsimum News. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/usergroupreport/2005/530.html>
3 - LATEST "TAKE CONTROL" eBOOK HELPS WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE AND
GENERATES FUNDS FOR THE RED CROSS
Adam Engst and the team from TidBITS have announced the latest in the
Take Control series of ebooks, "Take Control of Customizing Microsoft
Office." Authored by Kirk McElhearn, the latest addition to the Take
Control series focuses on understanding and customizing various aspects
of Microsoft Office, such as menus, toolbars and shortcuts. (more)
4 - LARGEST CAMPUS MOVIEFEST YET KICKS OFF AT UC BERKELEY
The largest CampusMovieFest yet kicked off late last week at the
University of California, Berkeley. (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/092005/0907campusmoviefest.html>
5 - TMC SURVEY: MEMBERSHIP TRACKING TOOL QUESTION AND RAFFLE ANSWERS
What's a user group without members? Not much of a user group. Whether
you charge dues or don't, publish a newsletter on paper or online or
just need to keep track of who gets a raffle ticket, maintaining your
membership database is an essential activity. This week, the MUG Center
Survey asks: What tool(s) does your group use to maintain your
membership database? (more)
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2005/092005/0909surveyraffles.html>
6 - COMING UP THIS WEEK ON THE MUG EVENT CALENDAR
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2005/092005.html>
Monday 12-Sep
Portland Macintosh Users Group - OS X Hints
Virginia Macintosh Users Group - HTML: Designing Effective Web Pages
with HTML, CSS, and XHTML
London Macintosh Users Group - Elgato Systems
Tuesday 13-Sep
MacPower User Group - Identity Theft - What It Is and Prevention Strategies
East Carolina Mac Users Group - Podcasts & Podcasting
Oxford Macintosh Users Group - Security
Charlotte Apple Computer Club - Computer Security Expert Eric Notheisen
Princeton Macintosh Users' Group - Open Source Software: What Is It
and Why You Should Care
Nashville Apple Pro Video Group - Apple's Motion: One Year Later
Lakeland Area Macintosh Users Group - Using Illustrator in Newspaper
Graphics
Gateway Macintosh Users Group - Open Source Alternatives for Powerful
Computing
Maryland Apple Corps - Apple's iWork Package
Macintosh Meeting and Drinking Society - Insanely Great Digital Marine
Science: The Media Lab at Harbor Branch Oceanographic.
Wednesday 14-Sep
Boston Macintosh - Mark/Space
Racine Kanosha Macintosh Users Group - Home Office Technologies and
"What's That Thing On Your Desk?"
Club Mac (Australia) - Special Interest Groups
Hershey Apple Core - What Apple Did During Our Summer Vacation
Serious Macintosh Users Group (CA) - iTunes
dBug - Filemaker Pro
Thursday 15-Sep
Tidewater Macintosh Users Group - NeoOffice J Open Office Suite
Lansing Area Macintosh and Lisa Users Group - How to Create and
Consuming Podcasts with Darryl Wattenberg of the Michigan Cycling Podcast
Syracuse Macintosh Users Group - Podcasting
Tri-Valley Macintosh Users Group - How to Use Microsoft PowerPoint
Dallas Macintosh Users Group - Taming The Tiger Returns
Arizona Macintosh Users Group - Photoshop Elements
Tex-MUG - Laine's Bag of Tricks, continued
Friday 16-Sep
South Jersey Apple Users Group - Infonet
Saturday 17-Sep
Beijing Macintosh Users Group - Membership Congress
Sunday 18-Sep
Double Click - My Summer Vacation: How to Make a Multi-Media DVD
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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