AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 2/26/06
AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 2/26/06
- Subject: AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 2/26/06
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:22:07 -0500
The MUG Center Briefing
February 26, 2006
The MUG Center
The Mac User Group Resource Site
http://www.mugcenter.com
1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of February 27: Quark, IrisInk,
MYOB, Expiring Discounts and a 12th Anniversary
2 - Guy Kawasaki on "The Art of Creating Community"
3 - The MacNotables Hit The High Seas
4 - Only A Few Days Left For February-Ending Vendor Offers
5 - UK Mac User Group Photo Contest Winners Being Announced Today
6 - "MacMeet 2006" Celebrates Beijing Mac User Group's Fourth Anniversary
7 - Dan Pourhadi on iWeb, No iPod Announcements at Expo, and Why, "If
It's Too Mobile, You're Too Old" on MacVoices
8 - Joe Kissel Takes Control of the New .Mac Features on MacVoices
9 - Coming Up This Week on The MUG Event Calendar
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1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of February 27: Quark, IrisInk,
MYOB, Expiring Discounts and a 12th Anniversary
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/022006/0226eventcal.html>
Even though a split week between months, MUGs are going to be busy in
the next seven days delivering a ton of information. (more)
2 - Guy Kawasaki on "The Art of Creating Community"
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/022006/0222guy.html>
Guy Kawasaki is a user group fan. Not just in his early days when he was
Apple's Chief evangelist, but throughout his career. Guy contacted to
help get the word out about a new posting to his blog, "Bona tempes
volvant", that not only advocates user groups, but also is must-reading
for anyone who is looking to create or re-energize their group. (more)
3 - The MacNotables Hit The High Seas
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/022006/0223macnotables.html>
The MacNotables hit the high seas, delivering a show from the Mac Mania
Geek Cruise. Or was it Jason's apartment? Who knows. The panel talks
about why a geek cruise is unlike any other Mac experience, introduce
the Macworld Trio (keyboards, guitar and...ukilalie?), touch on the new
iPod nano 1 GB, and disappear from the show under mysterious
circumstances. Perhaps it was last call for the dessert course? (more)
4 - Only A Few Days Left For February-Ending Vendor Offers
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/022006/0223vendordeals.html>
We're into the last week of February, and that means the end of another
round of special vendor offers for Mac user group members. (more)
5 - UK Mac User Group Photo Contest Winners Being Announced Today
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/022006/0224photocontest.html>
After several months of activity and submissions, the Mac Users UK Photo
Competition, produced by a group of UK and Irish Mac User Groups, is
preparing to announce the winners at a special event today. (more)
6 - "MacMeet 2006" Celebrates Beijing Mac User Group's Fourth Anniversary
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/022006/0225beimac.html>
Most Mac user groups wait until a major anniversary to throw a party,
but not the Beijing Macintosh User Group (BeiMac). For their fourth
birthday they are organizing MacMeet 2006, and inviting any and all Mac
users to join the celebration. (more)
7 - Dan Pourhadi on iWeb, No iPod Announcements at Expo, and Why, "If
It's Too Mobile, You're Too Old" on MacVoices
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/022006/0224macvoices.html>
Dan Pourhadi, talks about the controversy he whipped up when he called
iWeb, "a piece of crap," why no iPod annoucments at Expo might have
alienated a segment of Apple's audience and why, when it comes to video,
the saying has been updated to, "If it's too mobile, you're too old." (more)
8 - Joe Kissel Takes Control of the New .Mac Features on MacVoices
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/022006/0222macvoices.html>
Joe Kissell, the author of the just-updated Take Control of .Mac ebook,
talks about the latest updates to Apple's .Mac service, including new
bandwidth allocations, new features and some overlooked aspects of .Mac
and the use of .Mac groups. How Apple is tying in the iLife '06 apps
to .Mac and why that ends up adding both value and cost, and how Take
Control ebooks- get updated to deliver the most current information
possible are all included in the discussion. (more)
9 - Coming Up This Week on The MUG Event Calendar
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2006/022006.html>
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2006/032006.html>
Monday 27-Feb
- Upper Cumberland Macintosh Users Group - iMovie & Final Cut Express
- Wellington Macintosh Users Group (New Zealand) - A Look at iLife '06
- North Coast Macintosh Users Group (Ohio) - Protecting Your Valuable Data
Tuesday 28-Feb
- iMUG (Australia) - Wrapup of Macworld San Francisco
- Macintosh Business Users of Greater Philadelphia - Quark
- Deadline: onOne User Group Discount
- Deadline: Other World Computing User Group Discount
- Deadline: Anthro User Group Discount
Wednesday 1-Mar
- Strait Macintosh Users Group - Paul Buerk of IrisInk
- Cape Cod Computer Society - Tax Preparation Software
- The Rest of Us - Microsoft Office
- MacValley Macintosh Users Group - ThinkFree Office
- Fox Valley Mac Users Group - iDVD
- Lawrence Apple Users Group 2.0 - The Unix Command Line
Thursday 2-Mar
- San Diego Macintosh User Group - Podcasting
- Silicon Mountain Macintosh User Group - Intel Macs and iLife '06
- Santa Fe Macintosh User Group - 12th Anniversary Party and GarageBand
- Bux-Mont Macintosh Users Group - Working Together - Using iLife, iTunes,
iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD to share your photo/film library
- MUGPort - FilmLoop and Photocasting in iLife '06
- Southern Wisconsin Macintosh Computer Society - iLife '06
- Digital Arts Group - The Total Training Adobe Photoshop Tips and Tricks
Saturday 4-Mar
- Mac Mavericks - What's new in .Mac
- AUSOM (Australia) - Integrating Image and Word: The Process of
Desiging an Illustrated Book
- Orange Apple Computer Club - Peggi Sturm from MYOB presents AccountEdge
- Charlotte MacWorkshop - Best Applications for the Mac
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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