AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 5/7/06
AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 5/7/06
- Subject: AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 5/7/06
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 21:33:56 -0400
The MUG Center Briefing
May 7, 2006
The MUG Center
The Mac User Group Resource Site
<http://www.mugcenter.com>
CONTENTS:
1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of May 8: Dave Marra and
Nicholas Pyers Doubleshots, Tropical Software, iListen, Peachpit and
Home Grown Meetings Galore
2 - Adam Engst Talks About the State of Collaborative Tools
3 - Photo Gallery of Final Cut Pro "SuperMeet" Posted
4 - O'Reilly Increases User Group Discount and Offers More Benefits
5 - Boot Camp Resource Available from Peachpit
6 - Nicholas Pyers Schedules Four User Group Presentations in May
7 - Dan Pourhadi Presents Boot Camp in Michigan
8 - Andy Ihnatko and Bob LeVitus Will Visit Philadelphia Mac User Group
This Summer
9 - Coming Up This Week on The MUG Event Calendar
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1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of May 8: Dave Marra and
Nicholas Pyers Doubleshots, Tropical Software, iListen, Peachpit and
Home Grown Meetings Galore
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/042006/0507eventcal.html>
Mac User Group meetings are blooming like the proverbial May flowers.
This week, Dave Marra presents to groups in Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
while Nicholas Pyers appears twice at the same group's functions in the
same week in Australia. James Lee of Tropical Software has made his way
to California, the iListen Road Show also stops in California, and Pam
Pfiffner of Peachpit will address an Oregon meeting. (more)
2 - Adam Engst Talks About the State of Collaborative Tools
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/052006/0507macnotables.html>
Adam Engst gets some time on the couch as he describes the challenges he
faces in trying to upgrade the collaborative tools he, Tonya and the
TidBITS team use to produce their publication and the Take Control
eBooks. You'll be surprised at their current choices and why it is so
difficult to replace them in today's environment of multi-participant
projects. Find out why the programs under consideration fall short and
learn what you need to know to evaluate tools for your next group
project. (more)
3 - Photo Gallery of Final Cut Pro "SuperMeet" Posted
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/052006/0506supermeet.html>
One of the highlights of last week's National Association of
Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas was the gathering of Final Cut Pro
users and gurus, the 5th Annual FCPUG SuperMeet. Didn't make it to
Vegas? You can see what you missed in the new Photo Gallery of the
event. (more)
4 - O'Reilly Increases User Group Discount and Offers More Benefits
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/052006/0504peachpit.html>
O'Reilly, a long-time supporter of Mac user groups, has increased their
standard user group discount. MUG members can now take 30% off a single
book or 35% off two or more books from... (more)
5 - Boot Camp Resource Available from Peachpit
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/052006/0504peachpit.html>
Want to help your Mac User Group learn more about Boot Camp, Apple's new
beta software for running Windows XP on your Mac? Peachpit can help. The
Peachpit User Group Program is now offering a free 10 page sample of Ben
Long's new offering, "Apple Boot Camp Public Beta First Look!" (more)
6 - Nicholas Pyers Schedules Four User Group Presentations in May
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/052006/0503pyers.html>
Mac User Group activist Nicholas Pyers has scheduled a variety of user
group presentations in the next couple weeks. (more)
7 - Dan Pourhadi Presents Boot Camp in Michigan
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/052006/0502pourhadi.html>
On May 13, The Northwest of Us (TNWoU) will tackle the Boot Camp with
MacAddict columnist Dan Pourhadi at the helm. (more)
8 - Andy Ihnatko and Bob LeVitus Will Visit Philadelphia Mac User Group
This Summer
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/052006/0501mainline.html>
The Main Line Macintosh Users Group (MLMUG) has announced two very
special guest speakers for two of their summer meetings. (more)
9 - Coming Up This Week on The MUG Event Calendar
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2006/052006.html>
Monday 8-May
- Portland Macintosh Users Group - Evolution of Digital Publishing
"From the Trenches" with Pam Pfiffner of Peachpit
- London Macintosh Users Group (United Kingdom) - What Makes A Good
Photograph?
- Triangle Macintosh Users Group - Your Mac and Your Cell Phone
- North Queensland Macintosh Users Group (Australia) - Terminal and the
Unix Shell
Tuesday 9-May
- Princeton Macintosh Users Group - Power Up Excel with Joel May
- Macintosh Multimedia Group (Australia) - Nicholas Pyers presents "
Introducing Roxio Toast Titanium" and "Stock Media Resources"
- Oxford Macintosh Users Group (United Kingdom) - iPods
- ACT Apple User Group (Australia) - "Maintenance" & "Getting to Know"
- New Hampshire Seacoast Mac Users - Getting More Out of The Web
- MacWitchita - Freeware & Shareware, iPod Speakers, iWeb, Boot Camp &
Parallels Workstation
Wednesday 10-May
- Hershey Apple Core - Dave Marra of Apple
- Club Mac (Australia) - Special Interest Groups
- Boston Macintosh - Security on the Mac
- AUSOM (Australia) - Nicholas Pyers presents
"Essential, Useful & Interesting Free Software for Mac OS X"
- Alaskan Apple Users Group - iPhoto 6, Phone Valet, Dreamweaver 8, Blogging
- South Australian Apple Users Group (Australia)- Assistance with Mac
Challenges
Thursday 11-May
- East Bay Macintosh Users Group - iListen Road Show
- New York Final Cut Pro Users Group - NAB Wrap-Up
- Leisure World Macintosh Users Group - Google
- Waterloo Macintosh Users Group - Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 Demo
- Capitol Macintosh - Triple Play May - Presentations by CapMac members
- Rhode Island Macintosh Users Group - iLife '06 by Apple Solutions
Consultant Dave Amidon
Friday 12-May
- Atlantic City Area Macintosh Users Group - Dave Marra of Apple
Saturday 13-May
- Southern California Macintosh Owners/Users Group - James Lee of
Tropical Software
- Northwest of Us - Running Windows XP Natively on your Intel-based
Mac by Dan Pourhadi
- Main Line Macintosh Users Group - Parts of iLife '06 with Maria Arguello
- Macintosh Association of Central New Jersey - The use of Sibelius in
real music composition.
- The Michigan Apple - iLife '06 Revisited
Sunday 14-May
- dBUG - Time Lapse Photography Workshop
- Gold Coast Apple Users (Australia) - Looking Into the Intel iBook
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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