AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 10/29/06
AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 10/29/06
- Subject: AUGD: The MUG Center Briefing - 10/29/06
- From: "Chuck Joiner" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:31:33 -0400
The MUG Center Briefing
October 29, 2006
The MUG Center
The Mac User Group Resource Site
<http://www.mugcenter.com>
CONTENTS:
1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of October 30: Bob LeVitus, Adam
Engst, Adobe Road Show, Luxology, Trans Intl. and Expiring MUG Offers
2 - Bob LeVitus Makes Annual Visit to Chicago Macintosh Users Group in
November
3 - Adam Engst Takes Control of Buying A New Mac at New York Mac User Group
4 - Adobe Acrobat, Photo Contest Highlight Mactoberfest 2006
5 - Free Macworld Expo Passes Head Up Expiring Mac User Group-Only Offers
6 - Asia-Pacific Mac Union Founded as a Resource for Region's Mac Users
7 - Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group Takes FCP Projects to the Web
8 - Coming Up This Week on The MUG Event Calendar
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1 - The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of October 30: Bob LeVitus, Adam
Engst, Adobe Road Show, Luxology, Trans Intl. and Expiring MUG Offers
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/102006/1029eventcal.html>
This week, the MUG Event Calendar sees October end with only treats and
no tricks, and November get off the pad with two MacNotables'
appearances and plenty of interesting topics and presentations. Bob
LeVitus will be in Chicago and Adam Engst will present in New York,
Adobe's Road Show stops at an Australian MUG, Luxology and Trans Intl.
are both in California, and several special user group offers, including
free Macworld Expo passes, come to an end this week. (more)
2 - Bob LeVitus Makes Annual Visit to Chicago Macintosh Users Group in
November
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/102006/1029levitus.html>
One of the favorite meetings conducted by The Rest of Us (TROU) in
Chicago is coming up this week: a visit by author, Houston Chronicle
columnist and MacNotables panel member Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus. Bob will
hit the Windy City on November 1 for a dose of advice, demos of his
latest favorite utilities, productivity enhancers, reference musts and
more. The meeting will be held at the Michigan Avenue Apple Store and
will be followed by the traditional TROU Pizza Party. (more)
3 - Adam Engst Takes Control of Buying A New Mac at New York Mac User Group
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/102006/1028engst.html>
We've all been there. We want to buy a new Mac, but should we wait for
the next model? Should we select a notebook or desktop...or even a Pro
level Mac? And which model gives the most bang for the buck? TidBITS
publisher, author and MacNotables panelist Adam Engst answers all of
those questions and more in the newest addition to the Take Control
eBook series, Take Control of Buying A Mac. Adam will perform the live
version of the book at MUG ONE, the user group of Oneonta New York, on
Wednesday, November 1...(more)
4 - Adobe Acrobat, Photo Contest Highlight Mactoberfest 2006
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/102006/1027mactoberfest.html>
Looking for something to do this weekend? If you're in Hawaii, you'll
want to check out the Mactoberfest 2006, an annual regional MUG event
staged by the Hawaii Macintosh and Apple Users Society (HMAUS) in
partnershiop with the Professional Photographers of Hawaii (PPH) and the
Kapi'olani Community College CELTT Department. (more)
5 - Free Macworld Expo Passes Head Up Expiring Mac User Group-Only Offers
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/102006/1026expiringoffers.html>
Next week is the end of October, and Halloween. But even though All
Hallows Eve is almost upon us, the offers for Mac User Groups that are
about to expire are all treats and no tricks. Mac User Group members can
get free exhibit hall passes as well as take 15% off all conference
packages for Macworld Conference and Expo in January by using the
special user group code that expires on Monday, October 30. Also ending
in October are offers from... (more)
6 - Asia-Pacific Mac Union Founded as a Resource for Region's Mac Users
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/102006/1024asiapacific.html>
The Asia-Pacific Mac Union (MacAsia.org) was founded at a meeting of the
Beijing Macintosh Users Group (BeiMac) meeting on October 21, 2006. The
founding meeting took place online and was hosted by BeiMac from
Beijing. The discussions foresaw news and information exchange, annual
meetings, a common newsletter, technical support, Union software, Union-
wide design exchange and the exchange of user group activity info as
components of the new Union. (more)
7 - Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group Takes FCP Projects to the Web
<http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/102006/1022lafcpug.html>
The October meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group
(lafcpug) will cover something everyone wants to do right now: take
Final Cut Pro projects to the Web. The meeting will be held on October
25, at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood and will cover not only getting
your movies onto the web but making sure that they both, "...look good
but play good." (more)
8 - Coming Up This Week on The MUG Event Calendar
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2006/102006.html>
<http://www.mugcenter.com/mugcalendar/2006/112006.html>
Monday 30-Oct
- Deadline: Macworld Conference & Expo Free Exhibit Hall Passes
- Wellington Macintosh Users Group (New Zealand) - DVDs, backups and
system maintenance
- North Coast Mac User Group (Ohio) - Photo Contest Winners
Tuesday 31-Oct
- Deadline: Automated Workflows User Group Offer
- Deadline: Blue Squirrel User Group Offer
- Deadline: Miglia Technology User Group Offer
- Deadline: RadTech User Group Offer
Wednesday 1-Nov
- The Rest of Us - Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus
- MUG ONE - Adam Engst of TidBITS and Take Control
- Strait Macintosh Users Group - Apple's iMovie
- Cape Cod Computer Society - David & Fred's Security Show
- Fox Valley Macintosh Users Group - Basic Photo Editing with iPhoto
- San Diego Macintosh User Group - modo by Luxology
Thursday 2-Nov
- Silicon Mountain Macintosh Users Group - Rich Voelker of Voelker Research
- Santa Fe Macintosh Users Group - Guerilla Web Marketing, what is it?
- MUGPort - More with iMovie and iPhoto
- Conejo Macintosh Users Group - .Mac
- County of Westmoreland Macintosh Users Group - CompUSA
Friday 3-Nov
-EmiratesMac (United Arab Emirates) - Middle East Mac Search Engine,
video, podcast,
MacNight Review
Saturday 4-Nov
- Charlotte MacWorkshop - Adobe Creative Suite: Clipping Paths, Alpha
Channels and Bezier Curves
- Chattanooga Macintosh Users Group -
- Orange Apple Computer Club - Mike Khan of Trans Intl.
- AUSOM (Australia)- Adobe Road Show
- Pensacola Panhandle Macintosh Users Group - "RSS feeds, Smart
Folders, Albums, Mailboxes,
and Playlists; Automator and Apple Desktop Remote 3.
Thanks!
---Chuck
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Chuck Joiner
Editor-In-Chief
The MUG Center
http://www.mugcenter.com
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