Here is a bit of fun, posted to YouTube on Monday. Whether you have visited Apple’s Infinite Loop Headquarters or would like to do so, this reconstruction in Minecraft is sure to bring a smile. Michael Steeber spent two years on the project. Wow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JQG4rO3BUc#t=64
It can be hard for groups to get presentations for meetings. And, if a presenter takes the time and trouble to visit your group, will he or she want to come back? A reader recently sent in a tip about a series that covers everything from inviting a presenter to how to handle activity on the night of a presentation. Provided by Nicholas Pyers’ AppleUsers.org the series has been around for a while but is well worth revisiting.
Approaching Potential Presenters
http://www.appleusers.org/ugr/approaching-potential-presenters/
Confirming Presenters
http://www.appleusers.org/ugr/confirming-presenters/
Working with Presenters on “The Night”
http://www.appleusers.org/ugr/working-with-presenters-on-the-night/
The Houston Area Apple Users Group’s (HAAUG) semi-annual Swap Meet is the place to find gently used tech bargains that will delight both novices and tech savvy users! January 18, 2014, Bellaire Civic Center in Bellaire, Texas: Be there or be square.
Learn more.
https://www.facebook.com/haaughouston
(Thanks to Apple User Group Regional Liaison and HAAUG past president Doug Smith for this tip!)
The Northwest of Us User Group (NWOU) regularly holds special one-day workshops on topics of interest to their members and their community. On January 18, 2014, the next hands-on workshop will cover iMovie 10, with presenter Phil Brooks.
Learn more.
Sign up.
NEW-WORKSHOP-iMovie-10-Video-Workshop-Jan-18-2014-Hands-on-Class
Promo video.
On April 15, 2004, eight years and eight months ago, Tom Piper took over responsibility for all vendor offers published in the Apple User Group Bulletin, later providing all of the offers that ran on the Apple User Group Resources Blog.
Tom had been busy in the user group community for many years prior to wearing the Vendor Wizard hat: he founded appleJAC MUG in 1984 and served as its president for well over 20 years. He had been appointed as one of the Apple User Group Program’s Regional Liaisons in 2003, and later served as Advisory Board Chair for two years. During those 8.6 Vendor Wizard years, Tom was responsible for providing the raffle items enjoyed at UGU, UGLC, the User Group Ice Cream Social and more, all for user group attendees at Macworld.
In November, Tom stepped down from his vendor responsibilities, focusing on new Advisory Board projects.
Thanks for many, many years of wonderful offers and even better memories, Tom!
From your colleagues on the User Group Advisory Board, Apple’s User Group Program and members of the user group community.
On January 14, officers and members of Denver’s MacinTech Computer Users Group will host a special program with a focus on Apple’s assistive technologies. Presenters will include Dan Burke, from the Colorado Center for the Blind, and a representative from AbleLink Technologies, speaking about AbleLink’s programs to help the learning disabled navigate mass transit. Most Apple users know that Macs are designed for universal access, with dozens of assistive technologies built in. Still, those dozens are just the start of the many ways that a Mac can provide access solutions.
Visit MacinTech.
(Thanks to Andy Suhaka, MacinTech Treasurer, for this great tip!)
The Santa Fe Macintosh User Group, co-founded by John Tollit, Dave Rohr and Robin Williams, will be holding a special meeting in March of 2014, celebrating 20 years of User Group community. Officers and members are putting together a special presentation for that meeting and are interested in any mementos that folk might have. Do you have photos or other memories from their early days? If so, contribute to the celebration by sending them to webmaster – at – santafemug.org
Here’s a brief history by John Tollit of the founding of the SFMUG.
http://www.santafemug.org/generalinfo/history.html
Visit the group’s home page.
For over 28 years, FileMaker has given us the tools we need to efficiently store, manage, retrieve, and analyze data. With the new FileMaker 13 platform, FileMaker provides an elegant solution to the challenge of providing access in a connected world. Simply put, data is far less useful when it is hard to access. FileMaker Web Direct, new in FileMaker 13, offers database access via the end user’s HTML5 compliant browser and administrative control via an HML5 console – no web development skills or coding required. In addition to the custom themes, built-in themes and starter solutions found in the previous version, FM13 offers styles, a way to provide a consistent look and feel: change a style and the change is instantly reflected across all content.
Secure? AES 256-bit encryption is paired with a new visual encryption state indicator, showing when a connection is validated by a third-party certificate and indicating when a connection is secure. Better yet, the platform provides excellent cross-platform functionality, iOS script steps, Script Triggers and functions designed specifically for iPhone and iPad, features to support iOS solution creation and the same ease-of-use and strong support for industry standards that has been a hallmark of the software for the past 28 years.
Users can purchase FileMaker 13 as a subscription, priced from $9.00 (US) to $ 29.00 (US) per month, or a standard software license or server connection package with pricing based on level and version. FileMaker Go for iOS is available from ITunes as a free app. (… And did I mention that there are over 50 other new features?)
Check it out!
http://www.filemaker.com/
Sandy F.
It can be hard to make every meeting and sometimes the best meetings are the ones we miss. George Rubin, V.P. of the Naples MacFriends User Group has a solution that benefits both his own group and other interested groups as well: he records each group meeting and posts it on YouTube.
Want to see Derrick Story’s iPhoto and Aperture preso., Jason Snell’s discussion of OS X Mavericks, Joe Kissell’s take on passwords, learn more about 1Password Presentation or catch Adam Engst’s guidance on current technology? They are all on YouTube courtesy of George and the group. What a neat idea!
President Jerry King provided a link to the full set of videos on offer.
http://www.naplesmug.com/NMUG/Video_Mtgs.html
Learn about Naples MacFriends.
http://www.naplesmug.com/NMUG/About.html
Here are some links to individual past presentations.
Enjoy Derrick Story’s October 30th remote presentation on iPhoto and Aperature.
Watch Jason Snell’s September 18th. remote presentation on OSX Mavericks.
(Thanks to Nicholas Pyers, Founder & Publisher at AppleUsers.org, and V.P. George Rubin for this tip!)
User group members know that Ben Waldie wears many hats: president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses, founder of the Philadelphia Area AppleScript User’s Group, Macworld and UGU presenter, host of the Mac Automation Made Simple video training series and author of many popular books.
Did you know that he also provides a wonderful service to Mac users worldwide: a scripting column for Macworld. His current column looks at the state of scripting on the Mac in light of current software releases.
Check out Ben’s November 6 column.
Visit Automated WorkFlows LLC
