2004 MEETINGS AND EVENTS
MUG
ONE Officers Elected
for 2004-5
The
November 2,
2004 MUG ONE
meeting began
with election
of officers
for the upcoming
year. The
current slate
of officers
were re-elected
by common
acclaim, and
Jesse Hogue
volunteered
to serve as
Program Co-Chair.
MUG
ONE's officers for 2004-2005
Elsa
Travisano, President
Sven
Anderson, Vice President
Terry
Helser, Secretary
Joanne
Johnston, Treasurer
John
Maas, Program Co-Chair
Brian
Foley, Program Co-Chair
Jesse
Hogue, Program Co-Chair
Johanna
Koenig, Librarian
Congratulations
to the officers. Thank
you for your willingness
to serve.
December
7, 2004 Meeting
Annual
Holiday Meeting
and Party
MUG
ONE members
enjoyed demos
and "show
and tell" sessions
of some of
the latest Mac
software, hardware,
books, magazines
and iPod accessories
and were treated
to a tour of
the iTunes
Music Store
at the December
7 holiday meeting.
Tickets were
drawn for some
extra-special
door prizes
including software,
books, iTunes
Music Store
gift certificates,
and a USB jump
drive. Afterwards
we feasted
on the impresssive
array of holiday
goodies brought
and shared
by the members.
A good time
was had by
all.
Brian
Foley demonstrating
Office 2004 for Mac
on November 2
November
2, 2004 Meeting
Office
2004 for Mac & MUG
ONE Elections
The
meeting began
with the election
of officers.
Brian Foley
then gave an
information-packed
presentation
on Microsoft
Office 2004
for Mac. He
demonstrated
many of the
cool new features
including built-in
recording, the
Notebook layout
in Word, the
many enhancements
to the Entourage
mail program,
and the Project
Center that
pulls together
Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and
Entourage. He
fielded several
challenging
questions and
left the crowd
inspired by
the capabilities
of Office 2004.
Courtesy
of the Macintosh Business
Unit, every attendee
went home with a Microsoft
Office for Mac 2004
demo disk, a set of
refrigerator word magnets
and an entertaining "mystic
wheel." Office
for Mac tee shirts,
an insulated Office
cooler and a stylish
messenger bag were among
the special prizes for
the evening. The lucky
winner of Office 2004
was Miriam Solloway,
who joined MUG ONE just
last month. Congratulations
to Miriam and to all
this month's door prize
winners.
October
5 MUG ONE Meeting
| Author Adam Engst
October
5, 2004 Meeting
Adam
Engst Returns!
Internationally
renowned author, editor, speaker
and Mac pundit Adam
Engst spoke to an enthusiastic
crowd at MUG ONE's
October 5 meeting. Adam
shared tips and tricks
from his three most
recent books, "The
Wireless Networking
Starter Kit, "iPhoto
4 for Mac OS
X Visual QuickStart
Guide" and "Take
Control of Panther,
Volume 1," talked
about his innovative
and successful
Take Control
electronic book
series (www.tidbits.com),
and answered
an avalanche
of questions
as we enjoyed
Terry Helser's
incomparable
brownies. A
great time was
had by all!
Adam
has already penciled
in a return visit for
October 2005.
September
7, 2004 Meeting
Tips
and Tricks and Macworld
Expo Boston Report
John
Maas, Sven Anderson
and Brian Foley
fielded questions
and shared tips
about email, phishing,
cookies, and why
switch to Mac at
a friendly and
informal September
meeting. Elsa Travisano
was home with bronchitis,
so the Macworld
Expo Boston report
was postponed to
another time. Thanks
to our presenters
and attendees for
getting the fall
meetings off to
a great start!
 
June
1 MUG ONE Meeting
| Tom Fitzpatrick
and Sven Anderson
June
1, 2004 Meeting
iLife
'04 and Photoshop
(not GarageBand)
Tom
Fitzpatrick
gave meeting
attendees a
fascinating
overview of
iPhoto 4, iMovie
4, iDVD 4, and
iTunes 4.5,
and showed us
how he uses
all the iApps
together to
create team
highlight DVDs
for the Oneonta
High School
soccer team
banquet. Sven
Anderson held
off on GarageBand
for another
day, and instead
shared some
terrific Photoshop
tips.
May
4, 2004 MUG ONE
Meeting | Apple
Senior Engineer
Dave Marra
May
4, 2004 Meeting - Apple
Product Overview
Apple
Senior Engineer
David M. Marra
Apple
Senior Engineer
Dave Marra
wowed the
crowd at
MUG ONE's
May 4th
meeting,
packing
an enormous
amount of
information
into one
short evening
for MUG
ONE's third
annual Apple
Product
Overview.
We
started with a tour
of new Apple hardware,
including the latest
models of the iBook,
Powerbook, and Airport
Extreme (which now includes
an ethernet-powered
version that doesn't
need to be plugged into
a wall outlet), as well
as the XServe G5 and
the iPod mini. We then
delved into Final Cut
Express 2 and a demo
of iLife '04 – featuring
iTunes 4, iPhoto 4,
iMovie 4, iDVD 4 and
GarageBand. Dave used
an M-Audio electronic
keyboard to show how
easy it is to combine
elements into musical
compositions in GarageBand,
then use those compositions
in iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie
and iDVD, then wrapped
up the evening answering
our questions.
For
more information about
Dave, visit his web
site at www.marrathon.com.
While
Dave set up for
his demo, Elsa gave
a tour of the door
prizes. During Dave's
demo we drew tickets
from the hat, wrote
each winning number
on the chalkboard
and quietly helped
winners choose their
prizes. Our "silent
door prize drawing" gave
Dave more time
to present, and
members more time
to choose – a
winning combination.
Attendees
selected from
a jaw-dropping
assortment of
door prizes from Adobe, Apple, McGraw
Hill/Osborne, Microsoft, O’Reilly, Peachpit, Sybex, Tidbits/Take
Control, Total
Training and You
Software. The
prize table
also held
a number of
recycled books
for people
running older
Macs and applications.
Attendees
came away
with catalogs,
coupons, demo
CDs and a
handout filled
with vendor
discounts
and special
offers for
user group
members.
Many,
many thanks to Dave
Marra for traveling
to Oneonta and giving
a first-rate presentation,
to the vendors who provided
so many generous door
prizes, and the members
and guests (seven of
whom became members
that night) who made
the evening so successful.
March
9, 2004 Meeting - Mac
Computer Art
Lab Tour & Macworld
Expo Report – Sven
Anderson and Elsa
Travisano
Computer
art professor
Sven Anderson
hosted
our standing-room-only
March meeting
in S.U.N.Y.
Oneonta’s
newly
Mac G5-equipped
computer
art lab.
Sven demoed
some Photoshop and Studio
Artist techniques
and reported
on his visit
to the Apple and Pixar campuses
in California.
Then Sven's
student Benjamin
Barnard showed
how he creates
three-dimensional
virtual worlds
and animated
characters
with Maya.
Elsa
Travisano and Annika
Anderson introduced
the group to wireless
internet video conferencing
using two Powerbooks
equipped with Apple's iSight cameras
and iChat
AV.
Shades of Star
Trek! Elsa wrapped
up the program
with photos from
January’s Macworld
Expo in
San Francisco.
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