It's time to renew your MUG ONE membership, or to join if you're not yet a member. Enjoy the many benefits of membership:
• Newsbreak, our award-winning newsletter, in PDF format
• Monthly door prize raffle
• Lending library – includes books, DVDs and CD-ROMs
• Discounts from vendors from the Apple User Group Bulletin
• Free shipping from MacConnection
• Members-only message forum
To join or renew, simply download the MUG ONE membership form and mail the form to MUG ONE treasurer Terry Helser or bring it to our next meeting.
MUG ONE Takes a Summer Break;
Fall Meetings moved to Hogdon IRC Lecture Hall 2
MUG ONE does not meet in the months of July and August. Join us on Wednesday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m. on the SUNY Oneonta campus, Hogdon IRC Lecture Hall 2 (our new digs for the fall) for our next MUG ONE meeting. In the meantime, have a fantastic summer!
MUG ONE meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Everyone is welcome.
For more information, call Brian Foley at 607-988-7031 or email Elsa Travisano at: mugone@stny.rr.com
June 4, 2008 Meeting
Tips and Tricks, Tumblr and Flickr - Brian Foley and Mark Dye
First Co-Librarian Mark Dye took us on a tour of free video podcasts with tips for beginners and more experienced users on how to use the iLife applications (iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, GarageBand and iDVD) and OS 10.5 Leopard and more. He showed us several samples of his favorites, which were very good indeed, and just scratched the surface of what is available at no charge through the iTunes Store. He's promised us a list of his favorites - we'll post them when we get them.
Then Program Co-Chairman Brian Foley showed us how easy it is to create our own weblogs at the Tumblr website. Tumblr is about the easiest way to communicate with friends and family. You need absolutely no experience to us it, and it’s fun and addictive!
Brian also gave us a quick look at Flickr, the photo-sharing service that works seamlessly with iPhoto. The audience wanted more, but we ran out of time. Brian promised to give us a more extended Flickr tour in the fall.
As always, the meeting began with a question and answer session and ended with refreshments and a door prize drawing for current members. MUG ONE library materials were available for circulation to MUG ONE members. Thanks to Mark and Brian for their fascinating presentations, and to everyone who came to learn and participate. What a great turnout!
May 7, 2008 Meeting
Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra
On May 7, Apple Senior Systems Engineer David M. Marra treated us to a superlative presentation on Mac OS X v.10.5 Leopard.
Here's Dave's program description:
"Packed with over 300 amazing new innovations, Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard" features
• a completely new desktop and Finder environment, making it even easier to quickly browse and locate your files; • Quick Look, to view the contents of your documents without opening them;
• Time Machine, a revolutionary automated file backup and recovery utility;
• Spaces, an exciting new way to keep your Mac clutter-free and organized;
• Dashboard with Web Clip, to create your very own Dashboard widgets;
• iChat, for high-quality video and audio conferencing, remote screen sharing, slideshow and presentation delivery;
• along with significantly updated versions of Spotlight, Safari, iCal, Automator, Mail and much, much more!
Discover Leopard today!"
About Dave Marra
As a Senior Systems Engineer for Apple, Dave Marra has conducted more than 500 technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops for schools, Mac and PC user groups, businesses and other professional organizations across the United States and Canada. His specialty areas include digital multimedia, internet technologies and Mac/PC integration.
April 2, 2008 Meeting
SUNY Oneonta's Computer Art Lab Tour - Sven Anderson
Our own Sven Anderson, assistant professor of art at SUNY Oneonta, took us on a hands-on tour of the Computer Art lab on April 2. Attendees were able to try out the amazing new Wacom Cintiq drawing tablets, which let you draw right on the screen with a pressure sensitive stylus, and see demos of Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Corel Painter.
Many thanks to Sven for a fascinating and informative program.
March 5, 2008
Terry Does Taxes - Terry Helser
On Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m., Terry Helser introduced us to Lassiter’s TaxAct, Intuit’s TurboTax and H&R Block’s TaxCut software and gave a review of the pros and cons of each program, along with tips on filing electronically and what to expect if you are audited (Sven Anderson chimed in with some very interesting insights on this issue).
We rounded out the evening with Brian Foley's discussion of social networking sites and the online form that he has posted for program requests and member feedback
The meeting featured our usual question and answer session, refreshments (delicious chocolate chip walnut cookies baked by Wanda Helser) and a door prize drawing for members.
Macworld Expo 2008 Keynote – Steve Jobs reports iTunes song sales
(photo by Elsa Travisano)
February 6, 2008
Macworld Expo Tour with Tips
MUG ONE president and Apple User Group Advisory Board member Elsa Travisano took us on a tour of January's Macworld Expo and gave the scoop on the latest product announcements from Apple, including the Macbook Air, Time Capsule and AppleTV Take 2. We then had an extended demo (following a taste we received in December) by Ed Brodzinsky of LibraryThing
The meeting started with a question and answer session. Afterwards we had a door prize drawing and refreshments.
