The student movie-making event Campus MovieFest has completed their 2006-2007 Tour and have posted some of the best entries on their web site. With over 30,000 students making short movies using Macs with iMovie and Final Cut Pro, and gaining access to camcorders, indy music and training (all free), the results are both amazing and […]
Each year The MUG Center receives at least a couple dozen emails asking about signing up with the various Vendor Programs available to Mac User Groups, affiliations with some of the purported user group organizations out there and the many other offers that come to user group leaders. The questions are always the same: Do […]
The busiest week of the May MUG Event Calendar features two MUG tours and plenty of important and interesting meeting topics. Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus will be on his annual Mid-Atlantic MUG Tour this week, presenting to a group in New Jersey and two groups in Pennsylvania, and meeting with Mac users at other special, […]
A couple weeks ago we updated you on the evolution of Christopher Breen’s Breen’s Bungalow into the Macworld Video podcast. Chris and Macworld asked us to remind you that the newest edition is available now. If you liked Breen’s Bungalow, you’ll love the latest edition to the Macworld stable of Mac industry coverage. This edition […]
The latest Take Control eBook released will help anyone do more with their iPod. The TidBITS User Group Program has been updated with the newest offering from author Steve Sande, Take Control of Your iPod: Beyond the Music. Think the iPod is just for music? Think again. “Almost completely rewritten, this second edition covers the […]
A common challenge for any user group is delivering on the wants and needs of the membership. Sure, a group’s tone is often set by the leader(s). That can be a very good thing of the leader’s orientation is similar to that of the group members, but can limit or even damage the group if […]
May’s MUG Event Calendar kicks off with a host of notable speakers, guests and presentations. Apple Sr. System Engineer will be the featured speaker at a group in New York and Macworld Contributing Editor and MacNotable Christopher Breen will visit a Colorado Mac User Group to talk on troubleshooting. The publisher of Smart Computing magazine […]
The Silicon Mountain Macintosh User Group (SMMUG) will welcome special guest speaker on May 3: Macworld Contributing Editor, author and MacNotable Christopher Breen. Chris will visit the group live and in person and will speak on the topic of Troubleshooting. As the author of the monthly Mac 911 column in Macworld (which user groups can […]
Last week’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show was a big one for the broadcast and video audience, especially because of the Final Cut Pro annoucements.. This Thursday, April 26, two Florida-based groups are teaming up to do a special wrap-up meeting of the event and all the announcements. The South Florida Final Cut Pro […]
Virtually every user group needs to communicate a common class of information to their members and to the world: their meeting and/or event schedule. For Mac User Groups, Apple’s iCal is the obvious choice to accomplish this goal, but it must be used with care or it can actually become an obstacle to getting the […]
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