Ben Stanfield, Editor

Randy B Singer and the MacAttorney User Group

Randy B. Singer is an attorney practicing in Woodland, CA. He is the head of the MacAttorney User Group, with well over 3,000 members. He is also the co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions), author of the American Bar Association (ABA) book, The Macintosh Software Guide for the Law Office and editor of The MacAttorney Newsletter.

Ilene Hoffman of MacFixit

Macworld Events, Forums, and Troubleshooting

David Pogue, Yale '85, became the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times in November 2000, after having written ten years' worth of the triple award-winning Desktop Critic column for Macworld magazine.

With over 2.5 million books in print, Pogue is one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written six books in the "for Dummies" series (Macs, iMacs, iBooks, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), along with the Computer Press Association award-winning "PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide," several computer-humor books, and a technothriller, "Hard Drive" (a New York Times "notable book of the year").

In 2000, Pogue joined forces with O'Reilly & Associates to launch the Missing Manual series, whose subjects so far include Dreamweaver 4, Mac OS 9, iMovie, AppleWorks 6, Windows Me, Windows 2000,Office 2001, and iMovie 2. He and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their young son and daughter.

R. Charles Flickinger
of
The International HyperCard User Group

Jim Dalrymple is a co-founder of MacCentral, one of the most popular Mac-related news sites on the Web, and has spent years contributing to its extensive editorial content. In his current role at Mac Publishing as News Director, Jim manages the daily content of the site and acts as a liaison between MacCentral and the global Macintosh industry including Apple, Microsoft and many others. Jim resides in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Deals and New Products

Dan de Grandpre
Editor-In-Chief
Jim Adams
Content Editor

Looking for news on all the product announcements at Macworld Expo? Looking for the best deals? Looking for both? This is the session for you. Come to see what catches the eye of the people who run one of the hottest sites on the Mac web.

Rik Myslewski
Editor-In-Chief

Rik Myslewski is Editor-in-Chief of MacAddict magazine, where he is responsible for the overall editorial direction of that award-winning magazine. Myslewski came to MacAddict with an extensive editorial background. Most recently, he was the vice president and editorial director of Productopia, where he played a key role in the growth of the company from a four-person start-up to an 85-employee company that provided a broad range of product reviews in partnership with such online giants as AOL, Netscape, Yahoo and dozens of others. Prior to Productopia, Myslewski’s editorial career included eight years as executive editor of MacUser magazine and two years as executive producer of Macworld Live! He has interviewed industry leaders from Silicon Valley to Tokyo, and has authored countless product reviews, technology stories, and opinion pieces for a wide variety of trade and mass-market magazines and Web sites.

Join Bryan to discuss recent events in the Mac community, all the news from Macworld Expo, and all things controversial.

Dan de Grandpre
Editor-In-Chief
Jim Adams
Content Editor

This session will not only give you the low down on the hottest deals at Macworld Expo, but also how to protect yourself as a Macintosh consumer. Some offers seem too good to be true. Find out how to spot the real deals from the ones that are trouble.

Brainstorm Session
with
Garr Reynolds
Apple's User Group Program Manager

These two teams are composed of active user group leaders from all over the globe. The User Group Advisory Board consults with Apple on events in the MUG community and organizes many user group-focused projects both at Macworld Expo and throughout the year. The Regional Liaison Team's charge is to provide information to Apple about user group events and news in their regions. Come meet the new members of the UGAB to discuss the state of Macintosh User Groups: where we are, where we can go, and how to get there!

Kristina DeNike is Lab Director for Macworld Labs where she oversees all product testing. Previously, Ms. DeNike worked at PC Magazine where she was Senior Project Leader for Networking Applications. Before PC Magazine she was Test Manager at MacUser and MacWeek labs where she helped develop and beta test multiple versions of MacBench (the former Macintosh industry product testing standard.) She has contributed her expertise to The Mac Bible, contributing to the chapter on storage. Prior to working for Ziff Davis, Kristina was with the United Daily News out of Taiwan.

Kristina has risen to the top in her field in what has traditionally been a man’s industry. Kristina helps to determine which products Macworld reviews and what criteria they use for evaluation. As Macworld is the major voice in the Macintosh market, this gives her tremendous influence over the success of new products.

Chris Breen
columnist for

magazine

Dennis Sellers
Senior Editor,
MacCentral

Dennis is the senior editor of MacCentral , the world's largest online Macintosh news site. He is also the “Mac writer” for the nationally syndicated publication, “Computer User.” Besides Mac specific duties, Dennis is an educational correspondent for Journal Communications in Brentwood, TN; and a contributing writer for Nashville Computer User. Dennis has had over 2,500 magazine and newspaper articles published. His wide variety of writings include comics (for Comic Book Heroes), fitness (Muscular Development), photography (Rangefinder, Digital Camera Magazine), and a wide range of other subjects.

Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS, one of the oldest and largest Internet-based newsletters, distributed weekly to hundreds of thousands of readers. He has written and co-authored numerous Internet books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many articles for magazines, including Macworld, where he is currently a Contributing Editor. His innovations include the creation of the first advertising program to support an Internet publication in 1992 and the first flat-rate SLIP accounts for graphical Internet access in 1993. His indefatigable support of the Macintosh community and commitment to operating at a personal level resulted in numerous awards and recognition at the highest levels. In the annual MDJ Power 25 survey of industry insiders, he ranked as the second (2000) and third (2001) most influential person in the Macintosh industry, and he was named one of MacDirectory's top ten visionaries. And how many industry figures can boast of being turned into an action figure?

Adam will talk about what's happened at the show so far, Apple and the Macintosh industry, and any of the topics that swirl through TidBITS.