The MUG Event Calendar for February 25: SmileOnMyMac, Frank Petrie, Final Cut Pro Group Meetings and Widely Diverse Topics
February is almost in the books, but before it goes, there are some interesting things happening at Mac User Groups this week.
Jean MacDonald of SmileOnMyMac will visit a Florida group, Frank Petrie will show off podcasting to a group in New Jersey (God help them), and three different Final Cut Pro User Groups will offer a variety of outstanding speakers, highlighted by a visit to the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group by members of the inaugural class from the Wounded Marine Careers Foundation, a school that trains wounded Marines for careers in media.
The remainder of the week’s topics vary widely, from Microsoft Office 2008 to itunes, the Googleverse to Leopard, web design to Quicken and much, much more.
Your group’s next meeitng should be here, shouldn’t it? Well then, do something about it! Email the details to The MUG Center and we’ll tell the world.
The week’s complete list includes:
| Monday | 25-Feb | MacMeetings – Intermediate Video creation |
| North Coast Macintosh Users Group (Ohio) – "Web Design the Studioth!nk way" | ||
| Wellington Macintosh Society (New Zealand) – Annual AGM and useful bits of software for your Mac | ||
| Tuesday | 26-Feb | State Line Macintosh Users Group – Wireless Security and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Part III |
| Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia – Using iWork in your business | ||
| Lincoln Hills Macintosh Users Group – Leopard: Apple’s Newest Cat | ||
| Des Moines Macintosh Users Group – TBA | ||
| Okanagan Mac Meetup Group (Canada) – TBA | ||
| Wednesday | 27-Feb | Gold Coast Mac – Jean MacDonald of SmileOnMyMac |
| Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group – Ricardo Silva, developer of Sugarfx; Several Marines from the Wounded Marine Careers Foundation in San Diego will show clips of their work and talk about what they’ve learned in the 10 week film and media production school which trains wounded Marines for a career in media, filmmaking, sound design, editing, graphics and photojournalism. | ||
| Woodward Macintosh Users Group – University of Rhode Island instructor, Keith Brown. We will screen his short film “Tough All Over†and discuss filmmaking from start to finish. | ||
| Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group – Lillian E. Benson, A.C.E.; Kevin Shea provides a primer on Customizing Your Interface; Midwest Media Group’s David Sallak on FCP in the TV Newsroom: an overview of the workflow between Final Cut Pro, Gallery SIENNA and Xsan | ||
| Villages Macintosh Users Group – Quicken | ||
| South Bay Area Macintosh Users Group – Address Book and Mail | ||
| Macintosh Users Group of Southern New Jersey – Introduction to podcasting! by Frank Petrie | ||
| Macintosh Users East (Canada) – ‘Delicious Library’ and ‘iPhoto Refresher’ | ||
| ApplePickers – Experience Microsoft Office 2008 | ||
| Oceanside Macintosh Users Group – OMUG Program Part II — A Follow-Up on "NASA’s EarthKAM Imaging Program" and How to Share "Google Earth" with Family and Friends. An Apple User’s "Eco- Friendly Guide" to Using Google’s "Earth/Mapping Applications" | ||
| Thursday | 28-Feb | Washington Apple Pi – Create Movie In 90 Minutes |
| Thumb Macintosh Users Group – iTunes Music and Movies | ||
| Cleveland Digital Publishing Users Group – Rockin’ in the “G†World? What’s It Really Like in the Googleverse? | ||
| SF Cutters – Steve Martin Founder, President of Ripple Training, Brian Gary and Mark Spencer of Ripple Training and Blu-Ray Disc authoring with Encore Demo | ||
| Central Victorian Macintosh Users Group (Australia) – Changes to Leopard Mail templates | ||
| West Pasco Macintosh User Group – Apple backup software, “Time Machineâ€, and a review of the book “Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard†by Joe Kissell | ||
| Shreveport Macintosh User Group – TBA | ||
| Center City Philadelphia Macintosh Users Group – Annual Planning Meeting | ||
| Friday | 29-Feb | Deadline: AKVIS User Group Offer |
| Deadline: Fastforward Software User Group Offer | ||
| Deadline: Hog Bay Software User Group Offer | ||
| Deadline: Inclinepro User Group Offer |
| Saturday | 1-Mar | AUSOM (Australia) – Online Predators – Protecting the young with Anthony Caruana, Australian MacWorld contributor |
| Pensacola Panhandle Macintosh Users Group – TBA | ||
| MacMavericks – Podcasting | ||
| Sunday | 2-Mar |