SGVMUG General Meeting - May 19th, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm Location: Pasadena Public Library, Main Branch Auditorium

Topic: To Be Confirmed
Presenter: To Be Confirmed

Our own Billy Chang will be talking about ‘Leopard’ the latest and greatest operating system from Apple. So if you have not upgraded to Leopard find out why you need to.

Same place, same time. Roaaar !

The premiere of MacDayLA has a lot to offer. Even a couple of things for Windows users.

• If you’re into music you’ll enjoy trying the Mandala 2.0 - a drum that attaches to Mac or PC via USB and becomes your audio input instrument. Set it to sound like any type of drum, or a piano, or a guitar…. It’s not in stores yet so this is a rare opportunity to try it for yourself. We even have a discount price for you. We discovered the Mandala at a private press event at CES and thought it very worth sharing with others.
Have a friend into music? Share this opportunity. The guys will be there all day and into the evening.

• If you’ve been wanting a MacOS tablet computer, you’ll love the Axiotron Modbook. It’s approved by Apple and is a MacBook at its core - but it’s more. Perfect for graphic artists. It can only be purchased by web/phone from Other World Computing so there’s no store to try it in. But you can sit with it and try it at MacDayLA! All day and into the evening.

• Wondering what iPhone apps have in store for you? Come see a jailbroken iPhone full of apps and learn from an iPhone-using pro.

• Looking for a fast, easy way to stash and be able to find your myriad notes on your Mac? See TopXNotes one-on-one in Carla’s Cafe all morning.

• Much more.

• A unique something special for Mac users that we’ll announce during the day. If you have a shirt or cap that boasts your MUG or an Apple logo, wear it or bring it along!

• Games! If you have an iPod and are staying for the evening, bring it along.

• Door prizes and game prizes, proving all attendees with an excellent chance to win something.

Optional photography class for both Mac and Windows users:
Now That I Shot These Digital Photos, What Do I Do? $99 for 3 hours. Please register in advance.

We even have a Notary Public on hand so you can get business done too!

Just $15 at the door ($12 online today).
Free parking.
Great food at better-than-fast food pricing.
At CBS Studio Center, Studio City, CA, off the 101 at Laurel Canyon.
Doors open at 8:30am and we’re there til around 9pm for you to spend part or all of your day with us.
Full info at http://www.macdayla.com/.

Our Monthly General meeting will take place on March 17th.

Presenter: Allan Kiesler from BlueLounge Inc. (www.bluelounge.com)

Topic:

An overview of the design firm - Bluelounge - talk about the products they have developed in the past 3 years - cableyoyo, POP, Cool Feet, Notebook Kit, SpaceStation.  In addition, members get a sneak peek at 2 new upcoming products - The Sanctuary and the CableBox.

BlueLounge will be donating the following products to the raffle - a Notebook Kit (Value $19.95) and 2 cableyoyo Gift Packs (Value $19.95).

Location- Auditorium of the Main Branch Pasadena Public Library

Time- 7-9 pm

Hope to see you there.

Mac author and journalist Deborah Shadovitz is currently working on a new one-day, all-day Mac event.

Dates: 4th Saturday of every odd month starting Sat, March 22, 2008.
Location: CBS Studio Center, Studio City, at Laurel Canyon & Ventura Blvd.

Cost: $15 or 12 if you pre-register
($10 at the door if you belong to a User Group that has a membership fee)
Parking: free, and plenty of it.

Event site: http://www.MacDayLA.com

For more info please check out their website at the link above.

As you may have noticed, James Lee of Tropical Software presented at our Jan. meeting. What you might not know is he gave attending members a chance to buy Top X notes at a discount. He has extended an offer to anyone in our group to get a 5 dollar discount by going to his website and ordering a digital download or physical copy.

https://secure.tropic4.com/WebStore/index.php?

Anyone how wants the discount code should email Thomas, Andrew, or Gautam for it.

For those considering using Apple’s new iTunes rental service you should read Chris Breen’s article “Extending iTunes rental times”

http://www.macworld.com/article/131790/2008/01/longerrentals.html

When I heard that they were doing only a 24 hr window for the rental, I said it was to short for the very reason mentioned in the article -

“Last week my colleague, Rob Griffiths, noted that the 24-hour rental period for iTunes movies just wasn’t long enough for many parents. Get the kids to bed by 9:00, start watching the movie, fall asleep in front of the TV at 10:00 and by the time 9:00 PM rolls around again, the movie’s expired.”

The article explains an undocumented feature for extending viewing to finish watching the movie.

SGVMUG General Meeting - Monday, Feb. 11th, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm Location: Pasadena Public Library, Main Branch Auditorium

Terrence Talbot is co-founder of Karelia Software (www.karelia.com), a team of developers dedicated to handcrafting Macintosh software. Their first product, Watson®, was a groundbreaking web utility, and was the winner of both a MacWorld “Eddy” and the Apple Design Award for “Most Innovative Application.” Terrence will be demonstrating their current product, Sandvox®, the award-winning website development application for the Mac.

SGVMUG General Meeting - Jan. 22nd, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm Location: Pasadena Public Library, Main Branch Auditorium

Welcome to 2008. Our first meeting for for this year will be on January 22, 2008 for our Macworld San Francisco 2008 recap. Also James Lee from Tropical Software http://www.tropic4.com/ will be showing what’s new in in their App, Top X Notes.

Since the meeting date falls so close to Dec. 25th, there will be no General Meeting for December. We Look forward to seeing you on January 22, 2008 for our Macworld San Francisco 2008 recap.

Also, Confirmed for Feb. 11th, 2008 (next year) we will be having Terrence Talbot from Karelia Software

See you next year.