We want to make sure we have current contact info for all members – Name, email address, contact phone and mailing address are requested.

Member Benefits

• Membership Card (good for discounts and preferred service at Di-No, Microconsultants and other local vendors)
• Monthly drawing prize tickets
• Members-Only Page access (password required)

Note: We will need your current email address to distribute the password for the Members-Only page. You may use the Membership tab and submit your info – just indicate your current membership status. The password will be sent out (via email) about one week after the February meeting.

Annual Dues

If you haven’t paid your dues, please bring a check to the next meeting. Dues are $30 ($10 for students).

News from the Show Floor – Billy Chang and Andrew Zima will report on CES – with lots of pictures and hot news from Mac (and other) vendors.

News from Macworld Expo? Stay tuned . . .

David Whitby will have some exciting Apps & Traps info to tweak your interest (see Apps & Trap Page Tab for a downloadable PDF with graphics).

Scott Harrell and Ron Streicher will be on hand to provide additional support. Don’t forget the drawing – with a chance to win some fun prizes.

The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 North Lake Avenue (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly Street)

Noted Apple specialists Pat Dengler, Chris Keller, Dave Whitby, Billy Chang and Andrew Zima will be manning OS X Lion and Snow Leopard machines as well as iPads, iPhone4s and iPods with iOS5 on them.

Come and bring your questions or just sit back and see how others use both the main and hidden features to make your computing more enjoyable.

David Whitby will be covering most of Lion’s new/usable features.  Andrew Zima will be answering question about iOS5 on iPads and iPhones.

Scott Harrell and Ron Streicher will provide additional support.

The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 North Lake Avenue (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly Street)

The high points -

iOS 5 will be released October 12th with iCloud.

iPhone 4S will be available October 14th -

A5 Chip (the same one in the iPad2)
8 hrs talk time or 40 hrs of Music play
Better antenna with GSM and CDMA in the same phone.
Multi element camera with Backside Illuminated Sensor that does 8 MP photos (3264×2448 image size) with capability of a half second between shots and 1080p HD video.

iPhone 4S camera photo from http://www.tuaw.com/

Speech recognition thru Siri -
hands free text send and receiving
Make iCal appointments, get the weather, get restaurant recommendations, all without typing anything.

Siri image from http://gdgt.com/

iPhones available through ATT, Verizon, and Sprint -

iPhone image from http://www.gdgt.com/

In honor of National Novel Writing Month in November, we’ll present essential tools for writers at the October 17 meeting. You’ll get an in-depth look at Storyist, the Mac-only story development program for novelists and screenwriters.

Storyist

It’s both a word processor and outliner, but Storyist is more. It’s designed to let you keep notes on plot, characters, and settings in the same file as your manuscript or script. There’s a even a digital cork board for creating and organizing index cards and displaying photos of faces or places that inspire you. Storyist offers templates for page formatting so your pages will meet industry standards for formatting.

When you’re done with your manuscript or script, you can export your masterpiece to Word, ePub, Final Draft, or just text.

Our guest speaker is Steve Shepard, the CEO and the developer of Storyist. He’s a Silicon Valley veteran with 20+ years of experience in media technologies.

In addition to Storyist, we’ll also be presenting Visual Thesaurus and other software and web-based tools for writers.

Special Drawing prizes this month will include Storyist for the Mac, Storyist for the iPad, a year’s subscription to Visual Thesaurus and more goodies.

Jobs announced his resignation as Apple’s CEO on Aug. 24th.

Software developer (and SGVMUG Founding President) Bill Vlahos will give a presentation about InfoWallet – a software program that lets you keep the vital information of your life with you. Securely carry important records, such as health details and history, insurance policies, financial accounts, contacts, important documents, and all your passwords. Be prepared for emergencies, natural disasters, and everyday living.

In addition, Bill will take us on a walk down memory lane, with some personal anecdotes about the history of our Group.

You won’t want to miss this exciting presentation – members will be eligible for a drawing prize as well as a special User Group discount.

Tonight’s Drawing will also feature a set of Logitech LS21 2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer!

The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 North Lake Avenue (between Colorado Blvd. and Holly Street).