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Macworld Expo and The Apple User Group Advisory Board present the User Group Lounge (UGL), the place to get up close and personal with the people who make the Macintosh community exciting and dynamic. A diverse roster of well-known columnists, authors, magazine publishers, community leaders and Macintosh personalities meet with Mac enthusiasts in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. This is your chance to get to know the decision makers on a first-name basis. While there, locate your local Macintosh user group and find out why you should be involved.
The UGL will be located in Room 3D01, just off the main show floor. It will be open during show floor hours, and will feature a wide variety of events and speakers. Please check the schedule below on a regular basis.
User Groups are invited to place copies of their newsletters or publications on the Newsletter Exchange Table in the Lounge. We do ask that you limit the number of copies so that there is room for all. You are free to replenish the supply of your materials as the show progresses. Sorry, but floor-standing or tabletop displays are not acceptable.
Thanks to IDG/Macworld Expo for donating the space for the User Group Lounge!
The room will be hosted by volunteers from the user group community. Be sure to stop by and say hello!
Wednesday, July 16
12:00
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Open Networking
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Andy Ihnatko
Columnist for
Magazine,
Chicago Sun-Times tech columnist
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Host of
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Chris Breen
columnist for
magazine
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The outspoken, outrageous host of the weekly Internet radio show about all things Macintosh will provide his unique perspective occupied on the show's announcements, his ongoing tour of Macintosh User Groups, and much more.
Shawn will be joined by some of the regulars from Your Mac Life, including IRC Babe Sly,Video Director J, and Switcher Aaron Adams.
(Shawn will also be presenting the How To Survive The Internet On 2000 Emails A Day session.)
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Youth/Campus Group Session
hosted by
Sarah Friedlander
Macintosh User Group of The Rochester Institute of Technology
A younger generation of Apple enthusiasts are now joining the user group community and creating campus groups. This session will provide a forum to outline the basics of campus MUGs – the who/why/where/when and how. Although campus groups are becoming much more popular, the need to attract a younger membership pool in local community MUGs is important. This session will also outline some tips about how to attract a younger crowd to User Groups, and how to keep them involved and active. Take this opportunity to discover what younger members mean to the future of user groups worldwide, and how it can affect your local MUG.
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Thursday, July 17
10:00
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Open Networking
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11:00
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Members of
The Apple User Group Advisory Board and Apple Regional Liaison Team
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David Pogue
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.
(David is also presenting Making iMovies With David Pogue conference session.)
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Apple Product Briefing For Macintosh User Groups
by
Dave Marra
Apple Senior Systems Engineer
Well-known user group enthusiast Dave Marra will update user group members and leaders on all of the Apple announcements at WWDC, including the G5, iChat AV, Panther, and much more. Stop by the Apple Booth to see the new products, and then come to this briefing to get all the important background information for your group.
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Author
Derrick Story
Derrick has been interested in photography since age 11, and a computer nut for decades. He's been waiting for years for these two passions to converge, and now that they have, it's everything he thought it would be.
Managing editor of O'Reilly Network, Derrick focuses on Web authoring, digital media, and mobile computing. Favorite projects include O'Reilly DevCenters for Web Development and for the Mac. Derrick's experience includes more than 15 years as a photojournalist, a stint as the managing editor for Web Review, and a speaker for CMP's Web conferences. He is the coauthor of iPhoto: the Missing Manual and author of the Digital Photography Pocket Guide. Derrick also manages his online photo business, Story Photography.
(Derrick will also be presenting the Mastering Digital Photography, Digital Photography Secrets and iPhoto Tips & Tricks conferences.)
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Find out the latest from the Mac Product Experts!
Jason Snell,
Editor
magazine
Jason will give you his insights on what's hot at Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo. He'll cover new product announcements as well as take your question about the behind-the-scenes operations of the #1 Macintosh magazine.
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Jim Dalrymple
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Dennis Sellers
of
MacCentral
Come meet the editorial team of the #1 Mac Nnews site on the Web! If you're like the rest of us, you surf MacCentral at least a couple times each day. These are the people who bring it to you.
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.
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.
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Mac OS X Inside Out: An Informal Q&A To Help MUG Members Upgrade
with
Ted is the author of Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters (now in its 4th edition) as well as Mac OS X Disaster Relief. He the founder and original editor of the MacFixIt Web site and a contributing editor for Macworld magazine. His books and MacFixIt have received numerous awards and nearly universal critical acclaim from sources as varied as U.S. News & World Report, the New York Times, Yahoo! Internet Life, and the Computer Shopper -- as well as virtually all Mac media. Ted has been twice listed on the annual "MDJ Power 25" as one of the 25 most influential people in the Mac community.
(Ted is also presenting the Mac OS X Disaster Relief and Troubleshooting Tricks & Utilities conferences.)
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Friday, July 18
10:00
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Open Networking
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Adam Engst
Publisher
of
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, most recently, iPhoto for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. He has also written for many 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 (with Northwest Nexus for Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh). His indefatigable support of the Macintosh community has 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 also be presenting the Getting Started With iPhoto conference session)
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Cohen is senior editor for MacCentral, the popular online Macintosh news site, where he writes, edits and posts a lot of the info that hordes of Mac users around the world depend on to get their daily Mac news fix. Cohen writes the Game Room column for Macworld magazine, and he's also a weekly guest on Your Mac Life, the Internet radio show, where talks about the latest news from the Macintosh gaming front. When he's not otherwise indisposed, Cohen's can usually be found online, blasting the heck out of unsuspecting PC gamers -- especially the stupid ones who think Macs aren't good for games.
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