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Macworld Expo San Francisco 2003: User Group Lounge
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 250/262, West Mezzanine in the South Hall, one level above the show floor. The Lounge 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.
Thanks to IDG/World Expo for donating the space for the User Group Lounge!
Thanks to The North Coast Macintosh Users Group for sponsoring the User Group Lounge!
The room will be hosted by volunteers from the user group community. Be sure to stop by and say hello!
Tuesday, January 7
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With more than 15,000 members in the United States and 51 other countries, the AppleWorks Users Group (AWUG) is the world's largest computer user organization. AWUG publishes the AppleWorks Journal and provides other support services for AppleWorks.
Warren Williams, the President of the AppleWorks Users Group, is a Professor Emeritus of Educational Technology at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Williams has written more than 500 articles published in psychological journals and technology magazines and newsletters.
Cathleen Merritt, the Director of the AppleWorks Users Group, holds Masters degrees in Education and Educational Technology. Ms. Merritt, who manages AWUG's daily operations, has published more than 350 articles in educational technology magazines and newsletters.
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Members of the
Apple Regional Liaison Team
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Amaya Gergoff |
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Sandy Foderick |
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Chise Mishima |
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Colya Kaminiarz |
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Jed Mark |
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Lynn Poos |
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BMUG Reunion Meeting
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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, Best of Mac Secrets, and hosting the MacBraniac Challenge.)
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Bryan Chaffin
Editor-In-Chief
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Wednesday, January 8
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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 Getting Started with iPhoto and participating in the MacBraniac Challenge.)
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Find out the latest from the Mac Product Experts!
Jason Snell,
Editor
Jennifer Berger
Senior Reviews Editor
magazine
Jason and Jennifer will give you their insights on what1s hot at Macworld San Francisco this year. They'll talk about all the new products being announced, as well as discuss their reactions to Steve Jobs' keynote
address.
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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 see what catches the eye of the people who run one of the hottest sites on the Mac web.
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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 also be presenting the Macworld Conference & Expo Keynote Wrap-Up, and participating in the MacBraniac Challenge.)
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Chris Breen
columnist for
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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 Everything You Wanted To Know About iPhoto conference.)
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A MUG Workshop:
Tips & Tricks for Great Presentations!
Dave Marra
Apple Systems Engineer
Dave Marra has delivered exciting presentations on Apple's latest technology, for User Groups across the United States and Canada, since 1991. Discover some of the innovative ways to plan and deliver an exciting, attention-grabbing presentation to your Macintosh User Group audience. We will discuss the tips and tricks to giving great presentations, how to attract Windows users to your event, some cool tools to use, and ways to avoid some of the common pitfalls that can occur.
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Thursday, January 9
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Members of
The Apple Campus Group Advisory Board
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Rowan Rozanski of the Colorado State Macintosh Users Group |
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Melissa Murphy of The Apple Student Core @ Emory |
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Ken Bereski of The Boston College Macintosh Users Group |
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Scott Sheppard
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The Exciting Potential of Campus Groups
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Rowan Rozanski of the Colorado State Macintosh Users Group |
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David Roemer of the Apple Student Core @ Emory |
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Ajay Pillarisetti of the Apple Student Core @ Emory |
The growth of user groups on university campuses has been nothing short of exceptional in the last two years. The generation who grew up with the iMac have taken their Macs, and their passions, to college and are creating their own new segment of the larger MUG community. In this session we'll talk about how it all happened, how students can start groups on their own campuses, partnerships between the community and campus groups, and why this new movement in user groups is critical for the future.
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Jim Dalrymple
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Dennis Sellers
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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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Andy Ihnatko
Backpage Columnist for
Magazine,
Chicago Sun-Times tech columnist
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Host of
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Authors
Tom Negrino
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Dori Smith
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Friday, January 10
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Mac OS X Inside Out: An Informal Q&A To Help MUG Members Upgrade
with
Ted Landau
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 Mac OS X Disaster Relief: Prevention, MacOS X Disaster Relief: Cures and participating in the MacBraniac Challenge.)
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A MUG Workshop:
Macworld Expo Overview for MUG Members
Dave Marra
Apple Systems Engineer
Dave Marra has delivered exciting presentations on Apple's latest technolog, for User Groups across the United States and Canada, since 1991. Join him for an informal overview of this week's exciting announcements and an opportunity for some Q & A. You will find the information presented at this session to be very helpful when talking with your own MUGs about what you saw this week at Macworld Expo.
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