Mac Computer Expo To Feature Speakers, Vendors and Digital Art

The North Coast Macintosh Users Group will present Macintosh Computer Expo 2011 on Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 9 – 5 at the Petaluma Community Center in Petaluma California.

Thousands of Macintosh enthusiasts come from all over the San Francisco Bay Area to visit with Macintosh product exhibitors and attend informational workshops.

A great line up of well-known speakers this year include digital photo guru Derrick Story, digital artist Bert Monroy, Christopher Breen and Jason Snell of Macworld, iStockphoto chief evangelist and author Lesa Snider, Mac author Ted Landau, Mac Observer editors Byran Chaffin and Jeff Gamet, The MacCasts’s Adam Christianson, Mac author David Sparks, TidBITS contributor Jeff Carlson, Jean MacDonald of Smile, Mac author Tom Negrino, and many other Mac experts sharing their knowledge throughout the day on topics such as digital photography, using the cloud, Mac OS X trouble-shooting, and iPhone and iPad sessions.

On display this year will be Bert Monroy’s depiction of New York’s Times Square created totally in Adobe Photoshop. It is five feet by twenty five feet and contains over 3,000 images and untold layers of Bert’s creativity. Considered one of the preeminent pioneers of digital art, Bert will also be an afternoon speaker at the event describing how he created his Times Square project as well as offering tips and features of Adobe Photoshop.