Next Meeting

Thurs, June 21, 2007
205B A&S, Lansing Community College
6:30-8:00 pm

Program to be announced

At our May 17 meeting we discussed free online Mac seminars.

1. Apple Seminars

If you'd like to learn more about your Mac, Apple offers dozens of free seminars 24/7 on the Internet. At our May 17 meeting, LAMALUG Board members Ed Noonan, Janice Child, and Jonathan Stars demonstrated some of them.

2. Non-Apple Seminars

Mac-relevant seminars are not the exclusive domain of Apple. There are hundreds of non-Apple Seminars and Podcasts.

SEMINAR EXAMPLES

Here are Janice Child's comments about the excellent Seminars she highlighted:

  • Cambridge in Colour: The gallery is amazing and the tutorials helped me get through my Photoshop Class. Very clear and interesting.
  • The Luminous Landscape: Columns, essays, galleries, locations, product reviews, techniques, tutorials, understanding series, workshops, lectures & seminars. 
  • The Russell Brown Show: Tips, techniques – Photoshop
  • Digital Mastery: I clicked on freebies – seemed like a good place to start.
PODCAST EXAMPLES from the iTunes Store
  • Terry White - Adobe Creative Suite Podcasts - 100 Podcasts, such as Learn how to do Keywording in Photoshop Lightroom
  • Matt Kloskowski - Photoshop Killer Tips - 5 Podcasts, such as Work On A Flattened Image
  • Corey Barker - Adobe Photoshop Elements Killer Tips - 10 Podcasts, such as Lighting Effects
  • Victor Cajiao - Typical Mac User Podcast - 20 Podcasts, such as Back Up! Back Up! Back Up!
  • Photoshop TV - 2 Podcasts
  • Dave Hamilton & John F. Braun - Mac Geek Gab - 70 Podcasts, such as AirPort, Networking, and Vinyl... Yum!
  • ScreenCastsOnline - Free Mac Video Tutorials - 29 Podcasts, such as Apple TV - Adding Your Own Content
  • Michael Murphy - The InDesigner - 40 Podcasts, such as Nested Style Sheets
  • Steve Scott - Late Night Cocoa - 16 Podcasts, such as Hacking Cocoa (Part 1) with Jonathan "Wolf" Rentzsch
  • Steve Stanger - The Mac Attack - 69 Podcasts
  • podCast 411 - Learn about Podcasting and Podcasters - 101 Podcasts, such as Interview with The ZA Show from South Africa
  • Justin Seeley - Photoshop Quicktips - 46 Podcasts, such as Better Selective Color
  • John Reuter - Creative Photoshop - 19 Podcasts, such as Project Composite, Part One: Hand Coloring
  • Chuck Tomasi - Gmail Podcast  - 10 Podcasts, such as Add Event to Calendar
  • Richard Harrington – Peachpit TV - Understanding Adobe Photoshop - 10 Podcasts, such as Web Photo Gallery
  • Frank De Graeve  Neat Little MacApps - 47 Podcasts, such as LicenseKeeper
  • Lynda.com Video Training - 61 Podcasts, such as Photoshop CS3 Extended for 3D + Video
  • Bill Jelen - Learn Excel from Mr Excel - 101 Podcasts, such as Color Pivot
  • www.ghostproductions.com - Ghost Productions Medical Animation - 8 Podcasts, such as Exporting 3D Cameras from Maya
  • Matt Kloskowski -Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips - 3 Podcasts, such as Monday Video - Loading New Develop Presets
  • John W Chambers - One Minute Tip Photoshop Wednesdays - 41 Podcasts, such as Moving forward and backward in time with the History Palette
  • Adobe - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - 30 Podcasts, such as Tutorial - Compare View and Quick Develop

3. Discussion Forums

Apple's Online Discussion Forums are another good source of information

As far as we know, we meet at 205B A&S - directions below - but always check this page before each meeting as the program and location could change.

Wanted LAMALUG Board Member
With John Belen's departure, the LAMALUG Board of Directors is looking for somebody to take his place. The Board meets every other month. If you know something about the Mac and are willing to serve your fellow Mac users, please email <board at LAMALUG.org>
(sorry I didn't post a link, but we're getting too much spam email - Ed)


what does a BLOG look like?

 LAMALUG BLOG
Would you be willing to manage a LAMLUG BLOG where members can interact with one-another? If so, please email <board at LAMALUG.org> Ed
As always, the first half hour of our membership meetings are devoted to Q&A, an opportunity to get all your Mac questions answered.

Benefits of LAMALUG membership:

LAMALUG has a members-only mailing list for member questions and information. To subscribe, send email to John Belen.

LAMALUG members receive a discount on WiebeTech products.

 Contact webmaster for confidential details.

LAMALUG members may rent the club's Proxima UltraLight X350 projector for $25/day
(security deposit and signed rental agreement required). To arrange rental, email webmaster@lamalug.org

LAMALUG members may borrow the club's Newer USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adaptor for use in transferring data to or from a bare hard drive. Just ask any Board Member.
LAMALUG members may borrow the club's Gretag Macbeth Eye-One monitor color calibrator and software. Just ask any Board Member.

REGULAR MEETING LOCATION: 205B Arts & Science (A&S) - Lansing Community College. A&S is the 2nd building east of the NE corner of Capitol and Shiawassie - #10 (red) on the map below.


There is an LCC ramp to the NE, a City ramp to the S, a parking lot to the SW, handicap parking on the W side of the building and free on-street parking. Charges are $1/hr in the LCC ramp and $1.50/hr in the City of Lansing's ramp above Gibson's Books & Beans. Parking is free with Star Card IDs after 6:00 in the LCC ramp.