MacVoices #872 [39:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Michael Horton of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group is back to talk about the next iteration of the the Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet, this one at the upcoming NAB show in Las Vegas. Mike discusses why neither Aople nor Avid will exhibit, and why he and his fellow-organizers decided to go ahead with the SuperMeet anyway. There is no agenda set for the event; Mike explains why representative of how they are approaching this year’s event, how Apple is integral to this event in spite of their lack of show floor presence and why the prices of SuperMeet sponsorship went down (and no, it wasn’t due to desperation).
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 MacVoices #864 [1:06:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The audio of the third User Groups 2.0 Leadership Conference, held on February 19th, 2008, features keynote speaker Russ Conte of The Rest of Us in Chicago. Russ discusses in depth how his group operates, sharing their philosophy of servicing their members, how their membership has changed and how the group has evolved to address their capabilities, interests and needs. The use of Web 2.0 technologies, share work, and an approach that leaves nothing sacred, even their name are all part of Russ’s presentation and the interaction with the other attendees that followed.

Russ also provided samples of many of the resources he mentioned during the conference, and they can be downloaded for your group’s use.

A global panel of user group leaders and activists participated in the conference, and included:
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 MacVoices #828 [47:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Adobe Professional Association and User Group Breakfast wraps up with demo-meister Terry White showing off the latest Mac offering from Adobe, Photoshop Elements 6. Terry demonstrates some of the new features, including capabilities that are Mac-specific, and not available in the Windows version.
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 MacVoices #827 [24:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Adobe’s Terry White shows the crowd at the Adobe Professional Association and User Group Breakfast some Adobe InDesign CS3 tricks, yields the stage briefly to author Lynette Kent to show off the newest Cintiq tablet display from Wacom and then comes back with some tips on Adobe Illustrator CS3 and Adobe Flash.

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 MacVoices #826 [28:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

At the Adobe Professional Association and User Group Breakfast, Adobe’s Dave Hemly demonstrates some of the latest capabilities of Adobe Premier, performs some audio magic with Adobe Soundbooth and finishes with some DVD authoring tricks using Adobe Flash.

 

 MacVoices #825 [27:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

At the Adobe Professional Association and User Group Breakfast, Group Product Manager Mike Downey introduces the crowd to Air, Adobe’s new desktop runtime development environment. Mike explains how Air adds real-time interaction by showing example applications for working with eBay, FineTune, Twitter and Pownce.

 

 MacVoices #824 [5:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Terry White opens the annual Adobe Professional Association and User Group Breakfast, at Macworld Conference & Expo 2008 with some comments about the longevity of the event and updates on the Adobe User Group Program.

 

 MacVoices #803 [45:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Sharon Zardetto has updated Take Control: The Mac OS X Lexicon for the Leopard era, and joins us to talk about how the latest version of the Mac OS required some additions you would expect and others that might surprise you. Sharon discusses her favorite new Finder feature, Apple’s strange lack of naming conventions for OS components, the origin of various words and phrases in the tech arena, her background with Mac User Groups and why “iPod” just barely made the Lexicon.

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 MacVoices #801 [29:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Diane Cohn has questions about why there is no Apple-specific social network. The former Apple User Group Program Manager and member several of Apple’s web teams has a unique perspective on the social networking phenomenon and wants to know what MacVoices’ listeners think of the current options and the desirability of an option just for the users of Apple products. Diane shares her experiences since leaving Apple and explains how involvement in social networks has been instrumental to her success in her new occupation.
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 MacVoices #7113 [1:13:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

New ideas for Mac User Group leaders and enthusiasts are the focus of The User Groups 2.0 Virtual Conferences, organized by The MUG Center. The second of these conferences was held on November 27 and featured keynote speaker Michael Horton of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group. Mike discussed many of the differences between the traditional UG models vs. those adopted by the Final Cut Pro groups. Mike shared some ideas that he would like to see community groups consider and fielded questions about his group’s structure and operations from an enthusiastic audience. Looking for some new ideas fro your group’s evolution? Then listen to what Mike and the attendees had to say.

The attendees and the groups represented included:
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