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Past iMug meetings

Date Topics & Presenters
July 2010 Snow Leopard services and basic Apple Automation
Speaker: Peter Stagg, Faculty Webmaster, Arts Information Technology, Apple University Consortium Representative
July 2010 FileMaker and Bento on your home machine and portable devices
Speaker: Michael Ward, CustoMike Solutions
June 2010 Elgato, the creator of award winning software for the Mac
Speaker: Thomas Kiel, Business development manager Elgato
June 2010 AppleScript: A neglected bride but full of surprises...
Speaker: Shane Stanley
Links from talk: Mac OS X Automation and
Padilicous—creating and delivering content for the iPad
May 2010 Out of the Green Guide—all things Apple
Speaker: Garry "MacMan" Barker, The Age
May 2010 Musings of an erstwhile Editor
Speaker: Matthew JC. Powell, TheEditor of MacTheMag
Apr 2010 The Early Bird catches the iPad!—including 3 real life iPads to touch, explore and handle (despite them not be available for sale in Australia until end of May 2010)
Speaker: Jonathon Wrigley, Xero Computing, Carlton
Apr 2010 No:1 Hashtag (Twitter) in Australia for a couple of days: How a recent Melbourne education IT conference managed this and more...
Speaker: Donna Benjamin, Creative Contingencies
Apr 2010 Adobe InDesign—A case study: making a hand-made book
Speaker: Robert Charlto
Mar 2010 The Apple Wiki
Speakers: Frank Ryder and Gary Bass, Connecting Point
Feb 2010 Macworld Insight Post-Macworld
Speaker: Les Posen, iMug President
Feb 2010 In support of the Mac
Speaker: Michael Ward, CustoMike Solutions
Dec 2009 Visit to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Dec 2009 Mac in 3D: Creating an Animated Short Film
Speaker: David Ward, multi-media student
Dec 2009 Apple product placement in TV & Movies
Speaker: Les Posen, iMug President
Nov 2009 Fujitsu scanners: The start of a paperless office
Speaker: Robert Black, Graphic Designer and Director, ThereFor Design
Nov 2009 Making digital information accessible to users in the future
Speakers: David Demant, Melbourne Museum and Noel Jackling, iMug
Oct 2009 iSnowed 2.0—a power user's experince of Snow Leopard
Speaker: Peter Stagg, Faculty Webmaster, Arts Information Technology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
 Peter Stagg's blog of his talk, including a number of useful links
Oct 2009 The Story Tellers: A Chart for the Family Reunion— large-format printing capabilities that Reunion offers family researchers
Speaker: Robyn Fisher, Coordinator of the Reunion and Generations User Group (RAGUG), VicGUM Inc
Aug 2009 QuickKeys—save us time and make life easier
Speaker: Robert Black
Aug 2009 65000 apps; 1.5 billion download in iTunes App Store—where do I start?
Speaker: Charmian Gaud
July 2009 Comparing more Apples with Apples
Speaker: Justin Krisko, systems engineer, Apple Australia
July 2009 User groups around Australia—Issues, trends and the future
Speaker: Nicholas Pyers Founder, AppleUsers.org
June 2009 How sick Macs are diagnosed
Speaker: Adrian Beale, Synergetic Australia, Kew
June 2009 Landscape photography ... with a little help from Photoshop
Speaker: Peter Walton, Professional Landscape & Tourism Photographer Australian Scenics, founder and owner of the Australian Scenics image library
May 2009 Tour of Telstra Integration Centre in Barry St, Carlton—a live Cisco CRS-1 core network router operating at up to 92 Tbps (yes, that's right, Terabits per second) and other cool stuff that connects your iPhone to the world
May 2009 Telstra's new networks and emerging technologies
Speaker: Andrew Scott, Emerging Technology Manager, Chief Technology Office, Telstra
May 2009 4D v11 SQL database application
Speakers: Wayne Stewart, 4D Australia Technical Help resource, and Murray Cropley, education consultant
specialising in survey development and data analysis
Apr 2009 Accessing your office when on the move—different options were discussed and demonstrated such as Dropbox, LogMeIn, ftp and VNC.
Speaker: Anthony Caruana, Pocket Mojo
Apr 2009 Your Mac as a media centre—demonstration of Apple TV and Western Digital TV HD Media Player.
Speaker: Terry Bennett, Streetwise
Mar 2009 How might some of the latest web 2.0 applications be useful for you
Speaker: Gary Bass, Connecting Point
Mar 2009 iPhoto 09
Speaker: Terry Bennett, Streetwise
Feb 2009 Macworld '09—no Jobs but still a great Macworld: a personal view with a dialogue between Les Posen and MacMan Garry Barker
Feb 2009 A double billing of Macintosh documentaries (with popcorn!): "MacHEADS The Movie" and "Welcome to Macintosh"
Dec 2008 TRIUMPHANT TECHNOLOGY AND TROMBONES—iMug's end of year celebration

Lemonade—one of the first computer games
Ian Godfrey, with Robert Black. Ian demonstrated Lemonade which he played on his Apple II in 1979. Demonstration made possible by Virtual ][ (licence by courtesy of Gerard Putter).

Nothing is new under the sun ... some of us call it a 'Mac'!
David Demant, Senior Curator, Information and Communication, Museum Victoria
A see, touch hear experience of some of the precursors of modern information and communication devices.

Trombones (and tuba)
A pot pourri of outstanding music by the outstanding musicians of the RAAF Low Brass Ensemble

photos photo gallery (in new window)
Nov 2008 MacSpeech Dictate Meets FileMaker
Robert Holmes, Animal Behaviour, a referral practice in veterinary behaviour
Nov 2008 Web2.0—the connected web: Blogs, wikis, podcasting, social bookmarking
Gary Bass, Connecting Point
Oct 2008 Adobe Creative Suite 4: new features of the recently released Adobe CS4 Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and other Adobe CS4 applications
Mike McHugh, Adobe Presenter
Sept 2008 ICT based activities in an Apple school
Mark Richardson, ICT Coordinator, Williamstown PS
Mark's interests in teaching ICT include, iWeb, digital video, stopmotion animation, podcasting, Web 2.0 & using ICT for social and environmental action. He is also involved in teacher professional development in ICT and is co-network leader of MacSchoolsNet a network for passionate Mac users in education.
 Mark's notes & links from his talk
Sept 2008 My highly loved 'Utilities' kit bag of trusted favourites....
Robert Blackt has tried and tested many utilities, and he has a well-worn and highly loved kit bag of trusted favourites that he enthusiastically shared with iMug: LiteSwitch, LaunchBar, Default Folder X, TextExpander, MouseLocator, MsgFiler, and QuicKeys X.
Aug 2008 Illustrator CS3: Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Susan Bell: Adobe Education Leader
Aug 2008 Anthony Caruana spoke on a range of interests in all things Apple: iPhone applications. Buying a hard disk or building your own. Home networking.
July 2008 Apple-based school in action
We enjoyed a visit to Coburg Senior High where we learned about their educational philosophy and how the Mac and its software is central to the achievements of its students and staff.
July 2008 Keynote-based tour of the NECC 2008 conference, in San Antonio, Texas
Gary Bass, Connecting Point
July 2008 The 3G iPhone in action
Mug member Robert Black demonstrated his white 3G iPhone
June 2008 iMovie and iDVD 08
Terry Bennett, Streetwise Software
June 2008 Has DVD eclipsed VHS (Betamax) at your house? or Digital Video for Buggles—How to transfer those dusty old videos cassettes onto your computer then onto an iPod or YouTube.
Peter Stagg, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
May 2008 Mac's Lazy Design—a fascinating insight into software development, especially where Apple is concerned
Graham Miln, DssW
May 2008 A Journey to another world: Virtual worlds: Teaching 'Life' with Second Life
Annabel Astbury, Education Services Manager, History Teachers' Association of Victoria
Apr 2008 Apples with Apples—the latest developments in what is shaping up as a huge year for Apple
Justin Krisko, systems engineer, Apple Australia
Apr 2008 Why my Mac is central to almost everything I do as a landscape photographer
Peter Walton, Australian Scenics
Mar 2008 IceTV and EyeTV3—Change the way you watch TV....for ever!
Marc Edwards, iSlayer
Mar 2008 Online Predators—negotiating the hazards of the online environment
Anthony Caruana, Pocket Mojo
Feb 2008 MacWorld Jan'08—a first hand report
Les Posen, Psychologist and IT Writer; iMug President, and
Garry Bass, Connecting Point
Dec 2007

Macophiles Making Music—a series of musical items by gifted Macintosh users

photos photo gallery (in new window)

YouTube video YouTube videos of:

  1. Auburn Uniting Church Tower Tour with Ted Baillieu
  2. Pianist Louis Schmidt, Chopin's Grande Valse
  3. Les Posen and Lili Hampel. Israeli folk dancing
  4. Violinist Colin MacLeod, Scottish folk music, Glen Tilt
  5. iMug carollers sing 'We Wish You a merry Christmas!'
Nov 2007 Leopard—the new cat
Les Posen, Psychologist and IT Writer; iMug President, and
Darren Hui & Henry Johnson, Sales Consultants from Streetwise
Nov 2007 Bento from FileMaker
Les Posen, Psychologist and IT Writer; iMug President
Oct 2007 iPhone—a first look and touch!
Keith Lang, Plasq
Oct 2007 FileMaker 9.0—an exploration of key features
Ray Cologon, Certified FileMaker 7 and 8 Developer, Nightwing Enterprises
Oct 2007 A Walkabout in Second Life
David Turk, computer consultant and programmer
Sep 2007 How to set up a wireless network to put music around your house
Gary Bass, Education Manager, Connecting Point, Apple accredited systems reseller
Aug 2007 iWork 08
Les Posen, Information Technology Writer and Psychologist
Aug 2007 Architects, Engineers, Creativity and the Mac
Neil Pringle
July 2007 Converting your vinyl records to digital
Terry Bennett, Streetwise
July 2007 Converting your videotapes to DVDs
Michael Green, Drift Media
Stephen Withers, Black and Write
Brian Livingston, Interactive Technologies, brl@bigpond.net.au
June 2007 What does the World Wide Developers Conference Reveal?
Mathieu Tozer, from Plasq, recently returned from WWDC and
Les Posen, Information Technology Writer and Psychologist
June 2007 Setting up a wireless network in your home
Nicholas Crook, Triptych Services, Apple Solution Providers, and
Ben Stone, Training Co-ordinator, Information Management, Royal District Nursing Service
May 2007 Adobe Creative Suite 3—Photoshop and Photoshop Extended
Brian Chau, Sales Engineer, Adobe Systems
May 2007 Reunion for MAX—Maximising your family history on a Mac
Robyn Fisher, Coordinator of the Reunion and Generations User Group (RAGUG) of Victorian GUM (Genealogists Using Microcomputers)
Apr 2007 Skitch—Snap, Draw, Share
Keith Lang, Interaction Designer, Plasq, the developer of Comic Life
Apr 2007 3D Home Design Software
Robert Black, Graphic Designer and Director, ThereFor Design
Apr 2007 Podcasting: iLife and Garageband—even the kids can do it!
David Allibon, National Education Manager, NextByte, Apple Premium Reseller, Ivanhoe
Mar 2007 Buying a Mac, software and extras—new or secondhand
Phillip Green, Mac Advice
Mar 2007 Using the Mac for school-based data collection in the sciences—and podcasting it
Gary Bass, Connecting Point, Apple accredited systems reseller
Feb 2007 Apple Update
Tung U, Systems Engineer, Apple Computer Australia
Feb 2007 We're Mobile, so where are we going? — Some thoughts on the 3GSM World Congress held in Barcelona
Garry Barker alias MacMan, Technology Editor of The Age
Dec 2006 Apple Computer Exhibition Launch—Exhibition by iMug of a representative sample of Apple hardware, software and promotional material that tells Apple Computer Inc's story of its contribution to personal computing and its impact on the computer industry and society.
YouTube video YouTube video of Lucas de Jong singing The Very Model of a Modern Apple MacBook Pro
Nov 2006 MYOB update
James Clarke, MoneyCounters
Nov 2006 Blender—free (open source) software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback
James Clarke, MoneyCounters
Oct 2006 Global Roaming: connecting your Mac anywhere
presented by a bundle of intrepid iMug travellers
Oct 2006 VoIP: Slash your telephony costs
Derek Rawson, IT Consultant
Sep 2006 Spice up your life with Comic Life
Keith Lang, co-developer of the WWDC award winning application Comic Life, now being distributed on all new Macintoshes
Sep 2006 Do it yourself podcasts
Les Posen, Information Technology Writer and Psychologist, and
Anthony Caruana, President iMug and The PDA Guy
Aug 2006 Building an iPod HiFi
Simon Clement, Chiropractor and Art Gallery management software developer
Aug 2006 Apple in 10 years time
Garry Barker alias MacMan, Information Technology Journalist, The Age
Jul 2006 How digital photography is changing the world
Terry Lane, Radio Presenter and Photography Journalist
Jul 2006 Journey as a professional digital landscape photographer
Peter Walton, Professional Photographer
Jun 2006 Apple Update
David Larman, My Mac Australia
May 2006 Getting the best colour out of your printer
Jonathan Dodd and Andrew Politis, Epson Australia
May 2006 iMovie: professional movies are within your grasp"
Colin Hughes, Serious Movie Maker
Apr 2006 Creating your own website using RapidWeaver
Hope Stewart, Website Design & Management
Apr 2006 Introduction to FileMaker 8
Ray Cologan, NightWing Enterprises
Mar 2006 Celebrating Apple Computer's 30th Anniversary—A look back at the Apple I
Brian Livingston
 meeting notes + photos
Mar 2006 Celebrating Apple Computer's 30th Anniversary—Four Generations of Apple Computers
 meeting notes + photos
Mar 2006 The Art of Keynote or how to avoid death by PowerPoint
Les Posen
Feb 2006 Wrap up of MacWorld San Fransisco
The Age's Macman Garry Barker and Les Posen

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