MacPeople Meeting:
September 11, 2008 6:00 - 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, September 11, 2008 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

The meeting agenda will be posted the week of the meeting.

Dario Cavalieros, a longtime MacPeople member, passed away on July 26, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. In addition to being a friend and fellow a MacPeople member, Dario was an interpreter, translator in four languages, and former executive in Venezuela. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Conchita, and two sons, Roberto and Ricardo, and other extended family.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30pm on Saturday August 23rd at the Baughman Center. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in his memory to Haven Hospice of Florida or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The photo of Dario is from a MacPeople Picnic in 2000.

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
August 16, 2008 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, August 16, 2008 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?’

Over the past several weeks we’ve talked about about developing your first projects in FileMaker. To jump start your efforts, beginning this month we will be going back to the basics.

The format of this, and the next few meetings will consist of attendees working on their real projects. We will collaborate and share our experience and know-how to help each other get the most out of FileMaker (and Bento).

Bring your laptops and and we will all chip in to build the solutions to your database challenges.

MacPeople Meeting:
August 14, 2008 6:00 - 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, August 14, 2008 from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

6:00 - 6:50 - Question and Answer
6:50 - 7:00 - Announcements and Break
7:00 - 7:30 - All About Email - Katie
Katie shows you how to setup your email client and tips for using and managing your email effectivley.
7:30 - 7:45 - Delicious Library 2.0 - Corey
A program that allows you to catalog your books, movies, music, software, and more.
MacPeople members can save 50% using coupon code DMS-SO-AUG-NFMUG
http://www.delicious-monster.com/
7:45 - 8:00 - Bookpedia - Rick
An alternative personal library managment tool allowing you to catalog and track books from your library.
http://www.bruji.com/bookpedia/
8:00 - 8:10 - Prize Drawing
- Other prizes to be announced
- Delicious Library 2.0 ($40 value)
- 5 copies of Bookpedia ($18 value each)
- 2 Take Control eBooks (value varies)
8:10 - 8:20 - CopyCatX - Rick
A utility to allow you to make an exact duplicate of any drive.
http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=200&products_id=7
8:20 - 8:40 - Favorite iPhone and iPod Touch Applications, The App Store, & More - Dan
We’ll show you the App Store and some of our favorite application picks for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
8:40 - 9:00 - TopXNotes - James
Developer and MacPeople member James Lee drops by to demonstrate the latest features of TopXNotes
http://www.tropic4.com/

MacPeople Meeting:
July 10, 2008 6:00 - 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, July 10, 2008 from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

6:00-6:50 Questions and Answers
6:50-7:00 Announcments and Break
7:00 -7:15 Wonderful World of Widgets - Manny Lucoff
7:15-7:30 iPhone 2.0 discussion
http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/
7:30 - 7:50 - Screen Share - Bill Rose and Dean Johnson
7:50-8:15 Bento - Bill Rose
http://www.filemaker.com/products/bento/overview.html
8:15-8:25 Prize drawing
iWork '08 ($99 value)
250 gig, 2.5" external, firewire and USB 2.0 hard drive ($159.00 value)
8:25-9:00 Mobile Me
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/guidedtour/

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
June 21, 2008 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?’

10:00-10:30 Questions & Answers
10:30-10:55 Custom Functions - stripping out html tags
10:55-11:05 Ten Minute Break
11:05-11:30 Custom Functions - parsing xml
11:30-12:00 Bento In-Depth

MacPeople Meeting:
June 12, 2008 6:00 - 9:00
The next meeting of the MacPeople Gainesville Area Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 6:00-9:00 pm in the University of Florida Entomology-Nematology Bldg., room 1031 (building in the woods just east of the Performing Arts Center). Need Directions?

For all you folks who have missed her, Katie Floyd will be back and presenting at the June MacPeople meeting, which is a week from Thursday.

To add to our meeting, we will be giving you our best take on the announcements due two days before from the Steve Job's keynote at the Apple developers conference, which should include an announcement regarding iPhone 2.0

And we'll have a presentation on securing your wireless network, talk about a cool feature of Google maps, and more!

Be sure to mark June 12th on your calendar for the next MacPeople meeting, we look forward to seeing you there!

MacPeople is in the process of re-starting our popular Video Editing SIG. We are still in the planning stages but after our successful series on iMovie last year, we plan to advance to studying Apple's mid-level video editing application, Final Cut Express. Anyone interested in participating in this new group, or is interested in assisting with the planning please contact John at jporiel@ufl.edu for more information.