December 6, 2011

We enjoyed a lively exchange of christmas gifts, mostly computer related. The exchanging game included some "steals" and "trades" until everyone was pleased. Donna provided an excellant assortment of cakes, cookies and punch.

Roger scheduled a meeting for January at the Innoblue Garage on South Fraser. A friend of his will demonstrate a 3D printer.

November 1, 2011

The members and guests shared their thoughts on the passing of Steve Jobs. He was a visionary and will be sorely missed by all of us.

October 4, 2011,

A small group of members and guests gathered for the usual round of questions. There were even some answers available. A guest brought in a keyboard that fits her iPad. What a cool device. Turns the iPad into a complete tiny computer.

John's digital photography presentation is delayed till November as he is sick. Donna brought Halloween goodies for us to enjoy, as well as danish cakes.

September 6, 2011

Dave Marra did it again! For a crowd of 30 club regulars and many new faces, he gave an excellant presentation on the iLife 11 suite. Features like facial recognition in iPhoto keep getting more amazing. Movie making in iMovie gets easier and more professional with every new version of the program. Garage Band can't be beat for creating original music. And now the apps are available on the iPad as well. It's especially great to hear how so many school children are able to take advantage of these features to create presentations of their own. Thanks to Dave from all of us.

And a big thank you to Donna for bringing terrific cakes for refreshment.

August 2, 2011

A small group met on the back deck at John's house. The club business consisted mostly of eating, drinking and relaxing! Thanks and a tip of the hat to John and his wife Sue for catering the party.

In September we expect a fine show from Dave Marra on iLife 11. At that point we should know more about the availibility of the MRL. Roger thinks there is a good chance we may be able to continue there afterall.

July 5, 2011

The club met to discuss the upcoming Apple presentation. As it turns out, Apple does not approve of tieing their presentations to any event that charges admission. So the concept of dinner has been ruled out and we are back to simply having Dave Marra give his talk at the MRL.

Which brought up the issue that the good old Materials Resource Lab may not be available after the September meeting. The entire department is moving to a new building. So far we have no great answer for where to meet next.

Roger and others then discussed the recent announcements from Apple about iCloud, iOS5 for the mobile products, and Lion OS for the mac computers. Plenty of things are changing. It looks like iCloud will especially help with the vexing issue of syncing various devices.

June 7, 2011

A dozen members and guests met on a gorgeous summer evening. Donna just bought a new MacBook Pro, so we helped her transfer her files from her previous laptop. In celebration of summer she brought fresh cherries for refreshment. Thanks!

Roger brought up idea of having Dave Marra and several other Apple reps here in September to put on a big presentation at Nittany Lion Inn. He wants to combine it with a dinner. Great idea, but much discussion is called for. The difficulty lies in getting at least 50 people signed up for the dinner at about $50 a plate. The group asked if October could be scheduled instead to avoid conflicts with the Labor Day weekend.

April and May, no record.

March 1, 2011

A small turnout of members discussed the new App Store for the Snow Leopard OS, as well as troubleshooing questions. Donna brought very tasty cookies.

No meeting in January or February, 2011 due to holidays and weather.

See the Minutes Archive for notes from meetings over a year ago.