The words Mac Day LA: Discover, Learn, Socialize, Play. All Day.

Agenda for May 31

The second MacDayLA will be on Saturday, May 31, 2008. (Not the 4th Saturday as that would be Memorial Day.)

This schedule is approximate, for general planning purposes and is subject to change.
There will be breaks between segments/events.

~~ Optional Classes Page • Party Page ~~

In addition to the items listed here, we will have other tips scattered about. Two are about digital photography and are perfect for non-pros.

Personal Demos and Sales

Visit the Scan-Van!
And bring your prints!

1888ScanVan
is bringing their 31-foot hi-tech scanning and digitizing facility to us
They're giving free scans
of 50 4x6 photos
for 30-60 attendees.
Details coming.
(Arriving early.)

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PerformerTrack
Career management web-based "software" for all entertainers and professional speakers.
PerformerTrack allows you to easily log auditions & callbacks, track bookings, record career income & expenses, and manage your contacts in a simple, effective manner.
It has long been used by actors on the PC and Palm and now comes to Mac users. And because it's web-based you can use it on your iPhone too.

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Hawking Technologies
will be showing their brand new (2nd generation) wi-fi adapter. It's Dual Antenna Dish Technology for enhancing wireless performance — both speed and most importantly, range.
(Arriving around noon.)

8:30 am
Registration opens by our Presentation Hall

Carla's Cafe food service opens to serve you.
Dine on Residential Street, by houses you may recognize from movies or TV.

Personal Demos of selected products begin.

9 -10 am
Breakfast & Breakfast Table Topics

Breakfast Table Topics include:

10 - 11 am
We move into the Presentation Hall.

Question & Answer
Have your Mac and Apple product questions answered by our experts and fellow audience members.

Food service remains open. Grab a snack or drink and bring it back to the Presentation.

Vendors remain available for you to visit with.

At 10:30 you may take our morning class, Creating a Brochure or Flyer in Adobe InDesign, for additional fee.

11 - 1 pm
The Reality of the Air
To behold the MacBook Air is to want one. It’s thinner than you ever imagined a notebook could be, it’s so bright you can use it in a moving car on a bright sunny LA afternoon, and holding it with just 2 or 3 fingers you realize how durable it is.

But then you wonder... could you live with only one USB port and no FireWire? Wouldn’t you miss a DVD player? What about needing more RAM? So we’ll take a good look at the MacBook Air. We’ll bring up all the potential issues with it and see if we have solutions, or if they really do matter to you in the long run.

 

How to make your own Teleprompter — Tony Edwards
The secret to acting in front of a camera is making eye contact, but sometimes there are far too many lines to memorize. The trick is to use a teleprompter — and there just happens to be teleprompter software for the Mac. But there's more to the set-up, and Tony Edwards, former Apple Genius and credited film actor will show us his.

 

We'd planned on a visit from Hawking Technologies' 300N Wi-Fi adapter prodct Manager but he will be in the air during our meeting. So instead, we'll have them as a guest tabletop vendor. They'll be back in July too, showing us something else that will be newly out at that time.

We'll also discuss any recent Apple hardware changes and what they may mean to us.

1 - 2:30 pm
Presentation Hall closes during lunch.

Lunch & Lunchtime Table Topics
We plan to be dining right outside of Carla's on Residential Street.

Lunchtime Table Topics include:

2:30 - 6 pm
We move back into the Presentation Hall & segments include:

The Church of Mac — Live!
The Rev. Doctor Bobby Newton — the "altar" ego of actor and former Mac Genius Tony Edwards — is the spiritual leader and techonological guide of The Church of Mac. Dr. Bobby's mission is to spread the good news that salvation is available to all who accept Apple as their personal computing platform. The Church of Mac is an irreverent spin on the culture of Apple.

You can catch The Church of Mac online any time but at MacDayLA you get to see Dr. Bobby live and take part in it.

 

"Rev. Dr. Bobby had the whole room calling out "Praise Jobs!" and "Amen brother!" What a great way to top off an excellent day of information!"
~an attendee

 

GarageBand in Real Life

Since 2003 we’ve been hearing how we can easily create our own music on the Mac using this incredibly inexpensive (even free) software. But do you actually know how to do that? Professional musician Martin Blasick will start by plugging in his midi controller and launching GarageBand, the take us along as he composes an original song and fleshes it out.

 

At 3:30 you may take our afternoon class about FileMaker Pro for additional fee.

 

What You Should Know When You Use Wi-Fi — a panel discussion

When you access the internet without cables you're sending all of your requests, web site access, and email through the air. What should you be aware of when you're communicating wirelessly. What information can someone discover about you? What is safe to do or not do?
Join us for this engaging discussion full of information you’re bound to benefit from.

Our wi-fi experts:

 

A Good Look At AppleTV

Now that the DVD platform war is over you know to go Blu-Ray. If you want DVD, that is. But before you buy that Blu-Ray DVD player... have you looked at the alternatives? We’ll take a good look at how AppleTV may suit you.

 

Tips will include
(Some of these may be presented in the morning instead.):

You may also opt to take our specially offered class at this time.

Second prize drawing

6:30 - 9 pm
We'll move into Carla's Cafe to round off the day.

Party Time! — an evening of socializing, live music, food & drink.

Carla's grill will be open for a while so you can buy dinner.
We'll have a cash bar so you can enjoy beer, wine, and hard liquor for most of the evening.

The music

Javelyn — an excellent artist in her own right whose performance we’ll enjoy — also has a knack for finding and bringing together the best of the indie music world, so we’ll also be treated to several artists and very listenable music.
  • Martin Blasick (who is also a music-on-the-Mac expert)

 

Oh, and...
You never know when we'll squeeze in a game so if you have an iPod full of music, bring it along and you might just win a prize.



 


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