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PCUGR This
Years General Meetings …
To give you a better idea of the activities of our club, below you'll find some
of our recent meetings with their topics
August
General
Meeting
Stump
the PCUGR Panelists!
The
PCUGR invited anyone and everyone to stump our panel of computer enthusiasts at the August
meeting. Mike Clark will hold the Novice Question-and-Answer Session at its
regular time (6:30 p.m.), and then, at 7:30, a panel of computer enthusiasts
will join Mike for an extended question-and-answer session.
Have
you finally solved a problem you've been having for a long time? Why don't
you try to stump the panel, and share your new found knowledge? On the flip
side, have you been dealing with an issue that seems to have no resolution?
Ask, we'll do our best to answer.
There
are a couple of guidelines on the questions. We are a club with a wide range
of computer familiarity and knowledge. The panelists will be happy to answer
difficult questions, but you may be asked to hold your question until the
end of the evening. The same case will hold true for questions relating to specific
software packages.
The
panel is to tentatively include Mike Clark, Ben Ezzell, Jeff Basham, Rawls
Frazier and various other PCUGR members and Board members.
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Flip Album • Thursday,
June 13th, 2002
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than 800,000 FlipAlbums sold!
If you have a digital camera or scanner, you must get
FlipAlbum!
"FlipAlbum
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makes it easy to create simple photo albums with pictures,
text and music for sharing via e-mail, for burning onto a CD
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May 9th, 2002 David
B. Whittle
On
May 9th we hosted a presentation by MGI Software (R), the leader in consumer digital imaging. MGI
(R) will be featuring its award-winning products and technologies, presented by David B. Whittle, author of "Cyberspace: The Human Dimension" and named by Working Woman magazine as "one of America's most original technological thinkers."
(Also, an APCUG Sponser ) Dave will demonstrate MGI's newest digital imaging products and introduce exciting new MGI products and technologies that have the
potential to
"change the way you picture the world."
The
MGI Complete Press Release
MGI Software is in the process of completing an announced merger with with
Roxio, maker of EZ-CD Creator and Go-Back. For more information visit
http://www.mgisoft.com and www.roxio.com.
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Overcome Email Overload • Thursday,
April 11th, 2002
Kaitlin Duck Sherwood is the
author of the Overcome Email Overload Book series -- the first to focus
specifically on email management.
She has been using email since 1974 and
has written two (non-commercial) email programs.
Her Web-based guide, A Beginner's Guide to Effective
Email, gets
over 600,000 hits per year. Her
advice has also been published in newsletters, magazines, and major
Newspapers.
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Her
two new books that she will be featuring are:
Visit her at her website:
http://www.OvercomeEmailOverload.com
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Our featured
speaker for the March 14th meeting will be Brian Jaquet of
Handspring, Inc., manufacturer of the Visor Handhelds and their newest
product, the Treo Communicator.
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Treo is a compact communicator that
integrates the functions of a mobile phone and a handheld computer with Web
browsing and text messaging. Treo is small, measuring 4.3 x 2.7 x 0.7 inches
and weighing only 5.2 ounces, but its flip-design makes possible a
large screen suitable for Web page viewing and text messaging.
The Treo has
a rechargeable battery, a rocker switch for easy one-handed navigation and a
speakerphone.
It will also be able to take advantage of the future benefits
of GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), a new industry standard optimized
for wireless data transfer, with user-installable software that Handspring
plans to deliver this summer.
Handspring also intends to introduce an
automated email solution later this year that will allow access to corporate
email behind the firewall.
Digital Photography Redux
redux:
(pronounced ri-ducks) means "brought back, revived or restored".
Presented by Rawls Frazier, PCUGR Member
This month Rawls, who penned our first on-line review of Adobe's Photoshop
Elements will give the presentation on digital photography, one of the hot
new areas in the world of bits and bytes. If
you don’t already own a digital camera chances are you will be getting one
soon and can take advantage of Rawls insights before you commit all your hard earned
dollars. If you remember our October meeting "Capture and
Share," HP surveyed their digital products both camera and printers.
This time Rawls will give us a more personal view of this new area.
Join Rawls Frazier with assistance from other members who own digital
cameras shared his
experiences, photos, software suggestions, information sources, rants and raves.
A great Valentine's Day Treat.
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Chris
Pirillo - The LockerGnome -
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January's speaker was Chris Pirillo is from "the husk of the Silicorn Valley"
(Des Moines Iowa), Chris
Pirillo and his gang distribute the world's hottest e-mail
newsletters. Chris was our speaker at the January
meeting.
Lockergnome
(pronounced lah-ker-nohm) is Pirillo's brainchild; the information
provided on his site will keep you covered on every aspect of
computing. Chris brings the latest in news and
announcements of the computer industry to the PCUGR.
Don't fail to be with us in January to share Chris' insights and
view points.
Without a marketing budget or business plan,
the Lockergnome subscriber database has swelled to ~200,000 within
a few years. Heralded as the 'King of Click-Thrus' by featured
properties, Chris has solidified his
place in the industry. His best-selling
book has been recognized as the Bible of E-mail Publishing;
it shot to the top of Ingram's charts within days of publication
(and pre-sold more copies than any other computer book in
Amazon.com history). The Lockergnome writing style is always fun,
informative, and friendly to both professionals and novices.
We're sure you won't find a more
experienced, energetic geek! Chris even has his own
radio show. How did Lockergnome come to be? Click here to read
the rest of the
story. Or, click here if you'd rather see
and hear him.
www.lockergnome.com.
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