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This post was written by Warner Kimo Sutton on January 20, 2010
HMAUS sponsored three diverse and interesting Hawaii Geek Week offerings about new ways of doing things. The presentations took place at ING Direct Cafe on three evenings. They focused on capitalizing on the reach and power of today’s Internet and computers . . . without programming expertise. That means they’ll work for a lot of us!
October 20, 2009 ”TechHui” by Daniel Leuck was about a science, technology and media arts social network that has taken on a life of its own.
October 21, 2009 “Do you really need a webmaster?” by Mark Johnson answered the question, “no you don’t!”
October 22, 2009 “Mac OS vs Windows 7″ was a fun side-by-side look at the two big operating systems presented by Rolf Nordahl and Jeff Litvinoff.
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This post was written by jomats on November 1, 2009
Mactoberfest was, for the first time, combined with Leeward Community College’s new Geek Day on October 24th. It was a great idea, but there was a major problem – it was too short! There were 17 presentations in 5 hours and each was worth participating in. The sessions should have been strung out sequentially so you could attend all of them. Seventeen hours later . . . you’d be done!
But choices had to be made and about 120 good folks did that! The HMAUS sponsored talks were standing room only! Rolf Nordahl presented Mac 101 for newbies and switchers. Gregg Kamei presented iPhoto, and Mark McMahon handled iTunes, iPod and iPhone. Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa closed the day in the HMAUS track with Social Media 101.
LCC’s Digital Media faculty and students presented Illustrator, Flash, Alice a 3D modeling program, Ning for making a free website, Picnik for online photo editing, home security and iApp development. They were hands-on but aimed at the beginner. Meanhile students and staff did demonstrations on Voice Thread, making a Hawaiian tattoo, drawing an anime character and Dreamweaver for artists and displayed their work.
As always we had door prizes and the top prizes were an 8 GB iPod Nano with video, a $65 backpack and a watercolor print donated by HMAUSer Candace Fernander. Mac Mouse Club and O’Reilly Books donated books and other prizes.
A big mahalo goes to our great presenters and volunteers, to LCC’s Kathleen Cabral and Cindy Martin who coordinated and marketed the day, to Christian, his faculty and the Digital Media student who set up, cleaned up, assisted and did presentations! Good job!
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This post was written by jomats on October 31, 2009
Introducing RSS Feeds into your life
Imagine getting updates from your favorite web sites delivered directly into your mail inbox. No more having to visit those sites in your browser to find interesting articles. With RSS those “feeds” of information come to you. You “subscribe” to a feed and then get article summaries to view, almost like email messages. You decide if you want to visit that site or not. All you need is an RSS “reader” (and for Mac OS X users, one is already built in.)
So by now you may be asking, “what is RSS?” Most commonly it stands for “Really Simple Syndication” and is a special format of XML (Extensible Markup Language) in which all the data is wrapped in tags. These tags allow the data to be understood very easily, which has allowed RSS to flourish worldwide.
For website owners who write content on their site, publishing RSS feeds can be just another path or channel to their site. And now, many CMS (Content Management Systems) and blog software have RSS feed publishing built in, so there’s nothing extra you as the site owner have to do. Wordpress sites, for example, are some of the easiest ways to have RSS feeds running for all “posts,” or “news updates.”
Sound interesting? Let’s see how easy it is to subscribe to the HMAUS feed in my three step process.
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This post was written by markmcmahon on August 30, 2009
Mark your calendars and plan to spend the day with us on Saturday May 23rd. From 9 – 4pm we are having our semi-annual Fest at the Japanese-American Institute of Management Science, JAIMS 6660 Hawaii Kai Drive. Camera and computer Swapmeet by the Professional Photographers of Hawaii and HMAUS from 9:00 til 3:30.
Place your lunch orders HERE -- Order yours NOW to make sure you’ll get one. Limited quantities except for pre-orders.
Get the a copy of the event flyer HERE.
Free, interesting talks all day long! Neat Door Prizes! An all star cast!!
9:00 Opening and coffee. Swapmeet opens!
9:30 Cool Apple Stuff
Joe Zaret, Apple Solutions Consultant will update you what’s new, what’s coming in the Apple product line. Then he’ll demo iLife 09 and iWork 09, just out with cool features that will blow you away. Kelvin Kakugawa, Software Developer, will demo why you really do want an iPhone and tell you about how he developed his iPhone app – now available in the iTunes Store!
10:30 Break and Lucky number
10:45 Zen-tested Tech Time Machine
Hang on tight with local tech personality Peter Kay as he takes you through a whirlwind tour that combines great tech tips and time management how-to’s wrapped around Zen-like wisdom. You’ll walk away with techniques you can put to use immediately as well as ideas that can help make a really positive impact on your life. If you’ve never seen Peter “live” don’t miss this event! http;//yourcomputerminute.com
11:45 Lucky number and pickup Lunch (bento for purchase when you arrive, buy early)
12 Andy Bumatai makes Funny Business
Comedian? TV producer and host? Video Blogger? Entrepeneur? All of the above! And where did the Mac come in? Everywhere! How he did it, how you too can not only enjoy your computer, but also turn your passion into a business. http://andybumatai.com
12:45 Lucky number and break.
Concurrent Afternoon Breakouts
Session I 1:00 – 2 pm (3 concurrent topics)
Mac 101 Ross Rasmussen This is a class for newbies, switchers and for people who just haven’t had time to really get to know their Mac. We will look around the desktop, explore at the Dock, get an understanding of the System Preferences, learn some shortcuts and, most importantly, try to answer your questions. This is a good class for people who are switching to Macintosh and want to understand their machine a little better. This session is very low key and relaxed.
Cooking fabulous photographs from RAW to rockin’ with Lightroom!
Learn how to cook up wonderful images with Adobe Lightroom with Eugene Villaluz. Adobe Lightroom is a powerful suite of tools which give photographers the ability to process digital images; manage, catalog and archive files; and prepare finished images for presentation. This presentation will use actual shooting projects in a step-by-step reveal showing how to achieve visual impact with photographs.
SNL – Social Networks and Livefeeds – Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa of Bytemarks Cafe present the why and how services like Facebook, Twitter work and how to protect your privacy.
Alltop <http://alltop.com> is an online magazine rack with more than 580 topics from A to Z. For many, understanding RSS and building feed readers can be confusing and discouraging. MyAlltop <http://my.alltop.com> allows users to customize their own page with a few simple steps. Alltop’s Chief Evangelist, L.P. “Neenz” Faleafine will demonstrate setting up and organizing your own MyAlltop.
Session II 2:15 – 3:15
iPhoto 09 Explore the new features of iPhoto with Ross Rasmussen and learn how to import and organize your photos, edit them, and share them with friends and family. Attendees are encouraged to bring their cameras and learn how to get the photos from the camera into the computer. Bring your laptop, if you have it!
Website or Blog? Yes you can! – Ever thought you could have a website or a blog up in a half hour, for free, without knowing any programming or buying any software? Well yes you can! Kelvin Kakugawa will show you how to create a website in minutes using a web 2.0 application, what blogs are and why you care, and how to create a good looking free Wordpress site. So what do you need webdesigners and programmers for? He’ll show you what else is possible!
BYOC – More than a Point and Shoot Terry Takaki and other PPH photographers. Are you using your pocket camera on Auto all the time? Wonder what those other modes and controls are? Want to now how to set up a shot? Then you’ll want to come to this session. Important – BYOC – Bring Your Own Camera. It’s going to be handson.
3:15 – 4 pm Final Lucky Number Drawings, ICE CREAM and sharing in the cafeteria
Sponsors
Hawaii Macintosh and Apple User’s Society http://www.hmaus.org
Professional Photographers of Hawaii http://www.pphawaii.org
TAPA Communications http://www.tapa.com
Peachpit Press http://www.peachpit.com and
O’Reilly Books http://oreilly.com
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This post was written by jomats on April 22, 2009
If you’ve never used or seen PayPal before, then you have probably been hiding under a rock, since PayPal is one of the top ways to pay online in the US. You can often find PayPal as an option for checkouts on many e-commerce websites. This article will briefly explain WHY PayPal is so popular so you can see if it might be right for your site.
If you have a web site now with some product and no e-commerce functionality, PayPal can add it in, very quickly and easily without the need for a new site. And, if you later decide to move into a full e-commerce website, PayPal can still be used as a payment option.
Paypal allows you to offer web visitors to pay for products on your web site with options other than mailing you a check or money order. You can accept credit cards transactions.
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This post was written by markmcmahon on April 22, 2009
Web Weavers yesterday held their first workshop for the year with Kelvin Kakugawa as the featured guest.
The workshop’s mini lesson “Introduction to WordPress Plugins” was followed by Kelvin’s clinic on “Pimping your Website.” He introduced Firebug, a very Firefox plugin for web development and design.
This month’s Web Weavers Workshop was held in the conference room at Hawaii Self Storage on Waialae Avenue. Next month’s workshop will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 1 PM to 4 PM and will also be at Hawaii Self Storage.
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This post was written by Moon Doggy on April 12, 2009
HMAUS members might find this post on Mac Guru Lounge useful. One recurring question people ask is how to remove information from a hard drive in a computer that will be sold or given away.
Read the post here.
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This post was written by Moon Doggy on February 9, 2009
Originally published and written for the Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0 and published by the author at Click Here Tech.
When I had a bit of an accident with my last iPhone a month after purchase, I was determined to find the ultimate case. I wanted a case that was comfortable and functional yet protected my iPhone as much as possible. A quest! A quest not with trusty steed and map, but with my trusty Macbook and search engine. I wrote a list of exactly what I wanted: protect every single exposed port, silicone on the outside to prevent slippage, hard shell protection in case of impact, protect the screen without reducing the ability to tap, and finally still fit in my pocket and iPhone accessories. That case is the Otterbox Defender.
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This post was written by Moon Doggy on January 4, 2009
