Category Archives: Desktop News

General news and announcements.

SpringFest Came, Went and Was Great!

This-a-way graphics by Wolfman Gass
SpringFest 2010 on May lst brought over 120 people through the doors at Kapiolani Community College for a full day of workshops, door prizes and a swapmeet!  Congratulations to iPad grand-prize winner and new HMAUS member Darrel Baluscang!
iPad Winner Darryl Baluscang and President Wolfman Gass photo courtesy of Kate Paine
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Mac Geeks Mac mini Mashup!

Mac Mini Server

Apple’s MacMini Snow Leopard Server, aka MMSLS, sounds scary and technical, but Apple calls it “A whole new kind of server. The simple kind.”  Mike Perlman has worked with Apple servers for 20 years, but the latest MacMini server marks the first time Apple has produced a solution that is cheap, relatively easy [...]

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SpringFest 2010 May lst! It's Here! Its Free!

HMAUS 2010 SpringFest. A full day of free workshops, a camera and computer swapmeet, bento lunch for sale. Continue reading

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HMAUS' 30th Anniversary

Way back in December we celebrated HMAUS’ 30th Anniversary. It was very enjoyable and ING Direct Café graciously gave us the entire second floor for the evening. We began by taking a tally of all the Apple computers and mobile devices those present either owned or used on a daily basis.
Norm and Dot Hallett and [...]

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HMAUS Double-Header this Saturday 1/23/10

Join us this Saturday for two free, exciting presentations at ING Direct Cafe at 1958 Kalakaua Avenue.  Scroll down for the full articles.
MacLearn  10 a.m. – 12 p.m.  Mobilize Me! Marie Albu, a graphics arts student in San Francisco, presents a slew of ways to connect to your computers and mobile devices using MobileMe. [...]

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HMAUS 30th Anniversary coming soon!

HMAUS celebrates its 30th anniversary on December 5, 2009 at ING Direct Cafe in Waikiki. Continue reading

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William M. Fuller 1938 – 2009

Bill Fuller
When I began working with Bill Fuller, as a member of the HMAUS Board of Directors, I always looked to him for rational advice and he never failed to deliver with extra-thorough analysis of every detail.  And why wouldn’t he be so attentive?  Bill was a serious mid-westerner, a Yale graduate, with an MBA [...]

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Got handouts!

If you missed the Fest or the iPhoto, Mac 101 or easy web pages presentations, you’re welcome to download handouts from here
Got handouts!

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Free Brain Food for the Lucky

Peachpit Press has donated five popular books for tomorrow’s Mac Springfest. They will be given away as door prizes throughout the day. These books total more than $160 in value!
Want to get lucky? Come to the Mac Springfest tomorrow!
Here’s the event information:
http://www.hmaus.org/index.php/open-forum/macspringfest09/
These are the books:
The Non-Designer’s Design Book, third edition
Design and Typographic Principles for the [...]

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MacSpringfest: How to have a great time and what to expect

May 23rd, 2009, HMAUS is putting on their annual MacSpringfest. This year will be at JAIMS in Hawaii Kai (Google maps). There is plenty of parking and lots of activities planned, so you can stay for the day or as long as you can. The event is FREE — though [...]

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