MacBus Meetings
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Meeting at 7:00PM
(Members start arriving between 6:30 & 7:00 PM)
WordPress
Market Your Business Using Wordpress to Create Your Business Website & Blog
How it can be used to drive your business.
• A powerful and flexible tool for creating and Managing Your Website/Blogs
• During the meeting Chris Urban will convert the current MacBUS.org website and rebuild it using
Wordpress 3.5.1—this will give everyone a live idea of what is involved in building a website and blog.
• We will also look at tools that are available on Mac OS X and iOS to help manage your blogs once created.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Meeting at 7:00PM
(Members start arriving between 6:30 & 7:00 PM)
(NOTE DATE CHANGE)
Mark Bazrod
Will Present
Everything you've ever done with someone.
Every call, email, appointment, note, and more — all on one page.
History, at the flick of your finger.
Track every call, email, note or meeting you've had with someone. See if they have changed roles or moved to a different company. Review previous quotes or past projects you've worked on together.
Much more than a CRM.
Daylite doesn't just help you manage relationships, it helps you build meaningful ones. Remember who you need to follow up with, the promises you've made, and who you haven't spoken to in a while.
Easy to follow up with customers.
Create sets of common activities you do, add them to a contact and never forget to follow up. It's easy to contact a bunch of people at the same time too – create letter templates right in Daylite using Pages or Word. You can even export a group of people to use with an email marketing tool like Direct Mail or MailChimp.
Know what's on your plate.
Daylite's home screen allows you to quickly see your schedule for today as well as any tasks due today. Or glance at the tasks you've added to your Worklist.
Know what's on the horizon.
Easily see tasks or projects that have due dates, or sales opportunities forecasted to close in the upcoming week.
Mark Bazrod is currently Main Line Macintosh Users Group President, having been Treasurer and Secretary and a Board member since June 2004. He has been a presenter to both MLMUG, Macs@PACS and MacBUS a number of times, has reviewed software for MLMUG and writes a monthly column for its Newsletter for the last 5 years. He bought his first Apple computer around 1978 and currently uses a iMac as his main computer. He has been involved in leasing computers since 1968 and has been active in the leasing industry as a board member, speaker, Foundation trustee, and committee chairman. His company was one of the first to lease computer software back in 1992. At 77 he's still working and having fun.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Meeting at 7:00PM
(Members start arriving between 6:30 & 7:00 PM)
Chris Urban & Ben Romney
Present
Ways to Use Mobile Devices to Run Your Business
Part Two
Mobile devices –- from the straightforward mobile phone with a camera… to iPhones stuffed with apps — have given smaller businesses the ability to operate nimbly and cost effectively.
Are you using handheld mobile devices to run your business? Now I’m not talking simply about using a smartphone to retrieve and answer short emails, or take voice calls while out of the office. Today those kinds of activities are a given and I will assume you already use mobile phones in that way.
Rather, what I am referring to here are innovative uses of mobile devices to operate your business — to close sales; to source the right repair parts and get them into the hands of your repair staff; to deliver goods and services to customers; to manage inventory and supply levels; take payments outside the office; and much more. If your staff is currently using mobile devices to such ends, give yourself a star. But if not, here are some ideas for integrating mobile devices into your internal operations to generate more revenue, improve your bottom line, or deliver better customer service:
Equip field customer support and repairmen with phones having good-resolution cameras
Have before and after photos, or photos detailing unusual services on your phone
Track packages
Create, view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on handheld devices
Fill in forms, sign and return documents from your mobile device
Put QR Codes on items to give your customers more information
Load catalogs or images of product models on your smart phone (8) Track inventory with Blackberry or other smart phone devices
Deliver sales brochures and customer information
Less than a decade ago — in some cases less than 5 years ago — these activities would have been a pipe dream for small companies. They would have been too costly or too technologically complex, if even possible. But today, these and many more activities are within reach at reasonable cost to even the smallest businesses.
How are you using mobile devices in your business?
Future Meetings
March 19, 2013 - FileMaker by Jason Fiske
April 30, 2013 - Dave Marra - Apple
May 28, 2013 - Daylight by SpringBoard
We do not have a meeting in December
Happy Holidays
Next Meeting
Tuesday January 29, 2013 Meeting at 7:00PM
(Members start arriving between 6:30 & 7:00PM)
Use of iDevices
including business travel.
Tuesday November 27, 2012 Meeting at 7:00PM
(Members start arriving between 6:30 & 7:00PM)
Year End Party
(food served)
Round Robin
You will be given the opportunity to take a few
minutes to introduce yourself to the group. Tell
us what you do for a living or your hobbies or
what you have done in the past. It is interesting
to see what others come up with. We have heard
things as diverse as sky diving to member of a
rock group to hospital administrator.
Bring some business cards.
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Future Meetings
January 29, 2013 - Use of iDevices including business travel.
February 26, 2013
March 19, 2013 - FileMaker by Jason Fiske
April 30, 2013 - Dave Marra - Apple
May 28, 2013 - Daylight by SpringBoard
Tuesday October 30, 2012 Meeting at 7:00PM
Holiday Gift Ideas
Presented by Colin Long
Holiday gift ideas for the Apple enthusiast. Whether it's the iMac, Mac laptop, iPhone, iPad or any other Apple product.
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Future Meetings
November 27, 2012 Annual Picnic
January 29, 2013
February 26, 2013
March 26, 2013
Tuesday September 25th, 2012 Meeting at 7:00PM
Introducing OS X Mountain Lion
The world's most advanced desktop operating system gets even better. Packed with over 200 innovative new features, OS X Mountain Lion includes iCloud integration, for keeping everything up to date across all your devices and for easy set up of your Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Messages, Reminders and Notes; the all new Messages app, which brings iMessage to the Mac; Notification Center, which streamlines the presentation of notifications and provides easy access to alerts; system-wide Sharing, to easily share links, photos, videos and other files quickly; Dictation, to dictate text anywhere you can type; AirPlay Mirroring, an easy way to wirelessly send what's on your Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV; and much, much more! Discover OS X Mountain Lion today!
Presented by Dave Marra, Apple Senior Systems Engineer
touch and nano and the over 200 new features of IOS 6
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About Dave Marra
As a Senior Systems Engineer for Apple, Dave Marra has conducted thousands of technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops for schools, Mac and PC user groups, businesses and other professional organizations across the United States and Canada. Certified as both an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and an Apple Certified Systems Administrator, his specialty areas include digital multimedia, internet technologies, accessibility and Mac/PC integration. For more information about Dave, please visit his web site at www.marrathon.com.
Tuesday July 31st, 2012 Meeting at 7:00PM
Project Manager
IT Solutions Consulting, Inc.
Colin will show what's new in FileMaker12
New layout design and controls
FileMaker Pro themes
The FileMaker Pro architecture has been redesigned to support rich, beautiful layout themes. You can easily change the theme by choosing from the Layouts menu in Layout mode. Apply one of 40 stunning new themes to instantly change the look of your database.
Layout object formatting
FileMaker Pro provides greater control over object formatting with features such as gradient fills, image fills (including scaling and slicing), transparency, object states, and rounded corners. Rather than setting default object formatting with no objects selected, use themes to set object formatting. You can remove styles from selected objects and control changing themes with multiple undo.
New layout assistance tools
In Layout mode, dynamic alignment guides, guidelines that drag out from rulers, and control over the grid give you visual cues to help you design new layouts and modify existing ones. Multiple undo and redo let you experiment and refine with ease.
Screen stencils
In Layout mode, you can click to display guides that help you design layouts optimally for iPhone, iPad, and common desktop resolutions, or set custom dimensions. Improved accessibility FileMaker Pro supports assistive technology and the ability to access the FileMaker Pro document window and objects
on layouts using the keyboard and screen readers. With the new Accessibility inspector, you can add accessibility labels to layout objects, which are then interpreted (for example, read aloud) by users’ software screen readers. Also, you can create accessible runtime solutions (with FileMaker Pro Advanced).
Updated Starter Solutions
FileMaker Pro Starter Solutions have been updated to a modern appearance with more options for customization. Manage projects, content, resources, estimates and much more with all-new, professionally designed solutions. New file format
Our annual indoor picnic (food)
You will be given the opportunity to take a few minutes to introduce yourself to the group. Tell us what you do for a living or your hobbies or what you have done in the past. It is interesting to see what others come up with. We have heard things as diverse as sky diving to member of a rock group to hospital administrator.
Tuesday June 26th, 2012 Meeting at 7:00PM
TO 
Apple began sending out MobileMe eviction notices last week. The notices remind anyone still using MobileMe that they have until the end of June to transition to iCloud and/or copy all data stored in their MobileMe accounts to their Mac or PC. Any files stored in MobileMe’s range of services that can’t be converted to iCloud will be deleted. If you opt not to use iCloud, all data in your MobileMe account will be deleted.
This is the cloud the way it should be: automatic and effortless. iCloud is seamlessly integrated into your apps, so you can access your content on all your devices. And it’s free with iOS 5.
Not a Mobile Me Subscriber? Been to Busy or Intimidated to Use iCloud -- See How to Get Up and Running
• MobileMe Galleries
• iWeb sites
• iDisk
• File and information sync
Tuesday May 29th, 2012 Meeting at 6:30
RapidWeaver
MacBUS
will present a demonstration of
RapidWeaver 5
How to create a website without knowing how to use HTML
Say Hello to RapidWeaver 5
RapidWeaver makes it ridiculously easy to create stunning websites on your Mac. Whether you’re building your very first website or your fiftieth, RapidWeaver provides you with the know-how to quickly publish websites to be proud of.
No matter what you want to build - be it stunning online photo-slideshows straight from your iPhoto library, a company website or your own blog - RapidWeaver lets you do it with a minimum of fuss.
Code-Free Creation
RapidWeaver comes with 11 built-in page types - from blogs to sitemaps, photo albums to contact forms - so you can start work on every page in your site from the get-go. All without needing to know a line of code.
Simply choose the pages you need for your project, select a theme - customising it using the included variations - and add your content. That’s all there is to it!
This months meeting will be held at the
Giant Food Store
The center has wireless Internet connections,
a cafe serving breakfast, lunch and
dinner,and plenty of free parking.
315 York Road 2nd Floor Conference room
Willow Grove, PA 19090
Tuesday March 27, 2012 Meeting at 6:30
Michael Trapp of MacOutfitters will present
iPad in Business Briefing
Michael will compare the iPad2 to the new iPad and will highlight the business aspects of the iPad
After he unveiled the iPad at a San Francisco conference center in early 2010, the late Steve Jobs spent a few minutes asking people holding the device for the first time what they thought of it. A reporter suggested it might make consumers forget why they needed a laptop computer. Jobs shrugged his shoulders and said, coyly, “We’ll see.” Jobs was a master not just at anticipating paradigm shifts but creating them. If tablets eventually did eclipse the laptop and desktop businesses, Jobs was determined that Apple (AAPL) would reap the windfall.
This months meeting will be held at the
Giant Food Store
The center has wireless Internet connections,
a cafe serving breakfast, lunch and
dinner,and plenty of free parking.
315 York Road 2nd Floor Conference room
Willow Grove, PA 19090
MAP
Tuesday March 27, 2012 Meeting at 6:30
Postponed to future date
On One Software
will present a demonstration of their software.
Retouch Portraits
Create and work with layered images
Add and customize photographic effects
Remove unwanted backgrounds
Resize images up to 100%
Works directly with Lightroom
Aperture and Photoshop
Tuesday January 31, 2012 Meeting at 6:30
will present a demonstration of Prezi.
Import Media Prezi is presentation software you can use on line that has a lot of capability.
Insert images, videos, YouTube videos, PDFs, or other media to make your presentation highly visual.
Full Toolset Choose from our collection of templates and themes to personalize your presentation.
Present Online and Offline Present online or download and show your prezi anytime, anywhere.
Work Together With Prezi Meeting, you can collaborate on your prezis in real time, whether across the room or across time zones.
Add Storyline Use frames and paths to turn your prezi into a cinematic Journey.
Also
Wireframes on the fly.
Mockingbird is an online tool that makes it easy for you to create, link together, preview, and share mockups of your website or application.
Save time & money • Satisfy clients • Focus your team • Build beter products
This months meeting will be held at the
Giant Food Store
The center has wireless Internet connections,
a cafe serving breakfast, lunch and
dinner,and plenty of free parking.
315 York Road 2nd Floor Conference room
Willow Grove, PA 19090
We will have our usual Q&As so bring your questions and bring a friend or coworker who you think could benefit from our meeting.
Review software for MacBUS and keep it - for free!
We plan to give away books and software packages at meetings, and all we ask in return is to submit a review!
We need your input!
What future meeting topics would you like to see? What other community activities would you like MacBUS to get involved in? Here's another chance for you to bring your ideas and suggestions - we've set aside some time to talk about future plans for our group. If you can't make the meeting or just wish to contact someone, you can email us at Board@MacBUS.
Tuesday November 29th Meeting
Holiday Party (food) - Round Robin
Round Robin, where members get to socialize with everyone.
You will be given the opportunity to take a few minutes to introduce yourself to the group. Tell us what you do for a living or your hobbies or what you have done in the past. It is interesting to see what others come up with. We have heard things as diverse as sky diving to member of a rock group to hospital administrator..
Attend and bring a friend
MacBUS Meeting
211 S. Broad St 8th Floor
Connelly Auditorium
MacBUS Meeting
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Meeting: 6:30PM
Apple's Announced New Products
Apple Senior Systems Engineer
IOS 5, iCloud, New Apps, iPod Touch, and iPhone 4s.
Lion the world's most advanced desktop operating system advances even further. Packed with over 250 new features, OS X Lion includes new Multi-Touch gestures; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, the best place to find and explore great software; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; a completely redesigned Mail app and much more!
About Dave Marra
As a Senior Systems Engineer for Apple, Dave Marra has conducted thousands of technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops for schools, Mac and PC user groups, businesses and other professional organizations across the United States and Canada. Certified as both an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and an Apple Certified Systems Administrator, his specialty areas include digital multimedia, internet technologies, accessibility and Mac/PC integration. For more information about Dave, please visit his web site at www.marrathon.com.
This months meeting will be held at the new
Giant Food Store
The center has wireless Internet connections,
a cafe serving breakfast, lunch and
dinner,and plenty of free parking.
315 York Road 2nd Floor Conference room
Willow Grove, PA 19090
Tuesday, November 29th,
Annual MacBUS End of Year Picnic at University of the Arts.
We will have our usual Q&As, so bring your questions and bring a friend or coworker who you think could benefit from our meeting!
We plan to give away books and software packages at meetings and all we ask in return is to submit a review.
We need your input!
What future meeting topics would you like to see? What other community activities would you like MacBUS ti get involved in? Here's another chance for you to bring ideas and suggestions - we've set aside some time to talk about future plans for our group. If you can't make the meeting or just wish to contact someone, you can email us at MacBUS.
Tuesday, August 30th Meeting: 6:30PM
Do you need to switch now?
Over 250 new features, pros & cons.
Connelly Auditorium in Tera Hall 8th Floor
211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia
at University of the Arts.
Tuesday, September 27th, TBA
Tuesday, October 25th,
Dave Marra at University of the Arts.
Tuesday, November 29th,
Annual MacBUS End of Year Picnic at University of the Arts.
We will have our usual Q&As, so bring your questions and bring a friend or coworker who you think could benefit from our meeting!
We plan to give away books and software packages at meetings, and all we ask in return is to submit a review!
We need your input!
What future meeting topics would you like to see? What other community activities would you like MacBUS to get involved in? Here's another chance for you to bring your ideas and suggestions - we've set aside some time to talk about future plans for our group. If you can't make the meeting or just wish to contact someone, you can email us at Board@MacBUS.
Tuesday, July 26th Meeting: 6:30PM
Dale Fletcher will present what's new in iMovie '11.
Movie Trailers • Audio Editing • One Step Effects
People Finder • Sports & News Themes • Your World Premier
For members/guests arriving after 6PM use the Pine Street entrance and ask the guard for directions to the CBS Room.
Dorrance Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts, 320 South Broad Street, Philadelphia.
Attend and bring a friend
Tuesday, June 28th Meeting: 6:30PM
Summer Picnic (food)
BUSINESS APPS for IOS
Ben Romney
will present Business Apps for IOS devices.Find out how you can use your IOS devise in your business
For members/guests arriving after 6PM use the Pine Street entrance and ask the guard for directions to the CBS Room.
Dorrance Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts, 320 South Broad Street, Philadelphia.
Tuesday, February 22nd Meeting: Cancelled
February's content will be re-scheduled for March 29
Highlights of MacWorld
By Ben Romney, Linda McNeil, and Mark Bazrod
Come find out what was cool, good deals, and trends for the future.
Going Paperless
Drastically Reducing the Amount of Paper.
Ben Romney will show a slide presentation on how to successfully make your workspace paperless.
Strategies and Techniques to moving towards Paperless Environment, or reducing the amount of paper coming in and going out through Hardware, Software and Organizational Practices
In place of the January 25th meeting we will have a live online Q & A at 7PM.
Members will receive an email with a link to join us.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 29 at
The University of the Arts.
Attend and bring a friend
MacBUS Meeting
CBS Room
Turn directly across from the main entrance.
NEW For members/guests arriving after 6PM (front entrance locked)
use the Pine Street entrance and just ask the guard for directions to the meeting room.
Dorrance Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts,
320 South
Tuesday November 30th Meeting
Holiday Party (food) - Round Robin
Round Robin, where members get to socialize with everyone.
You will be given the opportunity to take a few minutes to introduce yourself to the group. Tell us what you do for a living or your hobbies or what you have done in the past. It is interesting to see what others come up with. We have heard things as diverse as sky diving to member of a rock group to hospital administrator..
Attend and bring a friend
MacBUS Meeting
Hunt Room
Tuesday October 26th Meeting
HOUSE INDUSTRIES
Known throughout the world as a prolific type foundry, House Industries has made a considerable impact on the world of design. House Industries fonts scream from billboards, wish happy whatever from tens of thousands of greeting cards, serve as the basis for consumer product logos and add elements of style to a wide range of mainstream media. In their illustrious career, House artists have mastered a large cross-section of design disciplines. Their typography deftly melds cultural, musical and graphic elements. From early forays into distressed digital alphabets to sophisticated type and lettering systems, House Industries’ work transcends graphic conventions and reaches out to a broad audience. What ultimately shines in the House Industries oeuvre is what always conquers mediocrity: a genuine love for their subject matter. Be it hot rods, classically relevant lettering or Swiss Modernism, House continues to provide typographic optimism in this age of the lowest aesthetic common denominator.
Rich Roat
After picking up a degree in communication from the University of Delaware, Rich held jobs as a communications associate for United Way of Delaware and manager of a service bureau/prepress house. While serving a brief stint as a production designer at a small Wilmington design firm, Rich met Andy and allowed his new friend to talk him into a series of ill-advised but fortunate career moves that led to the formation of Brand Design Co., Inc. An avid swimmer, cyclist, volunteer firefighter and EMT, Rich splits his free time between reliving the imaginary glory of an unremarkable NCAA Division 1 collegiate swimming career, finding hidden grease fittings on his 1952 Willys pickup and running out of the office for the next fire call. Rich lives in the bustling suburban metropolis of Hockessin, Delaware.
Attend and bring a friend
MacBUS Meeting
This Month's Meeting: Hunt Room
Turn right when you come in through main entrance.
NEW For members/guests arriving after 6PM (front entrance locked) use the Pine Street entrance and just ask the guard for directions to the meeting room.
Dorrance Hamilton Hall, University of the Arts,
320 South Broad Street, Philadelphia.
MAP
Tuesday September 28th Meeting
David M Marra
Will cover the new stuff just released, especially the exciting announcements at the September 1st show. Also, brand new Apple content (and demos!) on the iPad and transferring between the iPad and a Mac (or PC), using both the built-in apps and some cool new third-party ones as well.
About Dave Marra
Directions to Apple Store @ Suburban Square
61 St James Place
Ardmore, PA 19003