Club Mac of Monterey

Topic:	A Presentation and Discussion of Favorite Websites
Presenter:	Ron Brunet
When:	Friday, March 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
What:	Members will be solicited by e-mail to submit their favorite sites. Ron will open some of these and people can say why this site is a favorite and how/why they use it. See a four-page list of useful websites prepared by Dave Powell in two formats: Useful web sites.pdf Useful web sites.doc See a list of favorite web sites submmitted by CMoM members and presented during the meeting on March 12... as they become available
Where:	Canterbury Woods Auditorium, 651 Sinex Avenue in Pacific Grove

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 CMoM Archive with topics of General Meetings

                     - - - - - 2010 - - - - -
• March 12: A Discussion of Favorite Websites
• February 12: CMoM bus to MacWorld Expo & meeting (pizza served) upon return
• Janury 8:  How to Create a slideshow using iPhoto to produce a QuickTime movie
 
                    - - - - - 2009 - - - - -
• December 11:  Tools and Techniques for the Mac with Frank Murphy
See: Files, Tools, and Techniques.html
• November 13: Tips & Tricks with Word 2004/2008 with Kedron Bryson
• October 9: Pages '09 with Ron Brunet & Bruce Belknap
• September: iMovie with Dick Crowell
• August 14: GarageBand with Kedron Bryson
• July 10: Social Networking with Hillary Bennett
• June 12:  Adobe InDesign with Sue Rautine
• May 8: Convert VHS to DVD, LPs to CD, etc)
See: List of useful hardware & software
• April 10:  Gary Carlsen presents genealogical research strategies and software
     See: Many sources of genealogical research web sites
• March 13:  Hillary Bennett demonstrates Skype & iChat Internet telephone
                        See: List of steps and procedures
• February 13:  How to design a free Google website
• January 9: CMoM bus to MacWorld at Moscone Center

                     - - - - - 2008 - - - - -
• December 12: Special iMovie presentation
• November 14: Introducing Google apps for free
• October 10:   Do you need a website or not: that is the question.
• September 12:  Manage digital photos with Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5
See: Digital Imaging software recommendations
• August 8: Computer online security and anti-virus software
• July 11: iPhone 3G Guided Tour
• June 13:  Presenting CMoM and CMoM Yahoo group websites
• May 9:  Skype and iChat Internet telephone demonstration
• April 11:  Tips and Tricks    See: List of tips demonstrated
• March 14: Keynote Presentation of "Dubai City" by Dave Powell
• February 8: Graphic Converter - shareware  
• January 18: Bus to Mac World

                             - - - - - 2007 - - - - -
• December 14: Ron Brunet presents "iWeb 08"
• November 9: Hilllary Bennett presents "Pages '08"
See: "Exploring Pages ‘08 with Pages ‘08" = 125 page tutorial
• October 12: Hillary Bennett presents "iPhoto '08"
• September 14: Presentation of "Printfolio" and Entourage
• August 10: Video streaming of the "Apple Special Event"
• July 13: Email programs Show-and-Tell
• June 8: My Favorite Web Sites    See: Links of Favoriate URLs
• May 11: Tips and Hints   See: Lists of useful Mac OS Tips and Hints
• April 13: Help Forums and Apple/Mac discussions sites
See: Source URLs of Forums & Discussion Groups
• March 9: Demos of "Notebook" & "El Gato"
• February 9: Backing up your Mac
• January 12: Mac World Bus

- - - - - 2006 - - - - -
• December 8: Hillary Bennett, iTunes
• November 10: Ron Brunet, Navigating OS X Finder

-> Other topics at prior meetings are found in the CMoM Archives

Suggestions for future meetings include: Genealogy Research and subsequent presentation of those discoveries with iMovie; Features of Word; Features of Pages; Converting extension of one document type to another type; Demo of iPad (when available); Apps that save and share photos in the "Cloud".