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Title: 2011-01-24 Meeting Agenda
Post by: fivespan on January 05, 2011, 09:21:32 PM
- News and Views
- Getting to know MUGOO Forums (with Neil Herber)

Break

- Mac App Store (with Paul Timmins) : apple.com/mac/app-store (http://apple.com/mac/app-store/)
- iOS discussion (audience) : apple.com/ios (http://www.apple.com/ios/)
- AppleTV Discussion (audience) : apple.com/appletv (http://www.apple.com/appletv/)
Title: Re: 2011-01-24 Meeting Agenda
Post by: fivespan on January 24, 2011, 07:02:28 PM
Mac App Store

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/mac_app_store_first_take/

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/understanding_mac_app_store_app_restrictions/

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/21/lessons-from-a-week-on-the-mac-app-store/

http://www.macworld.com/article/157180/2011/01/mac_app_store_10_missing_features.html

http://www.macworld.com/article/156980/2011/01/installed_apps_appstore.html
Title: Meeting Discussion Re: 2011-01-24 Meeting Agenda
Post by: ben schmidt on January 24, 2011, 09:20:49 PM
In progress...

A member bought their own AR.drone, iphone-controllable helicopter toy:
- ardrone.parrotshopping.com (http://ardrone.parrotshopping.com/ca/p_ardrone_listing.aspx?f=3137)
- bestbuy.ca (http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/parrot-parrot-ar-drone-quadricopter-orange-green-pf720000ab/10156380.aspx?path=ed42842a866aa88fad6be70e70a5793den02)
UPenn's GRASP robotics lab (http://www.grasp.upenn.edu/) using this 'toy' for research:
- 4 AR.Drones assemble a building: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W18Z3UnnS_0

Discussion of photo presentation software:  
- fotomagico (http://boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/) and Apimac's slideshow (http://www.apimac.com/) (recently part of athemacbundles.com (http://themacbundles.com) offer)

New Cameras bought by members
- Canon VIXIA HF R100 bhphotovideo.com (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/671655-REG/Canon_4394B001_VIXIA_HF_R100_Flash.html), reviews.cnet.com (http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camcorders/canon-vixia-hf-r100/4505-6500_7-33949026.html)
- Canon EOS 500D dpreviews.com (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonEOS500D/)

A member noted that Chapters and Amazon both offer used books and for his purposes, buying manuals, they are perfectly adequate.