2010-12-20 Meeting Agenda

[fivespan]

This is your opportunity to show off some of your work/play. Examples we'd love to see:

- photo edits, photo books and/or calendars
- movies
- web sites
- software or databases

Don't be shy. If you want to participate, consider the following guidelines:

- send me an email: meetings@mugoo.com so I can fit you into the flow
- you only have 3 to 7 minutes per presentation
- be prepared to tell us about some of the challenges overcome
- bring you stuff on a flash/thumb drive or bring your own laptop

Send me your R2P (request to participate) today!

Paul Timmins
Meeting Coordinator

[ben schmidt]

News and Views Notes

Corel Painter II on sale: $399 for $249 CAD
Electronic Arts 70 Games on sale for iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad
One member purchased a CD labeller: Casio CW-100
Another member picked up, from Canadian Tire, a 3-port USB hub c/w memory card reader

Discussion on Printing from iPad
Apple currently supports just select HP printers
A member with a lexmark printer recommends the free lexPrint app
Finally there's a 3rd-party $10 app, Printopia, with a 7-day trial, that claims to work with any printer to which your mac can print.

Discussions
Discounted iTunes cards
- Nothing online at Futureshop.ca,
- but Futureshop Weekly Store Flyer this week (up to Dec 24) advertised 6 x $10 cards for $47.99
- Futureshop Weekly Store Flyer accessible online

Discussion on large number of Mac App bundles (some expire very soon!)
- Macbundlebox.com 12 apps for $29 (reg 452.68)
- MacPromo.com 10 apps for $49.99
- MuPromo.com 11 apps for $49.99  (reg $488)

Mugoo is now on Twitter: @Mugoo_ca http://twitter.com/mugoo_ca
- suggestion @Mugoo_ca consider following its followers

Questions
Q1. Suggestions for tools to help in captioning video, ideally voice recognition? Member is using Adobe Premiere. How is Karaoke captioning done?

Q2. Number of devices on which a purchased app can be installed?
A2. Consensus: Max 5 computers running iTunes, but these computers can sync an unlimted no. of iOS devices. One member noted some of the more expensive apps, such as some Navigation apps, may impose their own limit on the number of iOS devices on which they will run.

Q3. Problem with an app a member purchased.
A3. Members noted contact info for Apple is on every receipt mailed to buyer after they purchase an app. One member was able to get a refund after he explained he had inadvertently purchased the wrong, but similarly named app.

After News and Questions
- One presenter was using a Targus remote with built-in laser from Staples

[AdminMan]

See here for an excellent starting point:
http://opendataottawa.ca/

Or check their Blog here:
http://blog.opendataottawa.ca/

Read about the $50,000 in prizes here:
http://apps4ottawa.ca/

Almost 60 existing apps using Open Data from Ottawa:
http://apps4ottawa.ca/en/apps