2011-01-24 Meeting Agenda

[fivespan]

- News and Views
- Getting to know MUGOO Forums (with Neil Herber)

Break

- Mac App Store (with Paul Timmins) : apple.com/mac/app-store
- iOS discussion (audience) : apple.com/ios
- AppleTV Discussion (audience) : apple.com/appletv

[fivespan]

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

[ben schmidt]

In progress...

A member bought their own AR.drone, iphone-controllable helicopter toy:
- ardrone.parrotshopping.com
- bestbuy.ca
UPenn's GRASP robotics lab 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 and Apimac's slideshow (recently part of athemacbundles.com offer)

New Cameras bought by members
- Canon VIXIA HF R100 bhphotovideo.com, reviews.cnet.com
- Canon EOS 500D dpreviews.com

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