The annual meeting will also have a brief business meeting and election of officers for 2008.
Model railroading is a fun and educational hobby that has been enjoyed by countless numbers of people of all ages. It provides many opportunities for family members to work together on something that can last a life-time. By getting involved in model railroading, people can learn history, basic carpentry and electrical skills, economics, model building, artistic techniques, how to research, logical thought and planning, geography, and much more. Model railroading is not just for men or geeks. The hobby appeals to people in all walks of life. Some celebrities who are (or were) model railroaders include Winston Churchill, Merle Haggard, Tom Hanks, Michael Jordan, Bruce Springsteen, and Rod Stewart.
Ken Doyle is a Principal Consultant for Loquent, LLC (www.loquent.net), a Madison-based technology training and consulting firm. Prior to founding Loquent, Ken worked at local biotechnology companies and a medical communications agency. Currently, Ken specializes in personal technology consulting. He is the author of a technology column for the Capital Region Business Journal, a monthly publication from the Wisconsin State Journal.
The June 13th general meeting of the Madison PC Users Group will feature a presentation by Broadjam Inc., which is based in Madison, Wisconsin.
Broadjam Inc. provides web-based technology, software and services for the music industry and independent musicians around the world. The company operates one of the world's largest web communities for musicians and hosts a massive online database of searchable independent music. Broadjam.com also offers artist services such as turnkey website hosting, download sales and desktop promotional tools. The Broadjam Pro Services group designs and builds custom technology for music industry clients such as Warner/Chappell, Academy of Country Music, Peavey, Yamaha, and others. (Rescheduled from June 13 by RT on June 12.)
The presentation will be on some of the products from
TechSmith Corporation: SnagIt, a
screen capture program, and Camtasia Studio, a screen recorder program.
The
demonstration will be on Microsoft Office
2007, which, along with the '97, '2000, and '2003 versions, would have to be
termed the market leader. 2007 marks a major change in the user interface
and sports even more features, but at a higher cost.
MPCUG's Roger Tesch will be demonstrating
OpenOffice.Org, the open
source free office productivity package, which includes word processing,
spreadsheet, presentation manager, drawing, database, and more. It is a
high-quality package with lots of power and polish.
OpenOffice.org is a
multiplatform
and
multilingual office
suite and an
open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the
product is free to download, use, and distribute. The current Version is
2.1.
Since Valentine's Day falls on our normal meeting evening, the February Meeting will be one day later, on Thursday, February 15, 2007! The topic will be the installation of Linux on a server. It will be a hands-on, real-time demonstration, with the help of people from the Linux User Group, and with a large server box courtesy of member John Martin. Check back for more details posted as they become available.
Everything has been pushed back a week, because the MPCUG officer corps and top brass will be at the APCUG & CES in Las Vegas Jan 4-11. We will be treated to "Reports from the Field", since some of our officers managed to make the trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the annual APCUG (Association of PC Users Groups) conference and the mammoth CES (Consumer Electronics Show). There should be some interesting stories from those wild and crazy guys - the MPCUG officers!