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Hands-on MacLabs
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This conference provides participants with Hands-on computer training on key applications and tools. Our trainers are experts in their fields and they are prepared to share their knowledge with you.
Class size is LIMITED to ensure that each student receives the instructor's full attention!
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Speaker:
- Richard Harrington–RHED Pixel
iWork represents a new standard of streamlined efficiency and power for business communications. Attend this 2 hour hands on class and receive a plethora of tips and advanced tricks.
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Speakers:
- Jon Alper–Director of Technology, R&D,WGBH Interactive
- Michael Shaff–Founder,Small Hands
QuickTime is more than just video playback! With QuickTime Pro, knowledge and a few free tools, you can deliver package and deliver your video to web, iPod and iPhone. This session will provide the foundation for building video workflows, understanding the basics steps: capture, edit, package, encode and deliver.
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Speaker:
- Richard Harrington–RHED Pixel
Fasten your seatbelts for a face paced ride through all of the iLife apps. We'll create a creative project that includes photographs, music, and video and presents an array of dazzling ways to share your masterpieces.
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Speaker:
- Terry White–Adobe Systems, Inc.
In this two hour session, Terry White, Director of Adobe Creative Pro Core Business Sales will introduce you to time saving tips and techniques across the Creative Suite 3 product line. You’re learn time saving (and money saving) techniques to get your work done faster and more efficiently. From Photoshop to InDesign to Dreamweaver, to Video. This session has it all.
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Speakers:
- Rob Daly–Microsoft Corporation
- Sheridan Jones–Lead Marketing Manager,Microsoft Corporation
What's so special about Special Media Edition? In this two-hour hands-on session, you'll learn why the Microsoft Office for Mac suite and Microsoft Expression Media make perfect productivity partners for media-savvy users. Special Media Edition includes all your favorite Office 2008 for Mac applications PLUS a full version of Microsoft Expression® Media for Mac, a rich asset-management tool for creative pros and anyone who works with large numbers of files at work or at home.
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Speaker:
- Steve Martin–Owner,Ripple Training
Final Cut Studio is a complete post production studio in a box. In this 2 hour hands on lab, Ripple Training founder Steve Martin will show you how Final Cut Pro integrates with the other Studio Apps - particularly Motion, Soundtrack Pro and DVD Studio Pro. You will learn faster ways to clean up your audio, create a final soundtrack, create dvd menus and lower thirds and more.
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Speaker:
- Scott Bourne–Principal,Bourne Media Group
That's right - in just two hours, you'll learn what you need to start podcasting effectively using any mic and GarageBand.
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Speaker:
- Rich Shupe–President,FMA
In this hands-on lab, you will spend two exciting, fast-paced hours delving the depths of Flash both as timeline animation tool and as scriptable application development tool. As a part of Adobe's Creative Suite 3, Flash CS3 Professional brings previously unheard of integration with Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Speaker:
- Edward Marczak–Owner,Radiotope
If you're a dyed-in-the-wool Mac user, you may not be comfortable with life outside the GUI. Beneath OS X's beautiful graphical interface, lies another powerful interface: the command shell. Tap into OS X's full potential and learn how to start using the shell for basic tasks, up through automating repetitive actions.
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Speaker:
- Sal Soghoian–AppleScript Product Manager, Worldwide Product Marketing,Apple
Mac OS X Leopard contains significant changes, updates, and improvements to its set of built-in automation tools. Here's your chance to get hands-on training with the popular Automator application and explore its many new features and abilities.
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Speakers:
- John Soward–IT Manager,University of Kentucky
- Wayne Beech–Information Technology Manager,University of Kentucky
This hands-on lab will explore ways to use tools such as grep, sed, awk, and cut for automation, reporting, troubleshooting, and general system maintenance.
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Speaker:
- Ben Waldie–President,Automated Workflows, LLC
Learn how to become more efficient with Automator in Mac OS X. Join Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, author of best selling book "The Mac OS X Technology Guide to Automator," and well known columnist for MacScripter, MacTech Magazine, and X-Ray Magazine, for this hands-on Automator workflow training session. In this session, we will explore Automator, discuss its potential, and learn how to construct workflows that will save you valuable time!
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Speaker:
- Dr. Bill Wiecking–Hawaii Preparatory Academy
Learn the difference between wired and wireless networks, and how best to setup, diagnose and secure these networks. Five steps to basic wireless security and common errors many folks make in wireless setup and use. Case studies will demonstrate how to make the best of your SOHO, campus or enterprise wireless network.
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Speaker:
- Hanaan Rosenthal–Publisher,ezPrimers.
You know that InDesign is awesome for creating brochures, magazines,catalogs and anything else that prints. You may also know that you can automate a lot of what you can do with InDesign. What you may not know is that the benefits of automating InDesign can be exponential, and that learning just a bit of AppleScript can send your productivity soaring.
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Speaker:
- Dr. Bill Wiecking–Hawaii Preparatory Academy
For those interested in going further into the "black art" of wireless networking, you will learn how to setup ironclad security with RADIUS and WPA2, how to use advanced diagnostic tools, both hardware and software for setting up wireless networks, and how to go beyond: long distance wireless, increased coverage, roaming for users, comprehensive wired and wireless solutions, design, layout and survey tools will be demonstrated.
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Speaker:
- Lee Lukehart–Director of Training,Soliant Consulting
Come experience FileMaker's legendary ease-of-use and sample its power. This 2-hour hands-on workshop will provide an introductory how-to tour of FileMaker Pro 9, with a master instructor as your guide. If you've wanted to explore this software but just haven't yet had the time, this is a must-see session. If you need to easily capture, summarize, and share information, you'll leave this MacLab enthused about the possibilities.
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Speaker:
- Robert Bagnall–CEO,Maverick-Security, LLC
Using Mac OS X to Enhance Online Privacy, Anonymity, and Security - Learning Effective Countermeasures for Protecting Your Privacy and Security Online
This session provides a fundamental understanding of online threats, privacy and security issues, and countermeasures for any level of user. It will discuss the various threats, technologies, and malicious actors around the globe, as well as their motivations, to help the attendee understand why they are a target.
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Speaker:
- Bruce Nazarian–CEO,Digital Media Consulting Group
In just two short and information-packed hours, Bruce Nazarian, "the DVD Guy" will introduce you to DVD authoring with DVD Studio Pro 4 - from the basics to outputting a final project. The world of video is shifting quickly from Standard Definition to High Definition video, and DVD Studio Pro covers both, and added HD DVD authoring years ago, way ahead of the pack! HD DVD authoring is just one of the many topics that will be covered in this fast-paced but fun session.
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