What shall we talk about?

5 Jul 2010 17:47:16

Michael Corgan

I find it difficult to come up with new subjects to discuss or illustrate at the Bournemouth meeting and this is, therefore, a plea for ideas on suitbale subjects that will be of general interest - i.e. not too technical, not too basic.

I hope that some good ideas will emerge!

Re: What shall we talk about?

5 Jul 2010 17:47:57

Michael Corgan

Oh dear - the fastest finger missed agian - it would of course be SUITABLE subjects!

Re: What shall we talk about?

5 Jul 2010 22:17:37

Eric Jervis

How difficult would it be to video our meetings so that those poor devils who can't make it need not miss out?

Re: What shall we talk about?

6 Jul 2010 00:12:35

Thomas Maude

what a good Idea Eric

Re: What shall we talk about?

6 Jul 2010 10:01:24

Trevor Hewson

So, is that the topic for the next meeting then - how to video a meeting.

Followed by a lecture on recursion, perhaps?

Re: What shall we talk about?

6 Jul 2010 12:17:55

Mick Burrell

At Salisbury we've tried a live iChat session with someone who was unable to attend. Now, if you use a separate camera as opposed to a built in iSight, some kind soul could could be given the task of pointing it at the presenter/screen/questioner as appropriate.

Re: What shall we talk about?

6 Jul 2010 16:31:53

Michael Corgan

Fine, but... the suggestion is good given two things. A good iChat connection, which will rather limit the number of outside people able to see the meeting, and /or a willing volunteer to burn the resulting video to DVD and send off the appropriate number of copies .. and a further BUT - I am still hoping for inspiration as to what to have us talk about at the next couple of meetings!

Re: What shall we talk about?

6 Jul 2010 16:45:55

Mark Ford

Each of the iLife apps: iPhoto; iWeb; iMovie; GarageBand; iDVD
Setting up & using social apps like: Facebook; Twitter
Storing pictures in the cloud: MobileMe Gallery; Panoramio; Picasa:
Family Tree apps:
Discussion on how to solve mac problems using the web.
Discussion on raising money for the club organisers' jolly. [that more than just the one!]

Re: What shall we talk about?

6 Jul 2010 21:44:34

Trevor Hewson

I would certainly be interested if somebody could share their experiences of using iWeb to design a substantial website - i.e. something more than a few photo albums and videos.

Re: What shall we talk about?

6 Jul 2010 23:04:46

Michael Corgan

I would certainly like to have a tutorial on iweb - seeing Mark's web-site was exciting and made me for on want to go into more depth. Has anybody set up such a web-site and would be prepared to show howthey did it?

Re: What shall we talk about?

6 Jul 2010 23:33:19

Mick Burrell

Michael, do you mean set up a site using iWeb? Or by any means?

Re: What shall we talk about?

7 Jul 2010 19:12:13

Roy Rainford

Taking a video of the meeting would surely defeat the objective of increasing the attendance at Solutions. If numbers drop any further there will be no meetings to video!
After members state what would be of interest at the meetings, the next problem is finding interesting speakers who can 'put it across'. Sales staff are often not skilled in this particular aspect.
I would be interested in a presentation on setting up a website (not too complex please), choosing/registering a domain name, finding web space, uploading the site and how to ensure the site can be seen and read by search engines.
Using iPhoto/Aperture/Lightroom to catalogue images would also be of interest.

Re: What shall we talk about?

7 Jul 2010 23:35:01

Mick Burrell

Roy - (Michael) I'm happy to cover all those points but perhaps leave out the actual building of the site itself to be a separate topic in its own right.

Re: What shall we talk about?

8 Jul 2010 20:27:59

Roy Rainford

"Snap Mick's hand off" Michael - please.

Re: What shall we talk about?

8 Jul 2010 20:53:19

Lionel Ogden

Not being an iWeb expert or user even I would have thought that it was perhaps beyond the scope of iWeb to go much further than Mark went in his recent demonstration. If you want to take web design further perhaps a demo of Dreamweaver or Freeway might be appropriate. Any Offers? iWeb aficionados please contradict my assumption,

Re: What shall we talk about?

8 Jul 2010 23:47:15

Michael Corgan

I amvedry happy to take up Mick's kind offer to show us the background to setting up a web site and maybe we can persuade him (y applauding vigorously?) to give a second session on using all the elements of iWeb or os using Freeway, to create a site. I'm emailing Mick separately so watch this spot!

Re: What shall we talk about?

9 Jul 2010 18:20:01

Roy Rainford

Lionel it's a fair point about Mark's iWeb demo but revision/reinforcement is good for old heads like mine! No doubt Mick will put a different slant on things.

Re: What shall we talk about?

14 Jul 2010 10:00:33

Mark Ford

Just caught up with this thread -
I am happy to do any exploration of the abilities/limitations of iWeb to compliment Mick's discussion of posting & promoting a site. I know nothing of the latter as I use MobileMe and publish to a defined audience.

Re: What shall we talk about?

15 Jul 2010 16:16:10

Michael Corgan

We shall be devoting part of the next two sessions (next week and August) to a more comprehensive look at creating and setting up a web-site. We will be demonstrating with iWeb partly because most of us have it on our Macs, partly because it is a simple application to use, though of course that does detract slightly from its' appeal to more demanding users. So I look forward to a good turnout to listen, first to Mick on the background stuff, and then to Mark, on the basics of iWeb. Now all we want is a topic for September ... and October .... and ...