FLMUG (aka MUGOO)

Greenville, SC entered the fray with their “We’re Feeling Lucky”  compaign.  This will culminate with a “human Google chain” involving a large number of light sticks.

Shipping April 3rd.

(iPhone, iPod Touch readers, click the video to see it in the YouTube Player.)

A blog on CNN Money is reporting on Steve Jobs attending the oscars for Pixar’s “UP” being nominated for best animated movie. And the new iPad ad aired twice during the show.

Links:  CNN Blog

The competition for infrastructure continues.

• Palm Bay, Florida, city officials are gathering information to make a bid for Google Fiber. They are going to hold 2 public forums for gathering their citizens’ ideas on the matter.
• Mayor Kiss of Burlington, Mermont, has been on the news discussing it.
• Flint, in Genesse County, Michigan, is beginning a campaign.
• A group in Baltimore has built a website in which technology company executives are interviewed on video expressing interest and citizens are marking their interest with pins on a map (probably a Google map). They also use a Google Group to coordinate efforts.
• The mayor of Duluth, MN staged an event where he jumped into Lake Superior in a t-shirt and shorts (in that state’s cold weather), as well as being involved in a spoof video on YouTube.
• Topeka, Kansas temporarily renamed itself Google, Kansas.
• Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids,

C|Net is reporting that many apps using particular WiFi features have been removed from the app store.

Links:  C|Net article:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10464021-37.html

From MakeUseOf.com, a free manual on Snow Leopard.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-incredible-free-manual-for-every-mac-user-pdf/

(This is kind of off-topic for FLMUG, but I know that some of our members are interested.)

The Planet Green channel (162 on BrightHouse) is carrying the Sony Pictures film “Who Killed the Electric Car”.

Air Times:

1. Saturday, Feb 20,  10:00 pm
2. Sunday, Feb 21, 6:00 am
3. Sunday, Feb 21, 2:00 pm

Links:

• Sony Website for the movie.
• Wikipedia Article about the film

Some web sites are reporting that app developers have had their Apple-ID accounts disabled “for security reasons”.

Links

• RedmondPie
• Examiner.com
• SlashDot.Org

Also Known As (aka) “The Reality Distortion Field Remix”

Thanks to Mark Spain for pointing out this video on YouTube at the FLMUG main meeting on Feb 11, 2010.  It gave us all a good laugh.  A comedy news show might have a counter for each word off to the side.  :-)

There has been some discussion recently about changing the name of the local Mac Users’ Group.

According to the history page, the name was changed in order to enable the group to qualify for tax exempt status. I was not actively involved with the group at the time (serving as ambassador, newsletter editor, DTP Sig leader, Midi Sig co-leader, and Educational Sig founder and leader had left me with a case of burn out), however, talk at the Lunch Sig (a girl’s gotta eat) associated the name change with the misappropriation of group funds. MUGOO didn’t “die” it was killed and these members were angry. They felt as if their group had been stolen out from under them.

Though years have passed and some of these loyal Mac users have joined FLMUG or at least attended some meetings, time has not healed all wounds. Stanch Lunch Sig members are quick to tell visitors that the Lunch Sig is a MUGOO meeting, and still bristle at the mention of FLMUG.

So what’s a user group to do? Should we tell these wounded members to “go buy a PC”, or should we consider extending an olive branch? Why not bring MUGOO back to life? Since the group is no longer tax exempt, there’s no legal need to keep FLMUG. Sure we’d have to print new business cards, but what’s a few bucks compared to unifying the user group? And since the group is looking into domain names and other marketing ideas, wouldn’t it be a good idea to decide now so we don’t have to pay for things twice?

Besides the name MUGOO has some advantages. First of all, it tells everyone where we are—Macintosh Users’ Group of Orlando. FLMUG…well we know it’s in Florida, could be any where from Key West to Two Egg. Secondly, MUGOO is easy to say. It flows off the tongue as opposed to flmug (kind of sounds like  phlegm) or F L Mug. Nobody seems quite sure of the correct pronunciation.

But one thing we can all agree on is the Mac is BEST computer ever. We love our Macs and wouldn’t want to use anything else. We all know what PC stands for. So let’s treat our members and former member like the Macs we love and not like PCs.