Bill, The more functional end of an iPod was what I was inquiring about, I thought...perhaps I didn't make myself clear on that point? I like the idea of a show & tell of accessories, software & such...to contrast with a palm wouldn't be a bad idea. I don't think the thrust was that of pure consumption, at all, but rather to expanding uses of a tool that some already have, but would like to exploit more fully... Cathy
> ---------- > From: Bill Rising > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:36 PM > To: MacUser Group > Subject: MacGroup: ipod vs. palm vs. mapping vs. geneology etc > [bcc][faked-from] > > Hey folks, > > When I had asked folks what they wanted for programming last December, > there was a big chime of "using a palm with my Mac". > > Now there seems to be a bunch of iPod mania. > > Here's what I had thought would be good, because of past experience and > because of other suggestions: > > . something dealing with iWork, simply because there are plenty of > folks using AppleWorks who think it is, uh, not so great any more. > > . something to do with genealogy, because it was always a really big > hit in other mac groups I've been in, and because Tom knows a lot about > it. > > . something showing off the Geographic Info System stuff for > Louisville, which has photo maps of the city along with all sorts of > other overlays (services like sewer and curious things, like politics). > This was suggested by a person in the user group who knew someone who > knew nothing about Macs, but was interested, and who worked with the > folks who supply the service. > > Of course, this set of topics doesn't come close to including iPod and > Palm requests. Of course, I also have volunteers for the previous 3 > items. > > Would anyone want to volunteer for an iPod and or Palm talk? If so, > here's what I would think would be good: > > The iPod accessories game could be cool if there were things that are > somehow related to computers more than to blind consumption - like > pieces of freeware or shareware or other good utilities which make iPod > life nicer in a functional form, rather than in appearance. After all, > anyone can look up the latter easily on the web. The former requires a > trusted testing source, which the user group can provide. > > The Palm game would also be fine, if it focussed on functionality. > > Also - lemme know what priority you would give to the 5 topics listed. > To make life easier, I'd prefer if you could just mark the following > with numbers one to five. Also, if you think you could present on iPods > or the Palm, say so. > > . iWork > . Genealogy > . Mapping of Louisville > . iPod > . Palm > > > Bill "Program Director" Rising > really wanting to see Tiger more than anything else > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050301/432fe18d/attachment.html
