This month we’ll explore Beryl, a piece of open source software similar in effect to the Core Animation and Spaces components of the upcoming Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) release. It’s written in C using OpenGL and we’ll be viewing it mounted on a PC.

Derek Dickerson will show us what it’s all about. Derek is new to the group and has listed numerous open source applications and utilities on the EMUG Forum. Check out the links he listed in the post “Open Source Software Links” in the Forum.

As we did last month, we’ll tinker with Automator again if time allows. Bring your scripts and actions to show the group.

As always, bring your questions, bring your answers, and bring a friend.

We thank Don Macnaughton for his introduction and overview of the sights and sounds of Web 2.0. He used his LCC home page as a start point and reference and has allowed us to publish that address for our members' use. Here's the link. Don used a YouTube video entitled The Machine is Us/ing Us to illustrate the vision of Web 2.0.

We also used several sites to illustrate our Automator meeting segment. Apple's site is the first place to look. Then check out Automator World, Automated Workflows, MacScripter, and Doug's Applescripts for iTunes .

We’ll have a split bill for March.

Beyond MySpace

Social networks like MySpace & YouTube are sweeping the digital world; but there are dozens of other lesser-known free services that carving their own niches. Don Macnaughtan from LCC Library will introduce a few, including:
Delicious (organize your bookmarks) http://del.icio.us/
Flickr (organize your photos) http://www.flickr.com/
Last.fm (organize your music) http://www.last.fm/
LibraryThing (organize your own library) http://www.librarything.com/
Platial (map anything) http://platial.com/

Automator: a Primer

None of us in the leadership group have any great skills in building Actions or Workflows for Apple’s Automator yet. This will be a collaborative effort. You can help by bringing you own Automator creations. Email Kerry using the Contact link at the top of this so we know what to expect. The exhilarating part is that we never know when a member will have that special knowledge that opens our eyes to something completely new!

Bring your questions. Bring your answers. Bring a friend!