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The current Mac portfolio of (323) 860-8842 dsta@qmug.org http://qmug.org/dsta |
I have extensive experience w/ Macintoshes, but what
does that *mean*? How do you *quantify* that? Well, let’s
try.
Ownership:
I’ve had the pleasure of owning
three, so far.
Feb ’92 Get an LC w/ 16 MHz
68020 processor, 4MB RAM, 80MB HD, System 7.0,
12" color display, Personal LaserWriter
LS, all new, ~$3,000
Jan ’97 Buy a Quadra 630
w/ 33 MHz 68040 processor, 4MB RAM, 250MB HD,
System 7.5, refurbished, ~$330, and Apple TV/Video/FM
Radio card
Jun ’99 Buy a PowerBook G3
w/ 333 MHz G3 processor, 64MB RAM, 4GB HD,
Mac OS 8.6, new, ~$2400, and Softwindows 98
Events:
I’ve attended a number of Apple and Mac events.
Feb ’93 Attend my 1st Macworld
Expo, in Tokyo
Mar ’93 Attend my 1st Mac user group
meeting, in Tokyo
Mar ’94 Attend the west coast
launch of the Power Macintosh
(6100/60, 7100/66
and 8100/80) at CalTech in Pasadena
Jun ’94
Begin QMUG/LA, only the second officially Apple
registered and recognized
lesbian, gay and bisexual specific Macintosh user group in the world,
after GMUG in San Francisco
Jan ’95 Attend my 1st Macworld
Expo/SF and Apple User Group breakfast
Jan ’95 Make my
1st pilgrimage to Apple headquarters in Cupertino
Jan ’96 Sponsor a female
QMUG/LA member’s trip to Macworld Expo/SF,
by
paying for her round-trip plane ticket and exhibits registration
Jun ’96 Join
Guy Kawasaki’s EvangeList
Oct ’96 Become Mac
beta-tester for Pacific Bell’s Internet service
Jun ’97 Launch www.qmug.org,
based on the Mac Finder/desktop user interface
Oct ’97 Attend MacWest
Expo ’97 at the L.A. Convention Center
Jan ’98 Staff my 1st Apple
User Group Booth at Macworld Expo/SF
Jan ’99 Sponsor a male
QMUG/LA member’s trip to Macworld Expo/SF,
by
paying for his round-trip plane ticket and exhibits registration
Feb ’99 Get quoted
as MacBoy Pro in Wired article, “Macheads Go for Fruity
Cookies” ->
Nov
’99 Am interviewed as an officer of QMUG/LA by IMRU,
a gay radio show ->
Jan ’00 Attend my 1st Macworld
Expo/SF Keynote
Jan ’00 Staff my 2nd Apple User Group
Booth at Macworld Expo/SF
Jan ’00 Receive a
best user group website award, Mac or PC,
for Small User Group
Category from the User Group Academy ->
Jan ’01 Attend my 1st User
Group University at Apple headquarters in Cupertino ->
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Employment:
I’ve consciously sought jobs that allowed me to help Mac users. Jan ’94 Work six months as
On-Site Macintosh Support at UC Riverside Jun ’94 Work four months
as In-House Macintosh Support at Bauman & Assoc. in L.A. Oct ’94 Work six months as
a Macintosh Specialist at OfficeMax in Palm Springs Aug ’95 Work a year and a
half as an Account Manager at MacMall in Torrance Jul ’97 Work six months as
a Business Solutions rep at Apple’s Presales Center in Burbank Mar ’99 Work a full year
as Mac Tech Support at Earthlink in Pasadena |
Staying up-to-date: I’ve read a *lot* of printed and electronic
resources to stay up-to-date.
Books (On my bookshelf that I’ve
read; Have raffled off a lot of others, and have a few still to
read)
| ’93
The Macintosh Bible, 4th Ed. ’95 Mac FAQs ’95 Macworld Complete Mac Handbook, 4th Ed. |
’99
Apple Confidential ’99 Macworld Mac Secrets, 5th Ed. ’00 Mac Answers |
Magazines (Still have all my back issues,
for reference, and still subscribe to Macworld)
Jan ’95 Begin subscriptions to Macworld,
MacUser, and MacToday magazines
Jun ’96 Begin subscription
to MacWeek magazine (~$125!)
Newsgroups (To prevent spam, I use the
aliases MacBoy Pro and Boy WeHo)
Jun ’95
Begin reading and posting to comp.sys.mac.system, as
DTS ->
as MBP ->
as BWH ->
Jun
’99 Begin reading and posting to comp.sys.mac.portables
->
News-sites (These dates according to
my Netscape Bookmarks; Read all daily now)
| Jun ’97 Begin reading MacCentral.com Dec ’97 Begin reading Macintouch.com |
Jan ’99 Begin reading MacOSrumors.com Jun ’99 Begin reading Ogrady.com |
Presentations:
I’ve made over 35 presentations in the past seven years, most
in the past year w/ handouts; Highlights include:
| Dec ’94 “Gay Software Review
& Disks, *1st* Annual Absolutely Fabulous” Sep ’95 “Tour of the System Folder” Nov ’95 “ResEdit to your heart’s content: A Control Queen’s Dream” Feb ’96 “Macworld Expo/SF ’96 Review” Aug ’96 “Tour of Copland CD” Sep ’96 “How to Buy a Mac and Which Mac to Buy” Oct ’96 “Gay MacJeopardy Tournament, *1st* Annual” Apr ’97 “‘After Dark 4.0’ by Berkeley Systems” May ’97 “Adobe PageMill 2.0” |
Sep ’97 “Copland the Man,
his Music, and Mac OS 8” -> Jan ’98 “apple.com—Apple’s website” -> May ’98 “Major Apple Update” -> Jun ’98 “Protecting Your Privacy” -> Sep ’98 “Mac Basics” -> Nov ’99 “Burn Your Own CDs” -> Dec ’99 “Encyclopedias on CD” -> May ’00 “Speech Technology” -> Jun ’00 “History of Apple Computer” -> Aug ’00 “Mac Basics” -> Aug ’00 “the System Folder” -> Nov ’00 “Hard Disk Utilities” -> Mar ’01 “Printers & Printing” -> |
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