Hi All,

Topics in this email:
RECAP
NEXT MEETING
LEOPARD
AROUND THE WEB
LINKS


RECAP (links to all demoed software are at the end of the email)
Our most recent meeting was the week before last, on Thursday evening, 10/25. Thanks to Sean and Maria, we enjoyed delicious Vietnamese sandwiches. Yum.

Chris and Dane joined us from Apple, answering questions and handing out Apple water bottles and Apple keychain flashlights.

Greg showed us how to use Tinderbox to take notes, gave a quick run through of  Circus Ponies Notebook, and also demoed DevonThink, software that is great for organizing all of the random bits of info we collect from our daily web travels.

I then gave a quick overview of how I use OmniOutliner and Yojimbo (another great tool for keeping track of information). iFlash, digial flashcard software, was also briefly shown.

I then gave a couple of examples of ways to take notes in different classes. I suggested using a fixed width font for taking notes in classes where professors like to diagram on the board (Courier New is great for keeping those notes nice, neat, and evenly spaced). Mikaela's formatted document, useful for taking notes in case-heavy classes, has been uploaded to the Yahoo Group, as have her tips for notetaking in law school. I highly recommend that the first years especially read through this last document.

Finally, I began to demo Securexam, going through the install process until a reboot was necessary and  we ran out of time. No official word yet, but it's looking more and more like we'll be able to take exams on our Macs this semester. Many thanks to Ben and his IT staff for all of their hard work.


NEXT MEETING
Dane, the Apple Engineer who attended the meeting, has volunteered to provide an overview and run through of what's new in the new version of the Mac OS - Leopard. If we can work out a time, that will be the focus of our next meeting, later this semester.


LEOPARD
Contact the library, and see if you purchase the OS through them. I expect a copy to be around $69. If you go through the Apple store, the student price is $116. If you live with other Mac users, you can purchase a family license, good for up to five computers, for $199.

If anyone has already installed Leopard, please post to the YahooGroup to share your thoughts on the update. Did you have any problems? Would you recommend updating? Would you wait?

Also, if you're going to upgrade your system, please read this first. If you have a specific set of software installed, you could run into problems.


AROUND THE WEB
Leopard reviews & stories from other law students 
Tablet Mac on the way? 
Macs - the best computers for running Windows 
Apple's market cap now higher than IBM or Intel 
The RAM Scam (useful  for next time you buy a computer)
Gmail updates - now accessible via IMAP  and lightning fast 
(Note: I've tried using Thunderbird via IMAP, but prefer using MailPlane  now that Gmail loads so quickly)
1984 All Over Again? 

LINKS
Tinderbox ($229)
Circus Ponies Notebook ($29.95)
OmniOutliner Pro (free version already on your computer, upgrades to Pro start at $19.95)
OmniOutliner Video Tutorials 
OmniGraffle Video Tutorials 
DevonThink (versions start at $39.95)
Yojimbo ($39.00)
iFlash ($14.95)
QuickSilver Video Tutorial Roundup  (dominant!)
Witch 
Virtue Desktop (equivalent to Spaces in Leopard)
New in Leopard