MacFest

Sat, 21 Apr 2007
Hoxe's Bookstore & Cafe, Damansara Perdana
8:00 - 11:00pm

Report : Azul Adnan
Photos : Azizi Khalid, Azul Adnan

[Video highlights coming soon]     

Because of the growing number of attendees, it was finally time to find a new venue for our gathering. Through Shah's suggestion we decided on Hoxe's Bookstore & Cafe at Damansara Perdana. In order to reserve the place for our private function we had to pay RM10 per person. Coffee, tea and light snacks were provided.

Just before we started, there was a technical problem with the projector....no DVI cable to connect to the laptops! Thank goodness Jen came to the rescue by lending us his projector.

Redza started off the night with a demo of iStopMotion, demonstrating how easy and fun it is to make your own stop motion animation. He and Shah created a little clip with a couple of Transformers.

Zalee who had just come back from attending the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas updated us with what happened at the event. He showed the photos he took and highlighted the new features of Final Cut Studio 2.

Next up Jinny briefly talked about her Pantone Huey calibrator and offered to calibrate our Macs!

Then I made a quick announcement that Jen Siow, Malaysia's digital photography pioneer, had just been officially recognised as an Apple Certified Pro for Aperture as well as a Certified Apple Trainer for Aperture. There are only six such trainers in Asia! Jen came up to say a few words about how he achieved his certification in Singapore.

As Wei was setting up for his presentation, David took a few minutes to talk about a development project he is managing codenamed the 'Get Back to Work' project. This project is the development of a Cocoa application which is primarily a ‘distraction buster’ or ‘attention manager’ software that helps users be more productive at work.

Wei had brought with him his home-made Mac, a G4 fitted into an ATX PC case. He talked about how cheap and easy it was to build your own Mac and showcased the inner workings of his unique machine.

Finally, Azizi did a presentation on his new company and the system they're currently developing, an application for the legal system called Solu-Notes. He demonstrated how the system would revolutionise the communications process in the courts. It looked very promising and I can't wait to see it launched in June.

For the lucky draws we gave away 3 books as well as a Miglia Harmony Express dongle.

As the doors to Hoxe's closed at 11pm some of us adjourned to a nearby mamak stall for supper. Jinny kindly calibrated our Macs as we ate our roti canai.