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Contat: Guy Kawasaki
488 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
AppleLink: KAWASAKI2
UCSB Macintosh Summit Conference
UC Santa Barbara and I are conducting a Macintosh conference in August. This is
document explains the conference.
Target Audience
The target audience for this conference is Macintosh high-end and power-users
to expand their knowledge of key application and hardware areas. The following
types of people should attend:
• Macintosh decision-makers and coordinators
• In-house and professional desktop publishing, graphics, and art personnel
• In-house and professional presentation designers
• In-house and professional industrial designers and CAD users
• In-house and professional HyperCard engineers
• Consultants, VARs, and developers seeking to increase product expertise
Cost
The cost of the conference including syllabus, three breakfasts, three lunches,
and BBQ dinner is $680.30.
Topics
Desktop Publishing
Covers the process of making you to desktop publishing a raging, inexorable
thunder lizard of a desktop publisher. Topics include: style sheets, file
formats, working with imagesetters, keyboard shortcuts, workgroup publishing,
database publishing, desktop publishing utilities, and building a system for
desktop publishing. Primary applications: PageMaker, FreeHand, Word, and
PostScript. Session leaders: Steve Roth and Olav Kvern.
Steve Roth and Olav Kvern are the co-authors of Real World PageMaker 4 (Bantam
Computer Books). Between them, they’ve produced several stories of published
pages. Olav Kvern, senior documentation designer at Aldus, is arguably the
world’s best and most knowledgeable PageMaker user. He has won more than a
dozen publication design awards and has personally produced thousands of pages
with PageMaker.
Steve is the former editor of Personal Publishing magazine. He is a
contributing editor for Macworld, and has been a regular contributor to
MacUser, PC World, WordPerfect Magazine, ITC Desktop, Publishers Weekly, and
Small Press. He has worked on dozens of books (developing, editing, authoring,
co-authoring, and producing), including Real World PostScript, ScanJet
Unlimited, and Real World PageMaker 4.
Macintosh Pre-Press and Printing
Covers the topic of Macintosh pre-press and printing techniques. This session
answers the question, “Ok, this looks great on my screen, how do I get it to
print?” Topics include PostScript imagesetters and recorders, getting the most
from graphics software such as Illustrator, Photoshop, PageMaker, and Quark
Xpress; tips and techniques for proofing, retouching, preparing files for
printing with special attention to chokes, traps, and spreads; and, for the
power users, connecting to Scitex workstations. Primary applications:
Illustrator and PhotoShop. Session leader: Russell Brown.
Russell Brown is the senior art director of Adobe Systems Incorporated. He won
the 1988 award for typographic excellence from the New York Art Director’s Club
and the 1989 Print Industries of America Graphic Awards Competition. His
expertise covers a wide spectrum from computer illustration, publication
design, and exhibit design. Most recently he has focused on digital
photographic technology and was a member of the Photoshop development team. His
work has appeared in Print Magazine, GA Magazine, Creativity, and Graphis.
Object-Oriented Graphics
Covers the effective use of object-oriented graphics applications. The session
will demonstrate in step-by-step fashion the far-reaching potential of
rendering professional graphics and illustrations on a Macintosh. Topics
include drawing techniques, typography, color, layout, electronic free-lancing,
and archiving. Primary application: MacDraw II. Session leader: George Rorick.
George Rorick is director of The Knight-Ridder/Chicago Tribune Graphics Network
(KRTN). KRTN produces news graphics and advance graphic projects on Macintosh
computers and transmits them via satellite and network communications software
to newspapers world wide.
George was part of the original design and graphics team that developed the
early prototypes of USA TODAY. Get this: George has won two Gold, four Silver,
and ten Awards of Distinction from The Society of Newspaper Design for art
direction, the TIME Magazine award for the best use of maps for three
consecutive years, and three Outstanding Achievement awards from the American
Cartographic Association.
He is a frequent instructor at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies and an
assistant to Nigel Holmes (TIME Magazine) at The Rhode Island School of Design
Informational Graphics Workshop. He also does free-lance computer graphics for
National Geographic, USIA and other publications.
Interactive Media
Covers the use of Macintosh as an interactive media tool. Using successful and
unsuccessful examples of interactive media in everyday life, this session will
establish a logical framework for designing interactive media. Projects created
by various designers will be discussed in terms of graphics, usability, and
programming improvements. A system for avoiding the pitfalls of bad Macintosh
interactive projects will be suggested. Primary applications: MacroMind
Director and HyperCard. Session leader: Marney Morris
Marney Morris is the founder and president of Animatrix, Inc. Animatrix is a
Palo Alto-based company specializing in creating interactive communications for
marketing, training and graphical information systems. For example, the Guided
Tours that ship with every Macintosh computer and the rollout point-of-purchase
animations for products such as Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Persuasion, and the
Hewlett Packard Deskwriter Printer are Animatrix creations. Animatrix’s
clients include Adobe, Aldus, Domino's Pizza, Farallon, Hewlett-Packard, Lotus,
Microsoft, Seiko Instruments, and SuperMac Technology.
Slidemaking
Covers the creation of effective slides and overheads including the use of
graphics, color, and typefaces. Topics include: How do I get started? What
medium should I use? How do I make my presentations looks great? This session
will take you through the steps of creating excellent presentations, so you’ll
never have to wonder, “Did they get my point?” Primary applications: Persuasion
and PowerPoint. Session leader: Cynthia Kondratieff.
Cynthia Kondratieff is the president of Dolphin Multi-Media. Dolphin has won
the Apple Hero Award, the Award for Technical Innovation from PhotoMethods,
gold and silver medals from the Best in the West Fest, and gold medals from the
Association for Multi-Image. Dolphin’s projects include the Plough national
sales meeting, various Apple sales meetings, the Pacific Bell Network 90s
presentation, and the Novell Netware product introduction. Addtional clients
include Northern Telecom, Hewlett-Packard, and Silicon Graphics.
Design and Modeling
Covers the use of Macintosh as a tool in design of products and industrial
engineering. Real world examples from one-person design or architectural shops
to thousand-person Fortune 500 engineering companies will be presented. The
session includes instruction in “hot links” to FileMaker to provide new
capabilities in design, cost estimation, facilities management, and GIS.
Primary application: Claris CAD. Session leaders: Kyle Mashima and Craig Young.
Craig Young is the president of CASE, the developer of Claris CAD. He has over
10 years of experience in CAD after a career in design engineering and
engineering management at RCA and Magnavox. He delivered his first Macintosh
product 1985 and entered a development contract with Claris to produce Claris
CAD in 1988. Craig has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from the
University of Wisconsin.
Kyle Mashima, project leader for CASE, is in charge of user interface design
for all CASE products. Kyle spent six years as a mechanical designer and has a
broad design background that includes accelerator design in high-energy physics
applications and industrial design of computer products such as modems. He
spent 4 years with Apple and Claris Corporation in charge of application
software such as MacDraw, MacWrite, MacPaint, and MacProject. Kyle has a BS in
Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University. He was also Guy’s
best man.
Macintosh Hardware Configuration
Covers the wide-range of hardware configuration issues that challenge the
entry-level to high-speed network manager Macintosh user. Topics include:
acquiring the most productive system on a limited budget; choosing the right
cpu, monitor, and disk drive; selecting the right amount of RAM; implementing
the right back up strategy; installing a cost-effective network; and deciding
whether to wait for the latest technology or buy now. Session leader: Charles
McConathy.
Charles McConathy is president of MicroNet Technology, Inc., a vendor of
high-performance storage systems for Macintosh. His past experience includes
management of engineering and technical support departments, hardware and
software consulting, and the international marketing of data storage devices.
He’s also a CompuServe hacker, and he is well known for his online support of
MicroNet products.
System 7.0
Covers the latest update on the status and features of System 7.0 and new
7.0-based applications. Includes a demo of new System 7 features for power
users; how to prepare your Macintoshes for upgrading to System 7.0; what to
expect in new 7.0 applications; how to get the most out of virtual memory and
outline fonts. This is your chance to learn about System 7.0 straight from the
horse’s mouth. Primary application: System 7.0. Session leader: Chris Espinosa.
Chris Espinosa is a lifer at Apple (he’s employee #7). Originally hired to
write demo programs for the Apple II in 1977, Chris joined the Macintosh team
in 1981 and managed the group that wrote the original Macintosh manuals and
Inside Macintosh. Since then, he has been the product manager for HyperCard and
A/UX, and the marketing manager for OASIS and System 7.0. He and his mother,
Sue Espinosa, are the only mother-son team at Apple today.
HyperCard
Covers user interface issues and the process of stack development. Provides
examples of effective use of new features in the latest release of HyperCard
and the impact of these features on stack design. Interface issues include user
input, navigation, user feedback, and the visual development of illustrations,
typography and icons. The session will also cover guidelines for editorial
style, naming conventions, and international considerations. Primary
application: HyperCard. Session leader: Robin Shank and Jerome Domurat.
Robin Shank joined the HyperCard Development team in early 1987. Currently, she
is the principal stack engineer on the HyperCard team, and is coordinating the
authoring and design of the example stacks in the newest version of HyperCard.
She was a key contributor to Dan Winkler's Cooking with HyperTalk (Bantam
Books) and HyperCard Stack Design Guidelines (Addison Wesley). Additional
stack projects she has completed include the Apple Product Catalog stack and
the information kiosk stacks for the Apple Library and the Apple Company Store.
Jerome Domurat came to Apple Computer in 1986 with a background in designing
electronic tools and interfaces for video games and educational software. His
areas of expertise include interface, graphic design, and animation for the
tours and on-line help for Apple’s hardware and software products. Past
projects have included the Apple CD-ROM Explorer disc, tours of the Macintosh
CPU’s, and HyperCard Stack Design Guidelines (Addison-Wesley).
Host
Guy Kawasaki is the former president of ACIUS, Inc., the publisher of 4th
Dimension. Before ACIUS, Guy was director of software product management at
Apple Computer, Inc. where he was responsible for the relationship of Apple
with its developers and the Apple-labeled software. Guy is also the author of
The Macintosh Way. Guy has a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford and a Masters of
Business Administration from UCLA. Today he is unemployed.
Enrollment
To enroll, please call the UCSB Extension Department at 805-961-4143.
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developer. Apple cannot warrant any third party’s product. Please consult the
Apple Products & Ref Library, MENU/Software Library, or Redgate Buyer’s Guide
Library on AppleLink, or contact the third-party company directly for more
information.
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