Jack Hodgson's
My Mom's Guides
Step-by-Step Guides to using the Macintosh OS X system and its most popular applications.
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Happy New Year.

Obviously, we've been kinda quiet since the summer. The iPhoto Guide is still available in its web version and still receives a steady stream of readers.

Work on additional Guides was sidetracked by other projects, but I'm hoping that some time in early 2004 we can revive the My Mom's Guide series with new Guides and new forms of user help.

If you haven't already left your email address for the "Free Newsletter", you can do that and you'll be notified when we re-launch with new stuff.

Or, if you don't want to leave your email, just check back here every couple of weeks and see what's up.

-- Jack

posted Tuesday, January 20, 2004
I just discovered that the newsletter signup was broke. It's fixed now. Sorry.
posted Wednesday, July 9, 2003
I spoke last night at the Seacoast Mac Users Group in Rye (Portsmouth) New Hampshire. Lots of nice folks. I presented iTunes 4 and the Apple Music Store. Thanks for the great reception.
posted Wednesday, July 9, 2003
I'm putting the finishing touches on the iTunes Guide. Thanks for your patience.
posted July 1, 2003
The Seminar in Dover, NH was alot of fun. And I've gotten some very nice comments from the attendees. I'll be scheduling more soon.
posted June 10, 2003

My Mom's Guide Seminar in Dover New Hampshire.
On June 4 I'll be presenting my beginner's seminar "The 4+4 Most Useful Features of iPhoto 2". This 90 minute session is a patient and fun exploration of the features that iPhoto beginners use most often. The unique "4+4" format presents four features chosen by me, plus four "requests" from the seminar attendees.

This seminar will be held at 7pm at the MacEdge computer store in Dover, NH. Tuition: $20. For more info about this seminar, or to pre-register, send email to userguides@da4.com. Space is limited.
posted Thursday, May 1, 2003

I've added a new navigational feature. Each Guide page now includes links for the Previous and Next pages. This will make it easy for you to "flip" through the pages, and read the Guide sequentially.
posted Monday, March 31, 2003

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posted Friday, March 28, 2003

Shawn King of the weekly internet radio program, Your Mac Life, wrote on his website:

The iPhoto userguide "is a great, quick way to learn (or to teach your mom) what you need to know to use iPhoto effectively and efficiently." www.yourmaclife.com

Thanks Shawn.
posted Thursday, March 20, 2003

I'll be appearing tonight on the Your Mac Life internet radio show. The show runs from 8:30 pm to 11 pm East Coast Time. I'll be on from about 9:15 to 9:30. You can listen live, or check out the archive for a replay later in the week. www.yourmaclife. com/ -- Jack
posted Wednesday, March 19, 2003

As many of you know, Userguides got mentioned in Macintouch last week (thanks Rick). That has brought alot of visitors to the site and has made things a little exciting around here.

Thanks to everyone who has sent emails, with kind words and suggestions for the Guide. I'm looking at all of them, and responding when I can.
posted Monday, March 17, 2003

The Guides

Using iPhoto 2
(read it)

Using iTunes
(working on it. stay tuned)

Seminars

"The 4+4 Most Useful Features of iPhoto 2"
Wed June 4, Dover NH

for seminars info email userguides@da4.com