Events

MacMod.com has announced the beginning of the fifth annual "Great MacMod Challenge" sponsored by iFixit.com. In the event computer "modders" submit their creations for a review by a panel of judges for over US$2,000 worth of prizes.

Each contestant is allowed to submit up to three mods and will be judged by a panel of influential Mac community members on the level of difficulty, creativity, integration, and functionality. The first 30 contestants will receive a gift set valued at over $90, including the Booq Venom Pulse bag, Speck See-Thru MacBook cover, and an iFixit multi-purpose tool.

Dallas, TX, August 19-20th, 2008—Village Tronic is proud to announce Jeremy Sutton’s first two-day Dallas Painter Workshop incorporating Village Tronic’s ViDock Gfx. Taking place at the Fran Reisner Studio, Jeremy will be using different hardware, including the ViDock Gfx to create a dynamic presentation as well as giving students time for hands-on practice with their own image and computer. Briefly the class will encompass the themes of “systems, organization and optimization, loosening up your paintings through use of the ‘muck up’ under-painting technique, selectively refining your image and adding detail and contrasts, and enlivening your imagery through use of color” (Jeremy Sutton).

San Francisco, CA - Flashforward Conference and Film Festival announced two community building events at Flashforward2008 taking place in San Francisco August 20-22, 2008. The opening celebration on August 20th takes place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, including the 'Zeum, where people of all ages and skill levels use their imagination to create, explore and produce digital media. The Flashforward Film Festival after party takes place at Ruby Skye featuring the band, Lyrics Born, and music by DJ Solomon, delivering two unique North American performances.

Hutto, Texas - Macgamestore is celebrating its fourth year anniversary with a fantastic giveaway. The popular Mac-only web site has quickly become THE destination for Mac gamers who are looking to purchase hard-core as well as casual games. Today, Macgamestore features nearly 500 Macintosh games and growing.

Montreal, Canada - The WebObjects Community Association, BoxOffice Tickets and OS communications informatiques are delighted to announce WOWODC 2008, the annual conference dedicated to Apple's WebObjects Web development framework. WebObjects is a powerful, elegant, and proven web application framework that doesn't trade agility for scalability, or elegance for capability. Think of WebObjects as Cocoa and CoreData for the web.

Page, Arizona - XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce two FREE one-day seminars, presenting time saving solutions for businesses - small and large - to save money and become more productive. The seminars, co-sponsored by Quark, Markzware, Enfocus and other extended technology software publishers, will be held in Central London on the 29th and 30th April 2008.

Select Mac indie developers have joined forces to offer Mac users some seasonal fun as well as the opportunity to earn discounts on quality Mac software. The Easter mEgg Hunt will lead visitors to Mac software vendor site to find eggs. Eggs hold coupon codes for a 20% discount at other vendors' sites. These sites also hide eggs. Participating sites will show a banner: Spot the Eggs, get Mac Software, 20% off.

Los Angeles, California - On Saturday, March 22, internationally acclaimed author, columnist and Mac personality, Deb Shadovitz will launch her latest brainchild MacDayLA at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California. It is an entire day of fun, discovering great Mac products, learning from top experts and exchanging ideas.

Select Mac indie developers have joined forced to offer Mac users some seasonal fun as well as the opportunity to earn discounts on quality Mac software. The Easter mEgg Hunt will lead visitors to Mac software vendor site to find eggs. Eggs hold coupon codes for a 20% discount at other vendors' sites. These sites also hide eggs. Participating sites will show a banner: Spot the Eggs, get Mac Software, 20% off.

Orlando, Florida - February 28, 2008 - Create Magazine announces the Create Chaos 2008 Conference on October 13-17, 2008, at the Marriott Orlando World Resort in Orlando, FL,. Create Chaos 2008 brings together more than 10 leading creative conferences and events under one roof, addressing the evolving needs of an industry on the eve of a new renaissance. Create Chaos appeals to creative professionals who want to participate in a conference that speaks to their skill set and, at the same time, includes opportunities to learn new techniques outside their comfort zone and network with creatives from other industries.