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#1 ·
Hello everyone! And welcome to ehMac.ca: Canada's Mac Community! We hope you will enjoy your stay and become an active, positive presence to this little corner of the web.

This thread is here for you to introduce yourself (Or re-introduce yourself) and to allow us to get to know you better! After-all, community is what ehMac.ca is all about!

Please feel free to be as brief or as detailed as you feel comfortable with. (Be careful about giving away too much private, personal information)

* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
* Brief summary of some of your other interests
* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
* What are your favourite Mac programs?
* What general area of this great country are you from?

Let's continue to foster a sense of community here! ehMac.ca Newbies / Lurkers, press that New Reply button! :)
 
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#27 ·
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)

My name is Mike. I am a 33 year professional software developer currently working primarily in Linux with some Win32 systems development. My previous development experience was in Win32 device drivers. I've been a professional software developer for more than 12 years and an amateur developer for 20 years. I have been a regular Linux user since '93 and Windows user since the first days.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests

Digital photography, home theatre/HDTV, audio, mountain biking, and outdoorsy stuff.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.

Bought my first (and only) Mac in 2004. It is an 12" iBook G4 1GHz. I hope to add something with a little more horsepower to the stable soon. I bought this machine primarily to do some Cocoa development on. I've done a little but nothing major.

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?

1/1

* What are your favourite Mac programs?

One of the things that drew me to OS X in the first place was iPhoto. I still use it regularly, although I've come to be bothered by some of it's limitations. I use Mail, Safari, Camino, AdiumX, Democracy, and others. on a regular basis.

* What general area of this great country are you from?

Slightly north of the GTA (Ontario)
 
#28 ·
Wasn't going to re-introduce myself, but then I noticed all the posters here are male, so for the sake of balance …

Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)

I'm female, will be 60 in January, been with my current spice 31 years. My ehmac name refers to my 1962 Fender Duosonic guitar, which I dearly love (I am in the process of selling my Epiphone acoustic, but will keep my Fender bass & Acoustic amp, as well, of course, as my Fender Deluxe guitar amp & all my pedals). My civilian name is Leah, so if you see me on ichat, that's me.

I run a "computer consulting" business called Mainline Graphics & Communication, under which cover I do numerous computer & business related activities: tutoring, system upgrading & tweaking, installing memory for those less intrepid than I, helping small business owners develop & implement communications plans, blah, blah, blah. I also work/have worked as: waitress, sous chef, veterinary assistant, gas jockey, social worker, municipal administrator, newspaper editor/reporter/layout person, community economic development "officer"/facilitator, school teacher, typesetter, graphic design production co-ordinator, film carpenter, PA & production co-ordinator, graphic designer, performing musician, music teacher, and a few others I've forgotten.

Brief summary of some of your other interests

music, music, music – blues, jazz, folk, classical, gospel; gardening, fishing (oh, those lovely trout!), local politics, music, visual art (printmaking, painting), modelmaking (dioramas, small-scale topographic model sculpting), reading, nurturing indoor plants, computers, music …

How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.

First intro to computers in the early 80s while working as a teacher's aide, co-ordinated the introduction of computers (Commodores!) into the local elementary school; subsequently took a year off to take a college-level course called "Electronic Publishing" which was mac-based & covered publication design, graphic design principles, photography, writing & editing, production co-ordination; started my business in early 90s, also worked for mac-based newspapers.

What are your favourite Mac programs?

OS X, mail, Adium, Safari, Photoshop, Word, OfficeTimer, DropCopy, MacSolitaire, SuperTux, iPhoto, Sleepless, Excel, iGetter, Adobe Acrobat, macjanitor, Quark XPress, stickies

What general area of this great country are you from:

southeastern BC, up in the mountains on the western slope of the Rockies, BC smallest municipality - Silverton. Originally from Brooklyn, NY. How I got here is a very long story …

Dirty secret: my son has a PC. Guess I didn't raise him right.
 
#29 ·
Why are there so few females at ehMac?

* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)

Female, 62, retired from my job as a programmer several years ago, and just recently started working again (telecommuting)

* Brief summary of some of your other interests

Interests include reading (now listening to audiobooks), crafty things - mostly beading, grandkids (3), the interwebs and "House"

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.

I was fortunate to be picked for a project developing a database application on the Mac platform at work. It was pretty cutting edge and I learned a lot - and my love for Macs was born. One of the consultants on the project had been an engineer at Apple before he left to form his own consulting business.

The first Mac I used at work was a Mac Plus running OS 3. I remember the upgrade to OS 4 - what an improvement.

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?

The first Mac I owned was the original Classic - a wonderful little machine. Next I got an LC and then moved up to a IIcx, and kept getting machines a bit faster until I finally got a strawberry iMac which served me well for a couple of years until I got a Graphite iMac. On a whim I treated myself to a G3 iBook when they first came out and made a complete switch to laptops.

I now own 2 PowerBooks and can see a MacBook in my near future. I also have a 60 GB iPod Photo and a 4 GB nano.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?

Safari and mail.app

My favourite programs to run on my Mac are PhotoShop Elements and 4th Dimension.

* What general area of this great country are you from?

I live in Saskatchewan, but have lived in Calgary and Edmonton as well as a year in TO back in the 60s but that was a blur :eek:

* you didn't ask but I'll tell you anyway

WINWIN is my license plate - I tell people that it's my retirement strategy but the real story is best forgotten.

My license plate predates my introduction to the interweb, so when I started signing up for things on the net, I decided to use winwin as my handle only to discover that someone was already using it - thus the winwintoo.

Take care, Margaret
 
#30 ·
My name is Josh and I am a 17 year old student from York Region. My biggest intrest is aviation and I aspire to be an air traffic controller or aircraft technician some day. My first (and only) Mac product were iPods. First a 10Gig 3G and now a white 30GB video. Oh ya, I'm from Thornhill which is a suburb in York Region.
 
#31 ·
I am a 33 year old male in Calgary who works as a credit manager in the natural gas industry. I am married with one child and no pets.

My interests are computers, politics and religion (specifically my own, Christianity). I am also interested in sociology, however, I have no formal education in that field.

I got involved with Macs about 10 years ago through work. The company had just transitioned to PCs but several of their programs could only be accessed via Macs, so there were a few left in the office and I needed to access them from time to time.

I currently own an original Mac Mini with a 1.25 ghz cpu as well as the last revision of the iBook before the switch to Intel.

My favourite Mac programs are iLife and Safari.
 
#32 ·
I am a 16 year old KID.. Im working hard this year at school, beacuse I am finishing a year early to travel. I work at Mountain Equiptment CO OP, which is a sweet job. My parents are both doctors in edmonton, where I live. I have a dog and two sisters

I like computers, but I like mountain biking, backpacking, paddling and running a whole lot more than being cramped up inside. I love graphic arts, silkscreen and photography. And am bulking up my vinyl collection to dj and mix using my turntables and synth. I also play feild hockey competitivly as well as I have a strong bias against stephen harper.

My first mac was an apple classic, my dad used for writing his theisis on, but we soon got a apple IIe until one year santa brought us a performa. We had that for at least 8 years until going through a series of old imacs then getting our PC, (bad investment) while my dad was now using his top of the line pismo. Next our PC broke, literaly so at that point my mom had a 17" pb my dad a 15" pb, and my parents bought all the kids 15" ibook g4s. . we also often get "old" macs from my dads work, and i reciently aquired a 20" imac (bubble bottom with lcd) which I am setting us a media center.

my fav. programs would be talking moose, gizmos and gadgets, itunes and photoshop.
 
#33 ·
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
My real name is Warren. I am 35, married with two wonderful boys 2 1/2 and 8 months. I am self employed. I sell and distribute an all natural line of sunscreens to retail and via my web site (below)

* Brief summary of some of your other interests
*see above* As I mentioned I have two boys and I run my own business. I have no time for hobbies. But if I did have the time, I wold be involved more with my photography, traveling, Macs and re-learning how to play my guitar.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
I got involved in Macs around 1990, when my father's business purchased their first computer, a Mac Classic II. It was love at first sight. ;)

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
Since then, I have owned several Macs including a Centris, Duo 230, a Newton, Performa 640, Umax S900, PowerMac G4 (sawtooth), 17" iMac flat Panel and my PowerMac Dual 867 MDD G4.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?
Anything that lets me do what I need to do.

* What general area of this great country are you from?
I was born in Hamilton, Raised in Grimsby, Ontario, moved to Lynden, Ontario, back to Grimsby and now I am permanently settled in the little village of St. George, Ontario
 
#34 ·
Hello

Hello everyone,

This is my first post on eh mac! I am a Canadian living and working in the D.C area. I am 24 years old male and have been using a Mac for the past two years and would never go back to a P.C. Unfortunately I am a Fire sprinkler Designer and do use a P.C at work and it is nothing but problems.

Hope to See you around.

Paul
 
#35 ·
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)

My name is Michael. I'm male, 20 years old, and currently at Ryerson for Theatre Technical Production. This is after spending 3 years at Glendon (York U) changing majors every year and failing to get into film school each of those years as well. So instead I'm studying in one of the arts that I've come to love.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests

Film and theatre are my top ones. I've been working in and on film for a few years now, and I've put together a decent resume. At some point I'd like it to be my source of income, but for now I do it because I love it. Theatre I just got into really a year ago, but in seeing the comparison with producing it and producing film, I've come to love the 'live' aspect of it.

Aside from those, I enjoy fencing, which I've started up again after a hiatus this summer. I love the outdoors, so I like to walk and hike, even though I never did the whole camping thing as a kid.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.

I bough my first mac when I decided that I needed something to edit my films on. I knew that macs where the platform of choice for it, so I jumped into the world of macs fairly blindly, having only ever used OS 9 and earlier at school. Of course, my utter distain for Windows may have helped :D . I also joined ehmac back when I was thinking about going to macs, and everyone was very helpful in my switch.

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?

I own two. My first, my MDD 867, and then later my 15" Powerbook. Both of which I am now looking at selling to replace with a MacBook.

Also, I have a bunch of accessories, as I have a tendency to buy a lot of them (even if I don't use them much).

* What are your favourite Mac programs?

Aside from OS X itself, there are a few programs that stick out to me. One is Mail, which I love. I have about 8 different email accounts, and I have them all organized perfectly into Mail. It's great.

And of course Final Cut Pro. I really taught myself to use it (so I'm still learning new things once in a while) and I was amazing that I could learn such a powerful program so easily. Says a lot for Apple's programming.

* What general area of this great country are you from?

Born and still living in Scarborough, although I do spend most of the time in the core of Toronto these days. One day (hopefully soon) I'll be actually moving downtown.
 
#36 ·
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
My name is Eugene and I'm 33, working as a recording engineer / music producer / photographer / worship pastor. I'm married and we have two awesome little ones.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests
other... interests? blogging, Naruto, parenting, movies, evenings out.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
My first Mac that I ever used was a Macintosh Plus that my dad brought home from his work. I enjoyed playing Alice and writing school reports on it. I currently use Macs for music production and photography. And anything else you generally use a computer for.

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
The first Mac I owned was an LCII. Then came a Centris 660AV, a PowerMac 7500, a PowerMac G4/350, a Grape iMacDV, a Cube, a Quicksilver 733, a Powerbook 1400c. I currently own the Cube, an iBook G4, and a Mirrored Drive Doors Dual 867.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?
I spend most of my time in Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop CS2, and Logic & Nuendo.

* What general area of this great country are you from?
Toronto, ON
 
#37 ·
Hey All,

im a new member to the board. Im trying to get rid of my PC that i built for school becuase of money issues, but now im forced to sell it and buy a mac, thanks god!

well if anyone wants to buy a custom built PC with all the fixin's let me know.

* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
Im a 21 year old male, Audio Engineering Student.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests
My interests are DJing, making music and i try and skateboard now and then, but after 3 knee Op's, i cant stand after 10 mins of skateing.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
My first computer was a Mac that was given to me by my aunt, i miss my lil ibook G3 :(

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
i have owned 2 macs to date and after this PC sells, ill be getting #3.
i had my blueberry ibook clam, and my lime g3 imac.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?
Mac only? Everything! Final Cut Pro and Logic

* What general area of this great country are you from?
Just moved to Halifax For school, and im broke lol.

If you all wanna ask me anything, im always around, hit me up with a PM.

Anyone wanna buy a AMD desktop? didnt think so, but worth a shot! lol.

Rob
 
#38 ·
Hi there,

I'm a student at York University taking a BA Honors in Fine Arts Cultural Studies specializing in Digital New Media. I really like the program and it's given me a reason to learn the ins and outs of Macs again.

I have a special place in my heart for Macromedia Director because I made my first completed animated short on it and it felt like I was using Mario Paint for the SNES all over again. My all time fav (as in most-hours-logged) program is probably Garageband.

I grew up with a commadore PET and a Vic 20 and let me tell you when we got that Mac Plus it was some kind of fancy. After the plus, we owned (I think) a Quadra, a Mac Portable, a Mac Duo/Dock, a 7600/200, a G3 233 (beige), and a G3 433 clamshell iBook. It was at that point we all took an oath that we'd stop adding to the Mac museum piling up in our attic. That didn't stop us from dispersing them across the country though. My Brother had a trusty little G4 which I believe ended up in Palm Desert, my dad fell in love with my first personal computer, a G3 900 ibook, which I brought to Toronto. Not to be outdone he got himself a G4 iBook. With the sudden death of my G3, I find myself with yet another generation of Mac, the Macbook.

I am a classically trained red-seal cook by trade. I was born in Quebec, raised in Alberta, and I currently reside in Downtown Toronto (yay, apple store at Dundas!)

I'm constantly pestering the good people of ehMac.ca with my picky technical questions because well... everyone's so dang nice. And they can usually help me with my problems. Hopefully someday I can return the favour. Soooooo... yeah. Good to meet you all. :D
 
#39 ·
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
I'm a Male and a Student! I'm currently in Theatre school (Technical Theatre)
* Brief summary of some of your other interests
I'm a sound guy, thats about it. I love to listen to music.
* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
I fell in love with an unloved iBook at my old highschool a few years back.
* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
I presently own an iBook G4/1ghz and a G4 450mhz tower.
I've owned a fleet of beige g3's, and a b&w g3, and a 900mhz G3 iBook that apple replaced for me.
* What are your favourite Mac programs?
I'm going to have to say iTunes. Whatever did I do before it.
* What general area of this great country are you from?
I'm in Toronto, the centre of the universe! :lmao: Right by the lake too!
 
#40 ·
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
My real name is Michael. I am 15 (believe it or not), and thus am in Grade 10. I have various job functions that allow me to use the latest technical goodies. I am a computer consultant, partly working with my father's computer store. I always have something on the go, and I have quite the knack for jumping on ideas.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests
I am quite involved with music. I'm currently in a band as lead guitarist and vocal, and we're working on our first album. I'm also in my school's Concert Band program, playing bass guitar. Hopefully I'll find the time to get a website up to share some of our songs.

I'm quite the automobile nut as well. I aspire to own a Porsche 911 Turbo with a 6-speed manual at some point. Currently there are two cars in the family: 2000 BMW 323i (Silver on Black, Premium Pkg. II), and the new 2006 Volkswagen Jetta (Graphite Blue, 2.5). The BMW is probably going to be replaced soon by a newer Bimmer or Audi, so if you are interested in it, let me know ;)

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
I've been exposed to computers since 1994 (do the math :cool:). I got my first Mac sometime around 1997(?), being an LC II with System 7. I still used PCs primarily up to 2001, when I got a Blue and White G3 with Apple Studio Display. Nice machine, indeed :D. From then on I was hooked, and I now currently use a MacBook Pro 15" (1.83 with 1.5 GBs of RAM).

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
I've owned:
LC II
PM Blue and White G3 (300)
eMac G4 (2002)
iMac G4 (700)
PM G5 (1.6)
PB G4 12" (1.33)
iMac G5 20" (iSight, 2.1)

I currently own:
MBP 15" (1.83)
PM 7200/90 (for nostalgia sake)
Newton MessagePad 2000

* What are your favourite Mac programs?
Very difficult question. I'd have to say GarageBand is at the top of the list, just because I can spend hours screwing around with settings and different effects as I practise, and the program is extremely simple to use.

iTunes is another favorite. Quicksilver I use nowadays without even realizing it. Parallels is constantly running Windows XP SP2 in the background, provided services whenever I need it. Mail is also a handy program. I get 25+ messages a day not including mailing lists or spam. Mail organizes things very nicely.

Other than that, too many favorite apps to list :)

* What general area of this great country are you from?
I was born within Toronto, and now currently live just outside Barrie (considered in an area known as Snow Valley/Minesing). My father is Ukrainian, my mother is British Guyanese. Quite the mix, eh?
 
#41 ·
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)

My name is Nuno I own a satellite store at 287 Harbord St.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests

Since I just bought a house doing home repairs is now part of my hobbies but other hobbies inlcude working on my 1972 Austin Mini, photography, FTA signal satellite searchs.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.

I got involved with macs back in George Brown college where I took a 3 year graphic design program, at the time of George Brown all I knew was DOS and the use of the Mac made my life easier.

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?

I started with a 7200/75 and went to a Lombard Powerbook with a G3 and it lasted me untill OS X came out. I sold the Powerbook to finance the purchase of a used G4/450 and it was a beauty of a comp upgraded with a 64mb GeForce video card, 1024mb ram, 2 80gb hd's, I also replaced the built in cd with a Panasonic DVD burner. Following the G4 I bought a used 12" G4 iBook that still had warranty the logic board went on it but Apple refused to repair it because the serial number was not in the range of effected models so I lost a crapload of money on it and I'm still pissed at Apple for that one. My latest Mac is a G4 eMac that I purchased last year I love that Mac it's my best one yet no probs whatsoever even after I upgraded the memory on it to 1024mb.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?

favourite programs include Photoshop, GoLive, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and any version of Civilization that's available.

* What general area of this great country are you from?

I am currently living in Toronto, I just bought a house here so I will be staying for a while.

Laterz :)
 
#42 ·
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
My name is talonracer... *siiiigh*.. fine, it's Jason. Male, I'm the creative director for a CD/DVD retailer, and have my own freelance design biz as well, where I do logo design, advertising, graphic design, etc.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests
Ooh. Love cars, specifically my Eagle Talons, but also most turbo-charged, all-wheel drive cars. Big hockey fan (Go Oilers Go!), getting into lacrosse and like watching the English Premiership. I like to draw, and write poetry. Photography is a casual hobby that I wish I had the funds for better equipment for. Should I ever have the time again, I'll get back into painting.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
Studied on them in high school, and then was re-introduced when I was in my university design courses.

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
Sadly, none yet. Life's unexpected expenses keep getting in my way.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?
Oh you tease. How would I know?

* What general area of this great country are you from?
Originally from central BC. Then spent 7 years in Kamloops, and for the last two years I have lived in Calgary.
 
#43 ·
Intro in A Nutshell

First, the I love the introductions and re-introductions. As a new member to the ehmac community, getting to know a bit about other members makes me want to become even more involved.

History (and at darn near 60 there's more than a bit)... Born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1947. Celtic ancestry (Highland Scots and Irish). Both parents (deceased) were from small farming communities on Cape Breton Island and both were serving officers in the Second World War.

Personal... Father to eight (now grown) children (3 daughters, five sons), three grandchildren, happily remarried to an amazingly great woman since 1991 (15 years and hoping to make it 50). Should be easy, heck I only have to live to 95!

Work... Late sixties and early seventies, applications system designer and programmed in Basic Assember on IBM/360 systems. In the early seventies left the computer world behind in order to found a consulting practice where I could apply my thinking skill-sets toward solving business problems (mostly economic performance issues). I've worked with clients in Canada, USA, UK, Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Present and future... Working hard to understand Internet related technological innovation (e.g., Web 2.0, blogs, wiki's, YouTube) and... It is not easy for me. The mission: Directing my knowledge and experience over the next ten to fifteen years toward helping young people to turn their great ideas into creating and growing great companies.

Computers... After leaving the computer world behind I swore that I would never again touch a computer until it was so easy to use that I didn't have to think about it... DA TA... 1984 and my first mac. To make my point, my youngest son was age 6 when I brought it home. While I was distracted with something elsewhere in the house, Josh took the Mac out of the box, connected the keyboard, mouse and printer, plugged it into the wall and had all the install disks ready for installation by the time I had returned... Best case of "ease of use". Since 1984 I've owned several Macs (all great) and one (yep, one) PC, a Compaq back in 1998 (it worked pretty good except for Internet virus problems).

My current gear... iMac G3 (green DVD model), 450 MHz, 320 MB RAM, using OS 10.3.9, Epson Stylus Color 860 printer, brand new (bought Friday last) Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard and Microsoft intelliMouse.

Current Applications used... Safari, Firefox, Microsoft Office Suite including Entourage. Also use Blogger and a number of other free Google services. Access daily... Google, Gmail, YouTube, Digg, Techcruch, Technorati and numerous blogs, and now of course, the ehmac community! :clap:

Near Future gear... My darling wife is getting one of those new 20 inch iMacs with 1 GB RAM along with new software and printer. She needs larger screen for her studies. Thanks to suggestion from ehmac community member, handle "However", I'm going to upgrade my G3 to 1GB RAM and Tiger, love the idea of getting many more years of great fun out of my already 6-year old beauty.

Interests... Reading; History; Human Cognitive Processing (in particular, how do people think, learn, communicate and relate to one another); Cooking, a good bottle of wine, especially with great conversation, and technological innovation.
 
#44 ·
Love Your Revolving Cogs Image

Good to meet you. The visual image located in the avatar space is awesome! :clap:
« MannyP Design » said:
My name is Manuel.

I'm a graphic & multimedia designer in the National Capital Region (NCR) originally from Fredericton, New Brunswick. I work for a small, but mighty, design and marketing firm on Bank Street where I do all sorts of wierd and wonderful things: graphic design and layout in both the traditional and electronic medium, illustration (2-D and 3-D), interactive media, and the occasional web site. In my spare time I do a little video production and motion graphics as a hobby, watch movies, listen to music, draw, and read comics from time to time (just getting back into it with DC's Justice series and Marvel's Civil War.)

I got into Macs about 11-12 years ago when I started a multimedia course at NBCC.

Currently my wife and I own two Macs: A Power Mac Dual 1.8 G5 and a Powerbook 17" 1Ghz G4. We also have two iPods--1 3G and 1 1st-Gen Video iPod.

My favorite programs? Photoshop, Illustrator, ElectricImage3D, FinalCut, AfterEffects, etc.
 
#45 ·
Lovely Meeting You

Really appreciate your introduction, it does bring balance and it increased my "wa". Gasp... Your son and a PC. At darn near 60 myself and with eight grown children, I know that patience is a virtue because... My kids still love me in spite of the flaws. BTW I'm a blues fan myself, love the older stuff (the Lomax collections, Son House et al). You sure live in a beautiful part of the country.

duosonic said:
Wasn't going to re-introduce myself, but then I noticed all the posters here are male, so for the sake of balance …

Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)

I'm female, will be 60 in January, been with my current spice 31 years. My ehmac name refers to my 1962 Fender Duosonic guitar, which I dearly love (I am in the process of selling my Epiphone acoustic, but will keep my Fender bass & Acoustic amp, as well, of course, as my Fender Deluxe guitar amp & all my pedals). My civilian name is Leah, so if you see me on ichat, that's me.

I run a "computer consulting" business called Mainline Graphics & Communication, under which cover I do numerous computer & business related activities: tutoring, system upgrading & tweaking, installing memory for those less intrepid than I, helping small business owners develop & implement communications plans, blah, blah, blah. I also work/have worked as: waitress, sous chef, veterinary assistant, gas jockey, social worker, municipal administrator, newspaper editor/reporter/layout person, community economic development "officer"/facilitator, school teacher, typesetter, graphic design production co-ordinator, film carpenter, PA & production co-ordinator, graphic designer, performing musician, music teacher, and a few others I've forgotten.

Brief summary of some of your other interests

music, music, music – blues, jazz, folk, classical, gospel; gardening, fishing (oh, those lovely trout!), local politics, music, visual art (printmaking, painting), modelmaking (dioramas, small-scale topographic model sculpting), reading, nurturing indoor plants, computers, music …

How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.

First intro to computers in the early 80s while working as a teacher's aide, co-ordinated the introduction of computers (Commodores!) into the local elementary school; subsequently took a year off to take a college-level course called "Electronic Publishing" which was mac-based & covered publication design, graphic design principles, photography, writing & editing, production co-ordination; started my business in early 90s, also worked for mac-based newspapers.

What are your favourite Mac programs?

OS X, mail, Adium, Safari, Photoshop, Word, OfficeTimer, DropCopy, MacSolitaire, SuperTux, iPhoto, Sleepless, Excel, iGetter, Adobe Acrobat, macjanitor, Quark XPress, stickies

What general area of this great country are you from:

southeastern BC, up in the mountains on the western slope of the Rockies, BC smallest municipality - Silverton. Originally from Brooklyn, NY. How I got here is a very long story …

Dirty secret: my son has a PC. Guess I didn't raise him right.
 
#46 ·
Kind Greetings

Wonderful introduction... Thank you! I love the beautiful quote at the bottom of your post, think it went something like, "I love my computer because all of my friends live there". BTW, one of my sons here in Toronto is engaged to a wonderful girl who originally hails from Saskatoon. Also, for you and all the other lovely women in technology... There is a great concept, "Girl Geek Dinners". Check out "London Girl Geek Dinners" and/or my young friend, Sarah Blow (Founder, LGGD), maybe you can organize something cool like this.
winwintoo said:
Why are there so few females at ehMac?

* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)

Female, 62, retired from my job as a programmer several years ago, and just recently started working again (telecommuting)

* Brief summary of some of your other interests

Interests include reading (now listening to audiobooks), crafty things - mostly beading, grandkids (3), the interwebs and "House"

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.

I was fortunate to be picked for a project developing a database application on the Mac platform at work. It was pretty cutting edge and I learned a lot - and my love for Macs was born. One of the consultants on the project had been an engineer at Apple before he left to form his own consulting business.

The first Mac I used at work was a Mac Plus running OS 3. I remember the upgrade to OS 4 - what an improvement.

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?

The first Mac I owned was the original Classic - a wonderful little machine. Next I got an LC and then moved up to a IIcx, and kept getting machines a bit faster until I finally got a strawberry iMac which served me well for a couple of years until I got a Graphite iMac. On a whim I treated myself to a G3 iBook when they first came out and made a complete switch to laptops.

I now own 2 PowerBooks and can see a MacBook in my near future. I also have a 60 GB iPod Photo and a 4 GB nano.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?

Safari and mail.app

My favourite programs to run on my Mac are PhotoShop Elements and 4th Dimension.

* What general area of this great country are you from?

I live in Saskatchewan, but have lived in Calgary and Edmonton as well as a year in TO back in the 60s but that was a blur :eek:

* you didn't ask but I'll tell you anyway

WINWIN is my license plate - I tell people that it's my retirement strategy but the real story is best forgotten.

My license plate predates my introduction to the interweb, so when I started signing up for things on the net, I decided to use winwin as my handle only to discover that someone was already using it - thus the winwintoo.

Take care, Margaret
 
#47 ·
Great to Meet You

Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself to the community. I just joined the community myself so from one newbi to another "howdy and best wishes".:clap:

Aros said:
I am a 16 year old KID.. Im working hard this year at school, beacuse I am finishing a year early to travel. I work at Mountain Equiptment CO OP, which is a sweet job. My parents are both doctors in edmonton, where I live. I have a dog and two sisters

I like computers, but I like mountain biking, backpacking, paddling and running a whole lot more than being cramped up inside. I love graphic arts, silkscreen and photography. And am bulking up my vinyl collection to dj and mix using my turntables and synth. I also play feild hockey competitivly as well as I have a strong bias against stephen harper.

My first mac was an apple classic, my dad used for writing his theisis on, but we soon got a apple IIe until one year santa brought us a performa. We had that for at least 8 years until going through a series of old imacs then getting our PC, (bad investment) while my dad was now using his top of the line pismo. Next our PC broke, literaly so at that point my mom had a 17" pb my dad a 15" pb, and my parents bought all the kids 15" ibook g4s. . we also often get "old" macs from my dads work, and i reciently aquired a 20" imac (bubble bottom with lcd) which I am setting us a media center.

my fav. programs would be talking moose, gizmos and gadgets, itunes and photoshop.
 
#48 ·
Welcome to the Community

Glad to meet you. How do you like D.C.? Sounds like you have a very neet job! :clap:
Paulmac said:
Hello everyone,

This is my first post on eh mac! I am a Canadian living and working in the D.C area. I am 24 years old male and have been using a Mac for the past two years and would never go back to a P.C. Unfortunately I am a Fire sprinkler Designer and do use a P.C at work and it is nothing but problems.

Hope to See you around.

Paul
 
#49 ·
Love the Animation

Glad to meet you. How in the heck did you create that terrific animation. :clap: You should also check out Manny's fab anamation of revolving cogs. Looking forward to reading your posts!
rhythms said:
* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
My name is Eugene and I'm 33, working as a recording engineer / music producer / photographer / worship pastor. I'm married and we have two awesome little ones.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests
other... interests? blogging, Naruto, parenting, movies, evenings out.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
My first Mac that I ever used was a Macintosh Plus that my dad brought home from his work. I enjoyed playing Alice and writing school reports on it. I currently use Macs for music production and photography. And anything else you generally use a computer for.

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
The first Mac I owned was an LCII. Then came a Centris 660AV, a PowerMac 7500, a PowerMac G4/350, a Grape iMacDV, a Cube, a Quicksilver 733, a Powerbook 1400c. I currently own the Cube, an iBook G4, and a Mirrored Drive Doors Dual 867.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?
I spend most of my time in Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop CS2, and Logic & Nuendo.

* What general area of this great country are you from?
Toronto, ON
 
#50 ·
Welcome Rob

Glad to meet you and best of luck with selling that equipment. Feels like (lack of) money may be getting you down... So, chin up! One of my grown sons found it very difficult being "student poor", eventually got some part-time consulting work. The added time demands were tough as he was a full scholarship student but he loved having some dough in his pocket. He said it was worth the extra effort.

overboosted said:
Hey All,

im a new member to the board. Im trying to get rid of my PC that i built for school becuase of money issues, but now im forced to sell it and buy a mac, thanks god!

well if anyone wants to buy a custom built PC with all the fixin's let me know.

* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
Im a 21 year old male, Audio Engineering Student.

* Brief summary of some of your other interests
My interests are DJing, making music and i try and skateboard now and then, but after 3 knee Op's, i cant stand after 10 mins of skateing.

* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
My first computer was a Mac that was given to me by my aunt, i miss my lil ibook G3 :(

* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
i have owned 2 macs to date and after this PC sells, ill be getting #3.
i had my blueberry ibook clam, and my lime g3 imac.

* What are your favourite Mac programs?
Mac only? Everything! Final Cut Pro and Logic

* What general area of this great country are you from?
Just moved to Halifax For school, and im broke lol.

If you all wanna ask me anything, im always around, hit me up with a PM.

Anyone wanna buy a AMD desktop? didnt think so, but worth a shot! lol.

Rob
 
#51 ·
Greetings!

Welcome to the community. Looking forward to reading your posts and best of luck with your studies.
cap10subtext said:
Hi there,

I'm a student at York University taking a BA Honors in Fine Arts Cultural Studies specializing in Digital New Media. I really like the program and it's given me a reason to learn the ins and outs of Macs again.

I have a special place in my heart for Macromedia Director because I made my first completed animated short on it and it felt like I was using Mario Paint for the SNES all over again. My all time fav (as in most-hours-logged) program is probably Garageband.

I grew up with a commadore PET and a Vic 20 and let me tell you when we got that Mac Plus it was some kind of fancy. After the plus, we owned (I think) a Quadra, a Mac Portable, a Mac Duo/Dock, a 7600/200, a G3 233 (beige), and a G3 433 clamshell iBook. It was at that point we all took an oath that we'd stop adding to the Mac museum piling up in our attic. That didn't stop us from dispersing them across the country though. My Brother had a trusty little G4 which I believe ended up in Palm Desert, my dad fell in love with my first personal computer, a G3 900 ibook, which I brought to Toronto. Not to be outdone he got himself a G4 iBook. With the sudden death of my G3, I find myself with yet another generation of Mac, the Macbook.

I am a classically trained red-seal cook by trade. I was born in Quebec, raised in Alberta, and I currently reside in Downtown Toronto (yay, apple store at Dundas!)

I'm constantly pestering the good people of ehMac.ca with my picky technical questions because well... everyone's so dang nice. And they can usually help me with my problems. Hopefully someday I can return the favour. Soooooo... yeah. Good to meet you all. :D
 
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