In addition to lunch on Saturday and Barry’s Midwest Mac BBQ Saturday night, when we added a second day this year, I wanted to put together a little continental breakfast for everyone on Sunday, but the feedback I’ve been getting tells me that most folks aren’t terribly interested in a continental breakfast, either because your hotels offer very similar breakfasts or you were looking for something a bit healthier than sweet cakes. Many of you were also worried you wouldn’t get to the conference center before the breakfast was over!
So with that in mind, I spoke with the great folks at MCC’s Luecht Conference Center and came up with a custom substitute that allows us to “pivot” a bit and switch over from a limited-serving-time continental breakfast to an all morning long “snack bar” instead! (more…)
Oh sure, we thought the speaker lineup was complete, but Macstock 2016’s speaker lineup has been officially upped by 1!
And that “1” is Mr. Tom Piper, vendor liaison for the Apple User Group Advisory Board. Tom had originally been scheduled to give a “brief” on Apple User Groups as he did at Macstock 2015, but as Macstock is very much a community-driven event, it’s only appropriate to give Tom a full speaking slot at this year’s conference, so I’ve made a couple small schedule changes to help make that happen!
Tom will be joining all the other awesome speakers headed your way at Macstock this year including returning speakers from Macstock 2015, Allison Sheridan, Chuck Joiner, Guy Serle, Julie Kuehl, Dave Ginsburg and Tim Robertson as well as many names new to Macstock’s stage, but almost certainly not new to you including Victor Cajiao, Dr. Robert Carter, Wally Cherwinski, Adam Christianson, Melissa Davis, Allison Hartley, Matt Hillyer, Don McAllister, Mike Schmitz, Kirschen Seah, and Jodi Spangler!
So that means we’re up to 18 speakers — and Macstock 2016 is the only place to hear them all!
Thanks to the suggestion of one of Macstock 2016’s attendees, Jeff W., we’ve created a couple retina wallpapers for your Mac!
Presented in glorious 2880 x 1800 Retina MacBook Pro resolution, you can choose from one of two designs to help keep up the excitement for this year’s conference as we all wait for July to get here!
Design One features a subtle photo collage from Macstock 2015* in the background, while Design Two features only the tie-dye background.
If you like them let me know!
Click to download the full sized wallpaper:
Design One
Design Two
* Select images within the photo collage are courtesy of Macstock 2015 & 2016 speaker, Allison Sheridan.
Macstock 2016 is coming fast and I’m so incredibly excited by the response to this year’s conference!
Since tickets sales opened for Macstock on January 1st, we’ve grown our lineup to a whopping 17 Speakers who will be giving some amazing talks this year covering all bases from STEM (Science and Technology in Education), to getting the most from apps like OmniFocus and Preview, to more advanced topics like Macs in the Enterprise!
But that’s only a sample of what you should expect to hear at Macstock 2016 because we’re featuring many of your favorite names from the Apple Community including returning speakers from Macstock 2015 like Allison Sheridan, Chuck Joiner, Guy Serle, Julie Kuehl, Dave Ginsburg and Tim Robertson!
We’ve also got many names new to Macstock, but almost certainly not new to you including Victor Cajiao, Dr. Robert Carter, Wally Cherwinski, Adam Christianson, Melissa Davis, Allison Hartley, Matt Hillyer, Don McAllister, Mike Schmitz, Kirschen Seah, and Jodi Spangler!
And the only place you’ll find all those great names together at one time this year is at Macstock! Be sure to check out the talks we have scheduled so far to see what we have planned for you at Macstock 2016. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed!
Thank you all for your support of Macstock 2016 and Barry’s Midwest Mac BBQ!
In addition to lunch on Saturday and Barry’s Midwest Mac BBQ Saturday night, when we added a second day this year, I wanted to put together a little continental breakfast for everyone on Sunday, but the feedback I’ve been getting tells me that most folks aren’t terribly interested in a continental breakfast, either because your hotels offer very similar breakfasts or you were looking for something a bit healthier than sweet cakes. Many of you were also worried you wouldn’t get to the conference center before the breakfast was over!
And that “1” is Mr. Tom Piper, vendor liaison for the Apple User Group Advisory Board. Tom had originally been scheduled to give a “brief” on Apple User Groups 
But that’s only a sample of what you should expect to hear at Macstock 2016 because we’re featuring many of your favorite names from the Apple Community including returning speakers from Macstock 2015 like Allison Sheridan, Chuck Joiner, Guy Serle, Julie Kuehl, Dave Ginsburg and Tim Robertson!