What? Two user group meetings in the same week? Turns out there was more to cover in iPhoto ’09 and iMovie ’09 than time allowed for at CoMUG last month, so I’ll be back to pick up where I left off. That means more iPhoto action, some iMovie action, and probably a few jokes about iPhoto’s face recognition confusing animals with my family.

If you missed last month, it’s still cool to come this month. There’s plenty more to see, and you’ll get up to speed pretty quickly. The meeting is on March 12 at 7PM at the NCAR facility in Boulder.

Oh yeah: The CoMUG crew also hangs out at Ihop in Boulder after the meetings. You know, in case you eat pancakes while you get your tech on.

The evening lineup along with directions is available at the CoMUG Web site.

I’m stepping out from behind my desk again, and this time it’s to get all chatty with the CapMac Mac User Group in Austin, Texas. That’s going to be on Tuesday, March 10 at 7PM — and get this: They meet at a pub. A pub!

I’ll be showing some image editing tips and tricks, talking about why you might want to use certain digital image formats in different situations, and for everyone that’s a little light in the pocketbook, I’ll have some tips on free and cheap ways to edit your photos, too.

I’ve never been to Austin, but I hear it’s a great place. Good BBQ, good music, and a bridge with tons of frakking bats. Yeah, Austin sounds like a very cool place to me.

CapMac meets at Sherlock’s Baker Street Pub at 9012 Research Blvd. Directions to the meeting along with a full line up of the evening’s events are available at the CapMac Web site.