MacMoxie - Training

I strive to keep my skills up-to-date and
develop new ones to help my clients

Below is a list of computer training I've taken since 1997. I'm always trying to keep my skills current. I constantly read trade publications and scour websites for tutorials and tips & tricks.

I attend as many seminars as I can at the Apple Store in SoHo. I'm also a frequent contributor to an email list for Macintosh Managers, a community of people who manage Macintosh computers and come together for peer support. I believe in sharing knowledge and collaboration to solve problems. I'm Board Secretary at MetroMac, a Mac User Group in NYC and I've been an active member of Webgrrls since March 2000.

If you have any questions or wish to contact me, email me at mdoll@macmoxie.com or call 347-247-7357. I can also be reached on AOL IM at MacMoxieNY.

December 29, 2003
Certified Master in Computer Fundamentals Mac OS X by Brainbench.
Click to view my transcript and enter 325227.

July 15, 2003 (10:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
Mac OS X Disaster Relief
Ted Landau & Dan Frakes
Diagnosing problems in OS X is not the same as in OS 9. Class will teach you to know when to call it quits, how to unwrap packages, how to modify plist files, how to get permission, to understand file extensions, to clean up your Mac and isolate a cause.

September 6, 2002 (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM)
Westlake Internet Training
Jay Shapiro, New York, NY
Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
Acquire the HTML skills necessary to develop more sophisticated layouts, font schemes, and interactivity for your pages. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) enhances HTML and gives you much more control of page layout and text formatting.
Use Style Sheets and Templates for a Uniform Design
Centralize Style Specifications
Understand Dynamic HTML (DHTML)

December 4, 2001 (8:30 AM - 11:30 AM)
Macromedia Beginning Flash Seminar
Architectural approach will give you an excellent foundation for building your own Web sites in Macromedia Flash. You'll leave with a strategy for continuing your learning as you dive right into Macromedia Flash Web sites, presentations and designs.
Production techniques for:
- Setting up your work environment for highest efficiency and quick learning
- Setting up your documents
- Creating Illustrations
- Creating Animations
- Providing user controls (buttons)
- Creating presentations and portfolios (GoTo Structures)
- Publishing a Macromedia Flash Web site
- Using outside Macromedia Flash movies to break up file size (Load Movie)
- Using and controlling movie clips

October 22-25, 2001
FileMaker Pro User’s Learning Summit - Chicago, IL
- FileMaker Naming Standards
- Formulas & Functions I
- Formulas & Functions II
- Optimizing Your Network
- Summary Report Generation I
- Summary Report Generation II
- Beginning Scripting I
- Beginning Scripting II
- Intermediate Scripting I
- Intermediate Scripting II
- Advanced Scripting I
- Advanced Scripting II
- Passwords & FileMaker Security
- Power Plug-Ins for FileMaker

July 18-20, 2001
MacWorld Expo
--Mac Networking Update
July 18, 2000 (12:30 PM - 2:00 PM)
Latest on Open Transport, TCP/IP, multihoming, IP multicast and Mac client and server platform.
--Becoming a Successful Mac Manager, Practice Issues and Career Building
July 18, 2000 (2:15 PM - 3:45 PM)
Fundamentals of running an IS operation, tips for effective staff management, how to promote the IS department within the company and practices for career growth.
--Hardcore Theory-Based Troubleshooting for Mac Techs
July 18, 2000 (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM)
Save time by getting straight to the root of the problem.
--Configuring and Optimizing Your FileMaker Pro Network
July 19, 2000 (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
Configurations to achieve optimum speeds over a network, scenarios to avoid and web publishing.
--Easy Migration Into the Scalable World of SQL Databases Using WebObjects
July 19, 2000 (3:15 PM - 4:45 PM)
Introduction to SQL and the creation of SQL databases. Compares the creation of a front end to a contacts database using Lasso, Omnis and WebObjects.
--Web Development in Mac OS X: The Ultimate Web Publishing Platform
July 20, 2000 (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
Apache Web Server and FTP will be built in. PHP and Perl are standard. Web-based collaboration through WebDAV and the power of UNIX.
--Publishing Evolution and Mac OS X
July 20, 2000 (12:45 PM - 2:15 PM)
Publishing platform and software issues and OS X vs. Classic. Examine training and migration issues, function and feature differences, and new possibilities with native products.

May 3, 2001 (1:30 PM to 4:30 PM)
Apple Seminars: Networking Made Easy
Peter Inniss
- The benefits of networking
- How to set up a wireless network
- How to set up an intranet
- Network server options
- How to share Internet connections
- How to share files and databases
- How to access and manage a network remotely
- How to expand your network
Featured Solutions
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- Farallon Fast Starlet switches and hubs
- Adobe Acrobat
- FileMaker Pro
- Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac
- Now Up-to-Date/Contact

December 13, 2000 (1:30 PM to 4:30 PM)
Apple Seminars: Integrated Business Productivity Seminar Featuring Microsoft Office 2001
Gail Homberg & Leonard Shostak

July 19-20, 2000
MacWorld Expo
--Quark XPress or Adobe InDesign: Which does Which?
July 19, 2000 (11:00 AM - 12:15 PM)
Sandee Cohen, Author/Consultant
Strengths and weaknesses of each program.
--Hot Quark Tips and Tricks
July 19, 2000 (1:30 PM - 2:45 PM)
Sandee Cohen, Author/Consultant
Time Saving techniques for creating page layouts, working with type and color, and how to work around Quark’s occasional gotchas.
--Mac User’s Survival Guide to Working With Windows
July 19, 2000 (3:15 PM - 4:45 PM)
Phil Goodman, Owner, Goodman Consulting
What a Mac user needs to know when sharing data with Windows users. Covers: file sharing, formatting, compresion, naming conventions, cross-platform networking.
--Play Nice With Your Service Bureau
July 20, 2000 (10:00 AM - 11:15 AM)
Michael Penwarden & Terri Stone
How to avoid common mistakes that may cost time and money.

July 13-14, 2000 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
Quark Xpress 4.0
New Horizons

February 24-25, 2000 (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
Networking the Macintosh, Dean Shavit
Topics include: Fundamentals of Macintosh networking
Hardware selection (cables, hubs, switches)
Choosing the right protocol and configuring a Mac to work with virtually any network
Creating and using a peer-to-peer network
Creating a secure Mac server
Connecting the Mac to non-Macintosh networks
Remote network management using Apple Network Assistant
Troubleshooting network hardware and software
Using AppleShare IP to boost server performance and capabilities
Mac OS X Server tutorial

January 13, 2000 (9:30 AM-4:00 PM)
--Internet Innovations for Small Business
Morning session
This session introduces you to the Internet Office and demonstrates how you can take advantage of resources that improve everything from back-office functions such as e-mail and file sharing to general office tasks such as faxing, postage, and more.
--E-Commerce Solutions for Small Business
Afternoon session
Introduction to Internet resources that make it easy to increase your sales revenue by setting up your own e-commerce site. You'll review exciting e-commerce services available on the Internet that small businesses can take advantage of at low or no cost. You'll also see e-commerce systems that you can set up yourself.

January 11, 2000 (10:00 AM -5:00 PM)
Joseph Lowery, United Digital Artists
Dreamweaver I: Rapid Web Page Creation
Dreamweaver offers Web designers a WYSIWYG authoring environment that effortlessly and simultaneously writes clean, editable HTML source code and JavaScript. Learn to rapidly design Web pages with Dreamweaver's powerful, yet simple, drag-and-drop table and frame design feature, in addition to its powerful library for managing site-wide changes and JavaScript behaviors.

July 21-22, 1999
MacWorld Expo
--Advanced AppleScripting
July 21, 1999 (11:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
Learn, understand, and discuss quirks, tricks, and techniques about AppleScript from one of the leaders of the AppleScript universe. We will also delve into what's possible in the area of automating your world.
--From AppleTalk to IP
July 21, 1999 (1:30 PM - 3:00 PM)
The tremendous popularity of the Internet is rapidly making IP the standard for communications over organizations internal networks as well as over the Internet itself. Mac administrators are finding it desirable to migrate their traditionally AppleTalk networks to IP. This session will present an overview of the migration progress and detail issues which are likely to be encountered, including maintaining the services, security and ease-of-use which users have come to expect from AppleTalk.
--Stretching the Capabilities of FileMaker Pro
July 21, 1999 (3:30 PM - 4:45 PM)
By combining FileMaker features, it is possible to accomplish tasks you didn't think possible.
--Unique Aspects of Macintosh Administration
July 22, 1999 (10:00 AM - 11:30 AM)
This session will help you learn techniques and background to administer the Mac OS effectively regardless of network type. You’ll learn more about the Mac OS - provided and third party solutions available to make the Mac OS a good client to your NetWare, Unix, or Windows NT- based network.
--Protecting Your Network with Firewalls
July 22, 1999 (1:00 PM - 2:30 PM)
Routine but critical maintenance of a firewall, determination and implementation of security policies, the importance of audits, along with an overview of different security technologies.

June 22, 1999 (1:30 PM - 4:30 PM)
Apple Update: Technology in Motion
Discover the latest products from Apple and learn more about key Apple technologies.

April 20, 1999 (1:00 PM - 2:30 PM)
eCommerce for Small Business
Terri Lonier, Working Solo
Alan George, Alan George & Associates, Inc.
Apple Market Seminar
Explore eCommerce solutions for small businesses including Earthlink’s TotalCommerce, iCat’s E-Commerce Online and MacCommerce Server Solution.

February 25-26, 1999 (9:00 AM-5:00 PM)
Workflow Automation with AppleScript
John Thorsen - john_thorsen@tecsoft.com
TECSoft and IMAGE Inc.
Two-day, hands-on introductio to AppleScript. Centered on using FileMaker Pro, Canto Cumulus and QuarkXPress in workflow and publishing automation solutions.

September 27-28, 1998
Forum on Electronic Publishing
Newsletter Publishers Association
Focused on internet models that work, new ways to package and sell content, staffing/outsourcing electronic business, product development, joint ventures, customer service and banner ads.

August 18-19, 1998 (9:00 AM-5:00 PM)
Advanced Troubleshooting for the Macintosh
Data-Tech Institute, Hal Kooistra
How macs work (OS, drives, memory), troubleshooting (fixes, steps, utilities, websites), symptoms, fixing problems.

July 7, 1998 (12:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
Practical Introduction to Mac Networking
Leon Ablon, Ablon Associates
Build LocalTalk & Ethernet networks, evaluate when to migrate, use routers, network numbers and zones to control traffic.

May 22-23, 1997 (9:00 AM-5:00 PM)
FileMaker Pro Power Days
MacAcademy
Creating new files, defining fields, modes, layouts, calculations, scripts, labels, look-ups, mail merges, relationships, entity/relationship diagrams, portals.

If you have any questions or wish to contact me, email me at mdoll@macmoxie.com or call 347-247-7357. I can also be reached on AOL IM at MacMoxieNY.