Held Friday afternoons in Turing Auditorium, Tech Briefings are informal, interactive seminars on computer-related topics of interest to the Stanford community. These sessions are intended for power users, Expert Partners, and those with IT responsibilities, but are open to everyone - faculty, staff, and students. The Tech Briefings, led by knowledgeable IT Services staff or other IT professionals, run from 2:00 to 3:30 P.M. No registration is required - just come on by and learn something new. No fees. No fuss. http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/ Creative Suite 3 Series -- Illustrator CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS3 software allows you to create sophisticated artwork for virtually any medium. Industry-standard drawing tools, flexible color controls, and professional type controls help you capture your ideas and experiment freely, while timesaving features such as easier-to-access options let you work quickly and intuitively. Improved performance and tight integration with other Adobe applications also help you produce extraordinary graphics for print, web and interactive, and mobile and motion designs. http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb2 Update on the Forsythe Data Center In this session, we will provide an overview of the enhancements being made to the Forsythe Hall Data Center as part of the renovation project. Topics covered will include mechanical, electrical, and emergency power system upgrades. http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb3 Apple Presents: What's New From Apple Come hear Stanford's Apple rep Wyn Davies talk about the exciting new Apple products, direct from Macworld 2008. http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb_apple Remedy 7.0 Jumpstart In this session, we'll be going through an overview of the changes to Remedy and HelpSU. We'll look at some minor changes to HelpSU and also go over some fabulous new features in Remedy like the ability to create a personal "signature file" for emails sent from Remedy, the ability to create Tasks and assign them to other groups while maintaining control of the original ticket, and the new web-based client that will allow easy access for Macintosh users and quick access from computers where Remedy is not installed. http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb4 No Tech Briefing (All-Day Security Class) http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb5 Creative Suite 3 Series -- InDesign CS3 Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using Adobe InDesign CS3 page layout software. Built for demanding workflows, InDesign integrates smoothly with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InCopy, and Dreamweaver software; offers powerful features for creating richer, more complex documents; and reliably outputs pages to multiple media. With its sophisticated design features and enhanced productivity tools for streamlining repetitive tasks, InDesign CS3 lets you work faster and better than ever. http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb6 Drupal http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb7 What's Up with Eudora and Email at Stanford http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb8 Looking to spur wiki adoption? Want to grow from 10 users to 100, 1000, or more? Wikis are the future of classroom and research collaboration, so improving adoption and effective use in teaching and research is key to realizing benefits such as more deeply engaged students, constantly refined curriculum materials and more streamlined research from data gathering to journal publication. Want to know more about how to achieve this? Stewart Mader will share strategies he has gathered on wiki adoption from his own experience teaching, collaboratively developing curriculum materials and working with the likes of Brown University and Johns Hopkins University. He'll discuss Wikipatterns.com and the practice of applying patterns to help coordinate peoples' efforts and guide the growth of content, as well as recognizing and resolving anti-patterns that might otherwise hinder growth, so that your wiki has the best chance of success. Stewart Mader works with business, academic, and non-profit organizations to grow vibrant collaborative communities. He is Wiki Evangelist for Atlassian, publishes Blog on Wiki Patterns (www.ikiw.org), and founded Wikipatterns.com. He is the author of two books: Wikipatterns: a practical guide to improving productivity and collaboration in your organization, which is being published by Wiley in early 2008, and Using Wiki in Education , an online book on how the wiki is transforming education and research. http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb9 Creative Suite 3 Series -- Fireworks vs. Photoshop http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb10 ESS: Software and Stuff http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb11 Using Open Source Software and Other Freebies (a.k.a. Alternatives to MS Office and Sound, Video, and Graphic Manipulation software) Do you wish you had office applications at home? Is your department running out of funds because you're spending too much on licensing fees for tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Illustrator, and Photoshop? Come to this Tech Briefing as our instructor, Mark Branom, demonstrates Open Source and other free alternatives. Topics will include OpenOffice.org, Audacity, Picasa, GIMP, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, and Google Page Creator. http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb12 Windows Domain http://techbriefing.stanford.edu/index.html#tb13