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MacMania 10 Cruise
- MacMania 10 Cruise (May 2–9, 2010) was a technology-focused Geek Cruise sailing to Bermuda aboard Holland America Line's M.S. Veendam, departing from and returning to New York City.
The Bermuda Itinerary & "All Aboard, Friday"
- The cruise was notable for having the fewest stops of any itinerary: after sailing out of New York, the Veendam docked at Hamilton, Bermuda, and remained docked in port for several consecutive days, functioning as the largest floating hotel in the city for the week.
- Unlike typical cruise ports with tight, same-day "all aboard at 6:00 PM" departure constraints, the instructions for this stay were simply: "All aboard, Friday."
Key Presenters & Curriculum
- The seminar program focused heavily on the newly released iPad (which launched in April 2010) and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
- Presenters included:
- David Pogue: Presented on Snow Leopard and the newly emerging iPhone/iPad ecosystem.
- Sal Soghoian: Taught classes on Automator and the new OS X Services menu.
- Jason Snell: Presented "Mac Gems" covering low-cost utility software.
- Rich Siegel (CEO of Bare Bones Software): Shared text editing insights and BBEdit workflows.
- Bebo White: Taught sessions on social networking.
- Andy Ihnatko: Provided Macintosh hardware and ecosystem commentary.
- Randal Schwartz: Ran Unix command-line workshops and co-hosted the "MacMania Ingenious Bar".
Shore Excursions I Took
- Port call excursions: Flickr Album (General Collection)
What links here
These facts are as Randal recalls them, but much time has passed for most of this. If you find a factual error, please email realmerlyn@gmail.com.