Get your face in my book.
Sometime next week, I’ll be working on Chapter 19 of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide. That chapter covers (among other things) iChat. And, as I do each edition, I need to illustrate an iChat video chat session.
Although I could chat with people I already know — or Lars, who managed to get his face in two of my books — I’d much rather chat with strangers. (My mother never managed to teach me not to talk to strangers.) Would you like to be one of the folks I chat with while writing the chapter? It could get your face in my book.
Here’s what you need:
- A Mac running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later.
- iChat.
- A video camera that works with iChat. (iSight cameras work pretty well, as you can imagine.)
- Availability. When I’m ready to do my screenshots, I’ll start contacting folks to chat with. If I can’t get the first one on my list, I’ll move on to the second one — and so on until I find someone available.
To get on my list of contacts, use the Comments link or form below to enter a comment for this message. Include your name, country, and AIM or .Mac account info. Then wait patiently until I get in touch — if I don’t reach someone listed before you.
Oh, and there’s two more things to think about before signing up:
- By listing your iChat info in the Comments for this post, you are agreeing to allow your likeness to appear in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide by Maria Langer, which should be published in October, 2007.
- In consideration for participation in this program, anyone who appears in the book will get a free, autographed copy.
Questions? Leave them in the comments. Don’t use the Contact form for this.
When it’s all over, if you want your info removed, please note that with your info. I can go in and remove the info from the comments.
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12 responses so far ↓
1 Wayne // Sep 12, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Available for iChat
Wayne Berry
[REMOVED] at mac dot com
USA
pls remove when done
2 francine hardaway // Sep 12, 2007 at 7:11 pm
I have iChat. Will travel through cyberspace :-)
3 Scott Clausen // Sep 12, 2007 at 9:42 pm
USA
[REMOVED] at mac dot com
Please remove when finished
4 Ralph // Sep 13, 2007 at 1:03 am
I’m in Switzerland, but you can iChat AV with me at [REMOVED] at mac dot com
and please delete post when finished
5 Chuck La Tournous // Sep 13, 2007 at 8:04 am
Hey, Maria –
I’m trying to convince my wife to do it (she’d look much better in your book than I would), but in either case, we’ll have iChat fired up this evening in case you get this far down the list. We’ll be logged in with my AOL screen name “[REMOVED]” using our trusty DV camcorder.
I’ll follow suit and ask you to wipe this entry when you’re done, too.
Best,
–Chuck
6 Maria Langer // Sep 13, 2007 at 11:09 am
Oh, it won’t be today. It’ll be next week, most likely on September 20 or 21.
7 Dori // Sep 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Well, this is handy–I need some iChat screenshots for a Leopard book that I’m working on also! ;-)
Want to kill two birds with one stone? My IM addy is my first name (at) mac.com.
8 Maria Langer // Sep 13, 2007 at 12:09 pm
That might work. I’ll try to track you down when I’m ready. Cliff says there might be a feature that requires Leopard on both computers — we could help each other out for that.
9 Cys Bronner // Sep 13, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Nice to see you two networking ;) Let me know if you want an old timer to chat from Mexico.
10 Maria Langer // Sep 14, 2007 at 6:25 am
Have you left the country, then? Are the Federales on your tail? Do what I do: hide out at the edge of nowhere.
11 Mike // Sep 15, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Hi Maria — happy to help:
Mike Rose
MikeTRose at AIM
12 Maria // Sep 27, 2007 at 10:09 am
Well, wouldn’t you know it! I finally get around to setting up iChat to do the chapter and only one of the folks who provided .Mac or AIM info is online!
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