February will kick off with a bang for Macintosh User Groups (MUGs). Apple's Dave Marra returns to the user group circuit after spending some time with his new son and Joe Cox from Apple will be in Australia. Author-columnist David Pogue headlines a MUG-orgznized benefit show in Pennsylvania and Microsoft makes a MUG stop in California, reports [url=http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/012006/0129eventcal.html]The MUG Center[/url], an online resource for MUGs.

Also, the MUG Center has posted its traditional Macworld Conference & Expo [url=http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/012006/0127expophotos.html]photo gallery page[/url] with links to not only their own photos, but also links to photo galleries sent to them by friends.

Finally, Nicholas Pyers, the well-known user group activist and author from Australia, will be making another of his signature presentations at the February meeting of the Macintosh MultiMedia Group. Details can be found [url=http://www.mugcenter.com/news/2006/012006/0126pyers.html]here[/url].

MUGs are good places for making new friends in the Mac community, improving your computing skills, finding solutions to technical problems, and perhaps locating a good deal on used hardware. For more info on MUGs, and to find the location of the one nearest you, go to [url=http://www.apple.com/usergroups/]Apple's MUG page[/url].