I am a Macintosh consultant in Portland OR and have a lot of GLBT clients who sometimes ask advice about various things which are technical but which I tend not to encounter elsewhere. For whatever reason, my het clientele is just not very adventurous and does not often ask me questions about capturing video, cataloging porn and using chat cams the way that gay guys do. Porn sites in general tend to push the envelope on technology, and gay dating sites push the envelope for porn, which gets to my question.

A few years ago I suggested to a local Mac Users Group that a good way to bring in new and younger users would be to offer a special class called "Porn on the Mac" that would be a basic Mac class but would cover topics such as chatrooms, organizing photos, creating online profiles and scanning with interesting examples from the world of porn. Needless to say this idea did not go over well.

Talking with a gay client about that today, he thought it was a great idea and that I should do it with a focus on GLBT folks. So, if I were to do such a class, what are the sorts of things that folks think should be covered? The sort of questions I tend to get a lot are about how to organize photos and bookmarks, archiving video and configuring chat cams for various individual sites and software. What are the most crucial porn skills you have or would like to have to get more out of your Mac?

I think this could be a great way to build community and learn more about your Mac.