AUGD: Mug InfoManager for Monday, November 23, 2009
AUGD: Mug InfoManager for Monday, November 23, 2009
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InfoManager for Monday, November 23, 2009
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Photo + Graphics Bundle for Mac
02 Free Black Friday iPhone App
03 Grand Central is dead; Long Live Google Voice
04 Four things you need to know about Apple
05 WineBottler
06 Essential Mac OS X Applications
07 Everplay merges iTunes with Last FM
08 Reference tracking for OSX
09 Deal or No Deal?
10 Slammer Designer's Geometry Box
11 Custom Banners for Templates
12 Premiere Elements 8
13 Fancy Form Design
14 From Camera to Computer
15 Moving Picture Books
16 Confessions of a Public Speaker
17 Twitter Friends
18 Quotes: Jay Leno
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01 Photo + Graphics Bundle for Mac
Apparent Software has launched the MacGraPhoto bundle -- Mac
users get 7 premium graphics applications for the price of one -
or even for free. Applications in MacGraPhoto bundle will satisfy
most of imaging needs of any Mac user: image editing, applying
effects, format conversion, batch processing, vector drawing,
geo-tagging photos, framing them or even
creating posters and postcards.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/photo-graphics-bundle-for-mac/
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02 Free Black Friday iPhone App
Last Friday DealCatcher announced TGI Black Friday for iPhone
and iPod touch. Consumers now have a new mobile tool to save time
and money while holiday shopping this Black Friday. The app
allows users to browse over 8,000 deals from all the major
retail store's Black Friday ads. Users can create a personal
shopping list within the app to map out their Black Friday
shopping. They can also use the app to compare prices
with online stores and purchase select
items online avoiding the crowds.
http://bit.ly/8XkvA8
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03 Grand Central is dead; Long Live Google Voice
Google has announced that they are closing the Grand Central
web site at the end of the year. They purchased Grand Central
a couple of years ago and now are shutting it down after
they have transfered all the registered users and
the technology to Google Voice.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/grand-central-is-dead-long-live-google-voice/
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04 Four things you need to know about Apple
In this article in Computer World, Mike Elgan seems to
agree with me about understanding Apple. He start with
'Apple actions seem inexplicable- unless you understand
how the company views the world.'
http://bit.ly/7IoSBc
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05 WineBottler
Of course some of us can't really understand why any one
would want to run Windows applications on their Macs,
but some do.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/winebottler/
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06 Essential Mac OS X Applications
It has been awhile since I found all a list that had a
new presentation. While this one doesn't list only free
software, but they do list a lot of good
applications for the Mac.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/essential-mac-os-x-applications/
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07 Everplay merges iTunes with Last FM
This past week, Snarb.tk announced Everplay Public Beta,
a preview of the successor to their popular iTunes controller
Cover Stream. A light weight, stand alone media player,
Everplay plays music from your iTunes music library as well
as from Last FM online radio services. It lets you browse,
search and play your iTunes music library and playlists
in one simple, beautiful and easy-to-navigate Cover
Flow window. All this without launching iTunes.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/everplay-merges-itunes-with-last-fm/
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08 Reference tracking for OSX
How do you keep track of all those references, excerpts and
links? Reference Tracker is an indispensable tool for writers,
researchers or students. It creates documents that store all
the citations and references in an essay, research project,
or book and automatically creates formatted reference
lists in a variety of popular reference styles
to insert when needed.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/reference-tracking-for-osx/
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09 Deal or No Deal?
As the shopping season gears up, we're being flooded with
'deals' - particularly for 'Black Friday.' While there are
a few killer deals for consumer electronics products
there are a lot more not-so-great deals. Buyer beware!
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/deal-or-no-deal/
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10 Slammer Designer's Geometry Box
Ringce has rolled out Slammer 0.9.6, an update to their
unique designer's layout and geometry utility for Mac OS X.
Suitable for graphic designers, web and application
developers alike, Slammer is a universal layout tool
which embraces the grid system.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/slammer-designers-geometry-box/
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11 Custom Banners for Templates
Custom header creations Mo Media has launched Custom
Headers by M, a service to help those who are building
template style websites but lack the skills to
create an extraordinary header.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/custom-banners-for-templates/
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12 Premiere Elements 8
Missing Manuals Series from David Pogue - Premiere Elements 8
Armed with a camcorder and Premiere Elements video editing software,
you can create art. Or, if your goals are a little less lofty,
you can chronicle family events, show off on YouTube, or
produce a video project for school. You'll want to get
Premiere Elements 8, the book that should have been in the box
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/premiere-elements-8/
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13 Fancy Form Design
Building forms has always been the bane of the web developer.
Yes, you can rely on the bloated WYSIWYG programs - and risk
a flaky form - or you can learn how to build serious,
functional and appealing forms from scratch. Here's how -
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/fancy-form-design/
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14 From Camera to Computer
Ever wonder what it would be like to get inside the head of
an accomplished photographer as he chooses a subject, works
the scene, selects an image, and then edits the image,
resulting in a piece of photographic art?
Here's your opportunity
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/from-camera-to-computer/
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15 Moving Picture Books
You've probably heard about the recent Nielson research study
that found children aged 2 - 11 are watching 32 hours of
television a week - that was the average! As we know, reading
is one of the most fundamental skills that children need to
learn. The challenge these days is getting kids inspired
to love to read. Moving Picture Books may help change that.
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/moving-picture-books/
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16 Confessions of a Public Speaker
Did you ever have to make a public speaking appearance?
Did you feel confident? Did you freeze up? Did you throw up
afterwards? If you speak publicly, you really need to know
how to effectively present ideas to anyone. What you need
is Confessions of a Public Speaker
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/confessions-of-a-public-speaker/
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17 Twitter Friends
Thanks goes out to all those following us on Twitter!
http://www.ugnn.com/2009/11/twitter-friends/
This week's favorite tweet:
> You'll never look at the muppets the same...
> It's Muppet Dopplegangers
> - http://bit.ly/3AW9sG
from http://twitter.com/MartyToons
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18 Quotes: Jay Leno
"Here's something to think about:
How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?"
- Jay Leno, Comedian
"We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up
that we begin to see the present only when it is
already disappearing."
- R. D. Laing, Writer
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Have a great week!
Pau
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** THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
Lynn is a veteran of the UGN (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group
Network. He's been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet
and User Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member,
he's served as volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and
many points in between.
Currently working primarily the with the Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth
but also works with the Apple Corp of Dallas and is a lifetime
member of TUMS the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society).
Fred has been user group guy since 1986, through the AOL UG Forum
days, then out onto the web.
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