AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, August 30, 2010
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, August 30, 2010
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InfoManager for Monday, August 30, 2010
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 August Phishing Round-up
02 Typeface Design Degrees
03 Rules for Documentary Filmmakers
04 Digital Artists Conference
05 iPad, iPhone Trade-In Programs
06 5 Apps to "Pimp" your Mac
07 PaperFinance 2.0 for iPhone
08 Tortoise Buffett and Trader Hare
09 DeepSleep Widget
10 Use Gmail to make VoIP calls
11 DIY: Wicked WordPress Themes
12 Flex 4 Cookbook
13 Quotes: Will Rogers and Ben Franklin
14 For August 30, have a great week and a great September!
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01 August Phishing Round-up
Be very careful with your online banking. Don't underestimate
the bad guys! Read the warnings in this issue. Then follow:
* IBM: Biggest threat to the cloud could be security issues
* Anti-Phishing Group Targeting Fax-Based Scams
* Phishing Attacks Target Car Sales Companies
* Facebook Phishing Increases, Making It Second Most Phished Brand
* iTunes accounts hacked * Safety tips for banking online
* 'LOL is this you?' spam spreading via Facebook chat
* University e-mail fraud threatens student security
. . . and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/august-phishing-round-up/
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02 Typeface Design Degrees
Your user group probably has a member or two who like to
play with fonts, and may even have visions of becoming a
font designer. Now, one of the most esteemed design schools,
Cooper Union, has introduced a degree in typeface design!
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/typeface-design-degrees/
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03 Rules for Documentary Filmmakers
The Digital Production BuZZ, the world's only interactive
talk radio show for digital production, post-production and
distribution, aired a live interview with Eddie Schmidt,
President of the Board of IDA (International Documentary
Association) and an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker.
Schmidt comes to the BuZZ to share his perspective on the recent
copyright ruling favoring documentary filmmakers by the
U.S. Copyright Office.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/rules-for-documentary-filmmakers/
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04 Digital Artists Conference
iAMDA (International Association of Mobile Digital Artists)
will hold its first annual MobileArtCon at NYU ITP at the Tisch
School of the Arts, October 23-24, 2010. The conference will
bring together visual artists, designers, musicians and app
developers from around the world to discuss art and music
created on handheld touchscreen devices (iPhones/iPads, etc)
from a creative, technical and historical perspective.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/digital-artists-conference/
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05 iPad, iPhone Trade-In Programs
PowerMax Inc., an Apple Authorized Specialist and online
destination for the latest in Apple products, as well as
discontinued and used Macs and iPods, has launched new
trade-in programs for both the iPhone and iPad.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/ipad-iphone-trade-in-programs/
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06 5 Apps to 'Pimp' your Mac
The Igloo Blog has posted this list of applications for
customizing a Mac.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/5-apps-to-pimp-your-mac/
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07 PaperFinance 2.0 for iPhone
has released its 2.0 update for PaperFinance, the company's
flagship money-tracking app. PaperFinance 2.0 adds six brand new
features, an interface makeover, and more than 30 total changes.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/paperfinance-2-0-for-iphone/
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08 Tortoise Buffett and Trader Hare
Lucas Remmerswaal, the author of The Tale of Tortoise Buffett
and Trader Hare, has just released the latest update for iPad users.
The Tale of Tortoise Buffett and Trader Hare 1.0 is a fresh take
on a timeless children's tale that teaches the good habits that
fueled the success of billionaire and philanthropist Warren
Buffett. Mr. Buffett's values and principles are powerful and
effective yet, as this story shows, are so basic and simple
that a child can grasp them. Released just in time for Warren
Buffett's 80th birthday, The Tale of Tortoise Buffett and Trader
Hare 1.3 was inspired by his life and success.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/the-tale-of-tortoise-buffett-and-trader-hare/
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09 DeepSleep Widget
I Stumbled Upon this application Saturday evening.
They point out that many Mac users just close the lid on
their Mac- Hibernate your Macbooks and Macbook Pros to
put them to sleep. But if the mobile device isn't used
for awhile, it can still get its battery drained.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/deepsleep-widget/
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10 Use Gmail to make VoIP calls
Jessica Dolcourtse, wrote a hands-on review of Google's new
voice service. She talks about last week's Google rollout of a
new program that allows you to add voice to Gmails built-in Google
Talk. Is uses a plugin that lets you use a dial pad so you can
launch VoIP calls from the Gmail.com in-box, or from within iGoogle.
Of course, it is currently only to U.S. Gmail users.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/use-gmail-to-make-voip-calls/
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11 DIY: Wicked WordPress Themes
Written in response to huge demand, 'Build Your Own Wicked
Wordpress Themes' will not only show web developers and designers
how to build premium WordPress themes, but how to sell them.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/diy-wicked-wordpress-themes/
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12 Flex 4 Cookbook
With a large collection of proven recipes, 'Flex 4 Cookbook'
is the ideal problem-solving guide for developing interactive
Rich Internet Applications on the Adobe Flash Platform.
You'll find answers to hundreds of common problems you may encounter
when using Adobe Flex, Flex 4 Framework, or Flash Builder, Adobe's
GUI-based development tool.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/08/flex-4-cookbook/
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13 Quotes: Will Rogers and Ben Franklin
"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie'
until you can find a rock."
- Will Rogers
"Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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14 For August 30, have a great week!
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** THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
Lynn is a UGN veteran (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
been a volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and beyond.
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 Forumdays, then out onto the web.
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