AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, October 25th, 2010
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, October 25th, 2010
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, October 25th, 2010
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InfoManager for Monday, October 25th, 2010
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 More October Games
02 More games
03 Make Pics from Text (Gift idea!)
04 Natural Spoken Language Translation
05 InDesign: ID Image Catalog
06 Introduction to Cloud Computing
07 Social networking in Microsoft Outlook
08 Macs To Increase Enterprise Market Share 57%
09 10 Websites To Make You Think
10 How Apple Will Avoid The Holiday Gadget Crunch
11 Breast Cancer Treatment News iPhone
12 Family Doctor - Will Make You Feel Better
13 Make posters on your Mac (Gift idea!)
14 Illustrator CAD
15 A technical history of Apple's OS
16 Quotes: Dreams
17 For this week, have a great week!
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01 More October Games
Yes, there are more and more games - seems like every day there
are a dozen or more games. But all are not created equal, so
we'll just show you the best
* Cannon Cadets Revolutionary Level Builder
* Blue Hole
* Pew Pew Land
* Cut It Up!
* One Button, One Target, 5 Torpedoes
* Fly Effect Real 3D
- and more and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/more-october-games/
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02 More games
This week's roundup goes rock'em, sock'em, bump and groan
* Zombie Roadkill
* Arcade Cats
* Repentance Kung Fu
* GravBot
* Conquest: Divide and Conquer
and a collection of three classics!
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/more-games/
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03 Make Pics from Text
TexToPixHere's a great idea for gifts... a text picture!
TexToPix enables you to convert your pictures into images
made from the words of your choice.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/make-pics-from-text/
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04 Natural Spoken Language Translation
Speech Trans application for iPhoneThe language barrier has
always been a formidable obstacle to global commerce, travel, and
understanding other cultures, and now, SpeechTrans, Inc. has broken
that barrier.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/natural-spoken-language-translation/
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05 InDesign: ID Image Catalog
ID Image Catalog allows users to make InDesign contact sheets
or catalogs of images and graphics. Users can quickly and easily
make visual catalogs of most major image types supported by
InDesign, and can include file name, file path,
and placement scale information.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/indesign-id-image-catalog/
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06 Introduction to Cloud Computing
This free chapter,
provided courtesy of Prentice Hall, describes the Cloud Services
Market, explains what that means and how it can benefit your
business, and provides examples of possible pitfalls to watch for.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/introduction-to-cloud-computing/
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07 Social networking in Microsoft Outlook
See how you can
view your social network accounts right inside Microsoft Outlook.
You'll be able to see the profile photos and status updates
from those you communicate with via email.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/social-networking-in-microsoft-outlook/
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08 Macs To Increase Enterprise Market Share 57%
A survey of IT administrators conducted by the Enterprise
Desktop Alliance revealed that Macs will be the fastest growing
systems in the enterprise through 2011. End users are seeing the
value of the increased productivity of the Mac and IT administrators
are finding the tools to integrate them into their
current management environment.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/macs-to-increase-enterprise-market-share-57/
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09 10 Websites To Make You Think
Ben Hindmarch on blogspot, posted this article over a
year ago, but I just came across it. This list contains some
of the better Web sites on the net to make you think.
And I feel we should all be doing more of that.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/10-websites-to-make-you-think/
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10 How Apple Will Avoid The Holiday Gadget Crunch
Elizabeth Woyke has published this article on Forbes' blog.
She start with:
"It's not just a clich: Apple really does think different.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/how-apple-will-avoid-the-holiday-gadget-crunch/
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11 Breast Cancer Treatment News iPhone
Announcing Richard Zmuda, the developer of Breast Cancer
Treatment News, has release an important product for iPhone,
iPod touch and iPad users.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/breast-cancer-treatment-news-iphone/
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12 Family Doctor: Will Make You Feel Better
Vito Technology, the Apple Design Awards 2010 winner, has
announced a new family friendly app "Family Doctor - Symptoms
and Diagnosis" for iOS. Developed together with the famous
publisher Dorling Kindersley it reproduces the popular
symptoms checker book "Home Adviser" with interactive
features that make it easy and fun to use.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/family-doctor-will-make-you-feel-better/
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13 Make posters on your Mac (Gift Ideas)
Posterino 1.4, is a very cool poster and postcard creator
for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, Posterino creates
life posters, photo collages, frames, postcards, greeting cards
and contact sheets from digital images. Posterino does the
hard work while users just have to fine tune the results.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/make-posters-on-your-m/
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14 Illustrator CAD
Use Adobe Illustrator as a 2D Cad Tool -- plug-ins work with
Adobe Illustrator CS2 and above and are designed for a wide
range of users, from those who have never used CAD software
to CAD professionals who engage in engineering, designing,
sign making and mapping.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/illustrator-cad/
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15 A technical history of Apple's OS
A very interesting read. This is the original first
chapter of a book called: "OS X Internals: A Systems Approach".
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/10/a-technical-history/
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16 Quotes: Dreams
All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them.
--Walt Disney
The dream is not the destination but the journey.
--Diane Sawyer
Dream no small dreams for they have no power
to move the hearts of men.
--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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17 For November 1st, have a great week!
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or in pieces in your newsletter. Or add a link to their web site.
Pau
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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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