AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, October 22, 2012
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, October 22, 2012
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InfoManager for Monday, October 22, 2012
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Photo and Painting Apps we love
02 ICANN Meeting Toronto and News
03 Participants 1.1 for Mac
04 EA Fall Sale at Mac Game Store
05 6 of the rarest Macs
06 Free Halloween eCard Collection
07 New Cyber Safety Website for Teachers, Students
08 Facebook October Update
09 Disney 3D printed optics
10 Pick Hit Books for iPad Owners
11 Contest: Photos for the Holidays
12 InfoManager's "Steve Jobs" post moves UGNN reader
13 A Monthly Social Media Index from HighBeam Research
14 So you think you can color?
15 Quotes: Abraham Lincoln
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01 Photo and Painting Apps we love
UGNN InfoManager news all about Apple and Apple
computers Here comes some very cool apps that can really
have some fun with, as well as generate some awesome images
...
* Photogene is about improving your digital photos
* TurboCollage - Collage Creator for iPad
* Bill Atkinson PhotoCard Lite
* Camera Flash PRO for iPad 2
* PaintMee HD
* Auto Adjust
. . . and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/painting_apps/
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02 ICANN Meeting Toronto and News
ICANN After a week of meetings, ICANN is still as
complicated and ineffective as it was before, except the bad
news is they're getting ready for a huge expansion - feared
to spell the end of the internet as we know it ::
* ICANN: Government representatives take a critical look at DNS blocking
* .XXX was just the beginning - get ready for 1934 new top level domains
* Lawsuits against ICANN and new TLDs start to roll in
* RAA negotiation updates and how it affects domainers
* SPECIAL: VIDEOS from the ICANN Meetings in Toronto
* ICANN 45 Toronto: Reg Levy of Minds + Machines
* ICANN's Noah: Chehade's 40-Day Report Card
* Alt root user suing ICANN over dot-Web... and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/icann-2/
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03 Participants 1.1 for Mac
Sprightly Software has introduced Participants 1.1, an
attendance taking app for Mac that makes it easy to record
attendance. Perfect for teachers, business people, group
organizers, or anyone that needs to take attendance.
Participants keeps a history of attendees for individual
events and a history of events for each participant, letting
users quickly check a participant's history.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/participants-1-1-for-mac/
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04 EA Fall Sale at Mac Game Store
Mac Game Store has announced it is having a Fall Sale on
select Electronic Arts games for the Macintosh. Visit Mac
Game Store online, now through next Friday, October 26 to
take advantage of instant deals on some of the hottest EA
Mac games.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/ea-fall-sale-at-mac-game-store/
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05 6 of the rarest Macs
The article on Macworld.com has listed six Macintosh
computers that are rarely seen. At least compared to other
Macs.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/6-of-the-rarest-macs/
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06 Free Halloween eCard Collection
Appygraph has launched its most horrible collection yet,
just in time for Halloween. The hit app, which aims to
become the Instagram of ecard apps, is available free to
download on iTunes.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/halloween-ecards/
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07 New Cyber Safety Website for Teachers, Students
FBI Crushes cyber crime ringSafe Online Surfing - With
school back in session, one topic that's on many class
curriculums around the nation is cyber safety. After all,
it's a hyper-connected world - with texting, social
networking, e-mail, online gaming, chat, music downloading,
web surfing, and other forms of wired and wireless
communication now a regular part of children's lives.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/cyber-safety-website/
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08 Facebook October Update
UGNN InfoManager news all about social media and
Facebook Okay, so after last week's fiasco - a little
'non-political' facebook news is in order - and man, there's
no shortage of facebook news! So here-s the Facebook World
for your mid-October...
* Amazon, Apple, Facebook: Are They Large Enough To Drive The Entire US ...
* Facebook Gifts, Will It Impact Indian Social Gifting Startups?
* SEC Facebook IPO Probe Said to Find No Wrongdoing So Far
* Facebook VP says the company is finally focused on mobile
* Congress Launches Inauguration 2013 Website, Facebook Page
* Facebook privacy targeted by Austrian law student
* Facebook is getting rid of its Questions feature
* Facebook privacy issues percolating in Europe
* Lane Goodwin : Facebook sensation, 13
... and a lot more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/facebook-6/
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09 Disney 3D printed optics
I have seen examples of 3D printing in the past. It
required a multi-thousand dollar printer. But at the time
it was pointed out that the original CD burners were also in
the same ballpark in cost when taking inflation into
account.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/disney-3d-printed-optics/
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10 Pick Hit Books for iPad Owners
UGNN InfoManager news all about Apple and Apple
computers Got iPad? No? The iPad InfoManager here looks at
some of the most recommended books for iPad owners ... even
those of us classified as 'mature' ... Here are the best
tidbits ...
* iPad for Seniors: Get Started Quickly with the User Friendly iPad
* A Newbies Guide to Using GarageBand For the iPad
* Make Music with Your iPad
* Your iPad 2 at Work
* iPad For Dummies
* Siri For Dummies
* My iPad 2
. . . and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/ipad_books/
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11 Contest: Photos for the Holidays
LULU presents a photo contest with Prizes including
tablets, a top-grade camera, retail gift cards and a special
Lulu 'Creation Package.' Contestants can go to
facebook.com/luludotcom to post shots capturing the joys of
family togetherness until the close of Friday, Oct. 26.
Expert judges will then determine finalists which the public
can vote for from Monday, Oct. 29 through Friday, Nov. 2.
http://www.facebook.com/luludotcom
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12 InfoManager's "Steve Jobs" post moves UGNN reader
Amongst the complaints and corrections we get, from time to
time we get some love -- like a rose among the thorns.
This from last's week's Steve Jobs post
... Emilie from Cleveland writes :
> Lynn and Fred,
> Thank you SO MUCH for this!
> Whatever they say about him, Steve was a true visionary.
> I adored listening to this.
> With Care,
> Emilie
We agree, Emilie -- and thank you so much for your kind words!
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/10/the-lost-steve-jobs-speech-from-1983/
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13 A Monthly Social Media Index from HighBeam Research
Twitter dominated the social media sphere with 55.84
percent of the media attention, while the former social
media king Facebook trails in second place with 40.30
percent. Professional network LinkedIn was in a distant
third place with 1.57 percent while Pinterest, Instagram,
MySpace, Foursquare and Google Plus all received less than 1
percent of media attention.
http://www.highbeam.com/
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14 So you think you can color?
Color your favorite design from any of our many coloring books
using only pastel colors and you could win! First place winners
in each age division (Under 12, 12 - 18, and 18+) will receive
$25 worth of Dover coloring books AND have their work appear
in an upcoming catalog!
View the contest entries at Pinterest : http://ow.ly/eE8DD
Ask me where to get coloring sheets from Dover books.
You can get contest details here:
http://ow.ly/eE8z0
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15 Quotes: Abraham Lincoln
"In the end it's not the years in your life that count;
it's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
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16 ... and have a great week!
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full 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
Forum days, then out onto the web.
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