AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 2, 2013
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 2, 2013
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 2, 2013
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InfoManager for Monday, September 2, 2013
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 To Hell With Spammers!
02 ICANN mishandling the Internet and Web DNS Domain Name System,
allowing cybercrime free reign
03 Shade 3D ver 14 for 3D Modeling, Animation and 3D Printing
04 Nimble Ninja Price Drops to Free
05 MUG in local newspaper
06 DeskConnect Launches for Mac & iOS
07 Facebook's Proposed Privacy Policy
08 4 Apps to Enhance the TV Second-Screen Experience
09 On the death of a genius and recollections of a MACaholic
10 1987 Appleworld
11 Facebook report on government data requests a reminder there is no privacy
12 The Book, Mobile Digital Art
13 Safenetting on pinterest
14 Quotes: Political Candidates
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01 To Hell With Spammers!
'To Hell With Spammers!', the humorous, pop music video by Alan
Babbitt is starting to attract viewers and is poised to go viral.
Which is to say we could use your help in expanding its audience.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/heck_with_spammers/
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02 ICANN mishandling the Internet and Web DNS Domain Name System,
allowing cybercrime free reign
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Cyber Security report As
you may already know, Safenetting and UGNN have been participating in
the Knujon anti-spam efforts since they launched. We have participated
by reporting all spam, phishing, and malware attacks that come through
several different 'honey pot' email addresses to SpamCop, and then add
the data to Knujon's analysis system.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/icann_failure/
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03 Shade 3D ver 14 for 3D Modeling, Animation and 3D Printing
Shade 3D ver 14 is the next generation of the premier
professional 3D modeling, rendering, animation and 3D printing tools.
Shade 3D ver. 14 is available in Professional ($499), Standard ($249)
and Basic ($99) releases on Mac OS X and Windows. All levels use the
same intuitive workflow in the adaptable, configurable interface,
making it easy to start with Basic but to upgrade later to Standard or
Professional.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/shade-3d/
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04 Nimble Ninja Price Drops to Free
We got a number of press releases this weekend that had
discounted or free software for Labor Day weekend or just Labor Day
itself as an offer. It seems that the people presenting these don't
understand the idea of lead time. Here is one that at least gave us a
week's lead time. Probably not enough to get it into a MUG/PCUG
newsletter, but at least it is a start.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/nimble-ninja-price-drops-to-free/
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05 MUG in local newspaper
The Kankakee Area MUG, (KAMUG) has been able to get their meeting
announcement on the web site of the Daily Journal. I haven't been
able to discover it if was published in the physical paper.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/mug-in-local-newspaper/
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06 DeskConnect Launches for Mac & iOS
DeskConnect launched this past week for iPhone and Mac. On
Friday, I listened to a Mac OS Ken Podcast that interview one of the
developers. I had already downloaded the iPhone part of the app, but
hadn't gotten the Mac part yet. (I had even published this article,
but now have revised it.) I think that all of you will be interested
in checking this app out and perhaps even doing a quick demo at your
meetings. What it does, it does very simply and very well. Everyone
should have it. In the interview, it was stated that eventually there
will be a client for Windows. No mention was made of the possibility
of Android.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/deskconnect/
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07 Facebook's Proposed Privacy Policy
On All Things D, Mike Isaac has an article about Facebook's new
Proposed Privacy Policy. In it he describes how YOUR face really
matters to Facebook.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/facebooks-proposed-privacy-policy/
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08 4 Apps to Enhance the TV Second-Screen Experience
So far this year, shipments of computing devices are up by 6
percent to 2.4 billion, with a far greater focus on smartphones and
tablets than PCs, TechCrunch reports. If you're one of the 30 million
consumers who watch TV on a mobile device (according to Nielsen data),
there are some great social, interactive apps out there that sync live
programming directly to your personal device. They enhance what
experts call the "second-screen experience."
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/tv_apps/
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09 On the death of a genius and recollections of a MACaholic
Don Rittner, Author, historian and Macaholic writes : During the
1980s, many of the user groups decided to get together each year and
called it the National Apple User Group Conference (NAUGC) and met in
different cities. Apple had a user group liaison with their Apple User
Group Advisory Board. Each user group could have one official
"ambassador" who would receive info from the group. But the user
groups were distinct entities that enjoyed the independent status.
Relations between the two were not always the best. Apple's UGAB was
to preach the word according to Steve. User Group leaders were more
interested in getting answers when things were not going just right.
If you reamember acronyms like NAUGC, NAUGSAW or UGAB, we think you
may just enjoy this article!
http://bit.ly/18vggdo
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10 1987 Appleworld
Speaking of nostalgia, did you identify the people in the photos
in Don's article? Well, as we go through stuff, some real keepers
turn up. Like this collection of photos taken at Appleworld in 1987
... posted to the Facebook page
If you have memories from the old days of User Groups, please send
them along! Or, post or share to the facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/
http://www.ugnn.com/apple/Fred_at_Apple_World.jpg
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11 Facebook report on government data requests a reminder there is no privacy
Facebook, others cannot refuse legitimate requests, so users
should think twice before posting and follow employers' policies for
social networks. In releasing its first report on government requests
for user information, Facebook is reminding businesses and consumers
that use of the Internet today requires self-censorship.
http://bit.ly/16QJxhe
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12 The Book, Mobile Digital Art
The book, Mobile Digital Art (subtitled 'Using The iPhone and
iPad As Creative Tools') goes beyond the boundaries of a traditional
art books by offering easy-to-follow tutorials from each of the
participating artists as well as revealing their influences and
motivations. Because so many apps are ever-evolving and new ones are
emerging almost daily, the book's publisher, Focal Press is creating a
website that will provide the most current information on apps,
artists and new visions. In addition, Author/Artist/App Developer
David Scott Leibowitz has launched an another supporting website, Art
N Photo Apps that contains an invaluable resource, a unique list of
artist used and artist approved apps for just art, photography, design
and video.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/the-book-mobile-digital-art/
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13 Safenetting on pinterest
Follow Safenetting alerts, etc., on Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/showker/safenetting/
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14 Quotes: Political Candidates
Political Candidates are like cross-eyed javelin throwers: they
don't win many accuracy contests, but they keep the crowd's attention.
Anonymous
A Political Candidate is an expert who will know tomorrow why the
things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Laurence J. Peter
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about
real money.
Everett Dirksen
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... and have a great week!
Remember, I invite all user groups to use this column in
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 active in UGs since 1986, first the AOL UG Forum, then
the User Group Network. He spoke at the original AppleWorld in 1987,
and served as Apple User Group Advisory Board Member for three years.
He founded the User Group Academy, and the Appleseeds Foundation
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