AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, December 5th, 2016
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, December 5th, 2016
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, December 5th, 2016
- From: Fred Showker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2016 22:05:55 -0500
InfoManager for Monday, December 5th, 2016
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here
01 Mug Musings : What's hot and what's not in the
user group community 1612-05
02 Famous shoot'em up game apps for iOS, retro shooters!
What's Christmas without games?
03 Facebook Update : Standing Rock, crooks, homeless, snapchat,
click-bait, speeding, fake news and more
04 Inside IFTTT's Plan For A More Harmonious Internet
05 Calligraphy Penmanship
06 Discover How Much Facebook Knows About You
07 This could be the easiest and most useful suite of
finance apps for the Mac - anywhere.
08 See Traffic and Drive Times on Mac Menu Bar - Chop Commute
09 Portland Cardiologist Launches Heart Attack Prevention App
10 Quotes: Mae West, Henry Stemson and Mark Twain
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01 Mug Musings : What's hot and what's not in the user group community 1612-05
We picked up some new ideas online this week, with musings from our friends in user groups. We want to give a special shout out to Pam Doughty with her 550 member user group (AUSOM) in Melbourne Australia, Del Missier, and our wonderful friends Gail M Murphy and Sandy Foderick for writing in this week! It's always a pleasure to know somebody out there is still reading! Anyway, here are just a few others we thought you should see:
* Apple's new campus looks like it's almost ready - according to this drone footage.
* Downloads Make It Even Easier to Watch Netflix on the Go
* What if the AirPort Extreme becomes the Siri Speaker?
* How to Stop Your Computer from Slowing Down
* Apple to creative pros: Go f*** yourselves
* Best Apple TV Wireless Bluetooth Speakers
* How to Stop iCloud Calendar Spam
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/12/musings_1612-05/
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02 Famous shoot'em up game apps for iOS, retro shooters! What's Christmas without games?
The GAMES InfoManager is BACK! Okay, once a year at least, everyone gets to be a kid again! Even grown-ups remember the thrill of those first space invader games, and shoot-em-ups - and we've selected the hottest and most faithful to the vintage retro games we've all come to know and love! Light'em up, Scotty . . . .
* Kosmik Revenge - Retro Arcade Shoot 'Em Up
* Iron Mission- classic arcade shoot'em up
* Space Falcon Reloaded Free
* Vintage Shoot-Em-Up
* Captain Temporium
* Phoenix HD
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/11/shoot-em-up-games/
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03 Facebook Update : Standing Rock, crooks, homeless, snapchat, click-bait, speeding, fake news and more
This edition has some thrills, spills and chills - but the biggest item to note is how the cybercrime and foreign click-bait companies are capitalizing on the news about the Standing Rock pipeline issues! That's got to be stopped, and I've notice user group members, and many of you reading this right now have shared those memes. Otherwise, it just gets crazier and crazier in the Facebook world!
* Facebook Scammers Are Profiting From Standing Rock By Stealing Native Artwork
* Facebook exec: "We resisted having standards" on fake news. "That was wrong."
* Facebook might add its own version of Snapchat Discover to your News Feed
* Facebook to invest $20M in local housing as Silicon Valley faces crisis
* Denver Health doctor resigns amid controversy over racist Facebook post
* Man Livestreams 115-mph Joyride on Facebook, Promptly Crashes
* Facebook is developing AI to bust 'offensive' Live video
* MARSOC Facebook page takes down meme of 'Saint Mattis'
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/12/facebook_1612-05/
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04 Inside IFTTT's Plan For A More Harmonious Internet
If This Then That, (IFTTT) is trying to work more closely with third parties to make their recipes so that the individual can get more done. And not coincidentally turn a profit. Fast Company has this article about this process.
LindenTibbets, IFTTT's founder and CEO stated: "We want to become a PayPal for access, a trusted third party that facilitates an exchange from one service to the next."...
http://bit.ly/2fZcTXc
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05 Calligraphy Penmanship
Topdune Studio has announcd the release of its new version (1.5) of Calligraphy Penmanship. Traditionally, calligraphers are not using massively digital tools for creating their artworks. Ink and paper are their preferred tools, but it seems that they are getting into the digital age progressively for its advantages in terms of power and usability. Painting applications and their brush effects are their favorite instruments of creation. But these applications are not devoted to calligraphy and hand lettering. Despite of their excellence, they need to get a step forward for calligraphers and letterers. (Chateaudun, France)
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/12/calligraphy-penmanship/#more-24889
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06 Discover How Much Facebook Knows About You
ProPublia has started a series of articles on Machine Bias, the first is about How Much Facebook Knows About You. It also has a Chrome extension that will help you with your discovery.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/12/facebook_sneak/
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07 This could be the easiest and most useful suite of finance apps for the Mac - anywhere.
Banktivity 3.5 for iPad and iPhone have been designed exclusively for iOS 10 and watchOS 3. Adding to an already robust feature set, Banktivity 3.5 has completely redesigned transaction entry flow, better loan tracking capabilities and improved usability, while integrating Apple's latest iOS features.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/12/banktivity/
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08 See Traffic and Drive Times on Mac Menu Bar - Chop Commute
Chop Commute is a Mac app that takes the guess work out of daily commute by showing real-time traffic and drive times right on the Mac menu bar as a tray icon. Beat the traffic - save time and money by leaving for work or home at the right time.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/12/chop-commute-2/
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09 Portland Cardiologist Launches Heart Attack Prevention App
One thing you'll notice about most user group members ...
none of us is getting any younger! Semler Heart for iOS devices is
the first interactive app that deals directly with preventing
heart disease; the #1 cause of death in this country.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/12/semler/
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10 Quotes: Mae West, Henry Stemson and Mark Twain
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
- Mae West
"The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him."
- Henry Stimson
"Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side?
And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?"
- Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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And that's it .... 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.
Lynn is currently working to rebuilding the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society (TUMS) and also is a member of the Apple Corps of Dallas. An active participate on several MUG Facebook pages as well.
Fred has been user group guy since 1986, through the AOL UG Forum days, then out onto the web. Fred started and developed the User Group Network as a parallele organization to the Mug News Service, then continued through the founding of the Association of Apple Computer Users and Groups, and continues today at UGNN.com
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