If not, you missed a fantastic Apps & Traps, and a great services discussions. Wow!
At the Meeting after the Meeting, we encountered how to talk to more than two people on FaceTime, troubleshooting download speed problems on Internet service, Denny’s, and Coco’s.
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you by Dave Whitby.
Apple News & Updates
Q&A
Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes a $25.00 iTunes card, a Habitat Classic 8 ft silver premium extension cord, a WYCM carabiner charging kit, an Altec Comfort wireless headphone (10 hours playtime), the final Carbon Flyer, and a mystery iTunes gift card. Be on the lookout, on the Web site, for the Zooming, (Re)Joining, Drawing post, which will have the all gory details on how the drawing (among other things) should work.
The meeting will be conducted on Zoom. The gory details have arrived: Tech Check!
The Meeting after the Meeting is back with us. Hang on in Zoom, after the General meeting, and chat with everyone!
If not, you missed great gifts suggestions and oodles of drawing prizes.
At the Meeting after the Meeting, it was intros, newsletters, Pages, Big Sur updates, fixing permissions, and COVID fun that kept us occupied.
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
At The Sweet Setup:
In this series, we post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.
Today’s victim, er, interviewee:
I’m Tiffany, and I am a software engineer from Swatara Twp, PA.
You can catch Tiffany’s complete story here: Tiffany White’s Mac, iPhone, and iPad Development Setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.
i stands for what??
Did you ever wonder what the i in the various iDevice names stands for? Have you heard from someone/somewhere? Well, here’s an answer:
There’s actually more than one meaning!
…Your first guess might be “Internet”, since the iPhone’s claim to fame is its ability to access the Web. Or maybe you think it means “I”, as in the personal pronoun “I”, since you can personalize your smartphone with the apps and features of your choice. But you’ll be surprised to know that there is not one but five different I-words that the “I” in iPhone represents.
Stumbled across this piece on Reader’s Digest (of all places!). Meghan Jones mentions the five in This Is What the “I” in iPhone Stands for.
Interesting!
Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you by Dave Whitby.
Apple News & Updates
Q&A
Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes a $25.00 iTunes gift, an IONUV UV Sanitizer Mini Wand, TRURED Printer Paper, NXT Technologies Screen Cleaning Travel Wipes, a Hype Retro Bluetooth Handset, a Carbon Flyer, and a mystery iTunes gift card. Be on the lookout, on the Web site, for the Zooming, (Re)Joining, Drawing post, which will have the all gory details on how the drawing (among other things) should work.
The meeting will be conducted on Zoom. The gory details have arrived: Tech Check!
The Meeting after the Meeting is back with us. Hang on in Zoom, after the General meeting, and chat with everyone!
I hope not…
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
At The Sweet Setup:
In this series, we post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.
Today’s victim, er, interviewee:
I work at a large Canadian telecom and technology solution provider as part of corporate communications. I lead a team that supports and builds out our intranet (and other communication tools) so that communicators can run campaigns and get messaging to our distributed team.
I’m also a podcaster, co-hosting Nested Folders alongside Rosemary Orchard, where we talk about our approaches and ways of managing productivity and personal effectiveness, and I blog about topics like this, too.
Lastly, I’m a husband, a father of three, and a keeper of two dogs, so even if I get my own stuff in order, theres’ always plenty of other things to be done!
You can catch Scotty’s complete story here: Scotty Jackson’s Shortcuts-driven iPhone Setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.
We were hoping to have our holiday party this time around, but couldn’t quite figure out how to make the yummy treats and drinks available over Zoom…
We are, of course, hoping to see y’all at the January 2021 meeting, same Bat time, same Bat channel.
So have a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Joyous Kwanzaa, and a celebratory Solstice, and we’ll see you then!
If not, we’ll be having a better Christmas! ;-). Besides other new stuff, there was a lot about Apple Watch and VPNs, and a great Q&A.
At the Meeting after the Meeting, we heard about/talked about movies, having to use a DVD player, laser discs, Blade Runner versions, and Blu-ray.
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
