Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the iPad Basics class, focusing on Mail, Contacts, and Calendar, at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
Reminder: iPad Class at Di-No
Who are you and what do you do?
At The Sweet Setup:
Every week we try to 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 spend my life trying to figure out how the world works, both as a senior research leader at RAND Europe and as the father of two small boys. I’m based in Cambridge UK and my job is to help improve policy-making using research, which at the broadest level helps improve how society works. I specialise in medical research: how best to organise it, and how to estimate what benefits society can expect from it. I co-direct the Policy Research In Science and Medicine unit, and I’ve also done bits of research on electric cars and mapping organised crime. My research is available free from the RAND website. My more digestible thoughts are on Twitter.
My New Year’s resolution was to write about taking a researcher’s approach to life in general at ThinkingItThrough. It’s June and there are two posts. I’m counting that as success.
You can catch Steven’s complete story here: Steven Wooding’s Mac and iOS setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.
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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Navigating the Interface class, at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
There’s an App for That
What kind of bird is that, mom? (she goes to grab the Audubon book and the bird flies away)
I saw a bird the other day… it was medium-size (I think), dark grey (what I think of as grey on a bird, mom sees as tan-ish), and speckles on the wings (which were actually splorps on the window from the dog’s having tried to dig under the fence)…
Truth be told, my mom is fantastic when it comes to identifying birds. I, OTOH, as you might have guessed, stink, which is why my attention was immediately grabbed by the following headline this morning:
New bird identification app perfect for avian watchers and lovers
Jeff Riley continues (on Daily Times Gazette):
Researchers from Cornell University developed a program that helps birdwatchers determine the species of birds they encounter from submitted photographs.
The Merlin Bird Identification app created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, in partnership with Visipedia research project, aims to help avian enthusiasts identify birds they see quickly.
According to its website, “Merlin is designed to be a birding coach for beginning and intermediate bird watchers.” It asks the users where and when the bird was seen, what it looks like, and what the bird is doing.
I was more than convinced by the end of the article and the app is downloading even as we speak. Click on the headline link above and check it out!
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10 awesome iPhone apps
Zach Epstein, over on BGR, has a bad habit of posting lists of cool iPhone/iPad(/iPod Touch) apps that are temporarily free.
Here’s the fine print:
These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. There is no way to tell how long they will be free. These sales could end an hour from now or a week from now – obviously, the only thing we can guarantee is that they were free at the time this post was written. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word “get”, it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged.
Here’s the link to today’s apps:
10 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
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Had You Heard?
Dan Goodin posted a rather scary article on Ars Technica, just in time to ruin lunch!
New exploit leaves most Macs vulnerable to permanent backdooring starts:
Macs older than a year are vulnerable to exploits that remotely overwrite the firmware that boots up the machine, a feat that allows attackers to control vulnerable devices from the very first instruction.
The attack, according to a blog post published Friday by well-known OS X security researcher Pedro Vilaca, affects Macs shipped prior to the middle of 2014 that are allowed to go into sleep mode.…
Gack!! We’re all gonna die, right? Well, eventually, but not over this exploit. Apple will come out with a fix (won’t they?), but until then, it’s quite simple: don’t let your Mac go to sleep. And here’s how to make sure that happens, even if you leave your Mac on for long periods of time. Continue reading
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8 awesome iPhone apps
Zach Epstein, over on BGR, has a bad habit of posting lists of cool iPhone/iPad(/iPod Touch) apps that are temporarily free.
Here’s the fine print:
These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. There is no way to tell how long they will be free. These sales could end an hour from now or a week from now – obviously, the only thing we can guarantee is that they were free at the time this post was written. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word “get”, it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged.
Here’s the link to today’s apps:
8 awesome paid iPhone and iPad apps that are free for a limited time
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Who are you and what do you do?
At The Sweet Setup:
Every week we try to 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:
My name is Dr. Paul Sufka and I’m a rheumatologist (physician who treats autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus) working in St. Paul, MN.
I’m involved in medical education with Regions Hospital and the University of Minnesota, and am also involved in multiple projects in the social media side of medicine. The two biggest of these are The Rheumatology Podcast, where we typically cover both a medical topic and a tech topic that applies to physicians, and the other is RheumJC, a newly formed online rheumatology journal club on Twitter.
I write some of my own thoughts at my own blog at paulsufka.com.
You can catch Paul’s complete story here: Paul Sufka’s Mac and iPhone setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.
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Did You Know?
Your Mac (or PC, for that matter) might be trying to tell you something.
If you recognize any of the symptoms Andy Betts lists in this interesting piece on MakeUseOf, the translation might be “Get a New One”. My top two:
- You Can’t Install the Latest Operating System
- It Gets Slow
PYBT for the complete list: 7 Warning Signs It’s Time to Replace your Old PC. And, as always, your mileage may vary.
Graphic from the article
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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Intro to the Interface class, at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
