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 Tom Carmony, and I’m Design Director at Black Pixel. I’ve been designing for the web since 1997, previously at Mule Design, Evening Edition, and more than a decade of freelancing.

You can catch Tom’s complete story here: Tom Carmony’s sweet Mac setup.

“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.

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InfoManager for Monday, December 8th, 2014

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker

What’s Here:
01 Fun apps for the kids and the folks for the holidays
02 iPad InfoManager: Ready for December!
03 Safenetting Cybersecurity & Malware Report for December 2014
04 Macintosh User Groups on Facebook 12/6/2014
05 Now edit Microsoft Office documents from within Dropbox
06 Five fixes for OS X Yosemite
07 PDFpen 2 for iOS 8
08 Never Lose Your Stuff Again: 6 Bluetooth Trackers Reviewed
09 I Almost Fell for This Apple ID Phishing E-mail
10 Quotes: Simmons, Gandhi and Einstein Continue reading

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December 15th General Meeting

Coffee Table Memoirs

Holiday Help

End-of-the-year and holiday ideas

What to do with all those digital photos you have, and all your friends and rellies are dying to see? Consider this – Coffee Table Memoirs: How to convert your precious digital pictures into something you can hold in your hands and share with your friends.

And I’m sure there will be many more helpful suggestions!

Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you by Dave Whitby.

appleSTEMs – Warren James presents interesting Apple science, technology, engineering, and math software. This month’s featured apps include Dino Walk, ExoPlanet, and a TBA math app. Stay tuned!

Apple News & Updates

Q&A

Board of Directors election – We’ll be electing the Board tonight. PYBT for the list of candidates: 2015 Board of Directors Candidates.

Our rewarding Monthly Prize Drawing includes a $25.00 Apple gift card, a copy of iPhone: The Missing Manual (8th Edition), a Microconsultants gift certificate (for services), a MacAlly mouse/keyboard combo, and a 3D-printed Christmas tree. Don’t forget: members receive one free ticket for our drawing. Bring a guest and get another free ticket! And don’t forget: if you’ve paid your 2015 dues, you get two red tickets! Support our group and increase your chances of winning some goodies – drawing tickets are $1.00 each or six for $5.00. The odds are great that you can be a winner!

The meeting will be held at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 N. Lake Ave. (between Union St. and Colorado Blvd., at the southwest corner of Union and Lake).

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InfoManager for Monday, December 1st, 2014

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker

What’s Here:
01 BEWARE: Costco Spoof spam leads to big trouble
02 UGNN Facebook Update: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, who cares? Rumors, news and views… again
03 Apple InfoManager: News, views, reviews and novelties in and around the Apple world, and more
04 InfoManager: Wearable Technology news, views and reviews 1412
05 Pimp Your Mac’s Menu Bar
06 SecuritySpy 3.4.3
07 Five Easy To Use & Free Alternatives To Microsoft Access
08 FBI: Child Pornography Case Results in Lengthy Prison Sentences
09 Cyber Shopping Revolutionized With Manual Online Product Comparison
10 Safenetting Cybersecurity & Malware Report for November 24 2014
11 Quotes: Wilde & Mann Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!!

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InfoManager for Monday, November 24th, 2014

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker

Happy Thanksgiving…

What’s Here:
01 Net Neutrality: Obama, Wheeler, ICANN, Internet Freedom Act, FCC, FTC, and more
02 For your annual calendar, card or poster, try CollageIT PRO
03 User Groups on Facebook 11/22/2014
04 Smart PDF Scanner Pro for iPhone
05 Free Audio Books
06 Numerics 2.0 for Business Metrics in iOS
07 KnujOn reports on ICANN, November, 2014
08 Mac Yourself (Again!)
09 Thanksgiving Quote: What to give thanks for? Continue reading

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The Romans Beat the Swiss to It

Yeah, I know it’s not computer-related, or even remotely modern, but it’s too cool to pass up!

PYBT: Roman “Swiss Army Knife”.

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

If not, you missed even more great iOS 8 tips, some seriously hysterical cartoons, and a great bunch of new people!

At Coco’s, we touched on Contacts on an iPad Mini, (shocking) revelations of age, Skype and/vs FaceTime, (Russian) counterfeiting, and potato vs sweet potato fries.

That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!

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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 Álvaro Serrano and I live in Madrid, Spain. I’m the author and publisher of Analog Senses, a website about the human side of technology featuring links and articles on design, photography, Apple, and the tech industry in general, as well as other interesting things currently happening on planet Earth.

For the past six years I used to work as a researcher and software developer at Technical University of Madrid. During that time I did quite a bit of software development in several major platforms, including iOS, OS X, Windows, Linux, Android and the Web. Right now I’m in the middle of a career transition and I’m trying to grow Analog Senses into a sustainable business. As of the end of July, I consider it my full-time job.

You can catch Álvaro’s complete story here: Álvaro Serrano’s sweet 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 Mac Work class, subject TBA, at Di-No Computers.

Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA  91107
(626) 795-6674

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