Got a pre-mid-2009 MacBook or MacBook Pro? Calibrated your battery lately?? This is one of those good-for-your computer things you should know, and Dann Albright has several interesting steps you can take to keep that battery happy on MakeUseOf.
PYBT for all the details: Calibrate & Maintain Your MacBook Battery For Best Performance.
If not, you missed a great hands-on follow-up to last month’s presentation; Marilyn suggests checking at lynda.com for more outstanding GarageBand courses and lessons. Apps & Traps was pretty informative, too.
At Coco’s, we contemplated french fry variations, cell phone OS wars, unexploded ordinance, and pros and cons of 3D printing.
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 MUGs On Facebook: Wearable Tech, rumors, rolltop laptop, dedication to Robin Williams and more
02 InfoManager: Wearable Technology news, views and reviews 1408-18
03 UGNN Phishing Report: August and Back to School Phishing alerts
04 iPhone InfoManager: August Rumors again
05 Fifteen Secretly-Hidden Features of Mac
06 Ten Mac OS X Productivity Hacks
07 Atsumeru – the iOS GIF and Reaction Image Management App
08 Change the default search engine on iOS and OS X
09 PromptSmart for iOS
10 All-In-One Mobile 3D Modeling App rivals 3D workstation software
11 Quotes: Albert Schweitzer, BF Skinner and Frank Tibolt Continue reading
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 am Sven Fechner, the writer, curator and internet harlequin behind SimplicityBliss and one of three pilots on the popular German tech podcast Der Übercast. The blog and I have been around for a while and both try to be helpful when it comes to personal productivity, creativity and, well, “technology things.” My writing keeps taking twist and turns, but the amount of people (still) stopping by my little corner on the interwebs reading about my “workflow” improvement efforts is humbling.
My main gig is being a Senior Sales Manager for a large, international IT company with responsibility for a team covering Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia. This makes my setup a little, but not too, different to others since my job requires me to travel quite a bit. My setup design principle is travel light. I need to blend in with corporate process and IT policies (setup design principle: not too extreme experiments) while still maintaining a “think (and work) different” approach (setup design principle: best tools to work creatively).
You can catch Sven’s complete story here: Sven Fechner’s sweet setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interview.
MakeUseOf wants to know: How Many Facebook Pages Have You Liked?
Go on over and let ’em know. The poll is down towards the bottom of the page.
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As Christina Bonnington reports in Wired:
Each week, there are dozens of rumors, reports, and patent filings that hint at what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit, but many are totally bogus. As always, we’ve parsed the rumors, ranking them in order from “utterly ridiculous” to “duh, of course”. First up…
NOPE: ‘Real’ iPhone 6 Revealed by TMZ
It, of course, gets better from there. PYBT: This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible for all the juicy tidbits.
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 UGNN Cyber Security Report: Back to cyber security School
02 UGNN Facebook Update: August news, views and blues
03 iPad InfoManager: August iPads rumors getting ready for Back to School!
04 Microsoft Office for iPad Meeting Topic
05 Summarize Services Command
06 Inaugural App Camp for Girls Seattle Finishes
07 New Templates for iWork apps
08 PayPal Spoof attacks on the rise: BEWARE
09 Evernote Malware Attack
10 Facebook Color Scheme Scam returns: don’t be fooled
11 Quotes: Getting ideas Continue reading
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’m Oliver Haslam, part-time writer of words, full-time tinkerer of tech. In-between those, I try and keep my two-year-old from damaging himself.
I’m better at some of those than others.
You can catch Oliver’s complete story here: Oliver Haslam’s sweet setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interview.
MakeUseOf wants to know: When Did You First Access The Internet?
Go on over and let ’em know. The poll is down towards the bottom of the page.
We want to know, too! Leave a comment.
As Christina Bonnington reports in Wired:
Each week, there are dozens of rumors, reports, and patent filings that hint at what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit, but many are totally bogus. As always, we’ve parsed the rumors, ranking them in order from “utterly ridiculous” to “duh, of course”. First up…
DON’T COUNT ON IT: Report Says No Sapphire Display, Yes NFC, for Next iPhone
It, of course, gets better from there. PYBT: This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible for all the juicy tidbits.
