[MyAppleMenu] Dec 22, 2010

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**** How To Find Hidden Features In Mac Applications <http://lifehacker.com/5715625/how-to-find-hidden-features-in-mac-applications?skyline=true&s=i>
Rob Johnson, Lifehacker

**** AccountEdge 2011 Adds iOS App, Web Time-tracking <http://www.macworld.com/article/156596/2010/12/accountedge_2011.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Stephanie Kent, Macworld

The holidays are a time for traditions and, like clockwork, Acclivity has released AccountEdge 2011, the latest version of its small business accounting software. The application is rife with new features; most notable among them are Web-based time-tracking capabilities, advanced support for paying retainers, and a brand new iOS app.

**** State Of Sync, Part 1 <http://culturedcode.com/things/blog/2010/12/state-of-sync-part-1.html>
Cultured Code

**** Shareholders Push Apple To Revamp Rules For Board Elections <http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/12/21/pension.fund.wants.majority.vote/>
MacNN

**** How To Get My Job: iPhone Developer <http://blogs.westword.com/showandtell/2010/12/iphone_developer_job.php>
Thorin Klosowski, Denver Westword

**** Apple's iPad Finds A Place In The Enterprise <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9202002/Apple_s_iPad_finds_a_place_in_the_enterprise>
Mikael Ricknäs And Agam Shah, IDG News Service

Based on interviews with early adopters and enterprises evaluating the tablet, the iPad is emerging as a tool for many enterprise users to access e-mail, calendar and corporate documents, helped by the quality of the screen, the long battery life, weight and ease-of-use.

**** Apple Of Their Eye? <http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/12/22/college_students_test_drive_the_apple_ipad>
Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed

One semester of campus pilots has hardly resolved those questions. But early returns from a number of institutions offer some clues about the iPad’s applications, and limitations, on college campuses.

**** Doing New Year's Resolutions On Your iPhone. <http://workin-progress.posterous.com/37147743>
Tomasz Kolinko, Work In Progress

The majority of goal-trackers are not good for the New Year's resolutions. They encourage you to write down everything that comes to your mind and after a while your goal list turns into a todo list. Below I listed a couple of applications that help to do resolutions the right way.

**** Postbox 2 <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/666887/review/postbox_2.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Nathan Alderman, Macworld

If you’d like a top-notch upgrade to your e-mail experience at a reasonable price, and you can live without Exchange support, the terrific and thoughtful features built into Postbox definitely deserve your consideration.

**** Which Browser Prints Best? <http://www.macworld.com/article/155870/2010/12/browserprint.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Nathan Alderman, Macworld

If you have to print something from Flash, try using Chrome. If you need only excerpts from a series of pages, or want control over page header formatting, Firefox is your best bet. But for design fidelity, Safari seems like the relative champ among this underwhelming group. You won't achieve pixel-perfect printouts, but Websites will probably look better from Safari than they would with any other browser.

**** Hazel 2.3 <http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/757716/review/hazel_23.html?expand=true&lsrc=rss_main>
Dan Miller, Macworld

It duplicates the functionality of Folder Actions without requiring AppleScript or Automator, and it includes simple yet powerful filtering for restricting actions to specific files.

**** Apple Updates iOS Remote App To Version 2.1 <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/22/apple-updates-ios-remote-app-to-version-2-1/>
Erica Sadun, TUAW

Version 2.1 brings several new features to the table including AirPlay video support and Internet radio control. 

**** Squarespace Website, Blogging Service Launches iPad App <http://www.macworld.com/article/156610/2010/12/squarespace_ipad_app.html?lsrc=rss_main>
Joel Mathis, Macworld

Squarespace, a popular premium blogging platform, launched its new iPad app on Tuesday, offering users the ability to do complex editing and site-management tasks from Apple's tablet.

**** Camera+ 2.0 Brings Better Effects, Speed, Design <http://www.macworld.com/article/156609/2010/12/camera_plus_major_update.html?lsrc=rss_main>
David Chartier, Macworld

**** It's A Good Time To Buy A Used Mac <http://lowendmac.com/ed/bashur/10db/good-time-to-buy.html>
Dan Bashur, Low End Mac



The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** The Simple Software That Could -- But Probably Won't -- Change The Face Of Writing <http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/12/the-simple-software-that-could-but-probably-wont-change-the-face-of-writing/68364/>
James Somers, The Atlantic

We must not want to write using a tool that tracks our every move. Because when people want something, and the tech to make it happen is readily available, it tends to happen.

**** Can Software That Predicts Performance Help Kids Learn? <http://www.technologyreview.com/business/26812/?ref=rss>
William M. Bulkeley, Technology Review

In acquiring a maker of wireless education technology, News Corp. may help validate the market for assessment tools.



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Meaning Of The Modern Hipster <http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/12/21/what_was_the_hipster/index.html>
Christopher Byrd, Salon

A new book from the people at n+1 dissects the widely ridiculed culture of skinny jeans and Pabst Blue Ribbon.

**** Dublin Night <http://www.slate.com/id/2278274/>
Alfred Corn, Slate

**** Delphine’s Illness <http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/delphines-illness/>
Laurent Graff, Translation By Helen Dickinson, Words Without Borders

**** Smalltown Lift <http://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/6059/smalltown-lift-brian-blanchfield>
Brian Blanchfield, The Paris Review

**** A Scientist, His Work And A Climate Reckoning <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/science/earth/22carbon.html?ref=science>
Justin Gillis, New York Times

As the political debate over global warming drags on, the Mauna Loa Observatory shows carbon dioxide levels rising relentlessly, and accelerating.

**** Eating Out On Christmas Day? Crackers! <http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/dec/22/eating-restaurant-christmas-day>
Tony Naylor, Guardian

Put simply, if you eat out on Christmas Day, you're paying way over the odds, not for better quality ingredients, a spectacular one-off menu, or increased per dish workmanship from a uniquely attentive kitchen, but simply to cover the double and triple time staff justifiably expect on Christmas Day. Worse than that, in many cases, the experience may be less pleasant and relaxed than it normally would be.



SingaporeSurf
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**** Dear Mr Lee <http://art-harun.blogspot.com/2010/12/dear-mr-lee.html>
ARTiculations

If what was reportedly said by you and your colleagues about my country and our leaders was in fact said by you and your colleagues, than I just have one word to say to you and your colleagues. Buzz off! (Well, they are two words actually, but I don't give a hoot!)

The truth is Mr Lee, you, your colleagues, your government and your country are not perfect. Nobody is. So please. Take your smug pimply face away and mind your own business.

**** Criticisms To Singapore's Press <http://www.thestylespots.com/2010/12/criticisms-to-singapores-press.html>
Caroline Ng, The Style Spot

Real journalism is about reporting what the society is and not what the society should be.

**** Draw A Clear Line Between Private And Public, MPs <http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC101222-0000163/Draw-a-clear-line-between-private-and-public,-MPs>
Mak Yuen Teen, Today

Perhaps the fact that MPs here face little risk of losing their seats explains the willingness of some to take on so many other commitments. 

There is another issue with MPs serving on boards of private sector companies: It may blur the line between the Government and business, and create the perception, justified or otherwise, that regulators may then not be sufficiently independent of business. 

**** Issue Of Chiam's Cash Contributions To The SPP 'Has To Be Resolved' <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC101222-0000218/Issue-of-Chiams-cash-contributions-to-the-SPP-has-to-be-resolved>
Teo Xuanwei And Leong Wee Keat, Today

More cracks seem to be appearing within the Singapore People's Party (SPP), with chairman Sin Kek Tong speaking out against secretary-general and Potong Pasir Member of Parliament Chiam See Tong over the latter's monetary contributions to the party.

**** Ethics And Morality In Public Service <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/12/ethics-and-morality-in-public-service/>
Walter Jayandran, The Online Citizen

Public officials are given the trust of the public to develop and carry out policies that are in the public’s best interest. Living up to this trust has a significant impact on the national will; public confidence is essential to the exercise of national power. Thus public officials have a moral duty to act in a trustworthy manner.

**** Case Of Attempted Deportation Goes To Singapore High Court <http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/47841/>
Lin Chunxin, The Epoch Times

**** IDA Reel In Telcos <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_616488.html>
Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times

Telcos will no longer be allowed to reel consumers in with free trials and then bill them if they forget to terminate the service after the trial period ends.

Instead, telcos will have to clearly indicate the terms of the trial, and get a consumer's 'express agreement' to continue the service once the free period ends, said the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) on Wednesday.

**** IRs Contribute To 47% Increase In Tourism Receipts <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1100647/1/.html>
Mustafa Shafawi, Channel NewsAsia

The opening of the two integrated resorts has contributed to a 47 per cent increase in tourism receipts in the first nine months of this year. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said tourism receipts for January-September was estimated to reach S$13.7 billion.

**** COEs For Big Cars & Open Category Surge <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1100631/1/.html>
Wayne Chan, Channel NewsAsia

COE prices for big cars and open category continued to surge in the latest bidding exercise that ended on Wednesday after hitting 13-year highs recently.

**** Request For Police Risk Assessment Not Addressed By MHA <http://sfd.sg/content/request-police-risk-assessment-not-addressed-mha>
Singaporeans For Democracy

**** Michael Fernandez Files Writ Against Government <http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4455-michael-fernandez-files-writ-against-government>
Singapore Democrat Party

Former Internal Security Act detainee, Mr Michael Fernandez, is taking legal action against the PAP Government for imprisoning him with trial for nine years.

In his writ filed today in the High Court Mr Fernandez, 69, says that he was subjected to physical and mental torture, humiliation and loss of income during the period he was incarcerated from 1964 to 1973.

**** Malaysians Contribute To Singapore's Tourism Coffer <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=551995>
Bernama