[MyAppleMenu] Oct 29, 2011

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MyAppleMenu
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**** Bugs & Fixes: True Sync Of iWork Docs Between Macs And iCloud <http://www.macworld.com/article/163291/2011/10/icloud_iwork_sync.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Ted Landau, Macworld

If you’re willing to stray from Apple’s recommended path, you can auto-sync between Macs and iCloud—without any need for a web browser. You do it via the Mobile Documents folder—an iCloud-based folder on your Mac that works a lot like Dropbox.

**** QuickCal Makes It Easy To Add To And View Your Calendars <http://www.macworld.com/article/163300/2011/10/quickcal_3_0_2_gem.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Dan Frakes, Macworld

**** iOS 5 Reminders From An OmniFocus User’s Perspective <http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-reminders-from-an-omnifocus-user’s-perspective/?s-perspective/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:TheBrooksReviewTheBrooksReview>
Don Southard, MacStories



MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** The Short, Unsuccessful Life Of The American Book Awards <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/books/review/the-short-unsuccessful-life-of-the-american-book-awards.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all>
Craig Fehrman, New York Times

In 1980, publishing’s awards went Hollywood — with results disastrous enough to ensure it would never happen again.

**** As I Walked Out <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/28/saturday-poem-esther-morgan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Esther Morgan, The Guardian



SingaporeSurf
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**** Has Anything Really Changed Under Boon Wan? <http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2011/10/has-anything-really-changed-under-boon.html>
Chua Chin Leng, My Singapore News

Housing, as a speculative economic good, needs to be reviewed in view of the changing socio economic and infrastructural limitations of the country.

**** The Mandarin-speaking Strategy <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/10/29/focus/9791429&sec=focus>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star


>From the WP’s point of view, concentrating on the Chinese-speaking heartland – rather than the Western-educated social networks – is imperative for the next election.


Its likely rationale is that the English-educated, especially young Netizens, remain as important now as during the election, but as most are already supporters, they need no special push. The same, however, cannot be said of heartlanders who form the bulk of the PAP’s political base.

**** 国会七个委员会中 六个有反对党代表 <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp111029_010.shtml>
联合早报

**** David Mason’s Letter: A Most Dangerous Idea <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/10/david-mason’s-letter-a-most-dangerous-idea/>
Elvin Ong, The Online Citizen

To have only one ideology, one perspective, one vision of Singapore was and what Singapore should be, is the fundamental cause of PAP’s dismal record in their various flawed public policies in immigration, public housing, transport, and other sectors for the past 10 years. 

**** 本地书店业 翻到最后一页？ <http://www.zaobao.com.sg/fk/fk111029_001.shtml>
莫美颜, 联合早报

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**** Weekly Day Off Policy For Maids Must Be Flexible, Say Stakeholders <http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC111029-0000426/Weekly-day-off-policy-for-maids-must-be-flexible,-say-stakeholders>
Today

Advocacy groups have welcomed the manpower ministry's move to study a mandatory weekly day off for maids. But along with employers and maid agencies, they said the policy needs to build in a large degree of flexibility.