[MyAppleMenu] Sep 9, 2011

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**** How Journalists Are Using The iPad To Enhance Their Reporting <http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/142139/how-journalists-are-using-mobile-devices-to-enhance-their-reporting/>
Jim Colgan, Poynter

Like any profession, the quality of the journalism depends more on the journalist than on the tools. But if the tools let you capture stories you wouldn’t otherwise get and expose you to platforms you wouldn’t ordinarily go to, they can greatly improve the quality of the stories you tell.

**** 1Password Goes Lion-only, Debuts On The App Store <http://www.macworld.com/article/162209/2011/09/1password_goes_lion_only_debuts_on_the_app_store.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Marco Tabini, Macworld

While the new release includes several enhancements and a few new features, the biggest news is that 1Password 3.9 is a Lion-only application, so users of pre-10.7 versions of OS X will have to stick with 3.8. The app is also built using a 64-bit architecture for maximum performance.

**** Cure For Unintended Gestures <http://www.macworld.com/article/162217/2011/09/unintended_gestures.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Christopher Breen, Macworld

I understand that gestures is one of Lion’s marquee features, but you likely got along just fine without them when using Snow Leopard. If you find them distracting, there’s no shame in switching them off.

**** The post-Jobs Era: Tim Cook Brings Philanthropy Back To Apple <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/09/the-post-jobs-era-tim-cook-brings-philanthropy-back-to-apple.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss>
Ken Fisher, Ars Technica

Jobs' personal attitude towards philanthropy is said to have trickled down through the ranks of Apple over the years. But all of that is changing now, as Apple adopts an impressive corporate matching policy for charitable contributions. It might feel like a small change, but make no mistake: this is Cook starting to leave his mark as CEO and he's moving in a direction that no one expected from Jobs.

**** Apple ID Becomes Mac OS X And iCloud Glue <http://tidbits.com/article/12457?rss>
Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

The humble Apple ID has expanded over the years from its origins as a way to purchase music from iTunes or log in to a developer account to live up to its name: nearly everything that requires credentials at Apple uses the Apple ID — which must be a valid email address — as the key, including the lame duck MobileMe and the upcoming iCloud. Mac OS X 10.7 Lion has expanded the use of the Apple ID even further, however, using it as a useful but optional adjunct to user accounts.

**** Apple Releases Driver Updates For Lexmark Printers <http://www.macworld.com/article/162226/2011/09/apple_releases_driver_updates_for_lexmark_printers.html#lsrc.rss_main>
Alexandra Chang, Macworld



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**** Are Writers Running Out Of Titles? <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/sep/09/jeremy-paxman-alistair-darling?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
John Dugdale, The Guardian

There's no copyright in titles, as Muriel Spark ruefully pointed out on discovering that Peter O'Toole had followed her in using Loitering with Intent. The sheer number of titles now layered in the collective memory makes novelty ever harder, and there is pressure from publishers for simplicity and brevity – ideally single words, since the spectacular sales of Stalingrad and Blink.



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**** PAP Needs To Adjust Policies To Serve Singaporeans Better, Says PM Lee <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=612321>
Bernama

"We have to be active in listening, as well as in putting our message across, and in countering mistaken views and disinformation," said Lee, who is also the PAP's secretary general.

**** Let’s Not Kid Ourselves! Mr Low Is The Leader Of The Opposition Officially, Unofficially And Any Which Way You Like. <http://sonofadud.com/2011/09/08/let%E2%80%99s-not-kid-ourselves-mr-low-is-the-leader-of-the-opposition-officially-unofficially-and-any-which-way-you-like/>
Reinventing The Rice Bowl

We all have a long way to go with our different approaches but even though in GE2011 didn’t open the floodgates we are seeing a clear crack in the dam. That crack will leak and the trickle will turn into a stream.

**** Easy & Cost-free Way Of Uniting S’poreans <http://atans1.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/easy-cost-free-way-of-uniting-sporeans/>
Thoughts Of A Cynical Investor

Well since about 7,000 votes separated the winner of the presidential election from the runner-up, one easy and popular way of making the 35% of voters that voted for the runner-up happy and contented is for the PM and president to announce that one of them is offering to appoint Dr Tan Cheng Bock as a member of the presidential council. Remember the government and the president (at his personal discretion) can each appoint two persons to the council.

**** Better Ties Between M'sia And S'pore Boon For Iskandar <http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/9/9/business/9447184&sec=business>
Zazali Musa, The Star

Fund managers in Singapore see the improved bilateral ties between the island state and Malaysia as the major driver of development in Iskandar Malaysia.

**** Does Tony Tan Continue To Get His DPM Pension? <http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/does-tony-tan-continue-to-get-his-dpm-pension/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread

Here’s a question that a noted academic posed to me last night: Does Tony Tan, now President, continue to collect his pension that came from his days as deputy prime minister?

**** Singapore PM Says Ruling Party Must Change <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iMrLNNGmb4UrBYtuuGpWCcMk-lGA?docId=CNG.bd87035cb0e8e83b289018f322c31616.5d1>
AFP

Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged Singapore's ruling party to "reinvent" itself after two landmark elections showed a sharp drop in support following more than half a century in power.

The prime minister -- the son of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew -- emphasised the need to win support from the younger generation by engaging them at the community level as well as through social media.

**** Eating Stingray At Sin Huat & Haji Lane, Singapore <http://www.notquitenigella.com/2011/09/08/eating-stingray-at-sin-huat-haji-lane-singapore/>
Lorraine Elliott, Not Quite Nigella 

Late night Singaporean dining of the more local kind doesn’t get much better than seafood restaurant Sin Huat. It’s the place that Anthony Bourdain visited and he was rapturous over the seafood. The service is said to be notoriously brusque and full of heavy pressure up selling. Gumboot wearing chef Danny is the only person that takes food orders and he is the only chef here. As a result of this, a meal can stretch over four hours and you never quite know what your bill is going to be but you are always full. And you may have to put your foot down even when he insists that you order certain items or you may choose to retreat when you ask for chilli sauce on your stingray only to be told that “If you want to eat it like that, don’t come here.” *Gulp*

**** The Cowboy Road Ahead <http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/2011/09/cowboy-road-ahead.html>
Singapore Notes

**** Opposition Strongmen Made Of Tougher Material <http://www.raviphilemon.net/2011/09/opposition-strongmen-made-of-tougher.html>
Ravi Philemon

The former-MOS only confirms many people's suspicion that candidates who stand for elections in PAP tickets, are afraid of standing up against tough opposition teams. 

**** Prof Jayakumar Resigns From Presidential Council For Minority Rights <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1152108/1/.html>
Channel NewsAsia

**** Another Nasty Remark, Another Denial <http://nohardfeelingsmemoir.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/157/>
A Reporter's Memoir: No Hard Feelings

But it may be time to start thinking about the negative implications of some of his remarks, which if he continued along the same lines, will complicate the PAP government’s efforts to recover ground lost in the recent general and presidential polls.