[MyAppleMenu] Oct 6, 2012

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu
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**** Passbook And NFC ****
<http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/2012/10/05/passbook/>
Fast Chicken


> Is it all a huge game changer? No, I don’t think it is. But like the AppleTV, it is interesting and fun to play with.



**** Podcasting 101: The Best Of The Rest Of iOS Podcasting Apps ****
<http://gigaom.com/apple/podcasting-101-the-best-of-the-rest-of-podcasting-apps/>
Geoffrey Goetz, GigaOM



**** Review: Camera+ For iPad ****
<http://isource.com/2012/10/05/review-camera-for-ipad/>
ISource


> Camera+ now offers a photo editing experience worthy of the iPad, and I highly recommend it – especially if you have already tried iPhoto, but were left wanting something easier to use and sync.



**** First Look: Taskbox - Mail Could Become A Worthy Sparrow Alternative ****
<http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/10/first-look-taskbox-mail-could-become-a-worthy-sparrow-alternative>
Bryan M. Wolfe, AppAdvice


> Instead of letting emails sit in the catchall inbox, the app offers ways to organize them. This includes the ability to set priorities, apply due dates, and create assignments for you and your contacts.



**** Apple Gives Former MobileMe Users An Extra Year Of Free iCloud Storage ****
<http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/5/3462448/apple-year-free-icloud-storage-extension-mobileme>
Bryan Bishop, The Verge


> No action is required on the part of the user, with the extension running through September 30th, 2013.

Looks to me this is a nice apology for the simple extension-to-2050 mistake.


**** Apple Acknowledges Lens Flares Occur With iPhone 5 Camera ****
<http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/05/apple-acknowledges-lens-flare-issue-with-iphone-5-camera/>
Steven Sande, TUAW



**** 4 Inches ****
<http://dcurt.is/4-inches>
Dustin Curtis


> As iPhones get thinner and lighter, the reachability problem will become less and less of an issue. But the facts are clear: until we have wafer-thin, impossibly light phones, it will be harder to use 4-inch screens one-handed than it is to use 3.5-inch ones. Even so, the benefits vastly outweigh the downsides.



**** In A Smartphone World, Everything Is An Accessory ****
<http://www.techhive.com/article/2011287/in-a-smartphone-world-everything-is-an-accessory.html>
Jay Alabaster, TechHive



**** Mac Gems: Skip Tunes And iTunification Enhance iTunes ****
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2011283/mac-gems-skip-tunes-and-itunification-enhance-itunes.html>
Dan Frakes, Macworld



**** The Ghost Of Jobs: Apple's Challenge To Decide "What Would Steve Do?" ****
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/10/the-ghost-of-jobs-apples-challenge-to-decide-what-would-steve-do/>
Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica


> Many of Apple's own employees—the engineers who work passionately on the hardware and software that customers use every day—have found themselves involved in repeated conversations over the past year about what Jobs would have done. Or if they were not directly involved, they heard about such conversations from their peers. The question became a common refrain within Apple, though opinions differ on whether its effect has been positive.



**** How To Turn Your Mac Into A Security Spy Cam To Stream And Record Video (And Spy On Yourself) ****
<http://teratalks.com/2012/10/how-to-turn-your-mac-into-a-security-spycam-to-stream-and-record-Video-and-spy-on-yourself/>
Tera Thomas O'Brien, Tera Talks



**** TuneWiki Review ****
<http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/tunewiki_review>
Michael Simon, Mac Life


> You'll still look foolish singing along to your iPhone, but TuneWiki will at least help you get most of the words right.



**** One Sandbox Does Not Fit All ****
<http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/10/application-limitations?fsrc=gn_ep>
G.F., The Economist


> Though in theory sandboxed like everything else in the App Store, Apple seems to have granted itself blanket entitlements that let Aperture perform all the tasks it used to perform before sandboxing was introduced.






The Tomorrow Weblog
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**** All Ideas Are Old Ideas ****
<http://www.chris-granger.com/2012/10/05/all-ideas-are-old-ideas/>
Chris Granger






MyAppleMenu Reader
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**** Power Shifts ****
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/books/review/the-revenge-of-geography-by-robert-d-kaplan.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss>
Anne-Marie Slaughter, New York Times


> Those who forget geography can never defeat it. That is the mantra of Robert D. Kaplan’s new book.



**** In Praise Of Bad Boys' Books ****
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/05/howard-jacobson-bad-boys-books?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Howard Jacobson, The Guardian


> I was once told by a publisher that a novel I'd submitted "lacked redemption". I could not contain my excitement.



**** Better Than Fast Food ****
<http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_pivot/2012/10/where_s_the_beef_how_wendy_s_1980s_turnaround_changed_the_fast_food_business_.html>
Katy Waldman, Slate


> How Wendy’s 1980s turnaround changed the fast food business.






SingaporeSurf
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**** Middling Going On To Transport Hell ****
<http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/middling-going-on-to-transport-hell/>
Alex Au, Yawning Bread


> Like it or not, what the results seem to suggest is that for all the boasts about forward planning and determined investment in widened roads, flyovers and tunnels, our government’s performance is only middling. For all the ruthlessness in implementing Electronic Road Pricing and auctions for Certificates of Entitlements, the daily commute is still more nightmarish here than in New York, Toronto or London.

> For decades, we’ve been implicitly asked to sacrifice democracy for effective government and excellent delivery of public goods. And this is all we get?



**** Revisiting The Succession Question ****
<http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=%2F2012%2F10%2F6%2Fcolumnists%2Finsightdownsouth%2F12129215&sec=insightdownsouth>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star


> By indicating he would step down in 2022 Lee has slightly put it back by two years. In 2011, Lee had said that he hoped a new man could take over in 2020.

> Whatever the deadline, the road will be strewn with hidden mines, the biggest of which is a changing electorate with aspirations that his ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) may find hard to meet.



**** In Singapore, A Stylish Update ****
<http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/travel/in-singapore-a-stylish-update.html?_r=0>
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, New York Times


> For decades, Tiong Bahru was a sleepy enclave filled with elderly residents in plain four-story apartment buildings. Clusters of old-school hawker stalls served modest fare like duck rice and won ton noodles.

> In recent years, however, the neighborhood — the first large-scale housing estate that the Singapore government built, from 1936 to the early 1940s — has undergone a renaissance. Young professionals, attracted by its proximity to the city center, have moved in, and with them the trappings of stylish life.



**** A More Blind-friendly Island? ****
<http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC121006-0000041/A-more-blind-friendly-island>
Tan Weizhen, Today



**** Behind Sinema's Screen ****
<http://www.obscured.sg/2012/10/managers-of-sinema-old-school.html>
ObscuRed.sg


> As the screen of Sinema Old School was taken down in June to make way for residential development, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise when Sinema Old School announced its collaboration with one of Singapore's major cinema exhibitor Golden Village. Such a tie-up could encourage local filmmakers to create commercially viable films as compared to screening their films in experimental art venues such as The Substation.



**** ICA Needs To Strengthen Background Checks Of Applicants Before Granting PR ****
<http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/10/ica-needs-to-strengthen-background-checks-of-applicants-before-granting-pr/>
The Online Citizen


> As the government has been issuing fewer PRs in response to public sentiments on immigration, it further heightens the need to ensure that only the truly deserving ones receive PRs. These 3 cases unfortunately do not assure the public that ICA has done its due diligence in assessing the worthiness of each PR application.



**** Widening Income Gap Can Threaten Sustainability Of Asian Growth - Singapore Minister ****
<http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsbusiness.php?id=699898>
Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah, Bernama


> While the creation of a global market that all countries and talent can tap has benefitted those whose expertise and skills command high premiums, Iswaran said globalisation poses competitive challenges for the less-educated and less-skilled.



**** Singapore International Photography Festival Bring Sharp Focus On Photography ****
<http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/831134/singapore-international-photography-festival-bring-sharp-focus>
Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, ARTINFO


> One of the highlights, presented at SMU, is the showcase of a monumental 42-meter-long work by Wang Qingsong, titled “The History of Monuments,” an interpretation of the history of mankind in a photo epic.