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Here are David Whitby’s notes from his Tips n Tricks presentation for our July Meeting.

Editor note - with the exception of Jumbo Calculator all apps are designed for both the iPhone and iPad

iPad Apps
1. Audible.com - Allows direct downloading of audio books without connecting your iPhone/iPad to your computer.

2. Wattpad - not a list of best seller to buy but a clearinghouse of works from new writer, all offerings currently free

3. MobileMe Gallery - with a MobileMe account you can share any iPhoto Album with your friends ( not just desktop access anymore )

4. Jumbo Calculator - just what the title says!

5. Calcbot - need more advanced functions AND a paper trail (just rotate you iPad to landscape)

6. Craigslist Pro - Quick and intuitive way to sell your stuff

7. Lexeme - Ever play Scrabble and needed to cheat a little when you just KNOW there is a 7 letter available but you can’t quite get it? Super fast determination of all acceptable words and their score value in a list.

For your Mac -
Mp3panda.com - Would you like to pay only 10 cents for your music downloads instead of iTunes’ 99 cents? For a deposit of $29 you get $49 available in your account. That’s 7-10 times the number of songs you could buy from iTunes.

At the December 21st meeting Ron Streicher demonstrated that in its
native form Apple’s Photo Booth application mirrors (inverts left-for-
right) the images it captures from either an iSight or external web
camera. He then showed how to correct this problem using a procedure
he found on-line. When you do this, first make a copy of the Photo
Booth application, rename it “corrected version” and then perform the
procedure as described in the following article.

Following is the link

For reference, the URL is
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090125141307324

Whatever your field of interest, at some time you may be called-upon to present a lecture — it may be about your work, your hobbies, your travels, or whatever. When that time comes, knowing how to prepare and deliver an effective presentation will save  you the embarrassment of standing in front of your audience and fumbling with your script, the slides, or even the basic task of organizing your materials effectively.

The article Preparing YOUR Presentation (pdf) provides several simple guidelines that can help you overcome your “stage fright” and to plan, prepare, and give a successful public presentation.

You can subscribe to Flickr or Picasa Web Albums’ RSS feeds by copying the RSS link (at the bottom right of the album page if the owner of the album has set the corresponding pref in his Flickr/Picasa Web profile), switching to iPhoto, selecting File » Subscribe to Photo Feed, and pasting the link.

You will see a new item in the left hand Library window with the RSS album’s name. Clicking on that name will show you all the pictures in that album in the main iPhoto window. You can then drag drop pictures from the Picasa/Flickr album into your main iPhoto library.

Enjoy !