See you in June–hopefully!!

Hi folks:

I wrote 7 p.m. in my last post. My mistake. The meeting  has always been at 7:30 p.m. Also, can we agree to end at 9 p.m.? Thanks.

See you soon.

Meg

Where do you get your news about Apple, about the world, about things you’re interested in? Come prepared to share a few tips and tricks with the whole group. See you then–7 p.m. in the Digital Life Centre at macs@work.

See you soon.

Is this a good time for everyone? Friday is always a holiday but not sure about Monday. Let me know soon. I’m planning a presentation around iTunes University and IBooks Author. We also have an Apple TV hooked up to a television. Pretty cool stuff!
Cheers, Meg
Meg

For those of you not out to the March meeting, this website was ‘hacked’ some time in the previous month. Pretty much every php file in the website had a extra chunk of code inserted into it, which randomly redirected people to other websites (none of them good).

I’ve basically thrown it out completely and restored from back up information. The only concern is I’m not entirely sure how the files were altered in the first place. Since this is shared hosting, I’m leaning towards somebody else on this server was either the culprit or the original victim.

Nonetheless, I’ve done a bunch of maintenance/tidy work, disabling and deleting old themes, users, plug-ins etc.

So, here’s what you need to do…

1. Log in and change your password
2. If you used the same password on any other website, go change it there too. And don’t change it to be the same as the new one here please…
3. If you notice anything wrong or missing here, drop me an email ASAP and I’ll see what’s going on.

Thanks,
Brian

Read this article from the New York Times that details, with a bit of sensationalism, how modern corporations, modern computing and modern marketing all combine so powerfully. I bet most people will be surprised….

It’s like Asimov’s Foundation novels (first published in the 1940′s I’d point out!) – psychohistory predicts the aggregate not the individual, and yet it works.

Topic: Social Media and the Cloud.
Guest Presenter: Anne Shillolo, teacher and promoter of Internet skills in education.
We will also briefly take a look at the new iBooks 2 for the IPad, iBooks Author for the Mac and iTune U for everyone.
I will be sending out an invitation to people who attended the IPad 2 session on January 18 or expressed an interest. The evening was well attended — full house with over 25 people.
See you on the 13th I hope.
Cheers, Meg

To me one of the most intriguing developments of our modern internet society has been the rise of ‘Anonymous’

Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com

If you’ve never heard of them, I’d be surprised. If you are confused as to who and what they are, I wouldn’t be…..

I’ve found two good articles in recent days – First up this three part series of articles for Wired magazine by Quinn Norton.

1. Part One
2. Part Two
3. Part Three

Secondly this single article from Triple Canopy entitled Our Weirdness Is Free by Gabriella Coleman

As a side note, I found the Triple Canopy website ‘style’ very annoying – if you think so too choose the printer icon above the article and preview the results for something you can actually read…

Both of these women are articulate and involved, and able to bridge the gap between worlds well enough to explain it to the rest of us.

Anonymous was listed in Time Magazine’s person of the year that mattered in the #4 position – I’m betting they’ll turn up there again next year too.

This article is spot on.

It’s not short.

It won’t all sink in at once.

There are lots of cute little references like the crack about aircraft carriers that not everyone will ‘get’.

Nonetheless, read it, think about it, and consider framing it, because 10 years from now it will all seem so obvious in hindsight.