Quickies 2-9-09

From TMUG - The Triangle Macintosh Users Group

February 9, 2009 Quickies

TMUG inaugurated Quickies at the February 9 meeting. There were 4 presenters demoing 10 apps or topics. Each was given about 5 min to present each app / topic. The hook came out at the 5-min mark, which helped to ensure that the presentations were short, sweet, and to the point.

We received a lot of positive comments on the program, and we will do something similar again in the future. Thanks to all who presented. We would like to again invite anyone who has a cool little utility or topic they would like to share to contact us about presenting. We would love to have you!

Following is a summary from the presenters with links for each of the items that were presented…

Charles Mangin

• checking for scam e-mails
• Little Snitch, a firewall for outgoing connections
  • http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/
• bitpim, to sync phones not supported by isync
  • http://www.bitpim.org/

Smythe Richbourg

• Evernote, an on-line app for storing info from a central location
  • http://evernote.com/
• Choosy, a cute add-on for browser selection
  • http://www.choosyosx.com
• Remote access apps
  • http://www.glance.net

Stefan Jeglinski

• fseventer, a graphical utility for seeing real-time file access
  • http://fernlightning.com/doku.php?id=software:fseventer:start
• Grand Perspective, a graphical utility for looking at hard drive space
  • http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

Cort Boylan

• AutoFilter data in Excel spreadsheets
• Dropbox, web-based computer synchronizer
  • https://www.getdropbox.com/