Agenda
- News and new to you (Everybody)
- iPad (http://www.apple.com/ipad/) (Local early adopters)
[Break]
- MacBook Pro laptops (http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/) (To be determined)
- Live Interior 3D (http://www.belightsoft.com) (Paul Timmins) (deferred from last month)
Things members bought
- MiFI - portable wifi access point. Available from Bell.ca (http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON.Novatel-Wireless-MiFi-2372/69136.details) or Rogers (http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=search&Ntt=mifi) May Update: Battery Recall (http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/05/05/rogers.joins.bell.in.warning.of.mifi.issues/)
- WiMax service. Internet modem requires AC and provides an Ethernet connection, just like a regular Bell DSL modem or Rogers Cable modem. Can be used where neither Bell DSL or Rogers cable service is available. One member uses his in Dunrobin, for example. Available from Bell (http://www.bell.ca/shopping/PrsShpInt_Uplg3m.page) or Rogers (http://www.rogers.com/web/content/internet-portable/pi_information)
- Note: Rogers makes iphone data tethering permanent (https://www.rogers.com/web/content/internet-portable/pi_information) feature
- Canon Powershot S90 (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons90/), can shoot in RAW (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format) mode, rare at this price point, ~$CDN 450
- iPhone French/English Collins Pro dictionary (http://www.ultralingua.com/products/collins-french-english-dictionary.html), $25
- Pogo sketch stylus (http://tenonedesign.com/sketch.php) for iPhone and iPod Touch, for capacitive touch displays
Humour: encased pork product in South Korean (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/meat-iphone-sausage-stylus) used as iPhone stylus. Really!
Conference a member attended- Open Data Ottawa (http://opendataottawa.ca/) conference held last week 24-Apr. Apps demonstrated (http://opendataapps.org/)
Updates to New MacBook Pro's talk- Apple knowledgebase article: HT1490, Apple Portables: Calibrating your computer's battery for best performance (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490)
More links for the Open Data Ottawa (http://z.eton.ca/odweb) hackfest.
- Article in the Sun (http://z.eton.ca/odsun)
- Article in the Citizen (http://z.eton.ca/odcit)
- Twitter feed (http://z.eton.ca/odtwit)
- Main web page (http://z.eton.ca/odweb)
- Brief video of the event by Matt Davidson shot and edited on an iPhone. (http://z.eton.ca/ovid)
- Eight minute video by @DecherVideo. Excellent start to finish summary. (http://z.eton.ca/odvid2)
- 5 photos of the event. (http://z.eton.ca/odpho)
- Some of the apps. (http://z.eton.ca/odapp)
There were a bunch of other apps that didn't make it to the list for some reason:
- Playgroup Finder Ottawa
- http://openparliament.ca/
- Appletree waiting times iPhone app
- STO Core Data
- Green My Capital
- Expense Visualizer (public expenses by government)
- http://citizenfactory.com