Celebrate with AUSOM

Join fellow AUSOM members and friends for a celebration lunch on Wednesday 8th February.

Commencing at 10am the Retirees and Others Group welcome Kevin Blazé with all you need to know about staying safe on the Internet and Passkeys v. Passwords.

At 12:15 pm we will celebrate at the Harp of Erin.

Members and friends are welcome to attend either or both events.

Details can be found under Upcoming Events in the right-hand column of this page.

February AUSOM Meeting

Wishing all a very happy 2023.

AUSOM’s first meeting will be held via Zoom on Saturday 4th February and includes SIGs PLUS a Main Presentation.

Reading ‘Committee News’ and information provided about the SIGs (Special Interest Groups) in AUSOM News before attending the meeting will help you prepare any questions you may have.

The February edition of AUSOM News is available

Visitors are also welcome — find out more about the meeting and Zoom from Quick Links on this page or follow the link here.

Inside the News SIG notes Collection

March 2023. Notes are available here.

February 2023. Notes are available here.

January 2023. Notes are available here.

November 2022 The SIG was conducted via Zoom. Notes are available here.

October 2022 The SIG was conducted via Zoom. Notes are available here.

September 2022 The SIG was conducted via Zoom. Notes are available here.

August 2022 The SIG was conducted via Zoom. Notes are available here.

July 2022 The SIG was conducted via Zoom. Notes are available here.

June 2022 The SIG was conducted via Zoom. Notes are available here.

Continue reading “Inside the News SIG notes Collection”

Repurpose your Device for Entertainment

I have a suggestion for the AUSOM Community this Holiday Season. I have almost finished writing a series of articles for our Newsletter. 

All of the articles are on the Mom and Pop developer team of Boy Howdy Technologies. They’re mind-stimulating and fun games for the young and young-at-heart, ranging from Card games, matching games and even crossword puzzles. They push you to think creatively to succeed, but have fun doing so.

Some of these items will be in AUSOM News, February 2023 but you can also look at all the games by searching  Boy Howdy Technologies.

Why not Repurpose those old iPads or iPhones and load them up with these fun thinking games, plus Apple’s suite of school Apps?

What a treat that could be, keeping those youngsters and oldsters happy. 

A gift like this for older people or those sick in Hospitals would help while away the hours. 

—George Engel

Freeform

About 2 weeks ago Apple launched Freeform and described it as a powerful new app designed for creative brainstorming and collaboration.

Freeform is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac and requires the latest versions of the operating systems.

If you have not yet had a look at it a good place to start would be with the many, many videos available on YouTube.

Please share your thoughts by adding comments below.

If there is sufficient interest this app could be discussed at the Creativity SIG in February 2023.