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| DATE | 2015-11-27 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] The New Linux Journal in an app happy world
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Dear Shawn: The fact that this thing gives all MY personal history to
google through your phone bothers ME, and it should bother you. The
license sucks as well and this is not a recommended app for a GNU/Linux
users, or even a their canine companion. I wish we could discuss this
because I think you misunderstand the risks involved in software like this.
Happy Thanksgiving
Ruben Safir
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Android Candy: Who Ya Gonna Call? Anyone!
Oct 21, 2015 By Shawn Powers
in
Android Mobile
I have a love/hate relationship with the contact manager on my phone. I
absolutely love having all of that information available, and I love
even more that it syncs with my Google contacts. What I don't love,
however, is the cumbersome way you have to scroll around looking for who
you want to call. Yes, I normally just look at my recent calls to find
who I want, but it seems like there should be a better way to look at my
contacts.
Enter Drupe. It feels a bit like a mix between a game and a standardized
test's matching exercise. That might sound like an odd comparison, but
Drupe makes it easy not only just to call, but also to communicate with
contacts with a simple drag. Want to call Mom? Drag her face to the
phone icon. Want to text your significant other? Drag his or her face to
the SMS icon. (Okay, maybe "drag her face" sounds a bit violent.)
(Screenshot from http://getdrupe.com)
If you like a graphical, easy way to start communicating with your
contacts, I urge you to give Drupe a try. It's completely free, supports
a huge number of protocols, and it even offers free themes so you can
change the way it looks.
______________________
Shawn Powers is a Linux Journal Associate Editor. You might find him on
IRC, Twitter, or training IT pros at CBT Nuggets.
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So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://www.mrbrklyn.com
DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive
http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
http://www.brooklyn-living.com
Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps,
but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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