Productivity

Along with the release of iOS 6 on September 19, 2012, a flood of updated iOS apps appeared in the App Store. A number of updated and new Apple apps appeared along with updates to the iWork suite: Numbers, Keynote, and Pages. The updated iWork for iOS apps complete the iCloud implementation for the suite (the OS X apps were updated previously), and now we can see iCloud for what it is.

An article in Computerworld explores the issues surrounding BYOT (bring your own technology), BYOD (bring your own device), and the consumerization of IT -- all different ways of discussing the trend for organizations allowing and even encouraging people to use their own devices and technologies under the corporate IT unbrella.

UPDATE: We'll be talking about this topic on WAMC Roundtable, Tuesday May 22 at 11:30 AM.

Local developer user groups have been an important resource for many technologies, but over the last few years many of them seem to have more and more trouble scheduling meetings, getting attendees, and finding speakers. Often it's the same attendees and the same speakers meeting after meeting (and, in some cases, they're the same group).