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Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review

iStudiez Pro helps to get you back on schedule

It's been a long summer, and students everywhere are starting to head back to universities and colleges around the country. It's not easy to get back into a daily grind of classes, assignments and activities but a new application called iStudiez Pro [iTunes Link] is here to help!

Created by Andriy Kachalo and Michael Balashoff, iStudiez Pro is designed to help you take charge of your own schedule by always keeping you on top of where you need to be and what needs to get done. With an intuitive interface, the application promises to make sure "you never miss another course, lecture, and lab, track tasks and deadlines, plan homework, arrange assignments and much more."

Some notable features include:
  • Smart day view that automatically displays summary of currently classes and tasks
  • Detailed schedule planner to break down classes and assignments
  • A view to suit everyone including expanded month and week views, with colored labels for each course
  • Specific icons for different types of classes
  • Supports iPhone features like touch gestures and device rotation
  • Integrated address book keeps your contacts and professor's information close at hand
The application, available for both iPhone and iPod touch, is selling for $2.99 on the App Store. If you're looking to snag a copy of this app for free, the developers are currently offering a deal that if you see the demo version of iStudiez Pro being used in an Apple store and take a picture, they'll send you a free promo code!

Here's a couple images of iStudiez Pro in action:

Gallery: iStudiez Pro

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Filed under: Education, Other Events, Apple Professional

Apple announces 2009 Advanced Professional Services Tech Camp

For developers, it's all about WWDC. For people who are members of the Apple Consultants Network or affiliated with an Apple Professional Service Provider, the Advanced Professional Services Tech Camp is the annual "don't miss" event.

This year's Advanced Camp has just been announced, and it will be held November 15-20 at the Q Center in Chicago, IL. While pricing isn't available, the curriculum hasn't been finalized, and the Camp website isn't up yet, this is a perfect opportunity to clear out the week before the U.S.Thanksgiving holiday on your calendar.

As with previous Camps, lodging and meals are included in the price (based on past experience, this does not mean staying in leaky tents, or eating Beanie-Weenies and S'Mores). Due to limited space and equipment, the Camp organizers at Apple will give priority to ACN members who hold ACTC or higher certifications.

When more information on Advanced Camp is available, TUAW will keep you updated on how to register and provide a link to the Camp website. For now, add a reminder in iCal.

Filed under: How-tos, Terminal Tips

Terminal tip: Remind yourself about appointments

Got a place you need to be at 3:00? Want to send yourself a message to get out the door at 2:40? Terminal's "leave" command offers a simple way to remind yourself about your upcoming schedule. leave 0240 waits until 2:35 and then alerts you to get ready to leave with both text and a beep. Reminders occur at 5 minutes and 1 minutes before the time you enter, and then every minute after until you close the terminal window. (You can also kill the process whose id is listed for you when you issue the leave command.)

Leave uses a 12-hour clock so you don't have to worry about whether to use 0240 or 1440. Both produce the same result. All times are assumed to be within the next 12 hours.

You can also use the "+" flag to set a relative time. Say you want to work on a project for just the next hour. Use leave +0100. This sets an alarm for one hour from the current time.

Filed under: Software, Cool tools

Automate shutdown and restart processes


Yet more apps that have made my "why doesn't OS X do this natively?" list are Mac Shutdown X and Mac Restart X. The concept of Mac Shutdown X is simple: shut down a Mac automatically based on various kinds of events, such as a download finishing or a file disappearing. While the list of usable events is slim at the moment, the developers state on their product site that they're very open to suggestions. Mac Shutdown X can shut down on a schedule, just like OS X's Energy Preference Pane, but you can also use a calendar and clock to specify a specific date and time in the future for shutting down. Conversely, Mac Restart X does exactly what you might think: it allows you to set a schedule or specify a date (but not events - yet) for automatically restarting your Mac.

While I'm sure some people could find these separate apps handy in various ways, the fact that they sell for $10 each makes me think they should simply be combined into one utility for one price. Regardless, it's a good niche to have filled by a simple little to-the-point app.

[via MacNN]

Tip of the Day

Use Spotlight as a reference tool. Type any word in the Spotlight box and one of the top entries will be a definition. Click on it, and it will bring up the dictionary application to check the word in either the dictionary, thesaurus, Apple database, or Wikipedia.


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