Super-sized Newsletter for Oct 25, 2014
"Codename: NANY 2015 Preppers"
1. Newsletter EditorialGreetings. It's been a whopping 156 days since the last newsletter, and in that time..
New threads started: 1,300.
New posts: 12,000 (number of those deleted as spam: 468).
New members who joined: 13,600 (number of those banned for spamming: 700).
New donors: 714.
The important news to tell you about is that our big "New Apps for the New Year (NANY) 2015" event is fast approaching. You can read all about it below, in the first section of the newsletter. We'd love to have your participation in it.
See you on the forum!
-jesse (mouser)
2. NANY 2015 Event (New Apps for the New Year)Since 2007 we have held an annual event that we call NANY (New Apps for the New Year), where we ask the coders who hang out on DonationCoder to create some new piece of free software and share it with the world on January 1st of the new year (
browse previous year entries here).
There are no winners or losers, it's simply a celebration of programming and creating new software and sharing it with the world. Everyone who participates gets a commemorative mug. You can target any operating system (desktop or mobile) or even make a web-based tool. It can be a game, utility, large application, whatever.
3. User-to-User: Your Input RequestedWe love nothing more than having interesting discussions on our forum -- and we love when new people participate in the discussions. In each newsletter we try to highlight a few topics that we think might interest casual readers and that are good candidates for making your first post.
4. Mouser's Software UpdatesI've uploaded some updates to many of my large applications since the last newsletter. As always, you can find the list of what's new both in the online help pages (linked from each program homepage) or in the forum thread about the application (also linked from each program homepage).
5. Skwire Empire Software Updates and New ReleasesDC member skwire is one of the more prolific coders of utilities on our site -- he roams the coding snack request section and pounces like a jaguar when he finds something that catches his eye. He's released a ton of updates to his software since the last newsletter, including some updates and a few brand new releases:
6. Coding Snacks, Mini-reviews, and other Member ProjectsWe love to keep up with projects that our members are working on, and hearing what our forum members think of software they use. If you're working on something interesting -- let us know!
7. Website Discoveries, Debates, Essays, DiscussionsWhat's new in cyberspace? What exciting new sites have been discovered by forum members? What's the current hot topic and debate? Read on to find out..
8. Specific Software DiscussionsSome noteworthy discussions about specific software applications on the forum since the last newsletter.
9. General Software DiscussionsSome noteworthy general software discussions on the forum since the last newsletter.
10. Entertainment, Games, and HumourHere's a collection of some diversionary web browsing links posted on the forum recently.
11. Developer's CornerThis section highlights some discussions that might be relevant for not just coders and developers, but also people interested in entrepreneurial issues.
12. Security NewsThere were so many security-related posts on the forum in the last month that we have a section of the newsletter devoted to the issue.
13. Linux and Hardware HangoutWhile the lion's share of technical discussions on our forum involve Microsoft Windows software, hardware and linux threads are becoming increasingly common.
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