Newsletter for August 16th, 2006
Codename "Working Wisely"
"If you read nothing else on our site, read the newsletter!"
1. Audio Radio Show Podcast #4 is ONLINE!Mukestar and JavaJones, the new producers of the DonationCoder.com Podcast Audio Radio Show have unleashed their new creation, Podcast #4!
2. The Great DonationCoder.com GTD Experiment of 2006Are you not working as efficiently as you could be? Do you want to learn how to bettter manage your time and energy, and not waste time thinking about useless stuff? Join the Club! Lots of us on the forum are interested in the Getting Things Done approach to time management and working more efficiently. So we are going to spend three months, from September 1 to December 1 practicing GTD principles, and sharing our experience. We'll have an informal "coach" of sorts available to help people who want to participate.
3. Software Updates and ReleasesDonationCoder.com is first and foremost a site about software. Let's see what's new since our last newsletter.. And remember to donate some DonationCredits to these coders to support their hard work!
4. August's Discounts and Last Chance for August 21st Shareware GiveawayThis month's discounts last throughout all of August, but you only have until
August 21st to enter this months free drawing!
5. Site NewsThere is always room to imrpove the site, that's our motto.
6. New Mini-Reviews by MembersThe mini review section is looking great and Josh is doing a superlative job as the official demo screencaster on the site. If you have a program that you think deserves a screencast be sure to drop Josh a note.
7. Programming Contest UpdatesThe deadline to enter our massive C++ Builder Programming Contest is now over. You can check out the entries and download and use most of them now. We will be announceing the winners on or around
September 1st. And if you missed out on entering the C++ Builder contest, you can still enter our new Accessibility Game Programming Contest, where the object is to design either a game whose output is audio only, or a game with a single button as input.
8. General Software DiscussionLots of great software discussion on the forum in the last two weeks:
9. Fun and GamesWho ever said not to mix business with pleasure? That's all we do here!
10. Web Discoveries, Debates, and ArticlesWhat's worth reading on the web? With so much information out there it can be hard to know. Here are some recent discoveries we're talking about on the forum.
11. Developer's Corner12. Site of the Month
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