Blog
10-22-2021-Barry Cowen-Useful iOS15 Tips and Tricks
10-08-2021: Bob Gostischa: Is Cyber Security Really Safe? (Update)
09-24-2021: Member Roundtable on Charging And Power Banks
09-03-2021- An Interview with Edward Greenberg
08-20-2021: Barry Cowen-Potpourri II
08-06-2021: Bob Gostischa: Use CCleaner For More Than Cleaning Your Hard Drive
Bob Gostischa showed everyone how the free version of the CCleaner utility program from Piriform can be used to clean much more than the crap in your computer. Click on the link below to get complete details on his presentation. https://docs.google.com/document/d/19RzcnAZdpmnzbRIgye2UD-j1EWD44eKrqnP9QWXiwgQ/edit?usp=sharing
07-23-2021: Barry Cowen-Potpourri
In his Potpourri I class, Barry presented a brief tour of our new Club site. Using his iPhone 11, Barry presented the following tips and tricks with a live demo. Reviewed key points of our website: blog with all presentations and notes, calendar, key links, handouts, Breaking news, Trending News, Sections of iphone– About for your phone model, software, other info for giving to repair people, contents of phone, EID #, Carrier and sim cards Iphone storage–app size, documents and data, offloading an app to free up space and then reload later Battery health–graphs of usage, how much to charge and when, what you’ve used and where Display and brightness–light or dark options Swiping–left, right-app library, down (control center) App library–Apple […]
07-09-2021-Carol Freedman: Gmail Tips You Don’t Want To Miss
Here’s the YouTube link to watch this presentation again: https://youtu.be/2SG2QEYrUwY And here’s the link to the handouts with all the screenshots and steps: https://www.db-cc.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/gmail-ppt-7-9-21.pdf Here are some of the topics covered: Finding and using settings Using and eliminating tab categories Reading panes Making space in the left column for more folders Labels 2 ways to create (from side panel, from email) Move from inbox to folder (will get rid of the inbox label) Add color Filters Stars Important Snooze emails Move emails Keyboard shortcuts Importing other emails into gmail Deleting emails using several methods
06-18-2021: Hewie Poplock: Learning Resources For Seniors
Here’s the YouTube link to Hewie’s presentation: https://youtu.be/uQtFxq3_bIk Here’s the link to Hewie’s handouts which are chockful of cool resources: https://www.db-cc.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Learning-Resources-For-Deerfield-Beach-Computer-Club2.pdf He included information and examples about the following, many of which also have links shown in the slides: Great places for courses, including Coursera, Tech Boomers, Udemy, Geeks on Tour, AskAbby. Lynda.com, Thurrott, YouTube, Central Florida Computer Society, Stanford OnLine, Khan Academy, Great Courses, FAU, Institute for Learning, Bernard Osher Foundation Great presentations and info sources like TedX, WebMD, LifeHacker, Tech 911, Ways to connect and learn–Meetup, Learning Institute for Elders, Senior Learning Network, APCUG, Tech for Seniors, Hewie’s Views and reviews Ways to go to school for free in FL
