18 Dec 2006 |
Cancelled. Next meeting: January 15, 2007: |
20 Nov 2006 | Bernhard Krevet:
Updates onnow with Web Album. Demo of Picasa Web Albums |
23 Oct 2006 (Please note this is the fourth Monday) |
Jan Laskowski: InDesign, the Adobe program that is overtaking Quark as the industry standard for desktop publishing. (Review) InDesign Adobe InDesign offers a new standard for designing
professional layouts with sophisticated graphics and typography.
InDesign shares standard Adobe commands, tools, palettes, and
shortcuts with Photoshop and Illustrator. Tightly integrated
with the entire Adobe family in Creative Suite. |
18 Sep 2006 |
Nancy Blachman -- Power Googling: Getting What you Want from Google (for novices, intermediate users and everyone in between) Do you Google? If you're like many people,
you use only a small number of Google's services and features.
Learn how Google works, its features and capabilities from Nancy
Blachman who is a lively and entertaining speaker and author
of Google Guide, www.googleguide.com.
The fact that Nancy has been teaching Internet
novices is apparent. She takes nothing for granted, and even
includes tips on how to navigate through the links on Google's
search results page. More savvy users will probably learn about
useful advanced operators, which Google hasn't documented, as
well as a bit more about how Google works. |
21 Aug 2006 |
Don Ferguson: Introduction to Satellite Radio. A brief history of Amateur Satellite communication is followed by an introduction to Windows based programs that integrate functions to operate an Earth Station. The functions that need to be addressed include Satellite orbital prediction, calculation of doppler shift and offsetting its affect on transmit and receive frequency, and the process of logging satellite contacts. Don is the current President of Project OSCAR http://projectoscar.net which will be hosting the AMSAT National Satellite Symposium October 2006 in Foster City. http://www.amsat.org This group also works with several universities, including Stanford and Cal Poly, to assist with their satellite engineering programs. |
17 July 2006 |
Bernhard Krevet: VoIP -- or Voice over
Internet Protocol, is a method for taking analog audio signals
and turning them into digital data that can be transmitted over
the Internet. is a little program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype. All calls from Skype to landlines and mobiles within the US and Canada are also free till the end of the year 2006. Calls to other places cost as little as US¢ 2/minute. Its free and easy to download and use, and works with most computers. |
19 June 2006 |
Herb Shear: Backing up your computer systems: reliable and relevant ideas. No buttons to push, icons to click, keys to stroke. The system remains functional, no thumb twirling waits. No housekeeping cleanups ever. You could go years without even thinking about it yet data saved less than a minute before your HD became a door stop can be restored. View the presentation in either format: Impress (Open Office) Powerpoint (Microsoft) PDF (Adobe) * |
15 May 2006 | Open Forum |
17 Apr 2006 |
Pat McMahon: "Graphical Presentation of Information and Data" This presentation will cover many examples of the use of Microsoft Excel and other knock-off programs for analyzing data for both business and personal applications. Actual examples show:
The highlight of the presentation will be a demonstration of how a combination of Excel worksheet functions and conditional formatting capabilities can be used to make Sudoku puzzles much more enjoyable. |
20 Mar 2006 |
Bernhard Krevet: MicroSoft now offers a service called "Folder Share" which should be interesting for endusers. Keep important files at your fingertips -
anywhere. All file changes are automatically synchronized between
linked computers, so you are always accessing the latest documents,
photos, and files. |
27 Feb 2006 |
Scott Maiden: Photoshop Elements 3 & 4 --
A Comparison Enhance your photos with powerful new tools
that help you adjust specific areas of a photo in less time and
even remove red eye automatically as you download. Create fun
composites with new features that let you make more precise selections
and smooth out rough edges. Show off your creativity in more
entertaining ways, including enhanced slide shows with superior
pan and zoom effects, voice narration, and multiple music tracks.
To edit, organize, and show your photos in new, creative ways,
upgrade today to Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 4.0 software. |
23 Jan 2006 | Ann Jones: "The special art of PowerPoint" or "PowerPoint: Basics and Beyond" (Please note this is the fourth Monday) |