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Except for one week of presenting seminars in the Sarasota area, we stayed at home in Fort Lauderdale, FL. We even took advantage of our
beautiful Broward Center for Performing Arts and saw a play. The picture above is a view from the Center. For more pictures, see our January Photo
Album.
Where we're going: February is almost a duplicate of January, a week on the west side,
then several seminars on the east side - so we'll stay at home in Fort Lauderdale for the rest of February. By the way, our pictures, Blogs, Web Albums, maps, and videos are all examples of what we teach. You can
learn how to plan, preserve, and share your travels (or your life.) It makes the experience that much more enjoyable to get creative on the computer and share pictures, maps, stories, and movies with friends and family. Check out our Learning Library of Tutorial Videos. There are plenty of free videos in addition to
our members only content to whet your appetite for learning.
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Coming up in February/March |
- What Does This Button Do? shows on 2/7, 2/14 2/21, 2/28 and 3/6, 3/13
- 2/8 1pm: Thousand Trails Peace River: Google Photos seminar
- 2/9 10am:Mice-k-teers Computer Group, Sarasota, FL Google Photos
- 2/10 1pm: Cascades Computer Club, Port St Lucie, FL: Safe Computing
- 2/12 10am Deerfield Beach Computer Club: Smartphone Overview
- 2/15 7pm: Bellaggio Computer Club
- 2/17 7:30: Boca Raton Computer Society: Smartphone Overview
- 2/18 5pm: PCBUG of Naples, FL: Smartphones and Tablets
- 2/22 10am: Cascade Lakes in Boynton Beach
- 3/1 1pm: Buttonwood Bay RV in Sebring: Google Photos
- 3/3 9:30am: The Villages Sunset Pointe Photo Club: Google Photos
- 3/10 7pm: Orlando - Central FL Genealogy Society: Picasa/Google Photos
- 3/11 - 3/15: Safari RV Rally, Perry, GA
- 3/17-20: FMCA Rally in Perry GA
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See our Calendar |
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Test Your Smartphone Smarts |
The following list of questions comes straight from our weekly show. Next to each set of questions is a link to the place in the show video where we discuss the "Review Questions" for each show. So you can read the questions, think how you would answer them, and then watch the show where Jim and Chris discuss the questions and give their answers. A quick way to learn!
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Read the Questions |
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Google Maps and Multi-Stop Routes |
If you use Google Maps on your phone to navigate, you’ve probably noticed that it has been limited to navigating from your current location to one destination. That is normally enough, but there are some times that you want to take a little detour somewhere in the middle.
In the
past, you needed to cancel your current route and start over with getting instructions for the detour. The latest update changes that.
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Read the Article Here |
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Let Alfred Watch Your House |
If you have a house that will be empty when you’re traveling, you’ll like Alfred! Alfred is a free app and the only hardware it needs is an old smartphone or tablet that you’re not using anymore. Your house will also need a good, always on, Internet
connection with WiFi. It started as an Android only App but recently released an iOS version. The Android version has a few more features, but both work.
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Read the Article Here |
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Question: Using Picasa on my computer, I edit photos by cropping, straightening, color correcting, etc. When I look at the pictures in Picasa I see the edited version, but when I use Facebook and Add Photo from my computer, I get the unedited original. Can you explain this to me? How do I get the edited version to Facebook? Short Answer: If you use
Picasa’s File Save command before using Facebook’s Add Photo, you will get the edited photo posted to Facebook.
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Read the Article |
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What Does This Button Do? Recent Shows. |
There are show notes which document what was covered in each show and include timeline links, so you can watch just the part of the video that you want. If you are not a Geeks on Tour member,
you can watch the episodes for free on Youtube.
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Weekly Show Page |
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Sincerely,
Geeks on Tour
jimandchris@geeksontour.com
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