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The month of January was all spent in Florida and it was delightful. We bounced between Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, and Arcadia. Teaching lots of Google Photos as well as general Smartphone knowledge. Jim got a chance to go scuba diving several days with his long-time dive buddy who
was visiting from New Jersey. See Jim's underwater video of one of the dives. More photos of our month are on our January Photo Album. The stories to go along with this are on our January Blog.
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 and share pictures, maps, stories, and movies with friends and family. Check out our Learning Library of Tutorial
Videos, just go to GeeksOnTour.com and click the menu for 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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We're in Florida until mid-February, then we'll be heading west for several RV rallies in Arizona, and some clubs in California.
Geek Week at Riverside RV Resort in Arcadia 1/31-2/3 1/31: What Does This Button Do? 2/1: Smartphone Photography Workshop for iPhone 2/2: Smartphone Photography Workshop for
Android
3/12 - 3/15 Geek Week in Palm Creek, Casa Grande, AZ 3/13 Leisure World Computer Club in Mesa, AZ
April will find us in Yuma, AZ, Laguna Woods, CA, and Sevierville,
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If you are a Premium member of Geeks on Tour, you have access to 7 eBooks on Google Photos, Picasa, Smartphone Photography, Android devices, iOS devices, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Just click on the Member Login menu and you'll see a link to the eBook
page. Not a member? Join Today!
If you're just interested in the Google Photos book, even non-members can download a free chapter
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Member Spotlight: Bill Osborne |
Bill Osborne wants to learn everything! Pictures, Blogs, Smartphones, Cloud computing, Videos, YouTube, Drones, GPS, Facebook, maps ... I guess that's what happens when you retire from being a pilot, an army finance instructor, a mortician, a real estate salesman, an entrepreneur, a flight instructor and an optician! You GO Bill! |
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Lesson Plans for your Computer Club |
Lately we’ve had a lot of requests from Computer Clubs and Senior Centers to use our Geeks on Tour materials – videos, show notes, articles, handouts – for learning during their meetings.
YES, YES, YES!
For years we’ve encouraged computer clubs to use our videos during their club meetings and classes. That way, the club leader doesn’t have to do the work of developing a formal presentation, just
show our videos and then elaborate on the topic and facilitate Q&A. The members get to know Geeks on Tour, where they can continue to learn whenever they want. |
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How to Capture a Frame of an iPhone Live Photo |
Mary has a question:
"Sometimes when I take a photograph with my iPhone 7, the snapshot moves briefly when I view it. Why?
Sometimes this exceedingly brief “video” has an image I would like to save and print at the beginning and not at the end of the movement. Specifically dolphins leaping from the water. Is there anyway I can stop the motion where I need to?" The
snapshot that moves is called a Live Photo and it has been a feature of iPhones since the 6s. Turning on the Live option in the camera will take 3 seconds of video along with the still shot. You know if your Live option is turned on if the bullseye at the top center of the camera is gold. If it’s white then Live is OFF. Just tap it and you will briefly see the words LIVE or LIVE OFF. |
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Google's Blogger is Alive and Well |
I’ve been using Google’s Blogger.com to create and maintain my personal blog since April of 2003. This past year I started 2 new blogs/websites: LearnGooglePhotos.com, and TheButtonShow.com. I used Blogger.com for both of them as well.
Am I Crazy?
Blogger.com is a free service from Google, aren’t I afraid that it will disappear someday? While it is possible that Google will discontinue Blogger
someday, I’m really not worried for several reasons. |
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GeeksOnTour.com Website Tips |
We’re updating the website all the time. There are nearly 1,000 articles, 450 videos, and 110 What Does this Button Do Episodes. How do you find what you want? Here are some tips on how to get to the best stuff! - Finding Articles
- Finding Videos
- Finding What Does This Button Do Episodes
- Surprise Me!
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