Author Archives: George Bowden

The Internet of Things (IoT) and digital assistants can help seniors in many ways Timely reminder to take medications Time to wake for an early morning appointment A ten minute timer for something cooking What wear for the day’s weather … Continue reading →

Our demo on Aug. 29th of a meeting with both Zoom and in-person attendees (hybrid) for a ballroom turned out to be more of a learning experiernce than a clean demo.   We will try again September 25th. Lessons I learned … Continue reading →

A warm time was enjoyed by all who found the 2023 Computer Club Picnic.  Lots of leftovers taken home. From left to right: Christine, Dorothy, Marcia, George, Dave, Sharon, Janet and Lin.  Anna Keane who took the photo,  is not … Continue reading →

Part 1, Presentation slides If I have only one email address and one device, what’s to know? Writing better emails A bit of humour Managing your emails Parts of an email address Email service providers from your point of view … Continue reading →

Here is the link to the slides shown Tuesday, May 30, 2023.  You might enjoy the interactive quiz on the last slide.

 Miguel Nacenta gave a very interesting presentation “The Augmented Human: How Computers Can Make Us Smarter (and Dumber)”.  Here is a link to download the PDF. We do not record presentations, but here is a youtube video by Miguel about … Continue reading →

Here is the slide presentation for Tuesday’s May 16th presentation by George on Calendars, Email Security, and Migrating Contacts

Here is a link to the slides of Tuesday, May 2nd presentation: Mixing Devices. We covered the following Underlying company motivations vs User motivations Standards and who they serve Regulatory goals The real situation for at least 1/4 of North … Continue reading →

Rich McCue, gave an excellent presentation to VCC members April 25th, courtesy of the UVIC Speakers Bureau.   Here are the links. Smartphones & Tablets: Educational Distractions or Bicycles for Our Minds? The short answer is YES!  Yes, smartphones and tablets … Continue reading →

It’s Spring! Time to take a look at your computers, laptops, tablets, or cell phones to ensure you all have current updates. Regardless of whether you have Microsoft Windows, Apple, Android or Chrome devices they all need updates. Clear out the clutter, … Continue reading →