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Are you interested in attending the Genealogy SIG?

Posted on 2016-05-05 by George Bowden

Genealogy is the study of your family tree, i.e history on a personal scale. It helps satisfy a deep need to understand how we fit into the broader world around us. For those unfamiliar with genealogy, here is a good summary of … Continue reading →

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Greater Victoria Public Library Presentation May 24th

Posted on 2016-04-26 by sysop

Here is the link to eResources A-Z that Kate and Melissa talked about today, May 24th.  You will notice that Yowza is a service still to be developed <grin>. Feedback from the audience: Please, name your branches by their location where possible, … Continue reading →

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Retrieving files from a backup

Posted on 2016-04-24 by George Bowden

Recently I used Macrium Reflect, free edition, to back-up a member’s whole computer before upgrading it to Windows 10 with a fresh install.  After a couple of weeks, the member could not find his photos on the new Windows.  So … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Scams of 2016, presented at 2pm Tuesday April 26th

Posted on 2016-04-19 by George Bowden

Each week we hear from members phoned by scammers trying to rip them off.  Instead, come out to April’s monthly presentation, and learn from BBB expert Rosalind Scott how to Protect Yourself from the Top Ten Scams, Frauds and Things to Watch For … Continue reading →

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Virtual Technology Conference for PC and Chromebook!! Users

Posted on 2016-04-17 by George Bowden

FREE 2016 Spring Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) Saturday, May 7 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern time Attend the FREE conference from the convenience of your own home! All you need is your computer, tablet, etc. and Internet access. The … Continue reading →

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Web Do’s and Don’ts, Security, and User tips

Posted on 2016-04-11 by George Bowden

Notes from April 11th Seniors SIG Surfing the Web

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Email and What Nobody Tells You – Seniors SIG April 4th.

Posted on 2016-04-04 by George Bowden

Rick Weatherhead prepared a very good introduction to different email viewers, including Browsing to webmail.shaw.ca, webmail.telus.net, and gmail, Using a desktop email client such as Windows Live Mail 2012. How does Web Mail and Client Email Really work? Email Etiquette Security … Continue reading →

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A dive into google sheets

Posted on 2016-03-28 by George Bowden

Google sheets are the swiss army knife of computing. Spreadsheets are still the first step most people will take into real problem programming. I agree with Mike James  on that.   Work in the cloud, add forms entry, a query language, community extensions … Continue reading →

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Twitter follow up

Posted on 2016-03-23 by George Bowden

As promised,  here’s a link to the presentation viewable online via Google Presentations. And here are a couple great links to Twitter tutorials – the GVPL recommends these two sites, GCF LearnFree and Techboomers, to patrons because they have a wealth of tutorials … Continue reading →

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Twitter up Tuesday afternoon, March 22nd

Posted on 2016-03-17 by George Bowden

Lets lighten up this spring…  Shake off the hermitage… fluff out our feathers… and tweet out to everyone.  Learn how at Matthew Bingham’s “Introduction to Twitter” presentation,  our monthly presentation for March. Mathew comes from the Greater Victoria Public Library. Learn about ♥ Signing up to Twitter ♥ … Continue reading →

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