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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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File Management Notes

Posted on 2016-03-09 by George Bowden

 The Seniors Shared Interest Group started studying file management March 7th.  Here are the notes from the first class  and from the second class , third class. and 4th class.  Please note, not all tasks were completed as shown. File Management Part 4 March … Continue reading →

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Facebook SIG notes from December through March

Posted on 2016-02-24 by George Bowden

Here are Dorothy’s facebook SIG notes.  Click the month to see each full document. December: Messages to friends Video calls – may have to install the player Clearing and archiving messages

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Introduction to Used.ca

Posted on 2016-02-24 by George Bowden

About 40 people made it out to Used.ca’s presentation, on how to find the best deals, sign up for an account and post ads while staying safe and avoiding online scams. Here are the slides of the presentation. And here is a link … Continue reading →

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