Calendar

Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Review of CES There’s a reason the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is in Vegas every year…things look more real, better on the stage…you get entertained no matter where you turn.  Once the stage show ends[...]
Feb 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee. Agenda items to be announced
Mar 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Online Learning Courses Matthew O’Dell, Udemy With the explosion in Edtech over the past few years, millions of people are now learning online, and many of the early adopters are techies. Some are looking to[...]
Mar 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee. Agenda items to be announced
Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Organize, Protect, and Share your Hard Drive Gene Barlow, User Group Relations NOTE: This will be a Webinar presentation via Skype Backing up your computer’s hard drive on a regular basis is the best way[...]
Apr 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee. Agenda items to be announced
May 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Ask the Experts Join us for an evening of latest tips and tricks for your computer and problem solving. Our panel of ‘experts’ include: Kevin Lynn (Windows) Glen Murray (Hardware) Bill Young (Linux) Agenda for the[...]
Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Upgrading to Windows 10 Sue Kayton, The Computer Doctor Windows 10 is now ready for prime time. It is safe to upgrade, if you do it correctly. Come learn about Windows 10 while you can still[...]
Jul 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Computer Clinic Sue Kayton, The Computer Doctor Slow operating system? Virus infection? Blue Screen of Death? The Doctor is In!  Sue Kayton, the Computer Doctor, will do a diagnostic and repair/virus removal clinic for your computer at our meeting.[...]
Aug 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee. Agenda items to be announced
Aug 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee. Agenda items to be announced
Sep 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Creating an Instructional Video Maurice Green and Robert Mitchell Following up on last month’s demonstration of upgrading an HP laptop to an SSD drive, we will demonstrate the use of multi-track editing with added still images[...]
Sep 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee. Agenda items to be announced
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Privacy John Buck John will lead a discussion on computer privacy based on the recent articles published in the November 2016 issue of Consumer Reports. Members are encouraged to review the articles before the meeting. Read[...]
Nov 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Security and Privacy Forum Sue Kayton (The Computer Doctor) and Michael Barclay (Electronic Frontier Foundation) will moderate an open forum on computer security and privacy issues. Please go to the link below to submit your[...]
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
CES 2017 Andy Marken Andy Marken returns to SPAUG to review some of the new and exciting developments from CES 2017. Read more…
Jan 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monthly meeting of the SPAUG Planning Committee. Agenda items to be announced
Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
 Member’s Night The February meeting will be devoted to short (15-20 minute) presentations by members of the club. If you have a topic you would like to present, please email a title and short description[...]
Mar 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Smart TVs and Next Generation TVs Sue Kayton The Computer Doctor returns to SPAUG with a demonstration of Smart TVs  and a discussion of the features of the next generation of TVs. Attendees will be[...]
Mar 25 @ 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Avenidas Tech Fair @ Mitchell Park Community Center | Palo Alto | California | United States
Living Better with Technology Avenidas living better with technology conference for seniors. Explore, engage and shape. Talks and exhibits on a wide variety of subjects. Larry Magid will be the keynote speaker. Details on the[...]
Apr 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Machine Learning and AI for the Rest of Us Jim Baldwin, Antimatter Research What is Machine Learning and how will Artificial Intelligence help us. Jim will present an introduction to help demystify these concepts. He[...]
May 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Getting to Know Windows 10 Lucas Magalhaes & Juan Chavez, Microsoft In this session, we’ll discuss how Windows 10 integrates with your various devices and how Windows 10 can help make them better. Then we’ll[...]
Jun 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Member’s Night A series of short talks by members on various subjects, including John Buck on My Favorite Clipboard Manager Maurice Green on Phishing Schemes and Ransomeware Robert Mitchell on the Alice Project by Antimatter[...]
Jul 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tips and Tricks This is your chance to tell the group about some of your favorite computer tips and tricks or how you have solved a recent problem with your computer system. PDF to Word[...]
Aug 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Using Excel for Work SPAUG member John Buck will show and discuss the MS Excel file he uses to create a work schedule for 30 people to fill 12 jobs on 13 days. Bonus: We[...]
Sep 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Video Conferencing with ZOOM As promised at the last meeting, this month we will delve into some of the details of using video conferencing for chat, meetings, webinars, etc. The program we have selected for[...]
Nov 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
Tips and Tricks for Social Media Christie Bilikam The use of social media has grown exponentially over the past 10 years. Yet there are many people who still do not use social media or have[...]
Jan 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
SPAUG General Meeting @ Elks Lodge | Palo Alto | California | United States
The Internet of Things – It’s Everywhere Sue Kayton These days you can go online to adjust your hearing aid, open your garage door, pay touchlessly at the grocery store, use your cell phone as[...]