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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
A Review of CES 2018 Andy Marken Andy returns to SPAUG to give us a review of the latest and greatest things at the 2018 CES meeting in Las Vegas. Read more…
Preserving Old Pictures, Slides and Movies Matt Todd Matt will be present the current options for archiving all of your old pictures, negatives, slides and movies. From doing it yourself to using Mikes Camera’s professional[...]
Minitel: The Web before the Web Authors Kevin Driscoll & Julien Mailland in Conversation with Internet History Program Curatorial Director Marc Weber A decade before the web began taking the rest of us online, France was[...]
Random Access and Project Presentation This will be an open session for those of you with interesting projects you would like to talk about or questions you would like to ask. Here are a few[...]
DRONE TECHNOLOGY Manie Kohn will discuss the use of drone aircraft (UAVs) in real estate photography, emergency services and law enforcement. Manie’s standing in the industry as an educator, instructor and an industry leading “Drone-O-Grapher” has[...]
2nd Annual Avenidas Technical Conference PROGRAM: 3:30-4:00 pm | Registration 4:00-4:05 pm | Welcome Remarks from Avenidas President & CEO Amy Andonian 4:05-4:45 pm | Keynote speaker: Dennis Boyle, Founding Member of IDEO 4:45-5:00[...]
Elections and Computer Technology Maurice Green, PhD Computers have become indispensable in modern election campaigns. Maurice Green has been involved in a number of local elections in support of grass-roots initiatives and local candidates. He[...]
design & Technology! making a difference Abigayil Tamara, M.A., M.S.W. Good design helps make a difference in the use of a product. Some products help increase functionality more than others. Technology has greatly increased this process, and we have seen rapid changes[...]
The January 2019 SPAUG meeting will feature two separate lectures by SPAUG President Maurice Green: Tips and Tricks for Video Editing – Maury will demonstrate some of the special effects which can be achieved with[...]
Good Old Fashioned “Random Access” We will have a good old fashioned open meeting for discussion of various topics and your questions. Some of the topics to be discussed include: How to choose a new[...]
The Doctor is In Sue Kayton Our guest speaker will be Sue Kayton, The Computer Doctor. Topic of Discussion: New Windows Update policy and Demo of Office 2019. She will bring her usual wisdom and[...]
Random Access We have no outside speaker this month so all members are invited to come and discuss problems and learn about new techniques. If you would like to make a presentation on a topic,[...]
Computer Services for Seniors As our population ages and technology expands, the need for help for our senior population to understand the use of all the new gadgets available becomes increasingly important. Our August 2019[...]
Managing Your Passwords Maurice Green, PhD President/Webmaster, SPAUG A password manager is a piece of software that remembers passwords, so you don’t have to. By remembering a single master password, all of your other passwords[...]
Playing in the Sandbox Running Windows on a Linux OS Bill Young Running Linux on a Windows OS Maurice Green Virtual machines allow you to run an operating system in an app window on your[...]
Highlights of CES 2020 Andy Marken, Marken Communications Andy Marken returns to SPAUG to review the highlights and the best new products of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show. If it wasn’t at CES this year it[...]
Video Conferencing with Zoom Maurice Green In light of the current concerns about the Coronavirus it has been decided that we avoid contacts in unnecessary group meetings, especially given the high risk factors for members[...]
Firefox Extensions and Add-ons John Buck For our 9/9/20 SPAUG general meeting, member John Buck will attempt to discuss and demonstrate some Firefox browser add-ons and search techniques. Since this is John’s first attempt at[...]
The Doctor is In For our 9/9/20 SPAUG general meeting, the Computer Doctor, Sue Kayton will join us for a ‘random access” Q&A session about computer problems. If you have a particular topic you would[...]
The Doctor is In For our 12/9/20 SPAUG general meeting, the Computer Doctor, Sue Kayton will join us for a ‘random access” Q&A session about computer problems. If you have a particular topic you would[...]
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