Date: December 7, 2010
Location: Lord of Life Lutheran Church, St. Simons Island, GA
Attendees: 19
Topic: Shopping Online Efficiently and Securely
Details: Steve Oldaker and Charles Murphy did a presentation on shopping online efficiently and securely. Steve's presentation focused on the nuts and bolts of shopping online, then Charles focused on the best ways to save money. An excellent list of useful shopping online websites was provided.
 
Date: November 2, 2010
Location: Ida Hilton Public Library, Darien, GA
Attendees: 25
Topic: Helpful Online Utilities and Open Forum Discussion
Details: Steve Oldaker and Charles Murphy moderated an open forum discussion on a variety of topics including the Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) which detects vulnerable and out of date programs and plug-ins which expose your computer to attacks, and CCleaner which cleans and optimizes your Windows based computer. Both programs are free. They also discussed several free, helpful online utilities including Dropbox.com often used for sharing large files, TinyURL.com for converting large URLs to smaller more efficient ones, and Zamzar.com for converting one file type to another.

Date: October 5, 2010
Location: Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Brunswick, GA
Attendees: 28
Topic: E-Book Readers
Details: Ed Meyer demonstrated and discussed two Amazon Kindle e-book readers and Charles Murphy demonstrated and discussed the Apple iPad as an e-book reader and briefly discussed the Barnes and Noble Nook e-book reader. See Kim Komando's good article on Choosing the Right E-Reader and E-Book Reader Comparison Chart for more information.
 
Date: September 7, 2010
Location: Lord of Life Lutheran Church, St. Simons Island, GA
Attendees: 33
Topic: Using eBay and PayPal
Details: Charles Murphy did a presentation on buying and selling on eBay and making and receiving payments with PayPal. View Charles' presentation document for information and tips and links to eBay's guidance on getting started. For more information view the eBay 101 and Paypal 101 sites at About.com.
 
Date: August 3, 2010
Location: Ida Hilton Public Library, Darien, GA
Attendees: 44
Topic: Organizing Your Digital Photos with Picasa
Details: Charles Murphy did a presentation on Picasa, the free photo editing software from Google that lets you quickly and easily organize, edit, and share your digital photos online with friends, family and others. Visit the Picasa Help site for step-by-step instructions and tutorials on using Picasa and Picasa Web Albums.
 
Date: July 6, 2010
Location: Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Brunswick, GA
Attendees: 30
Topic: GPS Devices
Details: Steve Oldaker did a presentation on GPS Devices which included an explanation of GPS technology and its uses, a detailed demonstration of a Garmin GPS for automobiles, and a summary of Kim Komando's Buying Guide for Finding the Right GPS Unit. He also discussed audio books available at Audible.com which are playable on many GPS units.

Date: June 1, 2010
Location: Lord of Life Lutheran Church, St. Simons Island, GA
Attendees: 41
Topic: The Apple iPad
Details: Kevin Strasser did a presentation on the Apple iPad, the latest addition to the Apple product lineup.
 
Date: May 4, 2010
Location: Ida Hilton Public Library, Darien, GA
Attendees: 19
Topic: Streaming Media Devices for Your TV
Details: Steve Oldaker did a presentation on Streaming Media Devices for Your TV including the Roku for Netflix and the Apple TV which syncs with your iTunes libraries.
 
Date: April 6, 2010
Location: Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Brunswick, GA
Attendees: 37
Topic: FaceBook
Details: Charles Murphy did a presentation on FaceBook basics. To learn more about how to use and get the most out of Facebook visit the Facebook Help Center and/or take advantage of the excellent free Facebook 101 training at the GCFLearnFree.org website. You must register to access the free training at the latter site but there is no cost for doing so.
 
Date: March 2, 2010
Location: Lord of Life Lutheran Church, St. Simons Island, GA
Attendees: 40
Topic: Smartphones
Details: Charles Murphy demonstrated and discussed the iPhone. Kevin Strasser demonstrated and discussed the HTC Hero Android. Each showed their basic usage and several applications for each phone.
 
Date: February 2, 2010
Location: Ida Hilton Public Library, Darien, GA
Attendees: 20
Topic: Tax Preparation and Filing Online and Offline
Details: Steve Oldaker provided an overview of tax preparation and filing options online and off-line and Charles Murphy discussed and demonstrated TurboTax, the highly rated and popular tax software. A handout was provided with information and links to the resources discussed.
 
Date: January 5, 2010
Location: Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Brunswick, GA
Attendees: 51
Topic: Digital Photo Editing with Photoshop Elements
Details: Ed Meyer discussed and demonstrated digital photo editing using Adobe Photoshop Elements. He provided a useful handout containing information and links to many of the resources discussed.

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