Program Notes and Reviews 2007
10 Dec 2007

Please note: 2nd Monday and new location:

Veterans Memorial Senior Center
1455 Madison Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94061
Phone (650) 780-7270

Open Forum -Year End Raffle.
Election of officers for 2008.
12 Nov 2007

 

Topic: Latest Microsoft System Conversion Challenges and Successes, in particular:
Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Office 2007.

Speaker: Peter Hirsh
15 Oct 2007

Photoshop Elements:

Comments and Comparisons

Speaker: Scott Maiden

17 Sep 2007

Come and hear about IBM's activities related to Second Life from Tim O. Robinson, Ph.D., Senior Technical Consultant, at the IBM Innovation Center.

IBM has recently opened a virtual customer center and is using Second Life to link business partners together. Dr. Robinson will provide a recap of IBM's recently released policy for employee conduct and will discuss how these guidelines are another signpost in the evolution of online virtual business and expanding collaboration.
Here is a link to an article about IBM and Second Life.
20 Aug 2007 Peter Hirsch will talk about calendaring and other personal planning features on the World Wide Web.
View the Slideshow (PPS)
16 July 2007 "Words that Work" - Sharing our knowledge and experiences of searching the Web..... We will Focus on Features available at Ask, Google, and Yahoo!
18 June 2007

Running Windows and other operating systems on the MAC with "Parallels" We will see a demonstration of "Parallels" on a MacBook by a team of IBM & Apple experts (B & O K.)

Parallels Desktop for Mac is the leading virtualization solution for the Mac, enabling Apple users to run Windows in conjunction with Mac OS X without rebooting. The latest release of Parallels delivers USB 2.0 support, easy to use migration tools, and innovative Coherence technology.
Learn more about the updated release and Parallels Coherence!

21 May 2007 Nancy Blachman, renowned Google specialist, will cover Google's line of online office products. e.g. calendar, Gmail, Google personalized home page, etc.
16 Apr 2007

Enhance and share your videos!

Whether you’re looking for just the basics or advanced home video editing capabilities, all our Studio products are designed to be easy-to-use. Pick the solution that suits you best and experience for yourself why we are the number one choice in consumer video editing. Create and share timeless movies in no time, today.

Henry Chueff will demo Pinnacle's Studio 10.5 - by telling us about his adventures and interesting techniques used in documenting a family trip to Europe.

19 Mar 2007


Gene Ousterling, SeniorNet instructor and developer of the 8 week course entitled "How to Build Your Own Web Site" (wihtout HTML coding), will give a presentation on Yahoo’s GeoCities which offers FREE web space & “PageBuilder” software.

Ideal for beginners, PageBuilder’s point-and-click interface makes it easy to create an impressive full-featured web site without having to do any programming. You can include photos of your family, your pets, latest vacation, a wedding or your recent class reunion. Use your free web space to keep in touch with family & friends, share your knowledge about your hobbies, crafts, or anything else of interest. Your free web space is a blank canvas just waiting for you to have fun & express yourself. Who knows, you may even impress your spouse!

Tour of GeoCities “PageBuilder” Features

Example site: http://geocities.com/glousterling/

For more information about GeoCities, go to http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/learn2/HowItWorks4_Free.html

23 Feb 2007

Adobe Premiere Pro

Come and listen to Kevin McMahon while he demonstrates some of the “cool features” of Adobe Premiere Pro (top of the line) video editing application. Kevin teaches Computer Graphics and other related topics at Bellermine in San Jose.

According to the Adobe website Adobe® Premiere® Pro 2.0 software gives you more power to express your creativity. It is unparalleled in Adobe application integration, revolutionary Adobe Clip Notes, and enhanced HD tools. Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 sets new standards for digital filmmaking and allows you to make every frame count. It is the essential tool for professional video editing. Capture, edit, and deliver virtually any format, from DV to uncompressed HD.

Two of it’s many functions include:

  • Real-time playback
    Play multiple video channels at full resolution and with titles, transitions, effects, and color correction, without rendering or additional hardware. Number of channels may vary based on system performance.
  • Support for any media
    Import and export major video, audio, and graphic file formats: QuickTime, Windows Media, AVI, BWF, AIFF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, TIFF, and more.
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View Kevin's handouts.

15 Jan 2007

"Browser BakeOff"

Let's take a look at the latest
Microsoft Internet browser, IE Version 7
compare it to
Firefox 2
and possibly other products like
Opera 9
Safari...

First order of business will be the election of our 2007 officers; please check the list of current office holders. Every paid member is eligible to be nominated and to vote. Finally, we will have the 2006 "Blowout" - a raffle of various items of interest!