Virtual Tech Conference

Check out the Fall VTC videos that have been uploaded to APCUG’s YouTube channel. Enjoyed the APCUG webinar held today. I attended the Libre presentation which was excellent and we will probably use it at one of our workshops or a general meeting.  The VPN again was an excellent presentation and very timely. The IOS 11 presentation had lots of good info.  I would say you folks did a great job. Yomar Cleary, President, Big Bear Computer Club I watched the three presentations in Track 2.  All of them were interesting…

A BIG THANK YOU to all of the APCUG officers for your dedication and hard work toward this effort! Rose Conley, Director – CAMUG, Ohio Groups Sponsor VTC ‘Watch Party’ The OLLI PC User Group and Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society held a ‘watch party’ for the APCUG Virtual Technology Conference on August 19th. The groups, which meet jointly at the Fairfax, Virginia location of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University, had 34 attendees for the session, which included a light lunch. Some images of the event…

May 6, 2017 Click on the Session Titles below for presentation descriptions, bios, and links to the PDF presentations. Spring VTC KUDOS Photo Editing with The GIMP – I watched the entire presentation on how to use Gimp. I have used other programs to edit my photos, but I was curious about Gimp because my friends use it. I learned a lot about editing that I didn’t know before seeing this presentation.  He started with a very simple layout, What’s your target?, How to pick your selection tool, and What exactly…

Thanks to everyone who attended the February 11 VTC. We appreciate you participating in this event and hope you can use the below presentations, handouts, talking points and/or one of the presentation videos at one of your general or SIG meetings. Here are comments about the presentations from attendees: After an early start (5.00 am Sunday here in Eastern Australia), I found the Track 2, Session 1 an informative run-down on the various social media platforms and got some ideas on how we might use it for a group that I…

Thank you to all of the presenters, VTC staff, and attendees. VTC Staff: David Williams & John Kennedy, moderators; Francis Chao and Jim Evans, behind-the-scenes and to John, David & Francis who record the videos and Jim Evans who gets them ready for the YouTube channel. Judy monitors the late registration e-mails and answers questions via e-mail. From the attendees: Thoughts about the APCUG 2016 Fall Virtual Technology Conference Lou Torraca, President, MOAA, Hawaii Our regular user group meeting is on the first Sat of the month from 10 to Noon, Hawaii…

Thank you to everyone who attended the VTC. Over 200 registered to attend; there were approximately 130 unique attendees. We appreciate you taking time on a Saturday to attend one or more of the sessions. We hope you learned a few new things to enhance your knowledge of technology. Another thank you to those who attended the Utilities presentation and shared one or more of their favorite utilities. The presentation has been updated by adding those utilities after the Question slide. Click on the Session Titles below for presentation descriptions and…

Attend the FREE conference from the convenience of your own home! All you need is your computer, tablet, etc. and Internet access. Register at: http://bit.ly/apcug-2016-spring-vtc The sessions are 50 minutes in length and offer attendees the opportunity to ask questions via Q&A; the questions are answered by the presenter at the end of the presentation or via e-mail if there isn’t enough time after the presentation. APCUG uses ZOOM for the VTC webinar presentations (www.zoom.us). If you have not participated in a VTC, go to https://zoom.us/download  to download the app for the device you will…

Presentation PDFs and YouTube URLs have been uploaded — click on description. SAVE THE DATE – SPRING VTC IS ON MAY 7 ================================================ 1:00 pm – 1:50 pm ET | 12 noon – 12:50 pm CT 11:00am – 11:50 am MT | 10:00 am – 10:50 am PT [wc_accordion collapse=”1″ leaveopen=”0″ layout=”box”] [wc_accordion_section title=”Upgrading your laptop Presenter: Greg Skalka  (President, Under the Computer Hood User Group) “] Like people, computers have a lifecycle. That lifecycle typically takes them from a youth of peak capabilities, through a middle age marked by a…