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Zooming

Barry Horn They’re calling a meeting and said I should go but I’m stuck at home, there’s a virus you know. They said not to worry, we’re going to Zoom, it will all be on-line, you can stay in your… Continue Reading…

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Book Review: How To Stay Smart In a Smart World

Tim McQueen How to stay smart in a smart world Gerd Gigerenzer Allen Lane 312 pp. Gerd Gigerenzer is Director of the Hamburg Centre for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam and a former Professor of Psychology at the… Continue Reading…

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Taking Technology Too Personally

Greg Skalka When I was growing up, there seemed to be more universal and unifying experiences in our lives related to technology. Today, we had much less tech, but it served us well and was more common in its applications… Continue Reading…

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Posters with Canva

Caden and Nathan Kang Nowadays, many flyers and posters are created and shared online. Canva is an online program that allows you to create posters, flyers, videos, cards, and even social media posts and share them with other people in… Continue Reading…

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From The Editor August 2022

Hugh Macdonald Dear Readers, Firstly my sincere apologies for not getting an official issue out in July. The June issue came out belatedly in early July and I lacked the energy to get another issue out by the end of… Continue Reading…

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Interesting Internet Finds

Steve Costello How to Fix Bluetooth Pairing Problems https://www.techlicious.com/how-to/how-to-fix-bluetooth-pairing-problems/ This post title is self-explanatory. I recently switched cell phone carriers and got new phones since then I have had intermittent problems connecting to some Bluetooth devices. I think you will… Continue Reading…

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East SIG Report May 2022

Neil Muller After 15 years as convener of East SIG, Paul Woolard has decided to retire from the role. On behalf of all members present, new host Frank Maher, thanked Paul for his many years’ service to the Melbourne PC… Continue Reading…

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East SIG Report April 2022

Neil Muller Host Paul Woolard opened the April meeting, again from home via Zoom. The first presentation of the night was by George Skarbek presenting his usual Q&A segment. This month there were only two questions, the first resulted in… Continue Reading…

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Spaces Highlights April 2022

Dennis Parsons Google Spaces, a replacement for Yammer With Melb PC moving away from using Microsoft services for the general membership we’ll shortly be closing down Yammer as the host for our Online SIG. It was recently announced after a… Continue Reading…

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