http://geeksontour.tv Computer Education for Travelers with Tutorial Videos Wed, 16 May 2012 10:35:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/05/geeks-on-tour-at-sun-city-hilton-head/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/05/geeks-on-tour-at-sun-city-hilton-head/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:35:21 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3564 Catherine Tracy has been teaching Picasa to her computer group at Sun City Hilton Head for several years.  She’s also been a member of Geeks on Tour and active on our Picasa Forum, sharing her experience with Picasa Web Albums on her iPad. We’ve discussed a Geeks on Tour presentation for her computer group sometime [Click for the rest ...]]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/05/geeks-on-tour-at-sun-city-hilton-head/feed/ 0 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/05/newsletter-april-2012-rally-review-facebook-as-website-android-as-camera-dropbox/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/05/newsletter-april-2012-rally-review-facebook-as-website-android-as-camera-dropbox/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 22:07:48 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3523 Monthly Issue # 54 April 30, 2012 www.geeksontour.tv Newsletter Archives | Become a Member | Facebook|| All Videos | Subscribe April was a busy month.  First we got all packed and left Fort Lauderdale.  Easter weekend we were at an old high school friend’s (Alex) for the weekend along with other high school alumni of [Click for the rest ...]]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/05/newsletter-april-2012-rally-review-facebook-as-website-android-as-camera-dropbox/feed/ 0 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/can-facebook-be-your-rallys-website/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/can-facebook-be-your-rallys-website/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:51:06 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3504 by Chris Guld of Geeks on Tour We’re holding our Techno-Geek Learning  Rally for about 40 attendees, but we think that many more may enjoy the benefits if they had a way to follow along from home.  So we created a Page in Facebook for that purpose.  This article is about our reasons for using [Click for the rest ...]]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/can-facebook-be-your-rallys-website/feed/ 2 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl09-smartphone-copy-and-paste/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl09-smartphone-copy-and-paste/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:25:45 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3491 You can use your smartphone to view websites, and to write emails. What if you want to copy the URL of a website and paste it into an email? This video shows you how. It also shows you how to copy text from one page and paste somewhere else.]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl09-smartphone-copy-and-paste/feed/ 1 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/copying-pictures-and-videos-from-ipad-to-pc/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/copying-pictures-and-videos-from-ipad-to-pc/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:58:06 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3487 Lots of people are taking pictures and videos with iPads these days.  How do you get those pictures and videos to your PC?  This short video will show you how.]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/copying-pictures-and-videos-from-ipad-to-pc/feed/ 0 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl01-touchscreen-basics/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl01-touchscreen-basics/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:04:49 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3484 With modern mobile computing devices like smartphones and tablets, we’re using our finger instead of a mouse.  This video shows you the basic moves. Alternate Link: mobl08-touchscreen.mp4 - 43.48MB Download]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl01-touchscreen-basics/feed/ 0 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl07-talk-and-browse-at-the-same-time-with-smartphones/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl07-talk-and-browse-at-the-same-time-with-smartphones/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:08:07 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3474 If you have a smartphone, either Android or iPhone, the question is, can you talk and browse the web at the same time?  The answer is … it depends.  It doesn’t work on Chris’ original motorola Droid, it works great on Jim’s Droid Razr.  This video shows you how to try it on yours and [Click for the rest ...]]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/mobl07-talk-and-browse-at-the-same-time-with-smartphones/feed/ 0 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/is-picasa-the-only-software-for-managing-all-your-travel-pictures/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/is-picasa-the-only-software-for-managing-all-your-travel-pictures/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:37:16 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3471 by Chris Guld, www.GeeksOnTour.TV Aren’t digital cameras great?!  Just snap away to your heart’s content, no worries about wasting film, or costing more money, or taking up more space.  You can see right away if you captured the image you wanted, and take more shots if you didn’t.   I’ve been known to take over 100 [Click for the rest ...]]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/is-picasa-the-only-software-for-managing-all-your-travel-pictures/feed/ 2 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/preparing-for-our-computer-learning-rally/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/preparing-for-our-computer-learning-rally/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:36:04 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3452 It’s still 10 days away, but, since we are in the general area, we decided to stop by the RV park where our Techno-Geek Learning Rally will be held. The park is Paradise Oaks in Bushnell, Florida.  We’ve stayed here once before and were impressed with the facilities.  That’s why we chose it.  But we [Click for the rest ...]]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/preparing-for-our-computer-learning-rally/feed/ 0 http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/droid-smartphone-for-navigation/ http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/droid-smartphone-for-navigation/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:50:18 +0000 MrsGeek http://geeksontour.tv/?p=3444 by Chris Guld, www.Geeksontour.TV It’s a rare RVer that doesn’t use some type of GPS device to assist in navigation.  When we sold our house and hit the road in 2003, we used the Streets and Trips software on our laptop with a little USB GPS receiver.  A few years later we bought a Garmin [Click for the rest ...]]]> http://geeksontour.tv/2012/04/droid-smartphone-for-navigation/feed/ 0