Gabe Goldberg Discusses His Favorite Utilities by Joanne Grazide, VP - Programs in Any Season
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Vol 12 / Issue 9 Brookdale Computer Users Group • Lincroft, NJ September 2013 Gabe Goldberg discusses his favorite utilities By Joanne Grazide, VP - Programs in any season. “Life’s too short to live it with just what’s built into Gabe will be at our general meeting to present his whichever Windows version you use! I’ll talk about favorite utilities for the computer. These are tools favorite utilities to enhance the Windows ‘experience’ that he has used and can recommend, introduce and (as Microsoft insists on calling it). But everyone has demonstrate to us and that we can use right away. This a unique set of indispensable tools -- so come to the is valuable information and something that our users meeting prepared to highlight some of YOURS.” group is very interested in. Here we are finishing up our summer and getting Just imagine how much knowledge you can gain ready for fall. Fall means both an ending and a about keeping your computer and your online activities beginning. We close our pools and harvest our gardens safe and efficient, and all this in one presentation! and some of us think about cleaning up our home Come on out and see for yourself what you can do to computer systems. If you are the latter, you are in enhance your online experience. Gabe’s guidance will luck. This month, we have a presentation planned that Gabe Goldberg enable you to unleash your inner power user. will satisfy the needs of us home computer users Continued on page 2 When: 7 p.m. Friday, September 20 Future BCUG General Meeting Topics • Oct: John LeMasney on make movement, open source hardware. Where: MAS 100, Brookdale CC, Lincroft, • Nov: Brendan on DSLR developments and mirrorless technology near west end of parking lot #6. • Dec: Charles Prince of Avast on Internet security updates BCUG members urged to check out online courses At the last 2 General Meetings, we announced the offer by Webucator. President’s Message com, which was that our members could sign up for free training courses, n By Sandy Rand srand98[at]gmail.com mostly computer topics, at the Webucator web site. We also announced the offer by E-mail. Many of our members have already signed up. If you’re Inside this Issue interested, send me a message and I’ll send you the code to qualify for free courses. Membership info & member application . 2 Now, we have an offer from a different source. Jasmine Parker is one of Tech Support, Club & Bytes Info...............3 the many contributors to the On Line Courses project. She has reached out Workgroup schedule and topics...............4 to us and encouraged our members to take advantage of links to more than Maybach: Tips for expanding home networks . 5-8 500 free on-line courses. Here is a quote from Jasmine: BBS Q&A: To Java or not to Java?.............8 “Hi Sandy, “Thanks for your response. 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The Converting songs to MP3 in iTunes 11.........18 Continued on page 2 New Members for August Continued… September speaker ➤ Colleen & Jon Berrian, West Long Branch Continued from page 1 ➤ Steven London, Holmdel ➤ Howard Sherman, Matawan Most of the following was gleaned from the web. I’ve just paraphrased to save space, but I do encourage readers to check out the APCUG website for lots more information. “Gabriel Goldberg is a consultant, writer, and editor, specializing in diverse network and enterprise computing environments.” He has worked in technology and business development and at a non-profit consulting organization data Bring in three new members within a year and win center. He has developed software tools and also designed a 32 Gigabyte SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB flash drive operating systems at IBM. (or equivalent brand). The new members must join at a Gabe has experience in Internet research, consulting and general meeting and must write in on their membership writing, and software and hardware marketing consulting. application which member recruited them. The SanDisk He has written and edited published articles, and co-edited Cruzer® Micro features: technical handbooks published by McGraw-Hill. Windows/Macintosh compatibility Gabe has also contributed to AARP’s online computers and Plug & Play Compatibility USB 2.0 and 1.1 technology website and forums. Before that, he worked on Bright Amber LED Retractable USB Connector America Online’s advanced Internet forum “Pro’s Corner,” and U3 smart enabled; loaded with U3 programs (Win) its resources, bulletin boards, software, and interactive chats. With such an impressive background, Gabe Goldberg Questions about your membership? continues to work diligently at supporting user groups like Change in address or contact information? Let us know! BCUG. To sum it up: Contact Paula Greenberg at 732–739–2125 “Mr. Goldberg evangelizes for user groups and the Internet Email prgreenberg[at]comcast.net -- believing that user groups can be an antidote to feeling alone with technical activities, challenges, problems, and triumphs, Brookdale Computer Users Group, Inc. and that the Internet is both the largest virtual user group and Membership Application an excellent antidote to feeling alone, not to mention a way of Clip this application, fill it out and send it with check increasing personal and organizational productivity!” to the membership chairperson. Finally, Gabe has a B.S. in Mathematics from the ❏ New ❏ Renewal ❏ PC User ❏ Mac User Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He served for five and a half Dues payable per year per family. years as APCUG Region 2 Advisor. He lives in Falls Church, Recession Special - New Family Memberships only Virginia and enjoys theater (attending and serving on a local $15.00, offer valid until 12/31/2013. theater board), playing Scrabble and Parcheesi, hiking, and Please Check One: ❏ $15 new members only volunteering with multiple non-profit technology groups in ❏ $30 renewing ❏ $25 if 62+ and not working his spare time. Name: __________________________________ Address: ________________________________ Continued… President’s Message City, State, Zip: ___________________________ Continued from page 1 entire home page is worth reading. After looking around, Tel: ________________ Fax: ________________ I clicked on a button about 6 inches down from the top, Email: ___________________________________ “Browse By Category”. This brought me to the next page Recruiting member [if applicable] _____________ which listed 6 categories. Clicking on any of them, the Optional: How did you learn about BCUG? next screen showed the entire list of 24 categories. I chose ________________________________________ Computer Science and now I was looking at a long list of Affirmation: I/We hereby apply for membership in BCUG, free college level computer courses offered by some of the Inc. and certify that the information herein is correct. finest universities. Signed: __________________ Date __________ While I chose Computer Science, you can pick your subject Make checks payable to BCUG and mail to: and drill down to specific classes. Subjects are many. Some BCUG Membership c/o Paula Greenberg of them are Accounting, Chemistry, Education, Information 2 Briscoe Terrace • Hazlet, NJ 07730-1128 Technology, Math, Web Design and many more. Tel: 732-739-2125 While this site can be quite valuable, I suggest not clicking Email: prgreenberg [at] comcast.net in the sponsored blue section at the top of the web page, BCUG is a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey principally for educational which begins an on-line university marketing process. purposes as specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. If interested, go to http://www.onlinecourses.com/. BCUG Bytes September 2013 a 2 Newsletter Information Technical Support Editor .................................................................... Lee Maxwell •• Please Volunteer to be Listed •• Editorial Panel ...... 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Articles must not exceed 1,500 words; articles exceeding www.macwaves.org PowerPoint ..............Joanne Grazide ........ 732-778-5574 Quickbooks .............Fred Kagel ................732–577–0606 1,500 words may be cut, returned for editing by the author, Facebook: or not used. All articles are included as space allows. Deci- Windows ..................Sandy Rand .............732–576–6977 sions of the editor are final. www.facebook.com/ Word Processing .....Joanne Grazide .......732–778–5574 4.