Hank Feinberg Webinar on Cloud Computing

Photo: Charles Hildebrandt <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Vol 11 / Issue 4 </li><li style="flex:1">Brookdale Computer Users Group • Lincroft, NJ </li><li style="flex:1">April 2012 </li></ul>Hank Feinberg webinar on cloud computing By Joanne Grazide, VP - Programs We are proud to announce our second of three spring webinars will be given by Hank Feinberg, from the APCUG Speakers Bureau. Hank is familiar with the needs of user groups and has extensive experience speaking on various topics at all levels of expertise. Hank will clarify for us what the cloud is and how we can use it. He will talk about available applications, current providers and security. He will also discuss differences between public and private clouds, and more. delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, which means that “shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet)” (from Wikipedia). The term “cloud” has been in use, originally in the context of schematics used by network administrators, and later to describe the Internet. Currently, the cloud is used to describe any type of virtual computing which involves the Internet rather than your local hard drive. This conceptual Hank Feinberg One definition of “Cloud Computing” is the Continued on page 2 Future BCUG General Meeting Topics When: 7 p.m. Friday, April 20 Where: MAS 100, Brookdale CC, Lincroft, near west end of parking lot #6. • May: Bruce Fowler of BCUG’s Linux workshop on Linux Basics • June: Kathy Jacobs of APCUG – webinar on social media • July: Johnny Corbett on creating and marketing applications CyberQuickies workshop series to debut soon At the March General Meeting, we talked about CyberQuickies, our name for a series of workshops on the first Saturday each month at 10 am in ATeC 224. The first meeting will be either in April or May. We’ll announce it. The subjects will change from one month to another but will be things like Social Networks, Music, President’s Message By Sandy Rand nsrand98[at]gmail.com Inside this Issue GPS, Car Electronics, Battery Powered Cars, Panoramic Slides, Home Finance, iOS for iPads, iPhones, etc. and Genealogy. If you would like do a presentation at a CyberQuickie workshop, contact me or Rich Solomon at <a href="mailto:[email protected]." target="_blank">[email protected]. </a> At the March meeting, we also talked about the BCUG Fan Page on <a href="/goto?url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brookdale-Computer-" target="_blank">Facebook. Go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brookdale-Computer- </a>Users-Group-BCUG/155483417839297?ref=ts to see it.You don’t have to be a Facebook member to read our page. Posting comments does require a Facebook account. Do you know about the SCAN Learning Center? SCAN stands for Senior Citizen Activity Network We’ve been holding our Graphics Workshop there for many years. BCUG member Andrea Tarr is the program director. Several of our members are also volunteers as SCAN. Anyone 50 “Do you know about the SCAN Learning Center?” Hank Feinberg webinar on cloud computing. . 1-2 Rand: CyberQuickies to debut soon . . . . . .1-2 Membership info & member application . . . . 2 Tech Support, Club & Bytes Info. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Workgroup schedule and topics. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Maybach: Parted Magic = many good tools 5-7 MacKeeper: Good, flawed, or malware? . . .8-9 BBS Q&As: VLC codecs; getting Acronis 10-11 Reviews: 2 books on Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . 11 Review: WeatherBug: Good or malware? . . 12 Marketplace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Review: Paintshop™ Pro X4 . . . . . . . . 13-14,16 Word Tips: Managing the “Autos” . . . . . . 15-16 Crime and conflict over the Internet. . . . . 17,20 CompuKISS: Choosing a Smartphone. . . 18,20 Q&A: Barnes and Noble Nook. . . . . . . . . .19-20 Continued on page 2 March None President’s Message New Members Continued... Continued from page 1 or over is eligible to join. Membership is quite reasonable, $25 the first year and $15 a year for SCAN Information SCAN Learning Center at the Monmouth Mall, Eatontown, NJ 07764 Located down the hall from the food court [Johnny Rocket’s on the corner] Down the stairs, turn left, first door on left Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9 AM – 4 PM. Recruiting New Members has its rewards! <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">renewals. </li><li style="flex:1">Class </li></ul>Bring in three new members within a year and win a 16 Gigabyte SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB flash drive (or equivalent brand). The new members must join at a general meeting and must write in on their membership application which member recruited them. The SanDisk Cruzer® Micro features: prices are low. I’m taking a class in Spanish for Beginners. Tuition is $39 for 13 one hour classes. TheyofferclassesinArt, Computer, Dance, Music, Fitness, Language, Literature and Photography. There is a PuppetMaking class, an Advanced Guitar Club and a Knitting and Crocheting Circle. SCAN currently produces 3 TV shows in their own studio! You can help with these productions by taking the TV Production Class. You can also attend FREE <a href="/goto?url=http://www.scannj.com" target="_blank">Health and Financial Seminars. Go to www.scannj.com </a>and you’ll be able to find their class schedules. Call them at 732-542-1326 for information about the upcoming SpringSummer semester. USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatibility Windows/Macintosh compatibility Plug & Play Bright Amber LED Retractable USB Connector U3 smart enabled; loaded with U3 programs (Win) Questions About Your Membership? Contact Paula Greenberg at 732–739–2125 Email prgreenberg[at]comcast.net Change in address or contact information? Let us know! April speaker Continued... Brookdale Computer Users Group, Inc. Membership Application Continued from page 1 change may be difficult to understand at first; Hank will enlighten us as to the usefulness (and safety) of this new technological advance. In addition to the ease and usefulness of cloud computing, it has several characteristics: ➤ Empowerment of end-users; ➤ Application programming interface (API) accessibility; ➤ Cost reduction; ➤ Improved reliability; and ➤ Application maintenance There are many more points to be made. Perhaps this partial list will engender some thought and discussion for you during the presentation. Hank Feinberg has been involved with computers for more than 30 years. He is a member of the Rockland PC Users Group (RPCUG) for 25 years. He has presented at national and international conferences on a variety of computing and refurbishing topics. He is on the speakers bureau of the FACUG and APCUG. Some recent accomplishments and positions he holds are: President Rockland PC Users Group; Founder Director, PC Renew; Director, FACUG; Director, APCUG; Steering Committee, Trenton Computer Fair; consultant, National Cristina Foundation; recipient of President’s Distinguished Service Award. Clip this application, fill it out and send it with check to the membership chairperson. BCUG is a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey principally for educational purposes as specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. ❏ New ❏ Renewal ❏ PC User ❏ Mac User Dues payable per year per family. Please Check One: ❏ $30.00 ❏ $25.00 if 62+ and not working Name: __________________________________ Address: ________________________________ City, State, Zip: ___________________________ Tel:________________ Fax: ________________ Email:___________________________________ Recruiting member [if applicable] _____________ Optional: How did you learn about BCUG? ________________________________________ Affirmation: I/We hereby make application for membership in BCUG, Inc. I/We certify that the information contained herein is correct. Signed: __________________ Date __________ Make checks payable to BCUG and mail to: BCUG Membership c/o Paula Greenberg 2 Briscoe Terrace Hank lives in Monsey, NY, and enjoys spending time with his four grandchildren. We look forward to this presentation and anticipate a great turn-out. 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Check out their websites: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.marketproshows.com/computer" target="_blank">• http://www.marketproshows.com/computer</a>- shows/showschedule.php <a href="/goto?url=http://www.tri-statefairs.com/" target="_blank">• http://www.tri-statefairs.com/ </a>BCUG Bytes April 2012 3Topics for April & May Workshop Schedule April & May Access-VBA Apr: Building a tabbed interface to display multiple subforms Workshop Coordinator: Jerry Lansky – jlansky[at]att.net Meetings are open to the public. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">*** </li><li style="flex:1">*** </li></ul>May: Bring in your tired PC Workshop Word Processing Internet <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Day Date Time </li><li style="flex:1">Location </li></ul>BCUG General Meeting Apr: Hank Feinberg: Into the Cloud – the Future of Computing <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Thurs </li><li style="flex:1">Apr 5 </li><li style="flex:1">6:30 PM ML </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Fri </li><li style="flex:1">Apr 6 </li><li style="flex:1">7:00 PM ATeC 220 </li></ul>May: Bruce Fowler: Linux Basics CyberQuickies Quickbooks Access-VBA Multimedia Linux <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sat </li><li style="flex:1">Apr 7 10:00 AM. Canceled </li></ul>CyberQuickies May: Joanne Grazide: Got FaceBook? – social networking made simple Mon Tues <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Apr 9 </li><li style="flex:1">7:00 PM ML </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Apr 10 </li><li style="flex:1">7:00 PM Sandy’s Home </li></ul>7:00 PM Canceled 7:00 PM ATeC-218 10:00 AM ATeC-224 6:45 PM ML Thurs Apr 12 Excel <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Fri </li><li style="flex:1">Apr 13 </li></ul>Apr 14 Apr 18 Apr: Something for everyone (beginners thru advanced): Sumif, Subtotals, Pivot Tables; screen capture to worksheet; Excel on steroids with CUDA <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">MacWaves </li><li style="flex:1">Sat </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Wed </li><li style="flex:1">Excel </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Graphics </li><li style="flex:1">Thurs </li></ul>Fri Apr 19 Apr 20 7:00 PM SCAN Graphics BCUG General Meeting PC Roundtable Windows 7:00 PM MAS-100 Apr: Joe Zugcic: LR 3 and PS 5 , JoAnn Grazide: PhotoShop Elements 10, Bill Silverman modifiers in Producer May: Mordy Weiss - 3D effects for photoalbums, Bill Silverman: after the show is put together - creating the introduction, Harvey Philips - voice overs in ProShow gold and Producer Tues Wed Thurs Fri Apr 24 12:00 PM ML Apr 25 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 8 7:00 PM HTHS-145 Word Processing Internet 6:30 PM ML 7:00 PM ATeC 220 10:00 AM. ATeC-224 7:00 PM HTHS-145 7:00 PM Canceled 7:00 PM ATeC-218 CyberQuickies Access-VBA Multimedia Linux Sat Tues Linux Thurs May 10 Apr: Distro of the Month, Linux Q&A, Useful Open-SourceApplications, Secrets of the Command Line May: Distro of the Month, Linux Q&A, Useful Open-SourceApplications, Secrets of the Command Line <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Fri </li><li style="flex:1">May 11 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">MacWaves </li><li style="flex:1">Sat </li><li style="flex:1">May 12 10:00 AM ATeC-224 </li></ul>Quickbooks Excel Mon Wed Thurs Fri May 14 May 16 May 17 May 18 7:00 PM ML 6:45 PM ML <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Graphics </li><li style="flex:1">7:00 PM SCAN </li></ul>7:00 PM MAS-100 MacWaves BCUG General Meeting PC Roundtable Windows Apr: Lee: How saving files has changed in Lion; Bob: How Apple Mail works May: Lee: iMovie in Lion; Bob: TBA Tues Wed May 22 12:00 PM ML May 23 7:00 PM HTHS-145 Quickbooks Apr: Starting a New Business May: Tips and tricks Meeting Locations <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">On the Brookdale Campus: </li><li style="flex:1">Off Campus Locations: </li></ul>ATeC: Near satellite dishes, lots 5 & 6. HTHS: HiTech High School, lot 4. MAN: Main Academic Complex North, right in front of lots 4 and 5. MAS: Natural and Applied Sciences. Lot 6, just behind the greenhouse. ML: Middletown Township Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, 0.5 miles east of Rt. 35, Middletown. SCAN: Senior Citizens Activities Network, Monmouth Mall, lower level, entrance near food court Word Processing Apr: “Changing the Look of a Document in MS Word 2007” (Change a document’s background, change a document’s theme, work with templates, add headers and footers, control what appears on each page) Workshop Leaders Access–VBA Database Excel Graphics Internet Sandy Rand Fred Kagel 732–576–6977 srand98[at]gmail.com 732–577–0606 fkagel[at]optonline.net <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">732–264–9541 rlewart[at]comcast.net </li><li style="flex:1">Ruth Lewart </li></ul>Bill Silverman Gilbert Healton Bruce Fowler Lee Maxwell Bob Shindel Steve Miller Marv Smith 732-972-2728 732-863-9119 wmagman[at]optonline.net gilbert[at]healton.net <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Linux </li><li style="flex:1">732–758-0596 brf531[at]gmail.com </li></ul>MacWaves MacWaves Multimedia PC Roundtable Programming Quickbooks 732–775-3670 gladmax[at]verizon.net 732–450-9573 bob-shindel[at]verizon.net

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