26 Monday Jan 2015
Posted in Future Technology, GCC, Integrated Technology, New Technology, Windows 10
Interesting article! This may not only save MS money but businesses as well. It will certainly change how we view operating systems.
21 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Future Technology, GCC, Integrated Technology, New Technology, Windows 10
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Microsoft came out swinging for the fence! This is a link to the complete presentation this morning. It may be the biggest set of announcements that Microsoft has ever made. This is a must watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORs4990OAk
Highlights:
12 Monday Jan 2015
Posted in Future Technology, Integrated Technology, New Technology
AltpaceVR showed technology at CES where using a device such as Occulus Rift and Intel RealSense 3D camera system a participant could attend a virtual conference. Obviously there are potential telecommuting possibilities with a system such as this.
12 Monday Jan 2015
Posted in Future Technology, Integrated Technology, New Technology
Services were part of the mix at CES, including Lexifone, which offers in-call translations in these languages: English-U.S., as well as English used in the U.K., and Australia; French Canadian, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mandarin-China, Mandarin-Taiwan, Polish, and Portuguese both Brazil and EU, as well as Russian, Spanish-Mexico, Spanish-Spain.
A users dials into Lexifone, identifies the language that needs translation, and then reoriginates the call, or dials out to the other party. When a caller stops talking, the cloud-based system, after an approximately four-second pause, will translate. The accuracy for languages such as Spanish can be as high as 95%, and for Mandarin, the most difficult, about 70%, but it’s improving, said Patrick Tata, vice president of marketing. The service is available to consumers as well as businesses.
12 Monday Jan 2015
Check out the link to learn more about this new technology that is coming VERY soon!
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/realsense-depth-technologies.html
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in For Fun, Future Technology, Integrated Technology, New Technology
Now if they add Toyota’s hydrogen fuel technology to this, I’d say it is perfection. I hope we see it sooner then they anticipate! Road trips across country will be back!
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
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Some interesting stuff here. Take a look.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/07/introducing-the-best-of-ces-2015-finalists/
08 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology, PowerPoint
This first one is an older tutorial, but it still applies and uses techniques that many don’t know how to do. I encourage you to learn these tools and use them in your next Power Point presentation!
Here is some You Tube tutorials that will really help make your Power Point shine.
04 Thursday Dec 2014
Posted in Future Technology, Integrated Technology
Article on rewritable paper.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/04/rewritable-paper-yes-really/#continued
19 Wednesday Nov 2014
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology, PowerPoint, Word
We use pictures everywhere. They add to our documents, spreadsheets, and most certainly Power Point presentations. But are we picking the right pictures to use? Here are some links to websites that will give you some guidance.
http://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-choose-your-best-photo-in-a-series-every-time–photo-193
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/picking-right-media-reporting-story/
http://www.almostsavvy.com/2011/04/06/8-tips-how-to-choose-the-right-profile-photo-linkedin/
Click to access visual_aids.pdf
http://www.howtogeek.com/school/microsoft-word-document-formatting-essentials/lesson4/all/
19 Wednesday Nov 2014
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology, Job Hunting?, PowerPoint, Word
Your choice of color and fonts when creating documents are much more important than you may realize. Below is a couple of links to websites that discuss these important choices. I encourage you to think about them the next time you are putting together a report in Word or a presentation in Power Point.
Using Fonts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/705/
Perception of Fonts:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/12/14/what-font-should-i-use-five-principles-for-choosing-and-using-typefaces/
http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/81/PersonalityofFonts.asp
Using Color:
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html
06 Thursday Nov 2014
Posted in Future Technology, Integrated Technology, New Technology
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Here is an interesting article on what this generation of workers expect out of the mobile computer work environment.
06 Thursday Nov 2014
Here is some news on interesting changes coming as soon as next year. It further confirms the sea change to mobility in computing.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/11/05/intels-pc-chief-sees-big-changes-coming-in-2015/
05 Wednesday Nov 2014
Posted in Future Technology, GCC, Integrated Technology, New Technology
A continuation of the All-in-one design we have discussed many times in class. Here is an eWeek article about HPs Sprout.
HP Sprout Strives to Put New Creative Tools in PC Users’ Hands
05 Wednesday Nov 2014
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology, Job Hunting?
Here is a link to an interesting Baseline article on communication.
11 Wednesday Dec 2013
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology, Internet, Intro to Computers, PowerPoint, Word
Tis the season for picture taking! So where do I put all those pictures?
If you want to save them along with any other files you might have, the cloud is a good place.
If you have a Windows device (especially Win 8), Skydrive is easy to use. You just need an account: http://www.live.com
Another good cloud service is http://www.dropbox.com
If you want to just have a place to save photos your Phone or tablet can be set to save to the following sites:
http://www.flickr.com/ (Now you get 1 Terabyte free!)
http://photobucket.com/ (You get 2 GB free)
http://www.shutterfly.com
https://www.facebook.com/ (Unlimited storage of photos)
With flikr and shutterfly you can make books, pillows, blankets, mugs, etc.. with your pictures on them. Great for gift-giving!
If you take a lot of pictures….check this tool out! http://www.eye.fi/
Remember, MS Word has some good photo editing tools but one of the best is a free tool from Google called Picasa. http://picasa.google.com/
Here is some info on cameras you might find useful and a site that reviews them.
http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/333/do-more-megapixels-mean-better-photo-quality/
http://www.dpreview.com
Have fun!
22 Wednesday May 2013
Posted in Future Technology, Integrated Technology, New Technology
30 Friday Nov 2012
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology
Did you know the color and font you choose can make a big difference in delivering a message?
Look at this page to learn a lot about color
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html
Look at these sites for info on fonts
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/crabby-s-font-facts-102-best-practices-HA001119384.aspx
28 Wednesday Nov 2012
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology
Welcome to the Class! I am so happy you are attending this class. I know you will find it interesting, educational, and hopefully very enjoyable. Check back often at this website for any information or links that I may refer to in class. If I have any handouts, you will find them mentioned here or may be in the list on the right. I look forward to our time together. Thank you for coming!
Contract Information: (626) 256-0302 https://simpsongcc.wordpress.com simpsongcc@live.com
02 Friday Dec 2011
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology
Here are some links to instructions on creating a tri-fold brochure.
http://www.vtaide.com/gleanings/BrochureMSWord.htm
http://www.veradzn.com/home.html?gclid=CNKzw-as4qwCFQJ8hwodhHUIpQ (Graphic Design company for ideas!)
http://www.ehow.com/how_5817870_create-trifold-brochure-word.html
http://www.trickyways.com/2010/06/how-to-create-brochure-in-word-20072010/
http://www.word-2010.com/make-a-tri-fold-brochure/
30 Wednesday Nov 2011
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology
We talked a lot about different photo sites and related sites in the Integrated Technology class tonight. Listed below are those we discussed.
https://home.live.com/allservices/ (Windows live services, including Skydrive)
http://www.dropbox.com
http://www.flickr.com/
http://photobucket.com/
https://www.facebook.com/
http://www.eye.fi/
http://www.nuance.com/for-business/by-product/omnipage/index.htm (Optical Character Recognition software)
http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/index.html
http://picasa.google.com/intl/en/features.html
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/welcome.jsp
23 Wednesday Nov 2011
Posted in GCC, Integrated Technology
This class is all about how things work together. For this class you are going to create a class assignment of your choosing! We are going to have a lot of fun over the next 4 weeks and I am glad you are here!
Here is a link to the class outline. https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=229524c4f877ffb1&resid=229524C4F877FFB1!323
Contact Information:
(626) 256-0302
https://simpsongcc.wordpress.com
simpsongcc@live.com
Steve Simpson, Glendale College Computer Instructor 