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R2-D2 taking flight

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

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R2-D2 Plane

Here is an article on some planes taking flight in time for the release of the new Star Wars!

 

Amazon Fire review: $50 of incredible value

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

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Here is a review of the new Amazon tablet. A really good value.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/14/amazon-fire-review/

Why OLED will decimate LCD screens and usher in a display revolution

13 Monday Jul 2015

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Here is an article on OLED from Digital Trends that I found of interest.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/the-future-of-seen-rollable-oled-displays/

What Professionals Can Learn From ‘Star Wars’

05 Friday Jun 2015

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As a big Star Wars fan, this article “forced” me into reading it. It is actually pretty good. Take a look my padawan learners……

http://www.baselinemag.com/careers/slideshows/what-professionals-can-learn-from-star-wars.html

More info on Windows 10

03 Wednesday Jun 2015

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Some additional info on Windows 10

http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/slideshows/what-well-find-in-windows-10-on-launch-day-july-29.html

MITs robo-cheetah can now jump over obstacles

03 Wednesday Jun 2015

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Here is a new move by MITs robot….very impressive.

http://www.cnet.com/news/mit-robot-cheetah-can-now-see-and-jump-over-obstacles-autonomously/

2015 Internet Trends

03 Wednesday Jun 2015

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Here is a good slide presentation of Internet Trends….

http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/internet-trends-v1

Books That Can Enhance Your Career Prospects

18 Monday May 2015

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Here is an interesting article to enhance your reading list!

Books That Can Enhance Your Career Prospects

Best wireless routers of 2015

18 Monday May 2015

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Here is a CNET review of the best wireless routers in 2015 so far…..

Best wireless routers of 2015

Early look at what is coming in Outlook 2016

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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Here is a video on some of the things to expect in Outlook 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JroLI-gK_BM&feature=youtu.be&list=PLXtHYVsvn_b-ChQPB_3vo0TJs_LffcOrJ&loc=zYFCz&prod=zOff365z&tech=zCLz&prog=zOTprogz&type=zOTtypez&media=zVidz&country=zUSz 

What is Office 365?

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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Here is a video on Office 365.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFpRM5akYFQ&index=2&list=PLXtHYVsvn_b-ChQPB_3vo0TJs_LffcOrJ 

Glendale Students! Online Job Board!

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Looking for a job? Here is another local resource for you to use…. http://CollegeCentral.com/Glendale

Check it out!

Free Microsoft Office 365 for Glendale Students!

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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If you are a Glendale student you can get Microsoft Office 365 for free! Yes….free!

You will be using your Glendale email address. Did you activate it? Here are the steps….

  1. Log in using your GCC ID# and your current pin.
  2. Now that you are logged into MyGCC find the Email link in the upper left hand corner of the browser.
  3. Click on the Email link.
  4. Since this is your first time using student email you will need to activate your email by clicking on the Activate Email link.
  5. Make a note of your Email Account and Temporary Password and click on GCC Email.

If you experience any problems with the activation process, please contact Help Desk at (818) 240-100 ext. 4357 or help@glendale.edu

Now that you have your Glendale Email address, you will use this to log in and create an Office 365 account. So head over to web site http://products.office.com/en-us/student?tab=students

Click on the green box that says ” Find out if your eligible” and then enter your Glendale Email address and click “Sign Up”. Follow the directions from there. Let me know if you have any problems.

We made the news!

19 Thursday Feb 2015

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One of the major projects I have been working on made the news….GCN just wrote a nice article on our use of software tools to streamline a paper intensive acquisition process. If you’re interested….take a look!

http://gcn.com/articles/2015/02/18/paperless-procurement-nasa.aspx

Microsoft Hololens

27 Tuesday Jan 2015

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Interested in this awesome new technology but don’t want to watch the full 2+ hour Microsoft presentation? Here is just the part on the Hololens.

Click here

The 2015 Social Engineering Survival Guide

26 Monday Jan 2015

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Excellent article on social engineering and security. A definite recommended read.

Here is the link

Which mobile data provider is best? (And will you make a switch?)

26 Monday Jan 2015

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Good article…

read it here

PCs in 2015: Smaller, Thinner, Affordable and Armed With Windows 10

26 Monday Jan 2015

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Here is a link to the article.

Microsoft 10 Presentation

21 Wednesday Jan 2015

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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:

  • Windows 10 free upgrade for Windows 8.1 and 7 users
  • New hardware: Surface Hub
  • Windows 10 on all Windows devices including Xbox
  • Windows Holographic! (Amazing!)
  • New Office apps and browser
  • Cortana everywhere
  • Universal Apps
  • Music coming to OneDrive (also, some photo stuff)
  • Universal Chat App

Engadget’s Best of CES 2015 finalists

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/

More on Mobility in the work environment

06 Thursday Nov 2014

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Here is an interesting article on what this generation of workers expect out of the mobile computer work environment.

http://www.baselinemag.com/mobility/slideshows/meeting-the-mobility-demands-of-millennial-workers.html/

Intel’s PC Chief Sees Big Changes Coming in 2015

06 Thursday Nov 2014

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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/

Interesting New HP Technology

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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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

Business Communication? You’re Doing It Wrong!

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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Here is a link to an interesting Baseline article on communication.

http://www.baselinemag.com/careers/business-communication-youre-doing-it-wrong.html/

Half of companies will require BYOD by 2017, Gartner says

01 Wednesday May 2013

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Interesting article!

 

Half of companies will require BYOD by 2017, Gartner says.

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Commercial

  • Amazon – Great place to buy used textbooks. Just get the ISBN number for the textbook you need and do a search at this site. Great deals on used textbooks.
  • Dell Refurbished Computers Short on Cash? Here is the Dell site for refurbished computers. It changes frequently and you can often find good deals on computers!
  • Dragon Naturally Speaking – Control your computer with your voice. Control your computer with your voice and dictate into Word!
  • Music – Pandora Create your own radio station.
  • Music – Spotify Listen to anything you want as long as you want!
  • Slack Please join our team and get your questions answered and share info. Our team is GCCteach.slack.com.
  • SnagShout This is a discount shopping site that connects to Amazon. Some really good deals can be found here!
  • Speccy – Detailed computer information Tells you everything you would ever what to know about your computer.
  • Twitter Don’t have twitter yet? Now might be a good time! You can follow me at @slsimpson.
  • VoIP Ooma This is one of the major Voice over IP providers.
  • VoIP Vonage This is one of the major voice over IP providers

Educational

  • Engadget's Tomorrow This is Engadget’s page that publishes articles based on tomorrow’s technology.
  • Khan Academy – Video tutorials Video tutorials on all kinds of stuff!
  • Kurzweil's Timeline to the Singularity This is Ray Kurzsweil’s timeline on technologies progress toward the singularity.
  • MIT Media Lab Check out what future technology they are working on!
  • MIT Media Lab — Research MIT Media Lab Research Projects
  • Personal Computer Information This is the Wiki site that has all kinds of information about the personal computer.
  • Ray Kurzweil's site about all things coming in the future Ray Kurzweil has been described as “the restless genius” by The Wall Street Journal, and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes. Inc. magazine ranked him #8 among entrepreneurs in the United States, calling him the “rightful heir to Thomas Ed
  • Sideways Dictionary A Dictionary that uses analogies and metaphors to help regular, non-techy people understand IT terms.
  • TED: Ideas Worth Spreading Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
  • Texting Lingo and Abbreviations This site will help you decipher all those texting abbreviations your kids are using!
  • Wikipedia. The encyclopedia of the Internet! Here you can find info on just about anything and it is pretty accurate!

GCC

  • Class Folder – Project Class notes for Microsoft Project
  • Class Folder – Access Files for the Access class
  • Class Folder – Excel Class info for Excel
  • Class Folder – Integrated Technology Here you will find files for my Integrated Technology class.
  • Class Folder – Internet This folder contains information for my Internet Class
  • Class folder – Intro to Computers This is my class folder where I store information about the Intro to Computers Class.
  • Class Folder – Outlook GCC class folder for Outlook class materials
  • Class Folder – Power Point This is my public folder containing information for my Power Point students.
  • Class Folder – Windows Files for Windows class
  • Class Folder – Word This folder conatins all the info for my GCC Word class.
  • Creating your own website A good site that describes the different processes for building your own site.
  • Creating your website using Google This is googles answer to creating your own site
  • Dropbox Cloud storage Here is a free site that you can store data in the cloud. Useful for back ups as well.
  • FILExt – File Extension
  • For GCC Students – Cheap Microsoft Office Software You can get a great price on Microsoft Office at this site. You just need to be a student at GCC.
  • Get a Windows Live ID A necessary item to get free use of Windows Live Essential software and a number of other Microsoft services.
  • History of Computers This is the Wiki for all things related to the history of computers. Great info!
  • History of Computers — A Timeline Here is a nice timeline describing the history of computers.
  • Mac commands compared to Windows commands This will compare the Windows commands versus the Mac commands allowing you to more easily use both types of computers.
  • Measurements List of how we measure things in the computer world.
  • PCMags Top 100 Websites
  • Photo Sharing – Smugmug A photo sharing site dedicated more toward the professionals.
  • Picture Sharing – Flikr Share your pictures here
  • Picture Sharing – Photobucket Picture sharing site.
  • Podcasting This site helps you understand podcasting and how to do it.
  • Search the web – a tutorial This is an in-depth look at searching the web to find the information you are looking for.
  • Setting up a wireless network This should help you set up a wireless network.
  • Wordpress – Learn WordPress.com

Security

  • Comodo IceDragon IceDragon features privacy and performance enhancements over the Firefox core browser as well as many additional security features such as SiteInspector malware scanning, Comodo Secure DNS and improved social media functionality.
  • Distant Desktop Free software that allows remote viewing and control of your desktop.
  • Epic Privacy Browser First web browser engineered to protect your privacy. Epic is in always-on “private browsing mode”, so on close of Epic all browsing data is deleted (while you’re browsing as little as possible is stored). Plus many other safety features!
  • Password Manager and Password Protection This program will manage, store and help you create passwords.
  • PC Matic – Excellent Anti-Virus Software My recommendation if you need new anti-virus software. 100 percent US!
  • Securing your wireless router This should help you make sure your wireless network is secure.
  • Security – Carbonite – Automated Backup for your computer at a good price This is a completely automated solution for backing up your files on your computer.
  • Security – Check to see if a virus threat is real or a hoax.
  • Security – Check to see if that virus is real or a hoax.
  • Security – Darik's Boot And Nuke – Erase Hard Drive! CAUTION! This software completely erases your hard drive. To be used ONLY if you want to get rid of your computer and make sure the hard drive is empty.
  • Security – Eraser – Permanently erase files on your Hard Drive CAUTION! This is a free file shredder software program. It is used to get rid of file(s) you no longer want or need. Use with caution.
  • Security – Malware Software This software finds and rids you computer of Malware.
  • Security – Online Virus Checker called VirusTotal This free service will analyze suspicious files and URLs.
  • Surfshark The number one rated VPN service.

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