Presentations 2024

Microsoft recently changed its default font from Calibri (which had been the default for years) to Aptos – so on Thursday, March 7th we took a closer look at computer fonts in general. By the […]

On Thursday, Feb 22nd we had a look around LibreOffice – here are some links to get you started:Introduction and Getting Started Guide : https://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS5.2/HTML/GS5201-IntroducingLibreOffice.html Download: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/ ; Two versions are available – the latest, […]

On Thursday, February 15th we discussed whether you could do all your computing tasks in a browser. A quick survey indicated that most people used their laptops and phones to deal with email, messages and […]

On Thursday, February 1st we took a look at Google Docs which is one of a suite of online office editing tools provided free to everyone who has a Gmail account. To get to Google […]

On Thursday, January 26th we discussed the failings of machine translation and put Google Translate, https://translate.google.com DeepL https://www.deepl.com/en/translator and ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com through a series of challenges. Translation fails pre-date machine translation of course. The following […]

On Thursday, Jan 18th we discussed these increasingly sophisticated attempts to steal your identity or money. AI tools have enabled tricksters to create convincing e-mails and websites. Ever wonder why we use the term “spam” […]

On Thursday 11th January we looked at some of the websites offering free access to tools using AI for creating video and music. We also looked at Chat GPT4 in the guise of Microsoft’s CoPilot […]

Many different consumer electronics and IT developments are coming along this year. On Thursday , January 4th we had a lively discussion on how they might impact us. Here are links to some of the […]