Category: Weekly Newsletter
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De-Mystifying AI
On Thursday October 31st, Guest speaker, Bart Dorlandt, who is a senior IT specialist developing solutions for business cloud computing needs, gave JCC members a presentation on de-mystifying AI. Bart works for Rackspace which provides worldwide cloud services to companies … Read more
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Guest Speaker – Business solutions using cloud computing and AI
On Thursday 31st October we will have a guest speaker and a club day. Bart Dorlandt, currently on holiday in Javea, works for Rackspace which is a company providing worldwide cloud services to companies and government agencies. He is a … Read more
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PeterBay’s Tip of the week #1
Do you often visit the same few websites on your phone? Rather than searching for them each time, why not create an app icon for each site? This will simplify access, and also appearance because you can choose to suppress … Read more
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Mixed mesages discussed
On 24th October we discussed how to decide which method of message service to use from WhatsApp, Email, Messenger and SMS. The key elements to think about were The length of the message – if it was long then email … Read more
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Mixed Messages !
When someone says they’ll send you a message, you’d better understand what they mean. Is it a Text message, a Messenger message, a WhatsApp message? a Telegram message? or perhaps they message via LinkedIn or Instagram ? This Thursday October … Read more
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An enthusiast’s view of AI
On Thursday, 17 October AI enthusiast Bill Pole gave a fascinating and optimistic presentation on the current and future use of AI by the general public. This generated a lively discussion. Here are his remarks and links. Hi Margaret, it … Read more
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The AI explosion and how it will transition from the digital into the real world
This Thursday, 17 October, guest speaker and AI enthusiast Bill Pole will talk about the explosion of AI into the public consciousness in November 2022 with the launch of chat GPT. He will look at some of the main developments … Read more
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Tips on detouring around paywalls
On Thursday, October 10th we experimented with getting around online newspaper paywalls as described in this article : 18 Free Ways to Get Around a Paywall to Read an Article https://lifehacker.com/how-to-bypass-a-paywall-to-read-an-article-for-free Some of the methods described are a bit techie, … Read more
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Discovering diversions around paywalls (but you should still support good journalism!)
The content of more and more websites (mostly news) is becoming hidden behind paywalls. Some demand a subscription when you are only interested in one article. However, did you know there’s an open access archive of web pages you can … Read more
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You can browse privately in Chrome and Edge (sort of ), but it’s a bit of a faff
To find privacy settings In Chrome: Click on the “Kebab” menu (three vertical dots, top right of the address bar). Select Settings, Privacy and Security. There are umpteen pages of links and settings. It’s worth starting with the “Privacy … Read more