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17 July, 2022
"Gazza's Goss: You Can Do ‘IT’!"
INFORMATION Technology (IT) has come a long way since the Sinclair ZX 80 and BBC B Computers of the early 1980’s and it’s scary to think that the small computer possibly sitting in your pocket right now, which most still call a phone, is likely to have more technology within it than that of the first spaceship to the moon.
Although these advances have supposedly allowed computers and similar equipment to become more user friendly for the average person on the street, or in this case the ‘person behind a QWERTY Keyboard’, these devices, intended to make life easier, still come with a whole range of complications.
No longer is it just Windows, Excel, Word and basic emails that we have to master, but now there’s Android, iOS, Bixby, Siri, Safari and many other technological anomalies to get your head around.
To make things worse, many devices will not work properly without a Google Account, an Apple ID or both. Then add Gmail, Bigpond, Hotmail, Yahoo etc. etc. etc.
Dare I now mention the dreaded ‘PASSWORD’. Just when you thought everything was under control and you had carefully noted your password in a special little book, you’re told that your current password is no longer safe and requires at least one more digit and a symbol.
When you nervously look through your little book, you discover that you have several amended passwords and you’ve not made it clear which one is correct. Worse still, none of them now work.
If this sounds a bit like you, then help is at hand as Douglas Libraries welcome another round of their FREE ‘Tech Time’ classes.
Participants can ask technical questions, use certain devices that they may possibly be thinking of purchasing in the future, plus learn a variety of everyday computer and iPad skills.
Classes are being held at Mossman Library but remember, bookings are required. I caught up with the first class last Monday, which covered how to use online resources such as E-books, the Library catalogue and Beamafilm.
Future Mossman Library courses include the following;
• Introduction To Computers - July 25, 2022 | 1pm – 3pm
• Introduction To The Internet - August 1, 2022 | 1pm – 3pm
• Introduction To Email - August 8, 2022 | 1pm – 3pm
You may be keen to know that one-on-one assistance is available at Mossman Library on Mondays 1-3 pm and Port Douglas Library Tuesdays 9-11am
For more information, contact Douglas Libraries on 4099 9496 or pop in to enquire. It’s time I had a software update, so for now it’s Gazza signing out!
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