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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

“Tour” the New Senior Planet Center in Miami!

…gadgets. Beyond our award-winning technology classes, older adults can stop by to use the free computers and internet, socialize, or learn everything from chair yoga to money matters. This new…

Monday, June 18, 2018

Get free tech help this summer

…introduction to computers or to an iPad, want to set up your own website for your business, or learn about social media or online banking, you can find free, in-person…

Friday, February 28, 2014

Oh Brother: A Plea for Senior Friendly Tech Support

…Three computers, one phone, two tablets, one Roku and, disastrously, one wireless printer. Making the change was simple on the computers, phone and tablets. On the Brother printer, not so….

Monday, April 4, 2022

How Green Are Your Gadgets?

…of us are addicted to our electronic gadgets, our smartphones, tablets, computers, and printers. Sadly, manufacturing electronic components uses a huge amount of natural resources, as this report from the…

Friday, July 25, 2014

How to Read Computer Specs

…500 GB. My computer’s is 300 GB, and it’s not even a quarter full. I store a lot of Word (text) files, which take up very little room. My daughter…

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Doris Slay-Barber is Aging with HAT-titude

…like at the training center? I always had a fascination with computers. While getting my masters I scraped enough money together to buy a Commodore 64. Meanwhile my boss at…

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Aging with Attitude: Dollie Nixson Never Gives Up

…came to Senior Planet San Antonio not knowing much about computers, but she desired to learn online skills to gain employment and connect more with her community. Admitting that there…

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

How to Self-Publish Your Life Story

…Desktop publishing Before computers, typesetting and book creation was messy, labor intensive and not forgiving of corrections. Computers and printers changed all that, making it possible for anyone to write…

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Meet YouTube’s Oldest How-To Star

…early adopter of computers. I used one for my business, for writing letters, doing invoices, keeping inventory. I had the first version of QuickBooks. I used a computer before Windows…

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Coming Soon at the Senior Planet Exploration Center

…and knowledge of how to use computers to enrich their daily lives. What you’ll learn The course covers use of the Internet as an everyday resource for practical and life-enhancing…

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The King and Queen of Wireless Speak Out

…I didn’t see it coming at all. At least not at the beginning in 1973. There were no personal computers, no Internet, but my team and I created a telephone…

Sunday, June 23, 2013

How To Clean Up Your Computer Desktop

Looking for computer help? Every week, our Tekspert answers one question about digital technology. Computers, tablets, phones, cameras… Your desktop is an easy place to put files and favorite programs…

Friday, January 31, 2014

Aging With Geekitude: Why I Love my Smartphone

…security zone. Why? Read on…   More than any other high tech gadget, smartphones bring out the latent Luddite in my older friends. They already own computers, read on Kindles…

Friday, January 14, 2022

Open Thread Update: Predictions, Then and Tomorrow

…Internet-connected computers (“…a high-definition TV screen, and a typewriter keyboard…”) Video call communications like Skype (“Friends… tey’ll be able to see us, we’ll be able to see them, you will……

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Are There Easier Ways to Scroll on My Computer?

Looking for computer help? Every week, our Tekspert answers one question about digital technology. Computers, tablets, phones, cameras… Whenever you’re reading a long webpage, you have to scroll on your…