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CONTENTS -- 9/14/01 1. Upcoming FREE Classes 2. Upcoming Events 3. Non-Nerdy Stats 4. Tips and Tricks 5. News Bytes 6. Bits and Bytes of Humor If you have questions about anything contained in this e-newsletter, please post your question on my Discussion Board at http://www.iteachyou.com (click Ask a Question) And now to begin . . . 1. UPCOMING FREE CLASSES . . . As many of you learned this past week, most classes that were scheduled for Tuesday 9/11/01 were canceled following the tragedy in New York City. If you were planning to attend a new or ongoing multi-part class on Tuesday, it will start/continue as scheduled next Tuesday. For example, my class, Setting up an Internet Business, scheduled to meet 9/11 and 9/18 will meet only on 9/18. Following are highlights of some upcoming classes at the Career Center at 8401 Aero Drive. ***ARRIVE EARLY -- MANY CLASSES FILL EARLY*** UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY GINI PEDERSEN TOPIC . . . . . Windows 95/98/ME DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, September 17 and 24 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Improving your Computer's Performance DATE . . . . . 3 Tuesdays, Sept. 18, 25, and Oct. 2 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . In this class you will learn how to improve your . . . . . . . . . . computer's performance, prevent and solve . . . . . . . . . . problems, and much more. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Setting up an Internet Business DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, September 18 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . In this class you will learn how to set up a . . . . . . . . . . transactional Website that can grow with your . . . . . . . . . . business. This class will be helpful to anyone . . . . . . . . . . who currently has or anticipates having a . . . . . . . . . . a successful business website. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Using Effective Web Design Concepts DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, September 24 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about what design elements are effective . . . . . . . . . . and what should be avoided. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Promoting an Internet Business DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, September 25 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . In this class you will learn many strategies for . . . . . . . . . . promoting your business -- including getting . . . . . . . . . . good search engine placement INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word (95/97/2000) DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, October 1, 8, and 15 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Finding Things on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, October 1 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Windows 95/98/ME DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, October 2 and 9 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . How to Buy the RIGHT Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not listed on printed schedule) DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, October 9 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . This class is useful for anyone thinking of buying a . . . . . . . . . . computer -- or just to learn more the computer you . . . . . . . . . . already own. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . MS Word Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not listed on printed schedule) DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, October 15 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm PREREQUISITE . . . . . Word experience. In this class you will . . . . . . . . learn useful tips and experienced Word users should . . . . . . . . find useful. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY OTHERS AT THE CAREER CENTER Notes: - These classes start within the next few weeks. - Click the link at the end of this list to see the date, time, etc. - Click the link at the end to see details about each topic. - All are at the Beginning level unless indicated otherwise. + Dreamweaver (Intermediate) + Dreamweaver UltraDev (Intermediate) + Flash (Intermediate) + GoLive + Web Server Installation/Administration + File Management + Visual Basic (all levels) + PowerPoint with Animation and Sound (Advanced) + Word (various levels) + Illustrator (Intermediate) + Photoshop (various levels) IN ADDITION... We also offer many free classes with brand new computers at Datel Computer Center at 4611 Mercury Street in Kearny Mesa. For classes at this site ONLY, you may pre-register by calling (858) 627-2545 Mondays through Thursdays, 8 am to 8 pm or Fridays 8 am to 3:30 pm. Space is still available for SOME classes still to be offered in September. Call to register now. The October class schedule will be available September 17 and registration will open the same day. Following are some upcoming classes at our Datel site: - Excel Basics - 3 parts - 9am-noon - September 17, 19, and 21 - Internet Basics - 1 part - 5:30-8pm - September 17 - Computer Basics - 1 part - 9am-noon - September 18 - HTML Basics - 2 parts - 9am-noon - September 20 and 27 - Email Tips and Tricks - 1 part - 5:30-8pm - September 20 - Internet Basics - 1 part - 10am-4:30pm - September 22 - Intermed. Word - 3 parts - 9am-noon - September 24, 26, and 28 - PowerPoint Basics - 2 parts - 5:30-8pm - September 24 and 27 - Word Basics - 1 part - 10am-4:30pm - September 29 WANT MORE INFORMATION? -- Check my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com to see a complete list of classes that I'll be offering through the Fall 2001 semester. At the end of that list is a link to a list of all classes offered at the Career Center -- plus details about each class. -- Call (858) 627-2545, Monday through Friday. 2. UPCOMING EVENTS . . . DATE . . . . . Saturday, September 15 TIME . . . . . 1-3 pm PROGRAM . . . . .Presentation by TechSmith Corporation on their . . . . . . . . . . special screen/video capture/edit software products SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Computer Society PLACE . . . . . Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd. (lots of free parking) MISC . . . . . Free INFO . . . . . http://www.sdcs.org/present.htm DATE . . . . . Tuesday, September 18 TIME . . . . . 6 pm PROGRAM . . . Heather Wright of Corel will present some of . . . . . . . . their products, including WordPerfect Office 2002 SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User Group PLACE . . . . . Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Road, Room 401 (lots of free parking) MISC . . . . . Free INFO . . . . . http://www.sdpcug.org DATE . . . . . Saturday, September 22 TIME . . . . . 9 am - 4 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Linux Business System - Configurefest SPONSOR . . . . . Linux User Group PLACE . . . . . Continuous Computing . . . . . . . . . . 9380 Carroll Park Drive, San Diego . . . . . . . . . . (off Miramar Rd, east of 805) MISC . . . . FREE but pre-registration is required INFO AND REGISTRATION . . . http://www.LxSA.org/ DATE . . . . . Saturday, September 22 TIME . . . . . 9:30 am PROGRAM . . . . . Q&A and mini seminars SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Street) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html 3. NON-NERDY STATS . . . - Unsolicited e-mail messages account for 10 percent of total e-mail volume in the United States (Source: eMarketer) - Kids and teenagers will spend $4.9 billion online in 2005. (Source: Jupiter Research) - North America has over 40 percent of the world's Internet users. (Source: Nua Internet Surveys) - Slow-loading Web pages caused about 21 percent of customers to abandon shopping carts before making a purchase. (Source: BizRate.com) - Abandoned shopping carts are costing online businesses $3.8 billion in lost sales. (Source: Shop.org) - Delivery issues are the primary reason why customers contact online merchants. (Source: Jupiter Research) 4. TIPS AND TRICKS . . . REFORMATTING YOUR HARD DISK DRIVE This is not a quick or easy task. Reformat your hard disk drive ONLY if you are sure of what you are doing. The following is provided for GUIDELINE PURPOSES only. Before reformatting your hard drive, be sure you have the following: - (1) Windows 95/98/ME (full version) - or - (2) Windows 95 (upgrade version) and Installation Disk #1 for Windows 3.1 - or - (3) Windows 98/ME upgrade and Windows 95 CD or Windows 3.1 diskettes. - Emergency Startup Disk that contains critical Windows 95/98/ME startup files plus CD-ROM drivers - All software that came with the computer. - All programs that you want to re-install. MOST programs cannot be transferred from one computer to another. - Drivers (disks) for each piece of hardware installed on your system (mouse, printer, scanner, etc.) - Setup information for your Internet account. - Back ups of your My Documents folder, e-mail folders and address book, browser bookmarks/favorites, any other files you have created on your system that you may have stored elsewhere. Following are APPROXIMATE steps: - Insert your Emergency Startup Disk into A Drive. - Restart computer. - Confirm that you want to proceed without CD-ROM support. - At the A prompt, type 'format c: /s' (without the quotes) and press ENTER. - When done, restart your computer (with Emergency Startup Disk still in the A Drive). - Confirm that you want to enable CD-ROM support. - Insert your Windows CD-ROM. - Type 'D:' (without the quotes) and press ENTER. (Note: Change the letter D within the quotes to the letter that represents your CD-ROM drive.) - Type 'setup' (without the quotes) and press ENTER. - Reinstall all programs, re-establish Internet settings, and transfer all backed up data to reformatted hard drive. 5. NEWS BYTES . . . BEWARE OF ONLINE SCAMS FOR DISASTER-RELIEF FUNDS SAN FRANCISCO -- September 12, 2001 -- Email protection and consumer advocacy groups warned today of online attempts to fraudulently profit from Tuesday's attacks on the USA. A typical message claims to be part of an 'Express Relief Fund' or 'Victims Survivor Fund.' One message claims that donations will go to the Red Cross, but the donation link leads to a Web site unconnected with that organization. Spam-busters urge online donors to check out charities to ensure contributions are properly routed. Full Article: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,61946,tk,dn091301X,00.asp 6. BITS AND BYTES OF HUMOR . . . I just wanted to let you know that I have recently been diagnosed with AAADD -- Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder This is how it goes... I decide to do the laundry, start down the hall and notice the newspaper on the table. OK, I'm going to do the laundry... BUT FIRST I'm going to read the newspaper. After that, I notice the mail on the table. OK, I'll just put the newspaper in the recycle stack.... BUT FIRST I'll look through the pile of mail and see if there are any bills to be paid. Yes. Now where is the checkbook? Oops.. there's the empty glass from yesterday on the coffee table. I'm going to look for that checkbook... BUT FIRST I need to put the glass in the sink. I head for the kitchen, look out the window, notice my poor flowers need a drink of water. I put the glass in the sink and there's the remote for the TV on the kitchen counter. What's it doing here? I'll just put it away... BUT FIRST need to water those plants. I head for the door and... Aaaagh! stepped on the cat. Cat needs to be fed. Okay, I'll put the remote away and water the plants... BUT FIRST I need to feed the cat. END OF DAY: Laundry is not done, newspapers are still on the floor, glass is still in the sink, bills are not paid, checkbook is still lost, and the cat ate the remote control...And, when I try to figure out how come nothing got done today, I'm baffled because... I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY! I realize this condition is serious... I'd get help... BUT FIRST...I think I'll check my e-mail. 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