We are back from our European adventure! See the photo album here.
| Jim and Chris Guld are Geeks on Tour, and they like to learn. They’ll teach you about using your technology for fun stuff like photos, maps, and blogs. Technology that is especially useful for travelers, but for anyone who likes smartphones, photos, and maps! If this is your first time here, we suggest browsing: |
We tour the country in a motorhome and present technology seminars to other travelers along the way. We are Geeks who Teach and we love technology that enhances our lives. Like the free Google Photos for effortlessly keeping the thousands of pictures we take, or Google Maps on our smart phones that we use to navigate, or Blogger, the free site we use to keep our personal travel blog. You can learn how to do all this by watching our Tutorial Videos.
Do you love seeing your memories in pictures? We think using Google Photos online, and Google’s Picasa software on your computer are by far the easiest way to enjoy your lifetime of photos. There is so much to learn about them that we have a special site LearnGooglePhotos.com offers articles almost every week on tips and tricks for using Google Photos and Picasa.
In packing for our month in Europe, I reluctantly left my Canon Digital Rebel T3i behind. See our video where we talked about what we packed to take with us. I love my Canon, it takes great photos, but, so does my iPhone 7+ and the iPhone is a lot smaller! Besides, I’ve always believed [Click for the rest …]
by Chris Guld This was written during my writing retreat in Tuscany. The prompt was: “Thru the keyhole” I wanted to write about my experience taking pictures with a smartphone and making them better. Is this our room? The door is locked, I peer thru the keyhole trying to see if this is the right [Click for the rest …]
By Gail West A Canadian who is now an ex-pat in Panama, Bill McKibbon has been an “early adopter” of technology and has used it in some very interesting ways since the late 1970’s. Below is my interview with him which reveals aspects of his adventurous life, his reasons for moving to Panama, and the [Click for the rest …]
We’ve been using Internet while traveling for 14 years. Most of that has been traveling by RV in the U.S., but this past month we had some new experiences while traveling in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, and Germany. Whether we need to find a campground in Arkansas, or rent a kayak in Venice, an Internet connection [Click for the rest …]
Where is Vinkovci? We’re spending a month in Europe! We’re taking lots of pictures, and using our smartphones for taking those pictures, translating, navigating, booking rooms, and much more. We had hoped to have better Internet connections so we could do our weekly “What Does This Button Do?” show while in Europe, but that didn’t [Click for the rest …]
I’ve been meaning to write this article for a while, but while we were in the states either driving or sitting at home, I didn’t have many steps to count and that just would not be very impressive! I wanted to wait until I could take some screenshots of when I’ve been active. We’re in [Click for the rest …]