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April 2022 | Issue 176 | Archives

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During March we traveled a bit

As you can see from the photo above, that’s not Florida! Chris traveled to Nevada to visit her friend, Melinda, who lives on the edge of Washoe Valley which is home to herds of wild horses. From one extreme to the other – we also went kayak diving here in Fort Lauderdale, see Jim’s video here.

Classes in March

Mar 2, 2022 Guests on Tinkering with Tech: Google Photos – Tinkering with Shared Albums

In this newsletter:

As usual, we have an eclectic mix of smartphone and technology tips for you.

Google Calendar makes time zones easy
Google Photos will free up space on your phone with one click
Blast from the Past: Live Streaming beginnings.
Google Photos Live Q&A

We also did 1 new episode of our “What Does This Button Do?” YouTube show:

Mar 20 2022 Episode 231: Hodgepodge of Tech Tips (some really good stuff here!)

Recent Tutorial Videos

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What’s coming up – Our Calendar April 2022

We’re Presenting Online and Live

Things are all online on our calendar this month.

April

Apr 3, 2pm ET- Episode 232 of What Does This Button Do?
Apr 3, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Apr 4, 12 Noon ET- Tech for Senior Chris is their guest on Zoom this week presenting How to take better smartphone photos. Visit their YouTube Channel
Apr 24, 2pm ET- Episode 233 of What Does This Button Do?
Apr 24, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Apr 27, 4pm ET Glendora Seniors Computer Club “Introduction to Google Photos” on Zoom

May

We’re in Italy for the month of May. Anytime we have the bandwidth and ambition, we will go live on short notice.

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, click on the bell for notifications, and Like us on Facebook.

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Get vaccinated.

Ask the Geeks Q&A forum. Anyone can read the forum, only members can ask questions. This is a valuable benefit of membership. Join Today! Here are some recent discussions

Google Calendar gives us the easiest way to tell time across multiple time zones.

We schedule our live streaming YouTube show at 2pm Eastern time. We have people who join us from all over North America, some in Europe and some in Australia. What time is it for them?

Google Calendar can tell me at a glance as long as I set it up right.

Google Photos: How to free up space on your phone with a single click.

If you take a lot of photos and your phone is getting full, you may one day see a message that there is not enough free storage to take any more photos.

Google Photos has a one-click “Free Up Space” command that will delete all photos and videos from your device if they have been backed up to Google Photos in the cloud.

Learn the right way to free up space on your phone, without losing any photos.

Read the article and watch video

Blast from the Past: We started live-streaming in 2014. We were crazy.

In 2014, when we started live-streaming, we used Google Plus and Hangouts on Air. We had a lot of trials and tribulations, but we loved the challenge.

We now have 231 “What Does This Button Do?” Live-Streaming episodes under our belt. They’re all listed on this page.

Google Hangouts on Air no longer exists. We now use Streamyard. See Episode 225 to learn about Streamyard.

You have to be a little crazy to jump in at the bleeding edge.

Read all about it in this 2014 article.

Chris answers over 30 questions in this one hour, Live, Q&A. In Youtube, below the video you will see direct links to each question.Google Photos – Ask Chris Anything

Recent Rave Reviews

Dear MrsGeek:

Sending a link as you suggested worked like a charm! Thank you!

I also want to thank you for the great job you and your husband do! You are so clear with your instructions, and your website is so user-friendly. I always know that if I need help with Google, this is the place to go!

Barbara M

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Jim & Chris,

I can’t tell you how MUCH I appreciate the tip about removing backgrounds. I have been an active photographer all my life and have always wanted a way to easily remove the background from a photo without removing it pixel by pixel.

This is probably the best photography tip I have ever gotten and I have taken many photography classes.

Cheers,

Herb V

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January 2022 News: Streamyard, Bitcoin, Travel maps, and Google Photos book

January 2, 2022

January 2022 | Issue 173 | Archives

What’s up with Jim and Chris – the Geeks

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We hope you all had happy holidays.

We were home for the whole month of December. We celebrated the holidays with lots of friends and family. For Christmas, Jim and I gave each other the gift of travel! On January1 we will be going on a 3-week trip called “Route of the Maya” with Overseas Adventure Travel. All the planning is done for us. I still laid it out in Google My Maps. Click the link and you can see the map. We will add notes and
photos to the map when we’re there. If you are a Geeks on Tour member, you will get a link to our photo album so you can follow along with us day by day.

Classes in December

During the past month we presented a class over Zoom on using LastPass. You can review the whole class at the link below. It will be public until February when it changes to members only.

December 8, 2021 Presentation to Sun City Center Computer Club – Using LastPass

In this newsletter:

As usual, we have an eclectic mix of smartphone and technology tips for you.

Live streaming with Streamyard, it’s easier than you think.
Our Travel map for 2021
Video: Overview of Bitcoin and Blockchain
Praise for our Google Photos book
Sample videos: Long exposure photos on iPhone, Time Zones on Google Calendar

We also did 2 episodes of our “What Does This Button Do?” YouTube show:

Recent Tutorial Videos

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What’s coming up – Our Calendar January 2022

We’re Presenting Online

Things are all online-only on our calendar this month.

January We’ll be out of the country most of January but we plan on going live on YouTube and Facebook during our travels.

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, click on the bell for notifications, and Like us on Facebook.

We expect to do a Button Show January 30th with a recap of our trip.

Jan 30, 2pm ET- Episode 227 of What Does This Button Do?
Jan 30, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm Eastern time “The Button Show”

Also on our Facebook page

Be sure to subscribe and like the page

February

Feb 13, 2pm ET- Episode 228 of What Does This Button Do?
Feb 13, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
February 21 – 24 Riverside RV Resort 3 sessions
Feb 27, 2pm ET- Episode 229 of What Does This Button Do?
Feb 27, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Get vaccinated.

Ask the Geeks Q&A forum.

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Live streaming with Streamyard, it’s easier than you think.

Have you ever taught a class or spoken up at a meeting about a topic of interest? Might you want to reach a bigger audience on that topic? How would you like to have an informal group of people who talk about that topic and broadcast their discussions to anyone else who is interested – anywhere in the world. And, you can do it for free!

Our Travel map for 2021

I add markers to this map all year long. Now that the year is over, I can consider our travel map complete. The red line is going out, westbound. The green line is coming home. Clicking on the map will take you to the original, interactive, MyMap. Then you can click on the markers to see more information and some
photos.

If you’re interested in making these maps for yourself, check out this article. It includes links to all our teaching material on Google MyMaps.

Praise for our Google Photos Book

We were so excited to get this email from Sue Hepler today. So I don’t have to tell you about how good my book is! You can listen to Sue!

“I just received my new Google Photos book from you. Came home, heated up a cup of soup, plopped down at the table and opened your book for the first time. I just grabbed a chunk of pages at random and came to Chapter 5. I read page 73 about archiving. I’ve never used archive before because I didn’t really understand it and didn’t think I’d ever need it. Now I think it is a MIRACLE!!!!
My biggest problem of scrolling through all our photos by date is the issue of seeing all the housewatch photos we take on a daily basis. NOW (thanks to you) I know I just have to select them and hit archive. I still have the photos if I should need them for future reference but I don’t have to scroll through them all to get to the one or two photos I took that I want for my blog or for personal use.
THANK YOU!!!! If I hadn’t ordered your book, I would never have realized a simple solution to my ongoing problem (annoyance).
You remain WONDER WOMAN in my world. I am a HUGE fan.
Sue Hepler”

Click here to learn how to buy the book

Learn about Bitcoin and Blockchain

One of our motivations for visiting El Salvador specifically, is that they are using Bitcoin as legal currency and we’d like to see how it works. Here is a 20 minute excerpt from Episode 206 of our YouTube show.

Why You Should Learn About CryptoCurrency Tutorial Video

Have you seen these tutorial videos?

Here is a sample of our tutorial videos.Apple Photos, soft waterfall effect

Google Calendar and Time Zones Tutorial Video 697

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December 2021 News: Samsung S21 Ultra – surprise, Google Photos, Smartphone Settings

December 6, 2021

December 2021 | Issue 172 | Archives

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Home again

We were home for the whole month of November. It looks like December will be the same. In January, we’ve booked a tour of Central America. Something different. All the planning is done for us. I still laid it out in Google My Maps so we could grasp the concept of where we’re going. We will add notes and photos to the map when we’re there.

During the past month we presented a few classes over Zoom and YouTube. Here are links so you can review them:

In this newsletter:

As usual, we have an eclectic mix of smartphone and technology tips for you.

Chris’ new Galaxy S21 Ultra phone: an unexpected surprise feature!
As we’re ending the first year of paying for Google Photos storage, people are asking “What happens if I stop paying?
A Smartphone Tip about using Search to find those settings on your iPhone or Android device…

We also did 2 episodes of our “What Does This Button Do?” YouTube show:

Recent Tutorial Videos

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What’s coming up – Our Calendar December 2021

We’re Presenting Online

Things are all online-only on our calendar this month.

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm Eastern time “The Button Show”

Also on our Facebook page

Be sure to subscribe and like the page

December

Dec 12, 2pm ET- Episode 225 of What Does This Button Do?
Dec 12, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Dec 8, 7pm ET- Sun City Center Computer Club Zoom meeting: How do I use LastPass?
Dec 26, 2pm ET- Episode 226 of What Does This Button Do?
Dec 26, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting

January We’ll be out of the country most of January but we plan on going live on YouTube and Facebook during our travels. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and Like us on Facebook.

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Get vaccinated.

Q&A

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Taking photos with Chris’ new Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra phone – A Surprise Feature

I bought this phone because of the lenses. I knew that taking telephoto shots was going to be awesome. What I did not know is that the Samsung Gallery app has a feature called Object Eraser. I strongly considered getting the Google Pixel 6 instead of the Samsung, and one of the reasons is the Google Photos
feature called “Magic Eraser” which is only available on the Pixel 6.

I usually do not use the Gallery app that comes with Samsung phones because I use Google Photos instead. Read More
…

What happens to my Google Photos if I don’t pay for storage?

If you think of your Google Account Storage like a real world storage unit, these concepts will be easier. Let’s say you had a small storage unit that would hold 15 boxes of stuff. Once it gets full, what happens? You can’t store any more stuff! If you take out some of the old boxes, you can put in new ones, but
you’re limited to 15 boxes total.

3 Choices when your storage is full

It’s the same with your Google Account Storage. Google gives everyone 15GB of storage for free. Once you fill that up, you have 3 choices:

Do nothing
Get rid of some stuff
Pay for a bigger storage amount

If you choose #1, you won’t be able to add any more photos to your Google Photos but you will be able to access what is already there. That may be acceptable but there’s a catch. Read More …

How to use Search to find those pesky Smartphone Settings

All smartphones have dozens, maybe hundreds, of settings that customize the way your phone works. For example, does your phone’s screen go black when you don’t want it to? If you’re writing an email and you take a minute to think about what you want to say, your phone thinks it’s time to go to sleep and your screen goes dark just as you’re about to type the next word. That’s aggravating, right? Well, there’s a setting for that. On Android phones it’s called Screen
Timeout. On iPhones it’s called Auto-Lock. Yours may be set to 30 seconds, which means you don’t get much time to think before the screen goes black! You can change it to something more reasonable, like 1 or 2 minutes – IF you can find it. Read the Article and watch the short videos to learn how.

Have you seen these tutorial videos?

How to put a Multiple Clock Widget on your Smartphone Tutorial Video 717

Making a Web Page for Your Google Photos Albums Tutorial Video 716

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October 2021 News: Google Drive, Smartphone Keyboards, Google Maps Share Location

October 8, 2021

October 2021 | Issue 170 | Archives

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Just a few miles traveled in September

After our 3,000+ miles in August, from the time we got home on September 3, to the end of the month, we just stayed home and chilled. At the end of the month, we just had to go somewhere, so we took the motorhome for a few days in the keys. People come from all over the world to see this beauty and it’s right in our backyard.

In this newsletter:

If you missed our Episode 219 Hodgepodge of Tech Tips, check it out now (see below) – we got a lot of interest in these tips, especially the one about making a website for Photo Albums. Then came #220 about Google Drive for Desktop. This topic was so complex, I wrote a follow up article in hopes of clearing up some of the confusion. For something fun this month, check out the article on Google Maps – navigating to a person’s location. And, everyone should go over the list of smartphone keyboard tips to be sure you’re not doing things the hard way!

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)
September 12 #219 Hodgepodge of Tech Tips

September 26 #220 Google Drive and the New Drive for Desktop

Recent Tutorial Videos

What’s coming up – Our Calendar October 2021

Our calendar on our website is the best way to see what we’re doing.

October

We have one in-person Roadtrek Rally planned starting on the 26th in Sarasota, Fl.

Oct 10, 2pm ET- Episode 221 of What Does This Button Do?
Oct 10, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Oct 18, 7pm ET- Google Photos: Ask Chris Anything Live
Oct 24, 2pm ET- Episode 222 of What Does This Button Do?
Oct 24, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Oct 26-28, Roadtrek Rally in Sarasota, Fl.
Oct 29, 7pm ET- Members Only Orientation and Q&A Live

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm Eastern time “The Button Show”

Also on our Facebook page

Be sure to subscribe and like the page

October 10th and 24th

November 7th and 21st

November

Nov 7, 2pm ET- Episode 223 of What Does This Button Do?
Nov 7, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Nov 15, 7pm ET- Google Photos: Ask Chris Anything Live
Nov 21, 2pm ET- Episode 224 of What Does This Button Do?
Nov 21, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Nov 22, 10am Hilton Head Island Computer Club Google Photos
Nov 26, 7pm ET- Members Only Orientation and Q&A Live

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Google Drive for Desktop: Confusion is strong with this one.

On Oct 1, Google retired the product called “Backup and Sync.” In its place is a product called Drive for Desktop. People are asking,

“What was Backup and Sync, and how do I know if I have it?”

“What is Drive for Desktop and why would I need it?”

“What happened on October 1 and do I need to do anything?”

Episode 220 of our YouTube show was all about Google Drive and the New Google Drive for Desktop. We showed in detail how to use it
and how to migrate from Backup and Sync, but I don’t think we sufficiently answered the questions above, so I’ll try in this article.

Find your spouse with Google Maps

No, I’m not talking about finding your future spouse. The name is Google Maps, not Google Matchmaker I’m talking about knowing the whereabouts of your current spouse.

And Google Maps makes it so easy. My husband and I both share our Google Maps location with the other, so if one or the other needs a ride, there is no hassle to get directions to exactly where they are. This 1 minute video will show you how.

Google Maps – Navigate to a Person’s Location Tutorial Video 707

Back to Basics: Your smartphone’s keyboard

This article documents 14 tips for iPhone and Android phone keyboards. All practical skills for working better and faster with your phone’s keyboard.

I know you use the keyboard on your smartphone all the time, but it never hurts to take a minute to “sharpen the saw” and see if there are any bits of knowledge that can make your life easier! So, I’ve made a little checklist here of basic features of the keyboards on smartphones. Since smartphones fall into two categories, I’ll make the
checklist twice, first for iOS: iPhones and iPads, then for Android phones.

Read the article

Google Photos update – for members only

On Sep 13 we hosted a members-only Zoom meeting for an update on Google Photos.

If you missed it, we saved all the goodies on our Classes page.

You can access the recording of the Zoom meeting, all the links that were mentioned, and the slide show.

What: Zoom meeting and class for members only
Topic: Google Photos updates
Class materials and Recorded meeting: Google Photos Update for Members only

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September 2021 News: Google Photos issue

September 7, 2021

September 2021 | Issue 169 | Archives

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3,021 Miles traveled in August

August was a play month! We visited a national park, drove over a 12,000 foot pass in the Rockies, visited lots of friends, showed off our Star Trek geekiness by stopping at the Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk (photo above), slept at a winery, and hung out at the shore. Fun, fun, fun.

We’re home now. Here’s the complete summer tour map:

There were no work stops on our schedule this month, but that didn’t prevent us from doing some online work. Three online events happened to be all about Google Photos – so we decided to dedicate this issue of the newsletter to that topic. See articles below about Editing with Google Photos, Making movies with Google Photos, and 30 questions answered
about Google Photos.

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)
August 8 #217 Technology for Travelers: Prepare to be offline

August 29 #218 Making movies from your photos with Google Photos

Recent Tutorial Videos

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What’s coming up – Our Calendar September 2021

We’re Presenting Online

Things are all online-only on our calendar this month.

Sept 12, 2pm ET- Episode 219 of “What Does This Button Do?
Sep 12, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Sep 13, 3pm ET Members Only Zoom – Google Photos update
Sep 20, 7pm ET- Google Photos: Ask Chris Anything Live
Sep 24, 7pm ET- Members Only Orientation and Q&A Live
Sep 19, 2pm ET- Episode 220 of What Does This Button Do?
Sep 19, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting

October

We have one in-person Roadtrek Rally planned starting on the 26th in Sarasota, Fl.

Oct 10, 2pm ET- Episode 220 of What Does This Button Do?
Oct 10, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Oct 18, 7pm ET- Google Photos: Ask Chris Anything Live
Oct 24, 2pm ET- Episode 220 of What Does This Button Do?
Oct 24, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Oct 26-28, Roadtrek Rally in Sarasota, Fl.
Oct 29, 7pm ET- Members Only Orientation and Q&A Live

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm Eastern time “The Button Show”

September 12th and 26th

October 10th and 24th

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All about Google Photos

Jim and I are evangelists for Google Photos, so it surprises us when we meet someone who doesn’t know what it is. We recently asked someone if they used Google Photos, and they said “Sure, I Google for images all the time.” No, no, no, we’re not talking about public photos, we’re talking about your private library of photos and videos. I have 84,000 photos and videos stored in my Google Photos account. From scanned photos of me as a baby, to high school
graduation and world travels, to to selfies from last week at the beach. I can simply search for any photo I want to see.

We pay $20/year for storage space in the cloud. With that we get all the features that are part of Google Photos. In this newsletter issue, we’ll tell you about 2 of these features:

Improving your photos with Editing,
Making movies from your photos and videos.

The 3d article is about our open Q&A session where you’ll be able to see our answer to 30 different questions about Google Photos.
Lastly, we’re announcing a members-only Zoom meeting to discuss recent updates to Google Photos

Want to learn more? Buy the Book – Learn Google Photos 2021

Editing can take your photos from trash to treasure

Built right in to Google Photos are tools for improving your photos. Tools like Crop, straighten, Adjust exposure, Adjust color. You can use these tools on the computer/web version of Google Photos as well on the iOS and Android app. Whenever you’re looking at your photos, take a minute to make them look better.

This article gives you the exact process to make the changes in the photos above, and it includes a YouTube show where we demonstrate that and more.

Read the article

Using Google Photos to make instant movies from your photos

If you use Google Photos to store your photos and videos, you need to try making movies! It is drop-dead easy to make short movies complete with music that you can then share with your friends.

This article outlines the 3 basic steps to create a movie and also tells you about some of the options. If you use motion photos (Live photos on iPhone) be prepared for a treat when your movies come to life!

At the end of the article is a 50 minute video with lots of demonstration and discussion about the easiest and best ways to make movies.

Read the article

30 Questions answered about Google Photos

Most every month, we host a Youtube and Facebook live stream for open Q&A about Google Photos. During our August session, we had 30 questions.

You can watch the full 1 hour show, or you can read thru the list of questions and click on the timeline link for just those that pique your interest.

Google Photos update – for members only

If you are a premium member of GeeksOnTour.com, please join us on Monday, Sep 13 at 3pm Eastern time for an update on Google Photos. There’s nothing major, but a lot of minor changes since the book was published in June. Some of these changes could be important for you!

We’ll be using the Zoom links for the Backstage Pass. You can find that link on the Member Login page.

What: Zoom meeting for members only
When: Mon Sep 13 at 3pm Eastern
click here to add to your Google Calendar
Where: Zoom meeting link for Backstage pass found here.
Topic: Google Photos updates

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August 2021 News: Photo Editing issue – Google Photos, Snapseed, Samsung Gallery, Apple Photos

August 6, 2021

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Out West

July was a busy month! We presented seminars at 2 rallies in Wyoming, then we played! We visited hot springs, and took a covered wagon ride, then met up with friends parked in the wilderness and took a hike. We visited National Parks, and drove over a 12,000 foot mountain pass. If you like the photo above, be sure to read the complete article on using Snapseed to “beautify” your photos and you’ll learn exactly how it was done.

Where travel meets business

As we write this newsletter, we are parked at a unique location in Montrose, Colorado where some RVers you may have heard of – HeathAndAlyssa.com – have decided to settle down and build their own RV Park! They are focused on providing a place where mobile entrepreneurs can have not only an RV Park, but co-working facilities complete with high-speed Internet, conference facilities, and more.
They haven’t even broken ground yet, but the schoolhouse on the property has fibre Internet, plenty of air-conditioned working space, showers, and a kitchen. We ended up staying 3 days, got a lot of work done, and had fun getting to know the other RV Entrepreneurs who were parked there. It’s not really an RV park yet, but you can reserve boondocking sites here. Thanks Heath and Alyssa – and good luck in your endeavors, we love the concept.

Beauty of the West!

Our travels in Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado this month were filled with so much beauty that I’ve decided to dedicate this newsletter issue to photo editing. We took lots of photos with our phones, then used Google Photos for basic editing, Snapseed for “beautifying” and some special features of Apple Photos as well as Samsung Gallery that we had fun with. I hope you’ll read thru these tips and follow along to learn just how easy it is to have people go “WoW!” when they see your photos.

If you have the book, Learn Google Photos, editing is covered in Chapter 7. And here’s the YouTube playlist of videos that goes along with Chapter 7.

Materials from the RV Rallies

We presented several seminars at 2 RV rallies in July. Whether you joined us in person or not, you can access the class materials for all of these seminars on the web pages we’ve made.

FMCA – 4 seminars: all class materials here
Escapade – 3 seminars: all class materials here

Right now, these pages are open for anyone to view. We leave them open for about a month then change their status to members only.

See you Sunday!

It’s been a while since we’ve done our Sunday Live YouTube show – did ya miss us? We will do our best to be somewhere with Internet and electricity this Sunday so we can stream episode 217 of What Does This Button Do? We’ll tell you all about our travels for the past month and give lots of tips about living off-grid and off-line as well as a few of our favorite travel apps.

Recent YouTube Shows

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)
July 11 #216 Technology for Travelers: 4 seminars

Recent Tutorial Videos

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What’s coming up – Our Calendar August 2021

We’re Presenting Online

Plenty of content on our calendar this month!

August is a travel month. Pay close attention to time zones.

Aug 8, 2pm CDT- Episode 217 of What Does This Button Do?
Aug 8, 3pm CDT Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Aug 16, 7pm ET- Google Photos: Ask Chris Anything Live
Aug 22 2pm ET Episode 218 of What Does This Button Do?
Aug 22, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Aug 27, 7pm ET- Members Only Orientation and Q&A Live

We’re not sure what September’s calendar will look like. If we’re back home, we’ll have the regular line-up of shows and specials.

Sep 5, 2pm ET- Episode 219 of What Does This Button Do?
Sep 5, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Sep 13, 3pm ET Members Only Zoom – Google Photos update
Sep 19, 2pm ET- Episode 220 of What Does This Button Do?
Sep 19, 3pm ET Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
Sep 20, 7pm ET- Google Photos: Ask Chris Anything Live
Sep 24, 7pm ET- Members Only Orientation and Q&A Live

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm OUR LOCAL time “The Button Show”

We are traveling. Our local time may be MDT, CDT, or EDT. Make a note.

August 8th and 22nd

September 5th and 19th

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Get vaccinated.

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Basic Photo Editing using Google Photos

If you’ve never used Google Photos to enhance your photos, then you need to learn how to get in to edit mode and to navigate amongst the different tools (see this video). If you already know that, then there are just two features that made the difference in the photo above:

Adjustments: Shadows – slide to increase light in the shadows
Pop: Scroll to the right until you find More…, choose Pop and slide to increase
Done and Save

Read the article for more examples

Beautifying your photos using special editing features of the free Snapseed app.

Once you start playing with Snapseed, you won’t be able to stop. The option called Ambiance takes any scenic shot and makes it look like a painting. It’s just one slider and it makes such a difference.

Some special editing features of the Samsung Gallery app

I felt this picture needed a better sun, a happier sun, a fun sun! So, I used Samsung Gallery and added a sticker.

Read the article to see how this is done.

A special editing feature of the iPhone Photos app

As long as you know how to take a “Live” photo with your iphone, you won’t believe just how easy it is to get the effect above. The article includes a video that shows you exactly how to do it.

Read the Article

Learn Google Photos 2021 available at Amazon

Google Photos is changing all the time, and we have several ways of alerting you to the changes, but sometimes the changes are significant enough that we need to reprint the book. The Learn Google Photos book has been updated to reflect the changes that took place on and before June 1, 2021. If you click the
image at right, you will go to the Amazon page to look inside the book at the first several pages of the Kindle edition of the book.

Buy from Amazon: Kindle version 7.95 | Paperback 24.95

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June 2021 News: Travel Planning, Harvest Hosts, Google Photos 2021

June 5, 2021

June 2021 | Issue 166 | Archives

What’s up with Jim and Chris – the Geeks

Get ready to travel

The big RV Rallies were all cancelled in 2020, but they’re ON this year. Both the FMCA Int’l Convention, and the Escapees Club Escapade are being held during the month of July in Wyoming. We’ll be there, and we hope to see many of you there too. The Escapade is already sold out, but
if you’re registered, there is still room in our pre-rally Smartphone Photography workshop.

Since we’re getting ready to hit the road ourselves, the theme for this newsletter is Travel Planning. We use lots of different maps and apps to plan our travels – we’ll be teaching a seminar at both rallies called, “Maps and Apps for RV Trip Planning”. If you can’t attend, you can still view all of the class materials here.

Check out the articles this month about calculating dates in your travel plans, staying at Harvest Hosts, and finding those scenic gems with the Roadtrippers website.

We’re also happy to announce that our Learn Google Photos book has now been updated to reflect the changes in the product before and thru June 1. We’ll be showing the Kindle version of it as we teach how to control the Kindle app in Episode 214 of our YouTube show on June 6.

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)
May 23 #213 How to play your music in the car

May 8 #212 Our problem with Trip Planning – Solved

May 17 Learn Google Photos open Q&A (make sure to use the chapter links in the description – they link to 27 separate questions!)

New Tutorial Videos

Thank you to our premium members for supporting us and making this newsletter possible! If you learn something from us, and you’re not a member, consider joining us now.

What’s coming up – Our Calendar June/July 2021

We’re Presenting LIVE – online and in person!

Lots of stuff on our calendar this month!

June 1, 3pm ET Venice Technology User Group Travel apps
June 6, 2pm ET Episode 214 of What Does This Button Do?
June 6, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
June 20 2pm ET Episode 215 of What Does This Button Do?
June 20, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
June 21, 3pm ET – Google Photos Live Q&A streaming to Facebook and YouTube. Chris will demo and take questions
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July 7-10 FMCA 103rd International Convention in Gillette, WY.
- Wed at 2:30 MDT – Smartphone Photography
- Thur at 1 MDT – Remember & Share your Travels: Photos, Maps, Blogs
- Fri at 9am MDT – Google Photos
- Sat 2:30 MDT – Maps & Apps

We’ll have a table in the FMCA Information Center for Books and Memberships

July 11, 2pm MDT Episode 214 of What Does This Button Do?
July 11, 3pm MDT Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
July 16-17 Camp Reboot – Smartphone Photography & Google Photos
July 18-23 60th Escapade in Rock Springs, WY
- Mon at 3pm MDT Smartphone Photography
- Tue at 8:30am MDT Maps and Blogs
- Wed at 10:30am MDT RV Trip Planning

We’ll have a booth in the Escapade vendor area for Books and Memberships

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm Eastern time “The Button Show”

June 6th and 20th

July 11th

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Get vaccinated.

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Travel Planning: Calculating Dates

If you use a trip-planning app, here’s how it usually goes … you enter your starting location and your starting date, then you enter every night stop along the way and the app will calculate the dates of arrival. But what if you don’t want to plan every night? We’ve come up with an easy trick to make it all work.

Travel Planning: Staying at Harvest Hosts

When you travel by RV, you don’t really need a place to stay, you just need a place to park. RV parks with full hookups are nice but not always necessary. If you’re willing to park somewhere without hookups, you have many more options. One of our favorites is called Harvest Hosts.

Places we would have missed without Roadtrippers

If you want ideas of sights to see and places to stay, you can’t do better than the Roadtrippers website and app.

Maps and Apps for RV Trip Planning

All of the tips above are part of our seminar called Maps and Apps for RV Trip Planning. We will be presenting that seminar at both the FMCA and the Escapade RV rallies in July. We presented the same seminar at the Tampa RV Supershow in January, and also to several clubs over Zoom.

We’ve collected all the class materials and put them on one page for you to peruse whenever you want! Just visit the page Maps and Apps for RV Trip Planning and you’ll be able to download the seminar handout and view the slides we use to present the class.

You’ll also find links to all the apps and websites that we mention. Last but not least there is a playlist of over a dozen of our tutorial videos on subjects related to travel planning.

View the Class Materials

Learn Google Photos 2021 now available at Amazon

Google Photos is changing all the time, and we have several ways of alerting you to the changes, but sometimes the changes are significant enough that we need to reprint the book. The Learn Google Photos book has been updated to reflect the changes that took place on and before June 1, 2021. If you click the image at right, you will go
to the Amazon page to look inside the book at the first several pages of the Kindle edition of the book.

Buy from Amazon: Kindle version 7.95 | Paperback 24.95

Make sure to tune in to Episode 214 of our YouTube show. We will be using the Learn Google Photos 2021 book to demonstrate how to use the Kindle app.

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May 2021 News: Last chance for Google Photos free storage, QR codes, Google Lens

May 6, 2021

May 2021 | Issue 165 | Archives

April with Jim and Chris – the Geeks

Becoming Home-bodies

Chris is not known for having a green thumb! But, with all this time at home, she just had to do a little digging and planting. Her favorite thing in the garden though, is this little froggie statue. It’s been there as long as she can remember and it had lost its eyes. She asked Jim to use the 3D printer to make him some new ones and they turned out great! Now, if only he could 3D print some flowering bushes.

Club Presentations

We presented six seminars over zoom during April. The topics included Google Photos, Blogger, Snapseed, and a Hodgepodge of Tech Tips. If you belong to one of the organizations that invited us, you already know about it. For the rest of you, we are listing the classes along with a link to all class materials on our website. And, if you are a teacher, you are welcome to use our materials for your own class. Just go to GeeksOnTour.com and click where you see the word “Classes” – it will
take you to this page. It’s quite a resource – check it out!

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)
Apr 25 #211

Hodgepodge of Tech Tips including Google Lens

Apr 11 #210 Google Photos: Do these 2 things before June 1

Apr 19 Learn Google Photos open Q&A (make sure to use the chapter links in the description – they link to 32 separate questions!)

New Tutorial Videos

What’s coming up – Our Calendar May/June 2021

We’re Presenting LIVE – online and in person!

Lots of stuff on our calendar this month!

May 4, 1:30pm ET – Senior Planet Colorado Hodgepodge of Smartphone Tips (Zoom)
May 6 7:30 pm ET – Cajun Clickers Computer Club – upcoming changes in Google Photos (Zoom)June
May 9, 2pm ET – Episode 212 of What Does This Button Do?
May 9, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
May 17, 3pm ET – Google Photos Live Q&A streaming to Facebook and YouTube. Chris will demo and take questions.
May 23, 2pm ET – Episode 213 of What Does This Button Do?
May 23, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
May 28, 3pm ET – GOT Member Orientation Zoom Meeting for all Premium Members
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June 1, 3pm ET Venice Technology User Group Travel apps?
June 6, 2pm ET Episode 212 of What Does This Button Do?
June 6, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
June 20 2pm ET Episode 213 of What Does This Button Do?
June 20, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
June 21, 3pm ET – Google Photos Live Q&A streaming to Facebook and YouTube. Chris will demo and take questions

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm Eastern time “The Button Show”

May 9th and 23rd

June 6th and 20th

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Get vaccinated.

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Last chance to take advantage of Google Photos’ Free unlimited storage before June 1.

If you use Google Photos, I want you to do something right now. Go to One.Google.com/storage and check your account’s usage. It will look something like the screenshot above. If you see that Google Photos is using up any storage, there is an easy way to reduce that number to 0 by retroactively compressing all photos and videos to the size called “High Quality.”

Recover Storage

The command is called Recover Storage and you will find it on the web version of Google Photos, under the settings button – the gear. Just click Recover Storage, then click Compress. That’s it!

If you don’t see a Recover Storage button, that means that you are already paying for storage, but you can still compress all past photos and videos by clicking back and forth from the Original Quality setting to the High Quality setting. You will be prompted if you want to compress past files, check the box to recover storage then click confirm.

Do this before June 1. Watch the video below if needed.

Read all about Google’s new storage policy

Recover Storage for your Google Account Tutorial Video 689

QR Codes are everywhere

You’re seeing them in restaurants these days. Scan the code to read the menu on your phone. They’re also on business cards, brochures and correspondence. To scan them, all you need to do is point your phone’s camera at the code, then tap the message that pops up.

Read the article for more tips.

Google Lens will tell you about the things around you, including translating.

I bought this plant to put in my back yard garden, but I don’t know if it needs sun or shade. If I knew the name of the plant, I would just google how to care for it, but I have no idea what it is called. This is where Google Lens comes in. You just focus on things in the real world and it will “google it for you.” Imagine being able to “Google it” for anything in the real world as well as online. Are you wondering where your friend bought that cool kitchen
appliance? Just get out your phone with Google Lens, point it at the appliance and you’ll find out. You’ll even get a link for where to buy it. What is this menu item that’s written in Italian? Google Lens can tell you.

Read the article to learn more.

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April 2021 News: Computer to Google Photos, Smart Watch heart monitoring, Four Seminars for you

April 9, 2021

April 2021 | Issue 164 | Archives

March with Jim and Chris – the Geeks

Springtime travel

Since we’re both vaccinated now we feel good to travel. March was the FMCA RV convention in Perry, GA. We traveled there in our little RV, had gorgeous weather, and presented 4 seminars. Read more and see how you can access all four seminars in the article below: Presenting 4 seminars at an RV Rally.

On the way home we stopped at a friend’s near Gainesville, Florida and were in awe of the stunning Azaleas – thus the photos above.

Club Presentations

We presented several seminars over zoom for computer clubs – and you can benefit by visiting GeeksOnTour.com/clubs – you will see what topics we presented for which clubs AND you’ll be able to access all the class materials we used. It’s quite a resource – check it out!

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)
Mar 21 #209 How wearable technology can improve your health in 2021 with Dr. Ron Brown

Mar 7 #208 Use Google Photos instead of Apple photos or Gallery

On our Learn Google Photos YouTube channel we offer a monthly live “Ask Chris Anything” on the 3d Monday at 3pm Eastern.

Mar 15 Learn Google Photos open Q&A (make sure to use the chapter links in the description.)

New Tutorial Videos

What’s coming up – Our Calendar March/April 2021

We’re Presenting LIVE – online and in person!

Lots of stuff on our calendar this month!

April 11, 2pm ET – Episode 210 of What Does This Button Do?
April 11, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
April 12, 1:30pm ET – Senior Planet Colorado How to make a blog with Blogger (Zoom)
April 19, 3pm ET – Google Photos Live Q&A streaming to Facebook and YouTube. Chris will demo and take questions.
April 23, 10am ET – Deerfield Beach Computer Club Topic TBD (Zoom)
April 25, 2pm ET – Episode 211 of What Does This Button Do?
April 25, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
April 30, 3pm ET – GOT Member Orientation Zoom Meeting for all Premium Members
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May 4, 1:30pm ET – Senior Planet Colorado Hodgepodge of Smartphone Tips (Zoom)
May 6 7:30 pm ET – Cajun Clickers Computer Club – upcoming changes in Google Photos (Zoom)
May 9, 2pm ET – Episode 212 of What Does This Button Do?
May 9, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
May 17, 3pm ET – Google Photos Live Q&A streaming to Facebook and YouTube. Chris will demo and take questions.
May 23, 2pm ET – Episode 213 of What Does This Button Do?
May 23, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
May 28, 3pm ET – GOT Member Orientation Zoom Meeting for all Premium Members

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm Eastern time “The Button Show”

April 11th and 25th

May 9th and 23rd

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Wear a mask.

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It’s time to upload all those photos from your computer to Google Photos.

In Chris’ book: Learn Google Photos, Chapters 1, 2, and 3 are all about gathering your lifetime of photos into one place, your Google Photos account. Chapter 1 teaches you about your Google Account. Chapter 2 is about how to automatically gather all the photos taken with your phone – it’s easy – just install the Google Photos app and
turn it on!

Upload all photos from your computer now

If all the photos you’ve ever taken are on your phone, then you’re done. But, most of us have many years worth of digital photos stored on our computers also. The goal is to have your entire life’s collection of photos in your Google Photos. So, how do you get those photos from the computer to your Google account? Read this article to find out. We’ve taken an excerpt from Chapter 3 to tell you how to set up some automatic software that will gather all the photos found on your computer and
copy them to the cloud in your Google Photos account.

Now is the time to do this! If you use the “High Quality” size setting, then all the photos and videos that you upload now will be stored forever free! That changes on June 1, so, read the article and do it now!

How will wearable technology improve your health in 2021?

We wear a watch to tell the time, right? You can also wear a watch today to tell you your heart rate, your blood oxygen level, and whether you have Atrial Fibrillation. You can also see your patterns of heart rate, blood oxygen, and level of sleep all night long, possibly alerting you to future problems.

Learn all about it from our friend, Ron Brown MD, in episode 209 of our “What Does This Button Do?” show.

He even expects the Apple Watch to be able to do bloodless blood sugar monitoring later this year. This will be a game-changer for people with diabetes, saving billions of dollars and oh-so-many headaches with blood-sugar testing.

Video and show notes here

A quick video about the Apple Watch and heart monitoring

Apple Watch and Your Health Tutorial Video 684

Presenting four seminars at an RV Rally

We actually taught seminars live and face to face this last month, but just because you weren’t there doesn’t mean you can’t benefit also. Read this article and you’ll discover how you can get free access to all the class materials for the four seminars we presented:

Smartphone Photography: take a good shot and make it better
How to remember and share your travels with photos, maps, and a Blog
How to Organize your Photos using Google Photos
How do I make my own custom Google Map

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March 2021 News: Club presentations, YouTube chapters, Bitcoin, Data Privacy

March 8, 2021

March 2021 | Issue 163 | Archives

What’s Up in February with Jim and Chris – the Geeks?

We got shot!

Shot with our 2 Pfizer Covid-19 vaccinations that is. It took some perseverance to get the appointments, then several hours in a long line of cars to get to the vaccination site at Hard Rock Stadium, but we’re done! We feel like we have a new lease on life.

That was the extent of our excitement this month. We were home all month. We did a couple “Button” Shows on YouTube (see below) and some members-only meetings on Zoom. Our articles are a bit different this month, opinion pieces about Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Data Privacy. We still have one ‘how-to’ article about chapters on YouTube videos.

Club Presentations

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)
Feb 21 #207 Data Privacy with Phil May

Feb 7 #206 Tech Tip HodgePodge with 3D Printing and CryptoCurrency

On our Learn Google Photos YouTube channel we offer a monthly live “Ask Chris Anything” on the 3d Monday at 3pm Eastern.

Feb 18 Learn Google Photos open Q&A

New Tutorial Videos

What’s coming up – Our Calendar March/April 2021

We’re Presenting LIVE – online and in person!

Lots of stuff on our calendar this month!

March 7, 2pm ET – Episode 208 of What Does This Button Do?
March 7, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
March 10-13, FMCA International Convention in Perry, GA. We’ll be presenting 4 live seminars and signing books.
March 15, 3pm ET – Google Photos Live Q&A streaming to Facebook and YouTube. Chris will demo and take questions.
March 21, 2pm ET – Episode 209 of What Does This Button Do?
March 21, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
March 26, 3pm ET – GOT Member Orientation Zoom Meeting for all Premium Members
April 4, 2pm ET – Episode 210 of What Does This Button Do?
April 4, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
April 18, 2pm ET – Episode 211 of What Does This Button Do?
April 18, 3pm ET – Backstage Pass for Members Only Zoom meeting
April 19, 3pm ET – Google Photos Live Q&A streaming to Facebook and YouTube. Chris will demo and take questions.
April 30, 3pm ET – GOT Member Orientation Zoom Meeting for all Premium Members

Live YouTube Shows Sundays at 2pm Eastern time “The Button Show”

March 7th and 21st

April 4th and 18th

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Wear a mask.

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YouTube Chapters

This article will show you how to use YouTube chapters to jump to just the parts of a video you want to watch.

If you are a YouTube creator, you’ll learn how easy it is to create these chapters.

Read the Article

Geeks on Tour Accepts Bitcoin

What actually IS Bitcoin, you ask? Well, that’s what we want to know as well. We’ve been studying, learning, and experimenting. We think that Bitcoin, or some cryptocurrency, is here to stay. We think that the technology behind cryptocurrency – the Blockchain – will change our world every bit as much as the Internet and smartphones have done.

Who owns your personal data? Hint: it’s not you.

On 2/21 we did our YouTube show #207 on Data Privacy with a guest, Phil May who is a data privacy professional. I’ve thought of little else ever
since!

If you use a smartphone, or any online services, you are probably aware that some of your personal data is being collected. But when all the data about you is out there and gets aggregated, it amounts to a loss of privacy.

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Have you seen these tutorial videos?

Here is a sample of our tutorial videos.Apple Photos, soft waterfall effect

Home again

In this newsletter:

We also did 2 episodes of our “What Does This Button Do?” YouTube show:

Recent Tutorial Videos

Google Drive for Desktop: Confusion is strong with this one.

Find your spouse with Google Maps

Recent YouTube Shows

Recent Tutorial Videos

Basic Photo Editing using Google Photos

Beautifying your photos using special editing features of the free Snapseed app.

Some special editing features of the Samsung Gallery app

A special editing feature of the iPhone Photos app

Places we would have missed without Roadtrippers

Becoming Home-bodies

Club Presentations

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)Apr 25 #211

New Tutorial Videos

Ask the Geeks Q&A forum.

YouTube Chapters

Geeks on Tour Accepts Bitcoin

Who owns your personal data? Hint: it’s not you.

What Does This Button Do? (YouTube shows)
Apr 25 #211