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Geeks on Tour: Back to School
Ever since we had our TechnoGeek Learning Rallies with our friends from TechnoRV, people have been asking us when we’ll have another. Well, Phil and Tracey from TechnoRV are settled for the time being...
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Our Cloud Computing Class Evolves
This week, here in the Quad Cities of Illinois/Iowa, we taught Cloud Computing for the Quad Cities Computer Society. We’ve presented this”Cloud Computing” topic many times over the last year. This...
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Using this Website
We are Geeks on Tour, and we have lots of websites going back for 18 years! If you hear us say, “that’s on our website” you may need to ask, “Which website?” and “Where?.” We don’t want it to be that...
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Web Albums, Blogs, or Both?
This week we taught a class at the Center for Active Seniors (CASI) in Davenport, Iowa. For years we’ve taught a seminar called “Every RVer Needs a Blog!” Our personal travel blog is very important to...
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Geeks on Tour make the Newspaper!
Here in the Quad Cities area of Moline, IL and Davenport, IA the local paper that many people rely on is called The Dispatch / Argus and they have an online version of the paper at qconline.com. Our...
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Geeks on Tour at a Rally?
What is an RV Rally you might ask? It’s like a convention, but instead of staying in a hotel room, the attendees all bring their own houses! It needs to be held at someplace with lots of spacious...
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Private Learning Sessions
The easiest way to learn something is with a teacher by your side. Our tutorial videos are the next best thing, but there may not be a video on exactly what you want to learn. We love teaching people...
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What Does This Button Do? A Weekly Broadcast by Geeks on Tour
Watch the Shows Archived Shows Hangouts on Air If you’ve been watching our YouTube channel, you may have noticed that we’ve used the “Hangouts on Air” feature of Google Plus to produce some of our...
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A Live, Weekly, Show? Are we Crazy?
Why are we doing this? Because we can! Or, at least we think we can. The system is called Google Plus Hangouts on Air. It is a free web-based video teleconferencing system. Like Skype, you can call...
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Ten Years of Teaching Technology to Travelers!
It was August 2004 – 10 years ago – that we attended our first FMCA convention, and it was in Redmond, Oregon too. We were working for Coach Connect at the time. They sponsored the Wi-Fi hotspot for...
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Samsung AllShare–A new way to demo mobile devices
We have a new toy. Have you heard of AppleTV or ChromeCast? Well, we have both of those also, and we use them at home to project our phone or our iPad’s screen to our TV, but they don’t really do...
View ArticleCamp Reboot at Escapade–Mobile Style
We are offering two special pre-rally classes at the march 2015 Tucson Escapade. Hands on with your smartphone or tablet. One 6-hour class on Apple iPhones and iPads. Another 6 hour class on Android...
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Are you Smarter Than Your Smartphone?
Some people use their phones and tablets all the time. They’re sending text messages, taking pictures, sending and receiving email, and keeping up with friends on Facebook. They’re always ready to show...
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Geek Week at Scenic Road RV in Quartzsite, Arizona
The Scenic Road RV Park is in the heart of Quartzsite. And we will be there in the heart of the RV season – the week before the “Big Tent.” These seminars will be available for free to folks staying...
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Geek Month at Palm Creek Golf and RV
We will be staying at Palm Creek Golf and RV in Casa Grande, AZ for the entire month of December and giving seminars every week. The Technology overview seminar is free for anyone. The...
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Are you a Beginner with Technology?
We’ve had the opportunity this month to teach several seminars to small groups. This way we get to hear more of their questions and we were reminded that most people our age never had any basic...
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Family Motorcoach (FMCA) Convention in Pomona, CA March 2015
Here are the seminars we will be teaching at the FMCA Pomona convention, March 26-29. Technology for TravelersLaptops, smartphones and tablets all have something to offer travelers. Jim and...
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Escapade Rally: Geeks on Tour Seminars
We are in Tucson, Arizona this week for the Escapees Annual RV Rally Here are the seminars we will be presenting. Hope to see a lot of you there! All our seminars are located in Thurber Hall, Room 1....
View ArticleWhere are Jim and Chris?
This is the map from where we’ve checked in on RVillage.com. Although you can’t see offhand which marker is the current one, if you follow us it will be clear. For example, we are currently following...
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Your Pictures in the Cloud? Using Google+ Photos with Android and iOS
Many of us are using smartphones and tablets as our primary cameras these days. And, many of you may not even have a computer – finding that the smartphones and tablets meet all your computing needs....
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