What You Should Know When Buying a Laptop
By Phil Longoria and Mike Berio
English – Saturday Only!
Phil and Mike will give us an inside look on what we should know when buying a laptop. From touching the keys, looking at the monitors, making sure you like the screen resolution, and the size of the screen all are considerations for choosing the right Laptop for YOUR type of use.
We’ll hear recommendations about all the available “bells and whistles”, the differences between having a DVD Rom versus a DVD burner… and so much more!
La compra de una computadora portátil (laptop)
Phil Longoria y Mike Berio
En Español – solo en Domingo!!
Al comprar una computadora portátil, asegúrese de ver y tocar las teclas, mirar los monitores, asegúrese que la resolución de pantalla es adecuada, también tamaño de la pantalla. Sólo compre los programas y opciones que realmente necesita. CD ROM DVD es ideal para ver películas, pero tal vez usted desee editar películas por lo que necesita una grabadora de DVD…….
Mistakes in Web Design
By Scott Hicks
Scott has been developing websites for over 10 years gaining him the insight into what works and what doesn’t.
He will take us through the Twelve Steps of “What Not To Do” when designing our websites. Scott will cover: Text, Contact information, Data, Styles, Links, Script (or Code), Emptiness, Clutter, and more!
Everything anyone would need to know to create outstanding websites that truly show your best!
Start-Up – eBay – Established
Business
Considerations for ALL Businesses
For Success and Prosperity
By Anthony Sykes
Anthony will cover both aspects of business: The Start-Up and Established.
For startup businesses or those thinking of going into business Anthony will cover:
- The different types of business entities: Corporation, Sole Proprietorship, LLC
- Why cash reserve is important
- Considerations for starting an internet business on e-bay or another auction type site
- For those with an on-going / established business Anthony will cover what ratios the banks are looking for when applying for business loans
- How you can find out how you compare to other businesses your size across the country and why that is important.
Scott Hicks has been developing web sites since 2000. Scott worked in the office of Planning and Resource Development at Victor Valley College (vvc.edu) where he worked with a team of people who regularly added pages and updated the web site. He took over Sharing A Dream.com (sharingadream.com) in which he made many significant additions. Mr. Hicks then created a new web site for Andrea Emmes (andreaemmes.com), winner of the 2008 Los Angeles Music Awards for “Independent Christian Contemporary Artist of the Year”. He created two sites for an organization: Walking With Hope Festival.com (no longer active) and 3 Points of Light.com (3pointsoflight.com). Scott has recently launched HCJ Web Development (hcjwd.net).
Scott Hicks graduated from Victor Valley College with an AS Degrees in Computer Science and Math Science. He was an audio technician at a major amusement park and trained many employees how to perform audio tasks for clients and park shows. Scott now uses his training skills to help people with their web development needs.
DIGITAL COMPUTER TALK
Felipe “Phil” Longoria -
Phil is a self certified Jack of all trades based in Whittier, California. Starting in the early 80’s Phil began working on a Commodore Vic 20 that had no hard drive, it didn’t even have a monitor, it used a television set!. He would manually type in page after page of code just to be able to play the video games that were published in a computer magazine in the hopes that the codes were entered correct to play his video game. Thatstarted a 30 year passion in the computer and tech field. If it runs on solar, battery, electric or wind up you better believe he will be talking about it.
Starting with DOS all the way through today’s Windows 7, Phil works hard to stay on top of the ever changing world of computer operating systems. As hardware changes have gone from the days of 286 computers to the new Quad Core systems, Phil understands the hardware dynamics and the end user has different needs.
In the beginning of 2000, Phil went to work for a sub contractor of a major telecom company installing microwave antennas and phone systems while training people in 3 states. He also has an extensive background in the restaurant field working as a restaurant consultant to help implement P.O.S. systems, networking, and wi-fi installations.
