Speakers and Topics at BCUG General Meetings
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Year |
Month |
Subject |
Speaker |
| 2025-06 | June | Understanding Digital Web Performance | Andreas Grabner and David Jones |
| 2025-05 | May | Touring the Web with JB Burke | JB Burke |
| 2025-04 | April | What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Learning | Derek Muller |
| 2025-03 | March | Fintech, AI and the Fed | Patrick Harker |
| 2025-02 | February | Cost-Effective Chromebook Plus with New Features | Ron Brown |
| 2025-01 | January | Current Trends in Personal Technology-2025 | Bill Chriss |
| 2024-12 | December | Superpowers for Your Browser with Extensions | John Stampfel |
| 2024-10 | October | Digital Wallets-Exploring the Future of Payments | Judy Taylour |
| 2024-09 | September | Evolution of Bluetooth, Auracast and More | Various, including Laurel Christensen |
| 2024-08 | August | Broken/Lost/Stolen Cell Phone! What To Do? | Drew King |
| 2024-07 | July | The Chinese Typewriter | Thomas S. Mullaney |
| 2024-06 | June | Leveraging Technology to support Under-Performing Students | Lakshman Parameswaran |
| 2024-05 | May | What's the future for generative AI? | Michael Wooldridge |
| 2024-04 | April | Looking Back at Almost 30 Years of Computer Animation for the Movies | Pixar/Disney |
| 2024-03 | March | What IS an AI PC? | Gelsinger, Lu, et al. |
| 2024-02 | February | GPS-3 wrongs that made it right | Harold Jones |
| 2024-01 | January | Current Trends in Personal Technology-2024 | Bill Chriss |
| 2023-12 | December | Preserving Digital Photos | Mark Schulman |
| 2023-10 | October | Incorporating AI Into Clinical Products at Scale | Zach Sullens |
| 2023-09 | September | A Carpenter's Computer Tools | Mike Rowan |
| 2023-08 | August | AncestryDNA: What To Do With All Those Matches | Crista Cowan |
| 2023-07 | July | Spot, Avoid, and Report Scams | Heather Clary |
| 2023-06 | June | Add Services to Your Smart TV with Examples | Hewie Poplock |
| 2023-05 | May | How Duolingo Uses AI to Assess, Engage and Teach Better | Luis von Ahn |
| 2023-04 | April | Podcasts For and By You-What, Why and How | Sujit D'Mello |
| 2023-03 | March | Finding Your Phone and Tracking Your Stuff | Craig Wilson, Deborah Neff, CyberZone |
| 2023-02 | February | Trends in Personal Technology 2023 | Bill Chriss |
| 2023-01 | January | Panel:My Favorite or Most Frequently Used Windows Programs | Mary Batistick, Sujit D'Mello & Mike Rowan |
| 2022-12 | December | QR Codes:What are they and how to make them | John Krout |
| 2022-10 | October | How to Make the Best of Video Meetings | Alfred Poor |
| 2022-09 | September | Chromebooks, an Alternative | Bill James |
| 2022-08 | August | Cybersecuring U.S. Elections | Dr. Adam Clayton Powell III |
| 2022-07 | July | Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Beginner Tutorial | Chelsea Dohemann |
| 2022-06 | June | Learn all about a VPN | Don Arrowsmith |
| 2022-05 | May | John Krout's Complete Robocall Defense | John Krout |
| 2022-04 | April | AI and Our Human Future – A fireside chat with Daniel Huttenlocher and Eric Schmidt | Daniel Huttenlocher and Eric Schmidt |
| 2022-03 | March | How popular games are affected by computers and Artifificial Intelligence | Oliver Roeder |
| 2022-02 | February | Topics about Internet Privacy | Amira Dhalla, Tom Pendergast, Anshu Sharma, Petros Efstathopoulos, and Daniel Dickey |
| 2022-01 | January | Looking Forward and Back | Bill Chriss |
| 2021-12 | December | On the state of Tesla electric vehicles | Michael Young |
| 2021-11 | November | There was no speaker in November; General Meeting cancelled | No speaker because no meeting |
| 2021-10 | October | “Is cyber security really important?” | Bob Gostischa |
| 2021-09 | September | Let’s talk about email and some about VPNs | Dale Harrington and John Kennedy |
| 2021-08 | August | Privacy: From Intelligent Audio to Humanoid Robots | George Bowden and Andrea Slane |
| 2021-07 | July | Creating Generative Music with Modular Synthesizers | Stu Goldstein |
| 2021-06 | June | The Future of Publishing: A.I., Mixed Reality, Machine Learning, And More | Joanna Penn and Thad McIlroy |
| 2021-05 | May | Dazzling Dinners through Technology and Culinary Creativity | Billa Reiss Rubenstein, Michele Salomon, and Luci Paul |
| 2021-04 | April | Software for Landing Perseverance on Mars | DJ Byrne |
| 2021-03 | March | After the Pandemic: The New (Ab)Normal | Yossi Sheffi |
| 2021-02 | February | Current Trends in Personal Technology | Bill Chriss |
| 2021-01 | January | A PC user‘s guide to avoiding the grief of losing your information | Avram Grossman |
| 2020-12 | December | Joe Kissell‘s book, “Are Your Bits Flipped?” | Joe Kissell |
| 2020-11 | November | [General Meeting cancelled due to conflict with Thanksgiving holiday date] | None |
| 2020-10 | October | What’s new with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 | Lee Maxwell |
| 2020-09 | September | What is the right-to-repair movement? | Lee Maxwell |
| 2020-08 | August | Computer Gaming for Everyone | Colleen and Jon Berrian |
| 2020-07 | July | A tutorial on Google Docs | Melissa Matthews |
| 2020-06 | June | Internet of Things (IoT) and RFID tagging | Eric Reich |
| 2020-05 | May | Monmouth County Library's Digital Library Services | Deborah Alfano |
| 2020-04 | April | How to install a Linux distro on an old PC running Windows 7 | Lee Maxwell |
| 2020-03 | March | [General Meeting cancelled due COVID-19-related facilities closure, government orders] | None |
| 2020-02 | February | Easy Transition from Windows to Linux | John Kennedy |
| 2020-01 | January | Current Trends in Personal Technology | Bill Chriss |
| 2019-12 | December | Music Listening Then and Now | Ray Baxter |
| 2019-11 | November | [General Meeting cancelled due to conflict with Thanksgiving holiday date] | None |
| 2019-10 | October | The most common issues that need repair from a PC/Mac repair shop perspective | Dan Douglas |
| 2019-09 | September | The Sunset of Windows 7 | Greg Skalka |
| 2019-08 | August | The Future of Windows | Michael Shalkey |
| 2019-07 | July | Two tools: Hard Disk Sentinel and iCloud | Gabe Goldberg |
| 2019-06 | June | Providing computer support to Fulfill, to help manage volunteers | Mai-Uyen Nguyen |
| 2019-05 | May | 40 years of BCUG: A look back at the club’s history and a personal journey | Fred Kagel |
| 2019-04 | April | Wi-Fi 6 a.k.a . IEEE 802.11ax: What the future holds | John Stampfel |
| 2019-03 | March | Cutting the cord: Things to consider before firing your cable company | Hewie Poplock |
| 2019-02 | February | How to avoid Internet and telephone computer scams | Lee Maxwell |
| 2019-01 | January | Picking the best backup approach | Gene Barlow |
| 2018-12 | December | What’s New with Chromebooks in 2018 | Ron Brown |
| 2018-11 | November | Current Trends in Personal Technology | Bill Chriss |
| 2018-10 | October | Updated Tips For Staying Safe Online | Bob Gostischa |
| 2018-09 | September | Healthy Worker, Happy Company | Alfred Poor |
| 2018-08 | August | Getting Better Google Search Results | Hewie Poplock |
| 2018-07 | July | Drones! The sensors they carry and their uses | Miles Abrams |
| 2018-06 | June | What’s a Router and Why Do I Want One? | Gabe Goldberg |
| 2018-05 | May | Set Up and Configure a Home Network | Ken Rogers |
| 2018-04 | April | VPN - The Importance of Having One | Joe Melfi |
| 2018-03 | March | Must Have Utilities For Your Computer | David Williams |
| 2018-02 | February | Voice Operated Assistants | Greg Skalka |
| 2018-01 | January | Current Trends in Personal Technology | Bill Chriss |
| 2017-12 | December | Paperless Home | Mike Austin |
| 2017-11 | November | Augmented Reality | Bill Silverman |
| 2017-10 | October | The Bundled Hyper-V Virtual Machine Program in Windows 8, 8.1, or 10. | Francis Chao |
| 2017-09 | September | Dr. Gladmax’s tips and advice on teaching people how to use modern computing devices | Lee Maxwell |
| 2017-08 | August | Tips for Staying Safe Online, Preventing Ransomware and Identity Theft | Bob Gostischa |
| 2017-07 | July | Troubleshooting Your Computer 101 | Judy Taylor |
| 2017-06 | June | Tune Up Your Windows PC | Jere Minich |
| 2017-05 | May | iPad and Smartphone - Together at Last | Gabe Goldberg |
| 2017-04 | April | Scary Alphabet Soup | Bill Silverman |
| 2017-03 | March | Picking the Best Backup Approach | Gene Barlow |
| 2017-02 | February | Buying Printing Equipment | Nancy Davis |
| 2017-01 | January | How to harden a web browser from attack by using browser plugins/add-ons | Lee Maxwell |
| 2016-12 | December | Drones! How we got here, how it all works. | Miles Abrams |
| 2016-11 | November | Riding the Mobile Digital Revolution | Doug Dixon |
| 2016-10 | October | ID Theft Presentation | Hewie Poplock |
| 2016-09 | September | Stay Home, Stay Safe! How technology helps seniors remain in their own homes | Alfred Poor, Ph.D. |
| 2016-08 | August | Amazon Fire and Google Chromebook | Gabe Goldberg |
| 2016-07 | July | Virtual Reality - Google Cardboard and Beyond | Bill Silverman |
| 2016-06 | June | Current Trends in Personal Technology | Bill Chriss |
| 2016-05 | May | Windows 10, Best Free Software and Thoughts on Backups | Sandy Rand |
| 2016-04 | April | The Joys and Heartaches of Using Linux as an Everyday Computer User | Lee Maxwell |
| 2016-03 | March | Buying Printing Equipment | Nancy Davis |
| 2016-02 | February | Buying a New Computer | Mike Austin |
| 2016-01 | January | Graphics Workshop | Bill Silverman |
| 2015-12 | December | Good Computer Habits | Abby Stokes |
| 2015-11 | November | Internet Safety | Kelly Godley |
| 2015-10 | October | My Common Tasks | Jere Minich |
| 2015-09 | September | Wearable Technology for Health and Medicine | Alfred Poor, PhD |
| 2015-08 | August | Buying and Selling on Ebay | Tarr, Andrea |
| 2015-07 | July | The Basics of Computer and Device Troubleshooting | Maxwell, Lee |
| 2015-06 | June | My favorite things | Healton, Gilbert |
| 2015-05 | May | Windows 10 | Austin, Mike |
| 2015-04 | April | Gmail | LeMasney, John |
| March | Cancelled | ||
| 2015-02 | February | Installing an SSD drive in your PC | Barlow, Gene |
| 2015-01 | January | What to do when your computer won't start | Rand, Sandy |
| 2014-12 | December | Current trends in personal technology | Chriss, Bill |
| 2014-11 | November | Organizing your digital photos with Picasa | Guld, Jim and Chris |
| 2014-10 | October | "Slide Show Follies" -- Having fun with ProShow Gold and Producer |
Silverman, Bill and the Graphics Workshop Members |
| 2014-09 | September | Tips and hints for saving money on ink -- "How ink jet printers work" | Minich, Jere |
| 2014-08 | August | So you have a new (or new to you) computer -- now what? | Gostischa, Bob |
| 2014-07 | July | Using Cloud Storage -- An Overview | Chao, Francis |
| 2014-06 | June | The Art and Science of Digital Photography | Robin, Paul |
| 2014-05 | May | X box, Windows 8.1 | Austin, Mike |
| 2014-04 | April | Gabe's Favorite Utilities | Goldberg, Gabe |
| 2014-03 | March | Taking Great Pictures | Tarr, Andrea |
| 2014-02 | February | Selecting the Best Backup Approach with Acronis True Image 2014 | Barlow, Gene |
| 2014-01 | January | How Are We Doing – Micosoft Office 365 and Other Products | Bickel, Zuzanna |
| 2013-12 | December | Computer and Internet Security | Prince, Charles |
| 2013-11 | November | All about digital photographic equipment -- a pre-holiday update | Fitzpatrick, Brendan |
| 2013-10 | October | Scratch, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with the Make Movement and Open Source Development | LeMasney, John |
| 2013-09 | September | Gabe's Favorite Computer Utilities | Goldberg, Gabe |
| 2013-08 | August | Protecting Yourself, Your Computer, and Your Identity | Gostischa, Bob |
| 2013-07 | July | Anamorphic Art: From Leonardo to Present Day | Silverman, Bill |
| 2013-06 | June | Internet safety and concerns | Wilsker, Ira |
| 2013-05 | May | Exciting new products from Microsoft | Austin, Mike |
| 2013-04 | April | History of Technology in NJ | Koblentz, Evan |
| 2013-03 | March | Apple, on OS X, IOS, and ICloud | Mara, Dave |
| 2013-02 | February | ID theft | Poplock, Hewie |
| 2013-01 | January | Current Trends in Personal Computing | Chriss, Bill |
| 2012-12 | December | Computers and Spirituality | Maxwell, Lee |
| 2012-11 | November | Introducing the Microsoft Store and new products | DuBois, Kevin and Sebastian, Cynthis |
| 2012-10 | October | Google + and Pinterest | LeMasney, John |
| 2012-09 | September | Social Media in the Corporate World | Maguire, Robert |
| 2012-08 | August | Is This Thing On? | Stokes, Abby |
| 2012-07 | July | Creating and Marketing Applications -- A Programmer's Point of View | Corbett, Johnny and Einbender, Joel |
| 2012-06 | June | Social Media and the Rest of Us | Jacobs, Kathy |
| 2012-05 | May | Linux Basics -- an introduction to the "Other" O/S | Fowler, Bruce |
| 2012-04 | April | Into the Cloud -- The future of computing | Feinberg, Hank |
| 2012-03 | March | Fault Tolerant Computers | Riesz, Matt |
| 2012-02 | February | Webinar #1 -- Anything Goes | Holzman, Carey |
| 2012-01 | January | Hard Drive Data Recovery - Basic Skills & Concepts | Gao, James |
| 2011-12 | December | Open Source Revisited | Le Masney, John |
| 2011-11 | November | A New Look at Photodex ProShow Gold and Producer | Silverman, Bill |
| 2011-10 | October | Landscaping by Design -- The Use of Computers in the Landscaping Industry | Napolitano, Mark |
| 2011-09 | September | Library Technology Using Computers | O'Neal, Susan |
| 2011-08 | August | The Tools of the Trade -- How Technology Helps and Hinders Filmmaking | Sherwood, Andrew |
| 2011-07 | July | The PC Generation Gap | Culbert, August and Maxwell, Lee |
| 2011-06 | June | The Robotics Competition Team | Gray, Darrell |
| 2011-05 | May | Assistive Technology in Everyday Living | Castellano, Joanne |
| 2011-04 | April | Buying and Selling on Ebay | Tarr, Andrea |
| 2011-03 | March | How to Make Your Computer Run Better | Smith, Mike |
| 2011-02 | February | GPS Secrets | Lewart, Cass |
| 2011-01 | January | Current Trends in Personal Computing | Chriss, Bill |
| 2010-12 | December | 365 Sketches in Inkscape | LeMasney, John |
| 2010-11 | November | Critical Computer Backups | Barlowe, Gene |
| 2010-10 | October | Computer Troubleshooting | Maxwell, Lee |
| 2010-09 | September | Part 4 of 3D Modules | Silverman, Bill |
| 2010-08 | August | Voice Recognition | Austin, Mike |
| 2010-07 | July | WebSite Design and Set Up | Kowrach, Wally |
| 2010-06 | June | Living La Vida Digital in a Windows World | Laudati, Peter |
| 2010-05 | May | Comparison of Internet Options | Budelis, Joe |
| 2010-04 | April | Why I Chose a Macintosh | McEowen, Jim |
| 2010-03 | March | Cool Gadgets for 2010 | Dixon, Douglas |
| 2010-02 | February | The History and Science of 3D | Silverman, Bill |
| 2010-01 | January | Internet Safety | Henninger, Jef |
| 2009-12 | December | Filing Systems, Scanners & More | Austin, Mike |
| 2009-11 | November | Smart Computing | Bulas, Cole |
| 2009-10 | October | Windows 7 | Laudati, Peter |
| 2009-09 | September | My top ten free and open source design, graphics and photography tools | LeMasney, John |
| 2009-08 | August | Corel Paint Shop Pro and Painter 11 | Tarr, Andrea |
| 2009-07 | July | The History of 3D Photography and its Modern Applications | Silverman, Bill |
| 2009-06 | June | Choosing a Conferencing Provider | Budelis, Joe |
| 2009-05 | May | Home Automation with a Personal Computer | Cherry, Neil |
| 2009-04 | April | Social Networking for Business | LeMasney, John |
| 2009-03 | March | New Electronics Advancements | Dixon, Douglas |
| 2009-02 | February | Web security or repair & upgrade to hardware - NO SHOWS! - Sandy ad libbed | Abbott, Ryan & Shawn Sheikhzadeh |
| 2009-01 | January | World Wide Web: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Rosner, Arnold - www.access-for-business.com/about.htm |
| 2008-12 | December | San Disk products --POSTPONED because Brookdale lost electric power. Held an Online meeting instead | David M. LaGanis |
| 2008-11 | November | Desktop Virtualization | Giraffe, Sam |
| 2008-10 | October | Backing up your hard drive using Acronis True Image -- a WEBINAR! | Barlow, Gene - www.ugr.com |
| 2008-09 | September | Things You Might Not Know About Google | May, Joel - www.ewingsnet.com/presentations.html |
| 2008-08 | August | Developing Web Sites -- a WEBINAR! | Fiorentino, Frank |
| 2008-07 | July | Backing Up Aging Analog Tapes | Miller, Steve |
| 2008-06 | June | Smart Computing | Shanahan, Katie |
| 2008-05 | May | NTI Backup Now! Deluxe Suite 4 | Francis, Bob |
| 2008-04 | April | Alpha Software | Smith, Jim |
| 2008-03 | March | More Open Source | LeMasney, John |
| 2008-02 | February | Cartridge World of Freehold | Dempsey, Jim |
| 2008-01 | January | One Laptop per Child | Chriss, Bill |
| 2007-12 | December | APCUG, Compu-kiss and Gadgets | Goldberg, Gabe |
| 2007-11 | November | Running Windows on a Mac | Maxwell, Lee |
| 2007-10 | October | Using Windows Vista | Kessler, Robin |
| 2007-09 | September | Open Source Software | LeMasney, John |
| 2007-08 | August | AVG/GriSoft Antivirus | Eppley, David |
| 2007-07 | July | Computers and Imaging the Night Sky | Walters, Steve |
| 2007-06 | June | Computer Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities | Klausner, Jonathan |
| 2007-05 | May | Windows Vista | Austin, Mike |
| 2007-04 | April | Using Recoverable Storage | May, Joel |
| 2007-03 | March | Open Source Software -- POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER | LeMasney, John |
| 2007-02 | February | Creating a Simple Database with MS Access | Rand, Sandy |
| 2007-01 | January | Will Your Next Computer be a HDTV? | Poor, Alfred |
| 2006-12 | December | Latest Products from Creative Labs | Kirk, Tom - Creative Labs |
| 2006-11 | November | VoIP De-Mystified | Budelis, Joe |
| 2006-10 | October | How to Find and Use Health-Related Resources on the Internet | Laurie, Victor |
| 2006-09 | September | Whittle's Picks for the Digital Home | Whittle, Dave |
| 2006-08 | August | What is Wikimedia? | Maxwell, Lee |
| 2006-07 | July | What is Wikimedia? -- POSTPONED TO NEXT MONTH | |
| 2006-06 | June | Nuance PaperPort | McKinley, Tony |
| 2006-05 | May | SanDisk and APC | LaGanis, DM |
| 2006-04 | April | Austin, Mike | |
| 2006-03 | March | Linux for the Home User | Maybach, Dick |
| 2006-02 | February | Creating Web Pages | Jarocha-Ernst, Chris |
| 2006-01 | January | Dealing with Computer Crime Issues | Henninger, Jef |
| 2005-12 | December | Smart Computing | Clausen, Jen |
| 2005-11 | November | Creative Labs Gifts for Christmas | Kirk, Tom - Creative Labe |
| 2005-10 | October | Managing Your Finances on a Computer | May, Joel |
| 2005-09 | September | Corel Paint Shop Pro & Paint Shop Photo Album | Brown, Tamara |
| 2005-08 | August | ProShow Gold slide show | Silverman, Bill |
| 2005-07 | July | Finding Useful Free Software on the Internet | Laurie, Victor |
| 2005-06 | June | EZ Viewer | Chrzan, Gary - GJC Software |
| 2005-05 | May | Firefox, and alternative to Microsoft's Explorer | Chriss, Bill |
| 2005-04 | April | PC Speedup, Cleanup, Temp files, Spyware, Updates and Drivers | Austin, Mike |
| 2005-03 | March | How to Build Your Own PC | Maybach, Dick |
| 2005-02 | February | Choosing a Digital Camera & More | Gomolka, Dave - Ritz Camera |
| 2005-01 | January | Digital Audio Devices & the Zen Micro | Kirk, Tom - Creative Labs |
| 2004-12 | December | VoIP (Voice over IP) | Burns, Harry |
| 2004-11 | November | Protecting You from Internet Crime | Finlay, Ed - Detective |
| 2004-10 | October | Safe Shopping on the Internet | Laurie, Victor |
| 2004-09 | September | Weird and Wonderful Web Sites | May, Joel |
| 2004-08 | August | Turbo Charge your PC with Intel P4 Hyper-Threading! | Miller, Steve |
| 2004-07 | July | Smart Computing | Coffin, Amber |
| 2004-06 | June | CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 | Brown, Tamara |
| 2004-05 | May | Pinnacle Systems Studio v9 captures, edits & makes movies | Pinnacle Reps |
| 2004-04 | April | Toshiba's Jeff Winters demonstrates the latest Laptops and Accessories | Winters, Jeff |
| 2004-03 | March | VoIP - Voice over IP -- POSTPONED | Burns, Harry |
| 2004-02 | February | Snap Video Recorder | Brenner, David - Video Bureau |
| 2004-01 | January | ProShow Gold and CompuPic Pro | Silverman, Bill |