BPMUG - The Computer User Group Serving Central Connecticut Since 1982

The BPMUG meetings are held at the First Baptist Church of West Hartford on Fern and N. Main Street. (Map and directions). Enter through the door which is on the side of the church nearest to the cemetery. The door is reached by walking through the playground. As usual, signs will be there to guide you.

Cloud Computing & PDF files

By BPMUG members, Lee Seidman & Jim Smith

Summer has arrived along with the hot weather. It’s time for another quarterly meeting of presentations by BPMUG members. For our July 19th meeting, we will hear from Lee Seidman who has offered to talk about PrimoPDF, a free program to convert your files into standard PDF files. Lee will demonstrate the program and explain why you might want to use it. This will be something useful and fun.

We also have our own president Jim Smith talking to us about a recent concept for using software programs and storing information – in the “Cloud”. Jim will talk about what the cloud is and ways in which you probably are already using it without knowing it. Do you use Google? Where are Google files? Where is the data? All are on the cloud. Sounds pretty crazy but the cloud has many benefits for running programs and backing up your files. Another fun thing to learn about!

Don’t be left outside with the dark clouds. BPMUG members, Lee & Jim will make sure the sun shines through the clouds with these new ideas. So stay “cool” this hot summer by staying updated. Come to the meeting on July 19th for a fun and useful evening. Bring a friend and have some refreshments after the meeting so both of you can both be “Cool”!

July Tip:

Have you played telephone poker before? You know... poke 2 for English, then poke 4 for customer support, then poke 7 for the heck of it, then poke 3 if you haven't given up yet? Ever wondered how to get an actual human being on the line? Here's a tip you'll love! Go to www.gethuman.com and type in the name of the company. Others share their ways to get around the telephone poker and get right to a human. Of course once you get to that human there are no guarantees that they will be helpful or knowledgeable but at least it is better than playing an endless game of telephone poker!