Meeting was held at Brookfield Town Hall on 9/14/15. The topic was setting up online sales on various Web sites. A hard copy of an infographic on marketing was available to attendees. Sean has resigned as co-leader of this workshop so direct any questions to Steve Harkness going forward. There is … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
DACS President’s Column October 2015
Our Resource Center is going through a facelift on Friday, September 25th. Thanks to Cathy Quaranta and Tom Zarecki, some WestConn students will be volunteering their time with a few of our members to help clean and repaint the walls and brighten things up. It won’t be long before we can proudly … [Read more...]
September 2015: LinkedIn Tips, Tricks, and Strategy
By Cathy Quaranta The September 1, 2015 DACS General Meeting had a good mix of members and ‘future member’ guests in the audience, interested in the topic. Perfect timing: the Fall hiring season is here. Tom Zarecki kicked off the meeting with some DACS news – he mentioned the new Online … [Read more...]
August/September 2015 Single Board Computer Workshop
Windows 10 IoT on the Raspberry Pi 2 Is IoT the NBT? If you said “Yes!”, then Microsoft might have something in a version of Windows 10 that runs on the Raspberry Pi 2. If your answer was “Huh?”, well that’s ok. We'll learn together. “IoT” means the Internet of things. No matter what that is, … [Read more...]
DACS Board Minutes for September 2, 2015
The meeting was called to order at 7:10pm by Dick Gingras. In attendance were Richard Corzo, Dick Gingras (President), Bert Goff (Treasurer & Secretary), Cathy Quaranta, Andy Woodruff, Tom Zarecki. Charlie Bovaird was present as a guest, and the minutes were taken by Richard Teasdale. The … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie Bartlett 2015 Melville House Cyberspace, if I may use that term, is often divided into distinct parts. The news media does this every day, providing convenient compartments into which they stuff everything from politicians to television … [Read more...]
September 14th: Online Business Workshop
The August 2015 meeting was very good. We'll continue with details of setting up online sales at our September 2015 meeting. Steve H. will also probably have a few more notes on business basics. DACS Online Business Workshop Monday, September 14th, 2015 7pm-8pm+ Brookfield Town Hall Room … [Read more...]
September 15th, Web Design SIG/Workshop
Every website has navigation links to access all the content and information presented within a site. What is the best way to plan a menu structure to be most efficient? Let's take a look at ways to organize and design navigation priorities. WordPress offers easy navigation tools, and the theme will … [Read more...]
Anyone Can Make a Mobile Application!
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 7:30 PM Location: Danbury Hospital Creasy Auditorium Presenter: Mike Kaltschnee Mike Kaltschnee from the Danbury Hackerspace will demonstrate how anyone can create a mobile application using MIT & Google's App Inventor. "You don't have to be a techie or … [Read more...]
September 8th: Apple Workshop
Our August break is over and Apple has been busy preparing for a big announcement on Wednesday, September 9th, the day after our meeting. It'll be fun to go over the rumors as we are expecting for starters a new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. But Apple has reserved a much larger venue reserved for this … [Read more...]