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Pictures and audio/video media highlighting our recent meetings.


  YouTube Channel Many of our recent presentations can be viewed on the NYACC YouTube Channel.
While you’re there, hit the “SUBSCRIBE” button on that page so you can find out about new recordings as they become available!

  Supplementary notes and links to additional resources pertaining to recent meetings may also be available at our BBS ( https://nyacctalk.glump.net/ ), listed by date and presentation title.
Table of Contents
2024-02-08 Hank Kee The Three R’s in the Anatomy of Backup: Redundancy, Retention, Recovery
2023-11-09 NYACC Board Members Lightning Talks
  Brendan Kidwell Quick-Access Calculator, Tool, and Database Web Sites
2023-09-14 NYACC Board Members Small Scale Retro Computers
  Steve Walton Palm Pilot Computer
  Brendan Kidwell HP-200 LX MS-DOS
TRS-80 Model 100
2023-04-13 NYACC Board Members Lightning Talks
  Brendan Kidwell Classic Games on an Android Phone,
and a Snap-on Game Controller
  Hank Kee Radio Garden
Listening to Local Radio Stations Around the World
  Steve Walton How to Create a Talking Avatar with D-ID
(AI Generated Video Creation)
  Richard Cashin Why 2FA Matters
(Two-Factor Authentication)
2023-03-09 Brendan Kidwell Will ChatGPT Change the World?
2023-02-09 Hank Kee Customizing Windows 10
2022-08-11 Asa Bacon Using Zoom — What’s New, with Tips and Tricks
2022-04-14 Hank Kee Audacity — FREE Digital Audio Editing App
Tips and Tricks
2022-03-10 Hank Kee CashApp — Full-Function FREE Tax-Prep App
2021-02-11 Asa Bacon Speech Recognition for Windows Desktop and Apps
2019-06-13 Brendan Kidwell Alternative Non-Corporate Social Networking
2019-05-09 Kevin Raguette More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Printers
2019-04-11 Hank Kee Back to the Future
Windows 10 Hidden RUN and CMD Commands
2019-03-14 Brendan Kidwell Fixing Password Pain
2018-01-11 Brendan Kidwell Using a Work Diary to Prevent Project Chaos
2017-11-09 Ron Stewart Wireless Security Cameras That You Can Install Yourself!
2017-10-12 Lisa Del Monte Web Accessibility
2017-09-14 Patrick Smyth Rules of Thumb for Computer Security
2017-05-11 Ron Stewart How to Self-Publish EBooks, Audio Books and Paperback Books with Little or No Money!
2017-04-13 Alfred Poor Stay Home, Stay Safe!
How technology helps seniors remain in their own homes
2017-03-09 Enterprise Information Security Office Protecting Cyber Security
2016-12-08 Tim Rouse Thoroughly Modern MIDI: An Overview and Demo
2016-11-10 John R. Patrick Election Attitude: How Internet Voting Leads to a Stronger Democracy
2016-09-08 Ann Kidder My Robot Did It!
Ethics and Emerging Technology
2016-08-11 Hank Kee The Absurdly Simple Guide to Backup and Recovery
2016-07-14 Ruth Fasoldt LinkNYC: Good-Bye Pay Phone, Hello Link!
2016-05-12 Kevin Raguette,
Ben Gourdji
What’s The Buzz About Drones?
2016-04-14 Fred Kaplan Dark Territory — The Secret History of Cyber War

NYACC General Meeting — February 8, 2024

The Three R’s in the Anatomy of Backup:
Redundancy, Retention, Recovery


Presented by Hank Kee of The Personal Computer Radio Show (now on PRN.live) and NYACC Board Member


NYACC General Meeting — November 9, 2023

Lightning Talks


Presented by NYACC Board Members

NYACC General Meeting — September 14, 2023

Small Scale Retro Computers


Presented by Steve Walton and Brendan Kidwell
NYACC Board Members

NYACC General Meeting — April 13, 2023

Lightning Talks


Presented by NYACC Board Members

NYACC General Meeting — March 9, 2023

Will ChatGPT Change the World?


Presented by Brendan Kidwell, NYACC Board Member


NYACC General Meeting — February 9, 2023

Customizing Windows 10


Presented by Hank Kee of The Personal Computer Radio Show (now on PRN.live) and NYACC Board Member


NYACC General Meeting — August 11, 2022

Using Zoom — What’s New, with Tips and Tricks


Powerpoint file
(View/Download
slide presentation
from nyacc.org)
Presented by Asa Bacon, NYACC Board Member


NYACC General Meeting — April 14, 2022

Audacity — FREE Digital Audio Editing App
Tips and Tricks


Powerpoint file
(View/Download
slide presentation
from nyacc.org)
Presented by Hank Kee of The Personal Computer Radio Show (now on PRN.live) and NYACC Board Member

NYACC General Meeting — March 10, 2022

CashApp — Full-Function FREE Tax-Prep App


Powerpoint file
(View/Download
slide presentation
from nyacc.org)
Presented by Hank Kee of The Personal Computer Radio Show (now on PRN.live) and NYACC Board Member

NYACC General Meeting — February 11th, 2021

Speech Recognition for Windows Desktop and Apps


Presented by Asa Bacon, NYACC Board Member

Additional Resource Links …

NYACC General Meeting — June 13, 2019

Alternative Non-Corporate Social Networking


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Presented by Brendan Kidwell, an application developer at Abt Associates Inc., an open source software developer and maintainer of the Windows build of Zim Desktop Wiki

Are you unhappy with being a Used instead of a User on Facebook? Are you you bored with the echo chamber of journalists and trolls on Twitter?

In this talk, NYACC member Brendan Kidwell will introduce free software and free services you can use to make friends and share ideas, which aren’t controlled by Silicon Valley surveillance / advertising companies. We will discuss the ActivityPub federated network, powered by software Mastodon and Pleroma. We will also cover IRC and some other lesser known systems. Finally, we’ll go over some personal strategies you can use to stay secure, happy, entertained, and informed while avoiding social networking rage.

Additional information … https://go.glump.net/free-social

NYACC General Meeting — May 9, 2019

More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Printers


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Presented by Kevin Raguette

NYACC General Meeting — April 11, 2019

Back to the Future
Windows 10 Hidden RUN and CMD Commands


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Presented by Hank Kee, co-host of The Personal Computer Radio Show

Windows Command Prompt is a gold mine of secret commands — over 280! Most Windows users don’t know how to use them — or even know they exist!

Noted computer guru Hank Kee will reveal invaluable RUN and CMD commands to automate tasks, troubleshoot issues, and much more. Hank, a NYACC board member, is host of The Personal Computer Show (now on PRN.live).

NYACC General Meeting — March 14, 2019

Fixing Password Pain


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Presented by Brendan Kidwell, an application developer at Abt Associates Inc., an open source software developer and maintainer of the Windows build of Zim Desktop Wiki

Password overload drives many of us to take dangerous shortcuts … or go insane trying to remember and keep track of elaborate passwords.
Do you think…
– ZombieCat12 is a secure password?
– You can safely reuse a password?
– No one would try to steal your password?
Think again!

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NYACC General Meeting — January 11th, 2018

Using a Work Diary to Prevent Project Chaos


Presented by Brendan Kidwell, an application developer at Abt Associates Inc., an open source software developer and maintainer of the Windows build of Zim Desktop Wiki

Additional Resource Links …

NYACC General Meeting — November 9th, 2017

Wireless Security Cameras That You Can Install Yourself!


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Presented by Ron Stewart, author of What You Must Know About SOCIAL SECURITY Quick & Easy!, now on sale at Amazon.com.

Additional Details …

NYACC General Meeting — October 12th, 2017

Web Accessibility


Presented by Lisa Del Monte, User Experience Designer at Audible

Additional Resource Links …

NYACC General Meeting — September 14, 2017

Rules of Thumb for Computer Security


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Presented by Patrick Smyth, Web Analyst and Digital Fellow

With high-profile data breaches occurring on a regular basis nowadays, computer security seems increasingly elusive. But familiarity with a core set of concepts and techniques can greatly improve your ability to protect yourself online. This presentation explored these core concepts, from examining common misconceptions about security to useful tools and practices for defensive computing, applicable regardless of operating system.

This outline of the Computer Security presentation (implemented using Reveal.js, a presentation framework that’s an alternative to Powerpoint) offers an overview of the valuable advice you missed if you weren’t at this meeting. When you attend NYACC meetings and become a member, you can be informed on the latest contemporary issues, participate in interesting Question and Answer sessions, and automatically receive supplemental materials whenever available.

NYACC General Meeting — May 11th, 2017

How to Self-Publish EBooks, Audio Books and Paperback Books with Little or No Money!


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An overview by Ron Stewart, a successful entrepreneur in book publishing and financial planning for well over 30 years, and the author of What You Must Know About SOCIAL SECURITY Quick & Easy!, now on sale at Amazon.com.

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NYACC General Meeting — April 13th, 2017

Stay Home, Stay Safe!
How technology helps seniors remain in their own homes


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Presented by Alfred Poor, Ph.D., Editor of “Health Tech Insider,” a website and newsletter that covers the health and medical applications of wearable technology.

The vast majority of seniors want to remain in their homes instead of moving to managed settings, but they are concerned about safety. Technology can help. In this presentation, wearable technology expert Alfred Poor, PhD, provides a practical overview of aging-in-place devices, remote medicine, and other affordable systems that make it practical for seniors to remain in their own homes, maintain an independent life, and save money — with safety and peace of mind for all.

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NYACC General Meeting — March 9, 2017

Protecting Cyber Security


Presented by the Enterprise Information Security Office (EISO).

The EISO is responsible for protecting the New York State government’s cyber security infrastructure and providing statewide coordination of policies, standards and programs relating to cyber security; they offer information and recommendations to protect consumers from falling victim to cyber crime.

This PDF presentation Cyber Safety and Responsibility for Cyber Citizens provides an excellent overview and reality check on just how serious cyber security is nowadays: the different ways your personal data can be stolen or controlled, how this information can then be misused, and how to safeguard against it.

NYACC General Meeting — December 8th, 2016

Thoroughly Modern MIDI: An Overview and Demo


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Presented by Tim Rouse, Music Producer, and CEO of “Sonix” music production company.

This video montage contains highlights of a nearly 60 minute presentation. Be sure to attend upcoming meetings where you can participate in interesting Question and Answer sessions not shown in this video.

NYACC General Meeting — November 10th, 2016

Election Attitude: How Internet Voting Leads to a Stronger Democracy


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Presented by John R. Patrick, President of Attitude, LLC

This video montage contains highlights of a nearly 60 minute presentation. Be sure to attend upcoming meetings where you can participate in interesting Question and Answer sessions not shown in this video.

NYACC General Meeting — September 8th, 2016

My Robot Did It!
Ethics and Emerging Technology


Presented by Ann Kidder, Researcher and Programmer

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NYACC General Meeting — August 11, 2016

The Absurdly Simple Guide to Backup and Recovery


Presented by Hank Kee, co-host of The Personal Computer Radio Show

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NYACC General Meeting — July 14, 2016

LinkNYC: Good-Bye Pay Phone, Hello Link!


Presented by Ruth Fasoldt, External Affairs Manager of LinkNYC

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NYACC General Meeting — May 12, 2016

What’s The Buzz About Drones?


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Presented by Kevin Raguette, with a demonstration of the Phantom 3 Quadcopter Drone by Ben Gourdji.

NYACC General Meeting — April 14, 2016

Dark Territory — The Secret History of Cyber War


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Presented by Fred Kaplan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and national security columnist at Slate magazine.

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