Coaching computing and electronics

Last night, we tried to help those who showed up with questions and problems related to computers and electronics

1. Can you get a free connection to the internet?  Probably at your local public library or favorite coffee shop.  Maybe as a visitor on a local campus?
2. The Calibre program for changing ebook formats
3. Sharing a Kindle archive between devices - if two Kindles use the same credit card and Amazon account, they can share the archives, too
4. Sound on a Kindle - having it read text aloud, for some texts anyhow.  Press the Symbol key while holding the Up-arrow key
5. Moving music onto an iPod - use latest updated version of iTunes
   
6. the map app on an iPad
7. trying one local network after another to find one that works
8. the best clue that people still ignore: put the problem in Google and look over the results.  If you don't get a useable answer, choose a rewording and try again.  This is my best source for guidance at low cos

As at my university, helping adults with their computing is a high-variety undertaking.  Some have Macs and others have Windows machines.  Some are interested in an iPad and some in the Kindle.  A mass approach will probably miss everyone.

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Bill
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