Website of the week. Adopt a Useless Blob – in a variety of colors to make your computer kind of different from all of those “other” computers.
http://www.spacefem.com/blobs/
Announcements: o CNYPCUG meeting being held on Monday, February 6, 2006 at the Liverpool Public Library. February’s topic is “All about Crime Mapping!” - Deputy William Wafful will present: Crime Mapping using a program called Crime View. He will do an actual demo with the program & show some sample searches & actual reports with real data. Members & non-members are requested to register to attend all meeting. Registration forms are available online at http://www.cnypcug.org/reserve.
o ACM February Meeting
· Professional Development Seminar
· Saturday, February 11, 2006 – Web Development using PHP & MySQL
· Topics:
What are social networking tools?
What are the business benefits from using social networking tools ( e.g. blogs )?
How do you think about the security and intellectual property concerns?
How do you convince your management to jump in?
· Speaker: Jill Hurst-Wahl – president of Hurst Associates, Ltd. An information consultant with more than 20 yrs business experience.
· Where – Holiday Inn, Carrier Circle
· When – 5:30 – 6:00 Pm Registration & Networking
6:00 – 6:50 PM Dinner/Buffet
6:50 – 7:40 PM Presentation
· Cost - $20.00 for ACM Members
- $25.00 for non-members and walk-ins.