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As Simon Hig­gins came down with the ‘flu over the week­end, and I had not been any­where need a TAB or horses, I volun­teered to present. ASCCA here we come!

Hmmm, 45 minutes on Vista. I think I am going to show some inter­est­ing things in Win­dows Vista plus do some vox-pop on Seni­ors. See if a few memes actu­ally apply. Also spruik for speak­ing and video exper­i­ences around Aus­tralia. Large WA con­ti­gent here. Future WebJammers?

Whilst I am not sponsored by Tel­stra NextG, I am start­ing to find out how excel­lent it is to present with an inter­net con­nec­tion — no mat­ter where you find yourself.

Nan Bosler, OAM: Stat­istic: Seni­ors spend 42 hours per month on the inter­net.  Generation-Y, 37 hours. Use: Email, lookup product inform­a­tion, exchange pho­tos. Secur­ity is import­ant as threats from vir­uses. Con­cerned about con­sumer pro­tec­tion, and threats to grand­chil­dren.  The Hon Kristina Keneally MP is steal­ing my stor­ies and jokes!

Ulti­mately, it was great to speak with 120 people, all tak­ing a day to hear and learn about technology.

Links from my talk:

Talk to your kids, in the next room with Live Messenger.

Family.Show (gene­a­logy)

Live Spaces (make your own blog)

Win­dows Live Writer (easy to use tool to cre­ate blog entries, and post photos)

NEW!! Microsoft Vista Upgrade Advisor (To check your PCs to see which ver­sion of Vista will work on them)