[PAAirheads] questionnaire about SuperTech 2019

[Mac Kirkpatrick]

SO, who is NOT a gray beard?


Mac Kirkpatrick
Glenmoore, PA

"After all, what is adventure, but inconvenience, properly regarded?"
C. Donahue


On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 9:32 PM Ducdude via PAAirheads <
paairheads at casano.com> wrote:

> I do not think it is stupid.
>
> The challenge  will be in getting the gray beards to attend.
>
> Ciao,
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William F. Dudley Jr. via PAAirheads
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 16:25
> To: paairheads at casano.com
> Subject: [PAAirheads] questionnaire about SuperTech 2019
>
> Many of you will be attending the 2019 Supertech, to be held February in
> Boyertown.
>
> I thought it might be useful to offer a class on "the Internet for
> Airheads", in which I would try to de-mystify some aspects of using
> the Internet.  I am not kidding about this; most of you, if asked, will
> freely admit that you "can barely use email".
>
> The topics I thought I would cover:
>
> 1. how to use email
>     a. proper use of To, Cc, Bcc, and Reply-To headers
>     b. the subject line and maintaining a "thread"
>     c. trimming your messages to only include relevant text from
> previous emails
>     d. Identifying the source of an email, and understanding mailer errors
>     e. interacting with mailing lists, like this one or the micapeak
> Airhead list
>     f. dealing with "spam", "malware", "phishing", etc.
>
> 2. how to use your web browser
>     a. The "name" of a web site and what is a "URL"
>     b. Using the URL "bar"
>     c. using Google to find things on the internet
>     d. finding things you need on eBay and Amazon
>     e. web security (passwords, https encryption)
>
> PA Airmarshal Rob Price wasn't overly enthused about this presentation,
> but we agreed that I would poll the nearby Airhead population for their
> opinions on the value of this talk.
>
> You can either reply directly to the list, or only to me,
> r90s-rider at casano.com
>
> If you think of other sub-topics that should be added to this talk, do
> not hesitate to suggest them.
>
> If you just want to say "this is a stupid idea" or "where do I sign up",
> those answers are also useful.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> --
> William Dudley
> NJ Airmarshal
> r90s-rider at casano.com
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