Technology Training Services

The Summer Tech Express

Introduction

The Tech Express is a series of user-friendly brown-bag sessions on computing at Stanford. These sessions, held from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M and led by knowledgeable ITSS staff, are intended to meet the needs of Stanford staff, but are open to everyone, including faculty and students. No registration is required – come by and learn something new! Bring your lunch! Bring your questions! Drinks and cookies provided.

Summer Tech Express sessions will be held Thursdays in Pigott Hall (Building 260, Room 113). Building 260, also called the Language Corner, is in the southeast corner of the Main quad, kitty-corner from the Clock Tower.

The success of these sessions depends on you! Questions from attendees are strongly encouraged. Topics are announced in advance through the techexpress mailing list and on this web page.

Feel free to contact the Tech Express coordinator with your questions or suggestions. Call Phyllis Olrich at 725-1541 or send email to techexpress-owner@lists.stanford.edu.

Summer 2005 Tech Express Schedule

July 21: Kronos v5 Upgrade Demo
August 18: No Tech Express Today
September 15: What Google Can Do For You

Date	Topic	Presenter(s)
Thu., 7/21/05	Kronos v5 Upgrade Demo Valerie Beeman will demonstrate the Kronos system, used to track and report time and leave for Stanford staff. If you use the online Kronos Timecard, you will benefit from this preview of navigation and step-by-step demos of time and leave entry. In addition, Valerie will review desktop requirements and distribute the new Quick Reference sheets for end users.	Valerie Beeman
Thu., 8/18/05	No Tech Express Today
Thu., 9/15/05	What Google Can Do For You Google is so easy to use, why attend Nancy Blachman's presentation? If you're like many people, you use only a small number of Google's services and features. Learn how to go beyond Google's deceptively plain interface and take advantage of many shortcuts and underutilized capabilities. For example, get driving directions by entering a US street address into Google's search box. If you aren't sure whether a word is hyphenated, search for it with a hyphen, e.g., [ long-term ]; you'll get more results. Find synonyms by preceding the term with a ~, which is known as the tilde or synonym operator, e.g., [ google ~guide] finds guides, tip, help, and tutorials on using Google. The more you know about how Google works, its features and capabilities, the better it can serve your needs.	Nancy Blachman has been using Google since the spring of 1999, when Google was less than one year old. She has written over a half dozen tutorial and reference books, including How to Do Everything with Google, Mathematica: A Practical Approach, Mathematica Graphics Guidebook, Mathematica Quick Reference, Maple V Quick Reference, and Putting Your Heart Online. She is president and founder of Variable Symbols, a company that specializes in software training and consulting. She obtained a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Birmingham, U.K., an M.S. in Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley, and an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University, where she taught for eight years.

Links to Previous Quarters

Click on these links to previous quarters to see the Tech Express/TTBB topics we have presented in the past. Links to handouts for most presentations are also available at these sites.

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Tips for Presenters

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