I have very long arms ... I can reach right around and pat myself on the back! We gave a special seminar yesterday called "Practice Safe Computing". There were about 60 people there.



It's so wonderful to be able to do something you're really *good* at. After all, both Jim and I have been in the computer training and support field for over 20 years. We better know what we're talking about. But knowledge is just one piece. You also need presentation skills, good content selection and good materials. All four came together yesterday. AND, we *love* doing it. I think that comes across. We actually got applause! A couple of people came up afterwards just to say how valuable they felt our handout was. They said 'this is worth some money!'. If you want to check it out, just click on this link for our "Safe Computing Frequently Asked Questions" Part of the value of this handout is that it's short and sweet. I wrote more about this issue in a previous post, complete with lots of links to other places. You can read all about it for days if you want!

This is such important stuff for people to know. Viruses and Spyware are such a problem. Check out this current article about Spyware, IT's Public Enemy No. 1. It's a reall pain in the a**. It makes me mad. Computers have enough issues getting them to work properly without having to work to protect ourselves from all the bad guys out there. We shouldn't have to do all this scanning and search and destroying and reformatting just because there are a**holes out there using the web for nefarious purposes.

But we do.

And you'd better do it too. Or stuff on your computer will just stop working.