Jeff Kaczmarek Your SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Technology Club is busy scheduling classes for September that are sure to be of interest and value to our members.Upcoming classes include: * Sept. 10 (1 to 3 p.m.) Creating Fun Objects Using Sketch Up * Sept. 12 (9 a.m. to noon) Open Lab … Just Walk In for…
Jeff Kaczmarek Your SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Tech Club has been working to set an informative and interesting lineup of classes for the month of June. Please note the following upcoming classes: * June 4 from 9 a.m. to noon: Basics of 3D Printing on our Prusa Machine * June 6 from 1 to 3 p.m:…
Jeff Kaczmarek Your new SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Technology Club board met for its 2024 organizational meeting. Ben Eisenstein has been elected president and we welcomed new board members: Bob Kuennen, Dave Selkowitz; Michelle Bills, and Kathy Watson. Dave Richey has stepped down as president and will serve in an emeritus status. The board is excited to offer…
Linda Shannon-Hills In December, the SBR Technology Club voted for new members of the board of directors, welcoming Alastair Stone and Jeff Kaczmarek. Remaining on the board are Maria Astaire, Ellyn Biggs, Richard Brosnahan, Dave Richey, Bruce Strickland, and Barbara Whitehead. Thanks goes to existing board of directors, Carol Andrews and Tony Pietrzykoski, for their…
Linda Shannon-Hills The pandemic has forced the world to adapt to new ways of doing things we enjoy. Holding classes and workshops in the Technology Room was not recommended due to the possible spread of the coronavirus. Face to face interactions required face masks and a limited number of people in the room. With these…
Linda Shannon-Hills The club was awarded funding to implement a Personal Digital Archiving Workstation from the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, under the Partner/External Agency Funding Program for Fiscal Year 2020-21. The Pinal County Board of Supervisors invites nonprofit service providers to apply for funding for specific projects or programs that provide measurable benefits to…
Linda Shannon-Hills The SaddleBrooke Ranch Technology Club will welcome Wolf Tombe on Monday, May 4, at 3:30 p.m., in the Sol Ballroom located at the Ranch House. Wolf’s presentation will provide an overview of the fast-paced growth of artificial intelligence in products and services that we use daily. Many different markets have embraced artificial technology—medical…
Linda Shannon-Hills Many of us have been purchasing new smart phones, laptop computers, and tablets. The more the features available in these new devices, the more confusing it may be to you. Researchers at the University of California at San Diego Health Sciences department found that, many times, frustration with new technology made older adults…
Linda Shannon-Hills The SBR Technology Club will hold their next general meeting on Monday, Feb. 3 at 3:30 p.m. at the Ranch House in the Sol Ballroom. Our speaker will be Tony Pietrzykoski on the topic of “How to increase the power of your wireless connection.” This presentation is open to all residents at SaddleBrooke…
Linda Shannon-Hills I was talking to a neighbor the other day about the Technology Club and the various workshops, open discussions, special interest groups, and open lab assistant. They said they had not joined because they thought the club was just for really techie people or geeks. At first I said yes, it is for…