Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Norbert (Bob) Gostischa's LiveJournal:

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Thursday, May 24th, 2012
7:00 pm	Protecting Yourself, Your Computer and, Your Identity http://portal.sliderocket.com/BSIUN/ProtectingYourself (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
10:09 pm	5-8-2012 Central Iowa Computer Users Group in Ankeny, IA 24 Members of the Central Iowa Computer User Group where present for the 5/8/2012 evening presentation in Ankeny, IA. It was a smaller group than last night but they where just as interested.        Very early tomorrow I'll be returning to Chicago to catch my plane for the return trip back home. I would have left from Des Moines but that would have made this trip cost prohibitive.  It would have added $1200.00 to the cost of this trip simply because the rental car didn't get returned to the place where it was originally rented from.  I think saving $1200.00 is worth driving an extra 5 1/2 hrs. and an extra tank of gas. (Comment on this)
5:25 am	5-7-2012 Quad Cities Computer Society in Moline, IL                                                (click on Picture to Enlarge) 75 members and guests of the Quad Cities Computer Society attended the 5/7/2012 presentation. It was an excellent evening. The presentation was followed by a lively and fairly extensive Q&A session. There was a lot of interest in avast! for all platforms and some disappointment that Avast doesn't have a version ready for the iPhone. I've posted a video on You Tube of the pictures I took on Sunday when I went on a nature walk with the club (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
4:03 pm	5-6-2012 - A little Photo and Video Shoot/Walk I had a chance to participate in this event with the Quad Cities Computer Society  in Moline IL. where I'm scheduled to do a presentation on 5/7/2012 at 7:00 PM A video of The Mighty Mississippi (Comment on this)
9:10 am	Consider this my Live Business Card (Comment on this)
1:28 am	5-5-2012 APCUG Virtual Conference On 5/5/2012 there were 28 attendees at the remote presentation held by the APCUG.  I've also gained valuable insight and experience from this, my first, remote presentation which will make all future remote presentations easier. The only thing I missed was the person to person contact that is missing in this format. Remote presentation are however great for making presentations available to clubs of all types who are just to far removed and, without this venue would never have the opportunity to view the presentation. Through this venue, they have the opportunity to  learn of the valuable security related information contained in that presentation. They would also not learn about avast!'s ability to keep their system safe without the use of a remote presentation. (Comment on this)
Friday, May 4th, 2012
2:36 pm	5-4-2012 APCUG Virtual Conference on 5/5/2012   APCUG is presenting a Virtual Conference and I'm scheduled to do a presentation on that venue. My time slot is from 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM Central time and I'm listed in Track 2. To see whats being offered, please go to the following website: http://apcug.net/virtual/index_vc3.htm To register for the sessions, please use the following link: https://apcug.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/event.pl?uc=1 I would appreciate a followup comment after you've attended in the session. Since this will be my first attempt at being a presenter at one of these events, we may all be in for a surprise......, a pleasant one.   (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
11:10 pm	5-3-2012 West Suburban Computer Club met in Lisle IL.                                    Getting Ready For The Presentation                                                      (click Image to Enlarge) 29 Members and guests of the West Suburban Computer Club which tonight met in Lisle, IL.,   attende the 8:00 PM presentation. There where many questions and answers after the Prfesetation. Quite a few of those attending are waiting for their conversion instructions. Some have already installed the avast! Mobile Security Suite and there will even be one instalation for each of the Mac and Linux versions of avast! as a result of tonight's presentation. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
5:38 am	5-1-2012 South Suburban SIG in South Chicago IL It was a little overcast when I arrived in Chicago yesterday: http://youtu.be/HqbYO_oukAw The presentation on 5/1/2012 was held at the                                                     (Click image to Enlarge) for the South Suburban Sig in South Chicago IL. and was attended by 26 of their members and guests.  A little less rain last night would probably have increased the attendance.                                                   (Click image to Enlarge) (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
10:29 am	4-29-2012 Home Sweet Home - But not for long! It was a pleasant flight home as is evident from the pictures and the video. On the plane, I think I had the best seat in the house.                                                     (click image to Enlarge)                                                                               (click image to Enlarge) This month I was able to visit 9 clubs around the greater Los Angeles area.  The presentations where viewed by a total of 470 members of the various clubs. I'll be home long enough for Alice to wash my clothes. On Tuesday 5/1/2012 I'll be in Chicago for the South Suburban Sig (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 28th, 2012
4:09 pm	4-28-2012 Channel Island PC Users Group in Camarillo, CA                                                  (click Picture to Enlarge) 85 Members of the Channel Islands PC Users GroupCamarillo, CA attended this mornings presentation.  There where lot's of questions and a great interest in converting to both avast! 7 and the  avast! Free Mobile Security Suite. I even managed to wet some Mac users appetites to get avast! 7 Mac edition.                                                  (click Picture to Enlarge) (Comment on this)
Friday, April 27th, 2012
11:50 am	4-26-2012 Thousand Oaks Personal Computer Club    (click Picture to Enlarge) On 4/26/2012, 19 Members of the Thousand Oaks Personal Computer Club in Thousand Oaks CA. attended the evenings presentation on "Protecting Yourself, Your Computer and, Your Identity".  This was a fairly small but very inquisitive group. I was glad to see that they asked many questions. We'll also see some new installs from some of this clubs members of the new avast! Free for Mac version  which was just released. Tomorrow morning I'll be at the Channel Islands PC Users Group in Camarillo, CA (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
6:31 am	4-25-2012 Ocean Hills Computer Club in Oceanside CA and the California Southland AITP 87 Members and Guests of the Ocean Hills Computer Club in Oceanside, California attended this afternoon Presentation on 4/25/2012.  We had a very extensive Question and Answer session after the presentation and many of the members are waiting for conversion instructions.                                                         (click picture to Enlarge)  15 Tech savvy members of the California Southland AITP attended this evening presentation which was held at Coco's Bakery and Restaurant in Garden Grove, CA. The presentation followed an excellent dinner. Many of those attending are waiting to convert to avast! as soon as they receive the conversion instructions.                           (click picture to Enlarge) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
4:43 am	4-24-2012 Claremont Senior Computer Club, Claremont, CA                                                      (Click any picture to Enlarge) 64 Members and Guests of the Claremont Senior CC in Claremont CA asked many questions during the Presentation   which started at 7:30 PM on 4/24/2012. Tomorrow 4/25/2012, I'll be the guest of the Ocean Hills Computer Cluband the California Southland AITP (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
9:36 am	From Sea to Shining Sea                                           From Sea to Shining Sea                                                                                The Avast Security Seminar                                                            "Protecting yourself and Your Identity Online" Not that long ago, the presentation was made aboard the Sky while in the Bahama's which are located in the Atlantic Ocean. On June 2, 2012 I'll be doing the presentation for the TUG which is the oldest user group in Hawaii and, is part of the Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter (MOAA) which has somewhere around a thousand members.  (Only a small portion of those members ever attend the meetings.)The TUG meets in Honolulu which is in Hawaii and,  is located in the Pacific Ocean. Aloha every one. (Comment on this)
Monday, April 16th, 2012
2:11 pm	4-14-2012 WINNERS CUG in Fountain Valley CA. On 4/14/2012 I had my last presentation on this trip before the  WINdows usERS CUG  in Fountain Valley, CA. 32 Members attended the presentation.The questions and answers over lunch where a great addition to this meeting. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any pictures. I'm actually lucky that I made it to this meeting at all. My original information had this meeting set for 1PM. I only found out at 10:00 AM,by going to their website, that the meeting actually starts at 10:00 AM I got very lucky. I made it to the meeting place in 20 minutes.  That was excellent time. We are talking about Los Angels..... I was greeted by some happy and smiling faces. The meeting finished within the time frame allotted and just in time for me to be invited to join the group for lunch. Lunch consisted of some excellent  food and even better conversation. [One week from tomorrow, I'll be back in California for an additional 5 presentations. (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
6:47 am	4-11-2011 Oasis Computer Friends and the Palmia Computer Club 62 members and guests of the Oasis Computer Friends in Newport Beach CA attended the afternoons lively and interesting presentation on 4/11/2012.  This session was a little longer that usual because of all the questions that required answers.                                                    (Click image to Enlarge) The evenings presentation at the Palmia Computer Club in Mission Viejo, CA was viewed by 59 of it's members and guests. Many of them are waiting for the conversion instructions which will be both emailed and posted on their website.                                                                    (Click image to Enlarge) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
4:05 am	4-10-2012 LACS meeting in Los Angeles California The Eagle has landed: I'm now in Los Angles and will be doing the 1st of 4 presentations tonight for the  Los Angeles Computer Society. If you're in the area, stop by and say hello.  _______________________________________________________________________________ 57 Members of the LACS attended last nights presentation.  It was a very interesting evening and they asked many questions.                                                   (click image to Enlarge) I just received this from the LACS To listen to the streamed podcast simply left click the "MP3" icon.  Left click on "MP3" icon to listen to Avast! Free antivirus with anti-spyware protection for Windows by Norbert Gostischa - Part 1 Left click on "MP3" icon to listen to Avast! Free antivirus with anti-spyware protection for Windows by Norbert Gostischa - Part 2 Unfortunately you only get to hear me when I answer a question. You will have to use your imagination as to what question question was asked. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 30th, 2012
5:31 pm	3-30-2012 Recap of March 2012 Activity A Recap of the last month's activities. Clubs visited:                                   36          Number of Attendees: 2075 Technology Conference:                     1                                                 37                                                        _____                                          _____  Total number of Presentations:      37        Total # of Attendees: 2112 In addition to those that attended the presentation at the conference, I spoke to at least an additional 100 people during the Vendor Expo and Dinner. Here are some additional pictures from Alice's camera:                                                                                                                   Click Image to Enlarge    Click here for a slideshow of all the pictures taken during my visit to Arizona (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
10:57 am	3-28-2012 Golden Vista Computer Club - Apache Junction, AZ On 3/28/2012 I was at the Golden Vista Computer Club in Apache Junction, AZ.  This was the final presentation for me in AZ on this Month long adventure. 66 members and guests listened to the presentation which was followed by a question and answer session.    I'm currently working with one of the members who ran into an update problem which should be resolved shortly.                  (Comment on this)