{"id":43249,"date":"2017-01-15T17:48:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T22:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=43249"},"modified":"2025-11-06T23:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:26:53","slug":"technology-classes-with-john-lemasney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2017\/01\/15\/technology-classes-with-john-lemasney\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Classes with John LeMasney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi, I’m John LeMasney, a father, artist, photographer, and new resident in Charlottesville, Virginia. I have the honor of announcing that Jefferson-Madison Regional Library (JMRL) has agreed to let me speak in a free technology series in their beautiful downtown location. I love technology, and want to share what I love about it, continuing the work I’ve done for 20 years in the Northeastern part of our country. If you have a topic or a venue that you’d like covered, please contact me, and let’s make that happen. Let’s do something great together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Making Photos Great for Free.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday January 4th \u200bfrom 6-7pm\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this session, come and learn about how to take your digital photos and transform them into art with Virginia based artist, designer, and photographer John LeMasney. With great free tools for photo manipulation, illustration, and catalog management, you can do what the professionals do without the costs. Come and learn about photo technique, lighting, and more, while growing your toolbox beyond point and shoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introduction to Internet of Things and Home Ecosystems.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

February 1st from 6-7pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this session led by Virginia based artist, designer, and photographer John LeMasney, come and learn about the leading ecosystems that have emerged as AI assistants in the home. We will discuss all the major platforms like Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple Siri, but we will focus deeply on the present and future state of Google Home, Google Now, ChromeCast, Chromebook, and related items in the Google Ecosystem in a in-session demonstration. If you are interested in having your lights blink when your partner leaves work, having an always listening all intelligent assistant in your home, or learning automatically that you need to leave a little early due to local traffic, you should join us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u200bAnalytics, or the art of discovering your audience.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

March 1st from 6-7pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a web site or presence in social media, that’s great! How many people visited it today? How about last week? Where did they live? Were they 15, 30, or 50? How many people saw that Instagram post? What is your most popular pin on Pinterest? What browser were they using? Analytics is any system that gives you insight about the way that your content was used. Let Virginia based artist, designer, and photographer John LeMasney help you answer all of those questions and others when you learn about analytics tools in social media, publishing platforms, and other places. We will discuss many platforms for analytics, including Google, social media, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Design for the Non-Designer.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Saturday April 1st from 1pm-2pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this session, come learn about digital visual communication with Virginia based artist, designer, and photographer John LeMasney. You likely did not encounter a lot of visual communication training in school, if you went to school in the US. The problem there is that successful contemporary mass communication is expressed today by artists and designers with specialized skills like visual literacy, software tools, and a sense of brand and audience awareness that graphic design can amplify. Design is important today, and if you are not sure where to start, here is a good place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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