We are Jim and Chris Guld, the Geeks on Tour. We live on a cruise ship and travel the world. Before that, we lived in an RV and traveled the USA. And before that, we lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where we ran a computer training center. Yes, we’re old 😜. We have been teaching travelers how to make better use of technology since 2004.
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Oct 2026 News, Circle to Search, Better Photos, and what happened in Vietnam
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“What Does This Button Do” Shows with Show Notes
- Oct 2 2026 Show328. Live from Bangkok – again. Google Maps Tips
- Sep 18 2026 Show327. Make your Photos Better with Google Photos
- Aug 25 2026 Show326. Using Gemini Every Day
- Jul 20 Show325-Live from Bangkok
- Jun 28 Show324. Google Photos New Features, Singapore Travels
- Jun 14 2026 Show 323. Tech Tips and Travel Tales from the Philippines
- May 24 2026 Show322. Tech Tips and Travel Tales from Borneo
- May 3 Show321.Highlights from 1 Year on the Odyssey
- Apr 20 Show320. Adjusting to Life at Sea, our First Full Year on Villa Vie Odyssey
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As Geeks on Tour, we toured the country and presented technology seminars. We also present over Zoom and live on our Cruise Ship. We list our appearances and include all the class materials on this page. Check it out. You may be able to join an upcoming class, or review a past one.
Top Tips – our best stuff!
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- Tip002: Map view of your photos in Google Photos
- Tip003: Sharing Google Storage / Google One Account
- Tip004: Two phones with one phone number
- Tip005: Samsung Camera – Access “More” options
- Tip006: What is HEIC photo format?
- Tip007: Add text to a photo border using Snapseed >
- Tip100-How to add a website icon to your phone’s home screen
- Tip102: How to set appointments in Google Calendar in different Time Zones
About Geeks on Tour
Jim and Chris live on a cruise ship and travel the world, specializing in teaching technology for travelers. Chris wrote the book on Google Photos. Google Maps is their #1 smartphone app, and they can teach you how to make your own travelog website with Blogger.
Nationally known, popular seminar presenters, Jim and Chris have been professional computer trainers since 1983.
Blog Posts
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We Had to Leave the Ship 🙁
What we’ve been fearing came to pass. All residents had to disembark. It sucks! But, we’ll be fine. We’ll stay in Thailand for a while.
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Find Anything on GeeksOnTour.com with the Search bar
With literally thousands of tutorial videos and help articles, it can be quite a hunt to find what you want on our website. Luckily all you have to do is Search.There is a Search bar at the top of every page. Want to find tutorials about setting time zones? Just type “Time Zones” and click…
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Oct News, Circle to Search, Better Photos, and what happened in Vietnam
In this monthly newsletter, we tell you about our time in Vietnam, especially how it coincided with the International Day of Peace. Our tech tips include the amazing “Circle to Search” – anything you can see on your screen, this will tell you all about it. Also how to make photos better just by asking.
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What is That? Just Circle It! (The Android trick you need to try, and a note about iPhones)
Anything you see on your phone’s screen – you can ask about it with Google’s feature called “Circle to Search.” This is only on Android. You just touch and hold on the ‘Home’ button – the one in the middle bottom of the images above. You will see the screen shimmer a bit, then you…
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Stop Posting Dull Travel Pics: Quick Edits That Make Your Photos Pop
You’re not a professional photographer, that’s ok. I’m not talking about making your photos fit for magazine covers, I’m talking about sharing photos that make your friends say “Wow!” instead of “meh”. If you use Google Photos, you can just tap on one, two, or possibly 3 options to make the differences you see below.…
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Show327. Make your Photos Better with Google Photos
Show Notes for premium members are below: 00:44 Travel Tales – Vietnam 02:09 Google Photos – editing 03:48 Example Photos being edited These photos are pretty nice, right? Certainly better than these originals. 10:34 Review editing with Dynamic, Crop, Vignette 14:26 Magic Eraser 16:56 Conversational Editing – Help Me Edit 20:29 Fix a blurry selfie…
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Big News: Teaching In-Person in Chiang Mai, Thailand!
Talk about a small world! A wonderful friend who took classes at our Fort Lauderdale computer training center way back in the 1980s now lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand. When she heard our travels were bringing us to Thailand, she connected us with the Lifelong Learning program at Payap University who asked us to present…
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Do This Right Now in Case You Lose Your Phone Tomorrow
On both Android and iOS devices there is a website to find a lost phone. For Apple iOS, it is iCloud.com and for Android it’s Google.com/android/find (or I just do a Google search for “Find my android” or “Find my iphone”) If you have an iPad, using the same account as your phone, you can…
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Show326. Using Gemini Every Day
Show Notes for premium members are below: 00:00 Introduction 01:26 How we use Gemini A.I. With new AI tools launching daily (resembling the self-multiplying “Tribbles” from Star Trek), Chris prefers sticking to one major tool so that she can master it and allow the AI to adapt to her preferences. Since they use a wide…
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Running out of Room in your Google Account? Don’t Delete Photos, Do This First
Trying to survive on Google’s free 15 GB allocation is a losing battle. Sooner or later, an upgrade to the $2/month 100 GB tier is almost inevitable. However, whether you’re sticking with the free plan as long as possible or paying for more room, you shouldn’t waste space. That’s where Google’s “Storage Saver” feature comes…
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Using a VPN to Pretend you’re NOT Traveling
If your bank won’t let you in to the website when you’re traveling, try a VPN.
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A Guide to Managing Internet Data Usage
If you pay by the Gigabyte for Internet data, you know how important it is to manage your usage. We don’t pay per Gigabyte, but we live on a cruise ship, along with a few hundred other people, and we all share the Internet service that the ship gets thru Starlink’s satellite system. We want…