After contemplating my thoughts on Apple’s new baby – the iPad, I’ve came to a conclusion. This device could possibly spell the end to the traditional laptop. Apple is branding this product as the “third” device, after our computer and cellphone. Notice that they did not specify what type of computer.
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My First eBay Selling Experience
Posted By admin on October 17th, 2009
After years of contemplating, I finally decided to take the eBay plunge and become a seller, and I could see myself becoming addicted to this quite easily. Here are the steps I took to create my account.
1. Sign into eBay (already was a buyer)
2. Click “Sell” in top right corner
3. Select keywords for your item and choose a category based on them
4. Add pictures (one free.. 15 cents additional.)
This seems slightly unfair. As an occasional seller (thats what I call myself now), it’s not a big deal, but for people who make a living off eBay this is a pain. Here is a picture of all of my fees.
5. Add your description
This is probably the only place where I came into trouble. After crafting my picture perfect description it ended up looking garbled, like this:
6. Set up/Confirm PalPal Account
7. Confirm Post.
That’s it! Not so bad. All in all it took my about 5 minutes, after years of contemplating. If my snowboard sells I am immediately addicted.
Buy My Snowboard!
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Technology Talk (part 1)
Posted By admin on October 16th, 2009
I’ve been thinking about this concept for awhile. Mainly, where is this all going? Is Google/Yahoo/Microsoft/Apple finally going to reach a point where we just say STOP!? Or, are we going to embrace every new social media technology, nifty application and handheld device until we don’t have to think at all?
Our iPhone already tells us what we want to do and when we want to do it, where we want to go and how to get there. This is JUST THE BEGINNING! 10 years ago cell phones were just being created, if you had a camera on your phone you were cutting-edge.
It’s easy to tangent off into iPhone paranoia, discussing where the future of cell-phone technology is headed, but I’m thinking beyond that. I’m talking about technology as a whole. What’s all of this augmented reality talk about anyway? Why would I want to hold my iPhone (sorry..) up to a building to figure out what it is, or walk around waving my phone in the air to get a 5 star Yelp review? Again, it’s waaay beyond that. Think bigger. Think about your glasses projecting a virtual countdown to the next bus departure as you run out of your office. Think about your dashboard on your car becoming your “TomTom.”
Let’s move further. How about drawing a screen onto the wall in front of you with your finger, which transforms it into a computer monitor or television. How about your desk interacting with your empty beer bottle, telling you to remember to recycle it on your way to the fridge. Yes, I’m drinking a delicious Octoberfest as I type this but I’m serious! This all can happen, and most likely will. In 5-10 years, everything will become one step closer to being interconnected with everything else..
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