Christopher Ryan Parker » Off The Record http://www.christopherryanparker.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:43:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 My First eBay Selling Experience http://www.christopherryanparker.com/my-first-ebay-selling-experience/ http://www.christopherryanparker.com/my-first-ebay-selling-experience/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:12:32 +0000 admin http://www.christopherryanparker.com/?p=46 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.

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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:

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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!

]]> http://www.christopherryanparker.com/my-first-ebay-selling-experience/feed/ 1 Technology Talk (part 1) http://www.christopherryanparker.com/technology-tal/ http://www.christopherryanparker.com/technology-tal/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:50:46 +0000 admin http://www.christopherryanparker.com/?p=42 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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