Google Ads = a really intuitive interface, thank you!

I tried Google Ads this year because they sent me an offer to try out the service again.  I am so glad I did.  The experience was very different from what I had experienced in 2018.  The interface is now much easier for me to navigate and my biggest issue in the past was not being able to figure out why ads were being rejected by the system.  Problems with ads are very easy to understand now.  The interface clearly identified where problems were before I submitted the ad so I was able to create the ad, submit the ad and the ad was approved with no delays due to ad rejections.

A big thanks to Google Ads for the ease of use, I appreciate it and it worked well for me.

I only ran into one problem this time and it had nothing to do with Google Ads, it had to do with the product I am selling.  Plenty of visitors clicked on my ad but no one purchased my product.  How could someone not want to buy this? Everyone needs to know how to raise a bunny rabbit inside the home.  I am so shameless, I am plugging the book inside this Google Ad article;)

 

Dealing with the IPERCTV disorder during the holidays – remote control mayhem

The holidays are going to be here before you know it and that means many of you are going to have a house full of relatives.  This quick post will help you prepare for the impending onslaught of freakish family behavior regarding electronics.

Most of my relatives are afflicted with a very strange disorder.  The “I must point every remote control at the TV and see what happens” disorder (also known as IPERCTV).  The scene usually unfolds at dawn.  One early riser must immediately know the weather conditions of all cities in the world via the gorgeous people on The Weather Channel.  Since no one else is up, and since the guest is incapable of complex thought at such an early hour, he or she proceeds to pick up all 37 remote controls lying around the house to try them out.  The behavior with each remote control is the same:  point the remote control at the TV, press every button on the remote control, move on to the next remote control and repeat.

It does not matter that the remote control says “General Motors” on it, clearly indicating that it is in fact a key fob for the car in the driveway, the guest is going to point it at the TV and click every button on it anyway.  One of these button presses inevitably sets off the car alarm of the car in the driveway and wakes up everyone in the house.  The rest of the family comes downstairs to investigate the alarm.  It is at this point that the guest quickly demands someone turn on the TV for the latest weather report.

For the next two hours the host attempts to sync back up the 985 audio and visual systems to the one remote control that they all used to successfully communicate with.  During the first hour and a half of troubleshooting, there is a tremendous amount of cussing.  The final thirty minutes is dedicated to testing, lecturing guests on remembering to use only one remote control and drinking beer for breakfast to deal with the stress.

To save your sanity, lock your extraneous remote controls away NOW.  Do not wait until your guests are in your living room.  To make for an even smoother visit, put a piece of paper next to the TV remote control that shows guests what buttons to push.

Good luck.

I love foreign magazines and now I have easy access to them!

Prior to the eBook explosion on our planet, I gave little attention to foreign magazines because they were often extremely expensive due to shipping costs and delivery time was delayed as well.

I am very happy to see so many magazines from faraway lands are now available to me electronically! Do not think you have to have a special device (other than a regular computer or a regular smart phone or tablet) to read these magazines.  If you have a computer, smart phone, or tablet, then you can download Kindle software directly to your device so you may begin reading these magazines immediately!

This is the location to download the necessary Kindle software:    https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp

Once you have the software downloaded then go on a fantastic shopping adventure on amazon.com for all the fabulous magazines you never had easy and timely access to before!  Here are just a few to get started (you would use the “Deliver to Kindle” during checkout – it is the option over on the right):

• Country Life (Magazine from the UK):  https://www.amazon.com/Country-Life-UK/dp/B01N1N658J/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1534426610&sr=1-1&keywords=Country+Life&dpID=61XvLib2UgL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
• Domus (Magazine from Italy):  https://www.amazon.com/Domus/dp/B01JSU8YQO/ref=sr_1_21?s=magazines&ie=UTF8&qid=1534427344&sr=1-21&keywords=italy+magazine
• Côté Sud (Magazine from France):  https://www.amazon.com/C%C3%B4t%C3%A9-Sud/dp/B01JTX6V6K/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1534427967&sr=1-5&keywords=france+magazine&dpID=51MsnpsbpWL&preST=_SX342_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

NOTE:  If you find a magazine that does not have the “Deliver to Kindle” option listed on the right, then the magazine is not yet available electronically.

To find more foreign magazines on amazon.com, here is one way to find them quickly:

There are several methods of reading eBooks besides using Kindle software, I outline more here:

https://jennymummey.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/it-doesnt-matter-what-electronic-devices-you-have-you-can-read-e-books-well-i-guess-maybe-a-fancy-toaster-wouldnt-work/

Stay strong! Do not share your login to help others!

When a user forgets a password for a device (laptop, tablet, etc.), complete panic sets in because this horrific event often occurs at a critical time for the user (beginning of a presentation, going into a very important meeting, starting a video conference, etc).

Sometimes coworkers will step forward to calm the waters by quickly logging into the device as themselves, thus allowing the user to at least access the company network and hopefully get to critical items long enough to get through the important event at hand.

This is a practice that should be avoided at all costs.  Your login and all activities associated with your login are a direct representation of you.  All activity occurring under your login are your responsibility and there are no exceptions.  Logging into a device, then handing that device over to another user and walking away is putting you and the data within your organization at risk.  The other user may have the best of intentions but so many things can go wrong like: if they have network access that is lower than yours within your corporate infrastructure then they may accidentally see or manipulate confidential data and this puts both of you at risk as well as the data itself.

Best Tech Dream Ever

Holy schnikes! I had the best tech dream ever last night:)

The horror of forgetting every single password for every single web site, mobile app, desktop app, database, server, work door code, house door code, safe, car door code finally came to fruition in a stress filled dream of too much work and too little time.

When I realize my brain no longer contained all password data for all of my things in my life requiring passwords, I was so stressed about it that I was truly unable to react in any way and then suddenly this lovely wave of calm came over me and I accepted the moment.  I decided I would not pursue recovery in any way, I would just walk away from all that was password protected and start anew.

I woke up pretty happy at the tranquility of it all but also at the sheer absurdity of me in any dimension accepting loss of data – never!