In what seems like it should be an April Fools Day joke, Amazon announced today that it is looking into the use of drones to enable more immediate delivery. The online retail giant has already disrupted the market significantly. Even recently, it announced Prime Sunday deliveries for select metro areas in a partnership with the USPS. Before you plan on your last minute … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Google’s 2013 Thanksgiving doodle
Google's doodle for this year's Thanksgiving is a short animated film. The art style is very interesting and really works for the tempo of the video. As a motley crew of woodland creatures joins together for a Thanksgiving feast, a fox learns that everyone has something they can bring to the table. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGspoOoK69s When all is said and done, it takes … [Read more...]
Setting an initial Start Screen layout that users can change in Windows 8.1
Microsoft makes a lot of corrections in Windows 8.1 that makes for a pretty good operating system. One of the bigger improvements is that they gave some control over the new features back to individuals and IT Pros. Configuration of the Start Screen was one of the more disputed areas. At the same time Microsoft was giving more control, they removed all programmatic access to … [Read more...]
Targeted advertising makes holiday magic
$262 billion is projected for 2013's holiday shopping. How do you get people to your site though? Advertising. With targeted advertising, companies are getting the most bang for their buck. What are advertisers targeting this year? According to this infographic, apparel/accessories, electronics, and computer hardware are the top categories. They also zoom in on other trends and … [Read more...]
Creating a style in Word 2013 for code snippets
In the midst of writing a paper this weekend, I needed to include some segments of code in the paper. Word is good at formatting text to follow the standard paragraph format but it could use a little help when it comes to displaying code. So, I set out to create a style just for code which would give it a nice little box, stop it from being spellchecked, and preserve the … [Read more...]