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Y. Karp? Why Not!: 4 Things I Would do to Improve Retail Customer Service

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Thursday, April 9, 2015. 4 Things I Would do to Improve Retail Customer Service. As it turns out, the competition wasn't much better in terms of service, and their merchandise was more expensive. Upon returning to the first store, I hoped that the sales staff would notice that we had come back and help us choose the right pair of shoes. Instead, they continued to stand off to the side and chat among themselves. In 2014 a...

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Y. Karp? Why Not!: February 2014

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Wednesday, February 12, 2014. 5 Covert Conversational Games. Ever find that you need a challenge? Do you feel that ordinary games just don't cut the mustard? Would you like the entertainment to last a whole day? Well, I might just have what you're looking for. Here are five challenging games you can play all day long, and nobody else needs to know you are playing them. 4 The multi-joke - find a short, funny joke and see ...

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Y. Karp? Why Not!: November 2013

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Wednesday, November 27, 2013. The Gravity of Technical Writing. A few days ago I found myself sitting in a cinema, wearing ridiculous 3D glasses over my regular specs, getting ready to see Gravity. I'd heard that the film is excellent, but I wasn't prepared for the amazing special effects, breathtaking scenery, and riveting story. The one thing that never, ever, ever goes down is the system that generates artificial grav...

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Y. Karp? Why Not!: January 2014

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Thursday, January 30, 2014. Why Drones Were Invented. High above a mountainous desert pass, a predator drone silently stalks its prey from the safety of the clouds, waiting for the signal to unleash its payload. Somewhere in Texas, a Ranger launches a drone from the local high-school football field. It whirrs upwards, heading for preset coordinates to keep an eye on nefarious activity in the bad part of town. In a meetin...

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Y. Karp? Why Not!: Five Ways to End Procrastination

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Thursday, March 19, 2015. Five Ways to End Procrastination. I wanted to procrastinate today, but I'll push it off until tomorrow. There are many reasons why we purposefully delay doing the things we know should be done. Here are five ways to beat the procrastination blues. 1) Break it down. 4) Roll up your sleeves and get on with it. Yossi's Magazine: Everyone Needs One of These www.ykarp.com/magazine. บาคาร่า SBOB...

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Y. Karp? Why Not!: October 2013

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Thursday, October 31, 2013. Everybody Needs a Doomsday Device. Let me make this clear, it is best not to keep personal stuff on a work computer. But sometimes it is unavoidable and there might be a time when you need to get rid of it all, fast. If so, you need my Doomsday Device, a batch file that will quickly delete all personal information from your computer. Unless you have backups, which will also need to be deleted.

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Y. Karp? Why Not!: April 2015

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Sunday, April 19, 2015. Short Story: To Get to the Other Side. If I die, then Emily can use my phone. Hers is so old. I’ve asked her a million times to get herself a new one but she hasn’t. She’s always so stubborn about it. If I can just protect the screen from shattering, then she can use it. Do you think she will? Now we buy their cars? Miles tried to lift his arm to protect his head. He glimpsed the driver’...Man han...

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Y. Karp? Why Not!: March 2014

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Sunday, March 30, 2014. Windows XP Closes Up Shop.Or Does It? Windows XP is on it's way out. As April 8 2014 looms closer, the lights are slowly being turned off, and the shutters drawn. If you think that 13 years is too old for an operating system, perhaps Microsoft should take a leaf out of Chevrolet's book. As they say, " Old Chevys never die, they just go faster! Follow on Twitter: @ykarp. Subscribe to Y. Karp? Is th...

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Y. Karp? Why Not!: March 2015

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Topics that interest and amuse me - mostly (but not necessarily) technology related. Thursday, March 26, 2015. From another perspective, you are more likely to click on "Romantic hotels in Paris" than you would on "$200 diesel lawnmowers" - advertisers win! Shall we sit around the browser, hold hands, and sing Kumbaya? So much advertising - targeted or not - forces its way onto my websites that I no longer see it. The ubiquitous nature of the advertising has made them invisible to me. You can't outrun ad...