Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans: October 2015

Friday, October 16, 2015

Amazon encourages thank you notes

After receiving a generous Amazon gift card, I logged onto my newly purchased Amazon Prime account to redeem the gift card credit. Upon entering the gift card number and receiving confirmation that it had processed, I noticed something new for an online purchase.

Amazon screen post gift card upload

Good for Amazon!

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Advertising is everywhere

Brands are trying extra hard to capture our attention these days, even on airplane tray tables.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Mint.com knows what's up

Targeted email received this week

It's moments like this when using tools like online banking scares you a bit.

New discovery: AirDrop

Before the past few months, I always kept Bluetooth and AirDrop off on my phone to save iPhone battery.

While on a boat heading back from kayaking in a small town in Alaska, a middle aged couple told me to airdrop some photos over to them. "I don't have service." "You don't need service." And just like that, the photos appeared in my photo album.

Needless to say, airdrop (for photos specifically, although I'm sure it could be useful for files too) was my new discovery. We used it in college a few times to transfer music, but the thrill was not as large. A few reasons I like it more than texting photos:

It saves your phone storage
It transfers faster
It eliminates the extra step of saving the photo

Happy airdropping!

Inspirational Quotes

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."

-Audrey Hepburn

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." -Ghandi

"The more you do, the more you learn."

-a box of raisins

"The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves." -Ray Kroc

"Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value."

-Albert Einstein

"There is little success where there is little laughter." -Andrew Carnegie

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." -Ghandi

“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." -Mark Twain

“You are only as good as a journalist as the depth and breadth of your experiences as a human being.” -Lewis Diguid

"Ups and downs are part of all relationships." -another box of raisins

"Whatever you are, be a good one." —Abraham Lincoln

“If you want something done, ask a busy person.” –Lucille Ball

“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you had everything to do, and you’ve done it.” –Margaret Thatcher

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.”

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” -Jane Austen

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." -John Quincy Adams

“You cannot be anything you want to be—but you can be a lot more of who you already are.” -StrengthsQuest

“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” -Albus Dumbledore

"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." -Mark Twain

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” –John Lennon

"Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with." -John Wanamaker

"Every experience, pleasant or unpleasant, is a lesson in disguise." -Carl Jung