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The Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Anttix, Inc. (a website and marketing company) are pleased to announce the winners of the First Annual Young Photographers Contest.
This year’s contest theme was “Plainfield through your eyes”, which assigned District 202 students to take photographs of Plainfield, Illinois. Each student brought his/her unique perspective of the vibrant and rapidly growing town. Winners were then chosen by the Plainfield Chamber board members.
It is a beautiful thing when a piece of essential hardware is both easy to use and affordable. Such is the case with external hard drives. While many home and office computer owners have been 'meaning to get one of those', there is no reason to procrastinate any longer.
Who
External hard drives benefit anyone whose internal computer drive is too full and/or is slowing down regular functioning. Even if this is not the case yet, an external hard drive gives the peace of mind of backed up data, particularly if you work with audio or video editing.
What
By definition, W3C stands for World Wide Web Consortium, an international community where member organizations and the public work together to develop standards in the interest of leading the internet to its full potential. The key feature of this standardization is consistent and proper coding guidelines for programming languages HTML, CSS, and XML.
They go to Google most often. Then they stop by Windows Media Player to get their tunes on. From there, they log onto their Facebook profiles to see what their friends are up to. "They" are seniors... and not the ones in high school. According to Simply Amplify (see links), Facebook is the third most popular website for Internet users over the age of 65. Not only are senior citizens the fastest growing United States demographic, but 55-75 year olds are the fastest growing internet population.
Businesses have a tendency to focus on their standard demographic. If they typically serve a specific age, gender, orientation, or interest group, it is natural to sometimes narrowly define that group when creating a marketing plan. It is important, however, to expand the scope to include other growing markets whenever possible.
As the senior citizen internet user population increases, how should your website respond? The good news is that the 'rules' are largely the same, with a few minor tweaks.
Begin with a straightforward approach
Each year American citizens are faced with options when it comes to filing their tax returns. While plenty still prepare their own forms, and others prefer to hire professionals to do the dirty work, growing numbers of people are shelling out cash for tax preparation software. If you decide to go this route, it is important to understand some general guidelines.
Choosing a Brand
You told them what?!
A teenager I know recently approached me excitedly. He told me all about the online contest he had won. Among hundreds of thousands of others, he was selected to receive $1,000, and various perks, including free dvd rentals. Naturally suspicious, I asked him when and how he entered this contest. "That was the best part-- I didn't even have to enter!" he boasted.
When I was growing up, I remember adults quipping that, "Only two things in life are certain-- death and taxes." Perhaps these days that adage should be changed to read "death, taxes, and computer viruses". Either you have already experienced the frustration of dealing with a computer virus, or you will, at some point, be the target of an attack. This should not be cause for alarm, provided you are armed with the best defense.
Choosing Antivirus Software
Last month we examined the advantages and disadvantages of ereaders. The final decision of whether or not to own one may come down to whether you are a reader who does not mind learning new technology once in a while, or a techie who does not mind reading once in a while. As I definitely fall into the first category, I did not find ereader navigation to be as intuitive as the advertisements would have you believe. In fact, my first reaction was shear appreciation for the cognitive simplicity and tactile satisfaction of traditional books.
In the August Anttix Antics, we ran an article introducing the reincarnated Microsoft search engine known as Bing. While there are countless legitimate search engines available to satisfy your query needs, most of us do not feel too creative when it comes to the routine task of locating information. We tend to choose a search engine as our default, and conveniently pop phrases in as needed.
