Saturday, July 09, 2022
Do you ignore promotional emails? I get probably- as many as anyone else, and I must admit my cursor stays on the delete button when checking the mail.
That said, on June 13, 2022 I noticed the subject line for the email highlighted in the graphic below and decided to have a look.
When I opened the email to investigate, I found the following offer.
So the next day, I decided to use my personal checking account (Bank of
America) app rather than my business checking account (Wells Fargo) app to
deposit the rewards check from the credit card company. I made a video of the mobile deposit.
The last time I received a credit card rewards check was 3 years ago after I purchased my new camera. I normally deposit these infrequent cash rewards checks to my business checking account, however, because of the rewards offer from my other bank, decided to change my routine and use the other bank.
The bank stated the $10 rewards deposit would be within sixty days, and
showed up this morning as a deposit made yesterday.
Needless to say, I am not going to be so quick to delete promotional emails in the future.
Monday, July 04, 2022
A major software issue I wanted to look into- involved my Instagram API Demonstrations, as provided: here and here.
The problem involved thumbnail requests of the photos and videos, which initially were being returned from the API as same size photos no matter what size originally uploaded to Instagram. See this link for illustration, the thumbnail requests initially worked.
Recently, when I uploaded a new photo to Instagram via my new iPad mini, the problem became more evident because the app on the iPad did not crop the photo in the same manner as the Android version. That is what prompted my decision to fix the problem now, rather than later.
The following video, discusses and demonstrates updates to several QiSoftware developed software tools including the Instagram demonstrations.
I am playing around with Microsoft's Power Point 365 and Active Presenter for online videos and presentations which is how I created the video in this blog post. I consider this effort in the early stages and will continue to try to perfect my efforts in this area.
Hope you are having a nice holiday...
