How to get the IATA Travel Pass Apps

PaulMay 14, 2021

Current Participants for the IATA travel Pass (5/1/21)

The App Stores

These are the the links to go download the app that you will need for the IATA travel pass. I am not sure if the Google Play store app will change or it will still be that one in the coming months but it is definitely the one that looks to work the same as the apple store. Just surprised they used a different icon for the google app store.

When Can I join?

I answered this question the last time around and it still looks like it is going to be by invitation only. I am sure that it will open up quite soon to be able to use and get ready for the weeks and months to come to allow people to create an account for the near future that they are flying. I am sure it is still under trial in some airlines and they want to be as cautious as they can.

When will the Philippines open up?

This is my biggest question right now. As of last year the they have been on lockdown for over a year and no one could freely travel to the Philippines unless with a visa and certain requirements and or documents. They have said they are looking into the Philippines Airline Travel Pass and it seems they are still doing the trail for it until the end of May. This doesn’t mean they will not go longer or than May but I am hopeful that they start to relax the restrictions to allow foreign nationals and partners to come into country in the coming months. There have been speculation from friends of mine that it might June or July. I am thinking it will be August or October but this is all just speculation and will likely depend on what the Government will do.

Korean Air Travel Pass

According to some website they are doing the travel pass in May also from LAX to ICN and it seems to be about to start with the IATA travel pass. So I am hopeful that international flights will start to pick up and go places in the coming months. I still don’t know when the airlines will start to use the Travel Pass in full and how they will let the customer know they can use it or which flights it will be available on especially for the Korean Air but at least that is a step in the right direction. Although they seem to be just doing the outbound flights. I am hopeful they will start to do the inbound flights after they get done with the trial and to see what they may expect on the coming months.

That’s the latest!

I know this isn’t going to be a very popular post but if you are like me and wanting to be ready for the travel initiative to start and so you can just start the process of registering and creating the required documents that you may need for your flight. You can download and just have it on your phone for the time when you buy the ticket and get the invitation code to start the process of getting your identity ready for the flight ahead. You will just not be able to do anything with the IATA Travel Pass apps until you have the invitation but at least you will be ready for it when it is released to the public and or you buy a ticket to a flight that invites you to participate. What’s your thoughts on the IATA travel Pass? Do you love the idea or Hate it? Will you use it or not? I’d love to hear what your opinion is about the IATA travel pass. Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

How to identify your end users and why you should know.

PaulMay 12, 2021

Who are the End Users?

This can be so tricky to most. Being in IT we can sometimes not know who the real end users but we can at least understand what they bring into the mix. End users can be anyone who consumes the product(s) you are selling. So they can be very tricky to some and not so tricky to others. Small business are always going to struggle to keep their customers so they can keep doing business with them but in the end they are the end users. So what or who are end users:

“An end-user is a person who uses a commercial product or service.” according to Wikipedia

We see that the end user is someone who again consumes the product or services provided by companies around the user they can be as simple as a web browser to as big as a gaming platform.

How do you identify your End users?

Most everyone out here have those questions in one way or the other because they tend to want to relate to the end user. Why would you want to relate to an end user? This is a good question because if you can relate to the end user you can understand them even better and create a better user experience for the end user and that will in turn bring in even more customers to use your product or services. This is why it is so vital to identify and understand the end users. If we know what the customer needs or wants we can identify how to accomplish this.

How to interact with the end user?

This can seem daunting to some or easy to others depending on how we approach the problem. Interacting with the end user can be good or bad depending on how you deal with the situation. Let’s say a end user or consumer calls up and has a problem with a program or something they bought from your store or restaurant. How you deal with an angry customer can keep the customer there or make them leave. If we give the customers an excellent help and keep them happy they are more likely to stay and keep buying from you.

Summary

End users are anyone who buys your products and knowing how to deal with them can grow your business even farther than not dealing with them. So what are some ways to do that? Got any tips and tricks to do that? Why not comment and tell me your experiences on this? I’d love to hear the stories and how you handled it. If you like this and other content please feel free to tell me and or tell me what you want me to change.

Why I bought Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

PaulMay 10, 20213 Replies

Simulator evolution 101

Saying that can mean so many different things, from First person shooters to flights like Microsoft Flight Simulator. Each one has an unique aspect in the Gaming or PC world. Now Let’s talk about what a Simulator is and then we can get into the mechanics of why someone would use this. According to Wikipedia a “flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and the environment in which it flies, for pilot training, design, or other purposes.”

In the 1990’s it used to be a big bulky room with plenty of room for hydraulics and servos to simulate the direction and motion of the aircraft. I know this really well because I on occasion would visit one of those places where you could see the flight crews flying in the simulator and it was so interesting and quite nice to see in actions. The cockpit would be up in the air and you’d see the simulator tilt right or left or tilt down or up and you could imagine how that would be so fun to fly. Now I on occasion I got to join the flight in the simulator because hey I was a little kid at the time and who’d not want to see it in action.

Simulations Still amazes me

I would on occasion remember those days in the big simulator and be in awe of what you could do. So ten years ago I started looking for a simulator game or app. I found the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and I was just amazed about it. I started playing that simulator in the early days when it wasn’t really as good as it got today. It was really fun and enjoyable to fly in those days to remind me what it was like when I was young. The nostalgia alone is something that was the best feeling in the world for me.

Fast Forward to 2020

As the Pandemic hit and we were stuck in our house for days on end due to being lockdown. I got really bored and started playing the old simulator. I decided I wanted to see if they’re something new and better graphics. So I found out that Microsoft was releasing the 2020 version later that year. I ordered my copy of the software as soon as I was able to preorder it because well I was stuck in my house and wanted something to do. I started using it and I have had the best time of life flying the game that reminds so much of my childhood as a kid in a real simulator. I will say that it does take some time to get used. You will also need a Decent graphics card to be able to play this one if you really want the realism of the way everything looks and how the terrain will look. I suggest something like a minimum of Nvidia 1060 TI or higher and that is just the GPU. A good CPU is recommended something like an i5 or high would work just as well. I never tried this on a I3 cpu so I am not sure how well it would work. I encourage you to try it out on your system and see just how nice it is to fly a plane.

Buy Microsoft Flight Simulator (PC), (Steam),(XBOX) and explore the world!

How Cloud Services Changes Our Lives?

PaulMay 7, 2021

Picture By Gerd Altmann

Cloud Services

When I say cloud services, what comes to your mind? Probably like most you think computers in the sky maybe even a satellite in beaming down radio waves to your room. I can be difficult to imagine just how much our lives have changed due to this little old technology that we all have used in one way or another. You might not know it but your using it now. This post is using a cloud service that allows everyone to see this post. I will say I am using cloudflares service myself which allows me to cache the content of my webpages. It allows me to speedly show you what ever you might be searching for.

What it is?

Well Cloudflare is a service that allows companies with high pageviews and or page request to readily show people the content they are looking for or allow the end user to do something that might otherwise be slowed down by others due to the server not having enough bandwidth to be able to send the requested information to the user. It would definitely make customers go somewhere else if they had to wait for the the page to load or to pay a bill. Cloudflare is a CDN, a content delivery network, and can be used in many different applications in the world.

Customer Satisfaction

What does that mean for you? It is simply the best way to deliver the content you are looking for and to allow you to browse the web faster and quicker than before. If we didn’t have cloudflare CDN, I’d wager most business wouldn’t be able to stay online or have the capacity to deal with customers as they do today. Each time a customer gets frustrated with a site or service, they are more likely to leave and not come back. It’s a basic idea that we should make it as quick as possible to keep the customer happy.

Recommendation

In the end, if you’re running a website on the web. You’ll going to need a service like Cloudflare to keep the customers happy. I’m going to say without a doubt to get Cloudflare or someone like cloudflare when you finally do have a website. If not, you could be losing potential customers or clients.

How to achieve your potential and your dreams

PaulMay 4, 2021

Potential

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. – Tony Robbins

I once heard someone say this to me, I wasn’t never sure what they meant by that when they said it. I’m sure we’ve all heard a saying like this in one way or another. It seems people are always trying to motivate us to do the right thing and be more than we thought we can be. We achieve our potential by continuing to do the things we desire and want. We work for the end goal and that can be a simple as just getting through the day or week. How does motivation affect your today is how you perceive it. Is it something we constantly need to make it through the day or is it something to gently remind you from time to time. That’s the real question because it depends on how you use the motivation in the day to day routines.

Motivation Strategies!

What’s your motivation strategy to get what you want? Is it the desert at the end of the day? Or is it the goal at the end of the rainbow? People tend to think short term but I like to think the long term and the long term for me is to go for the goal at the end of the rainbow sort of speak. We all have hard days and then we all have those really good days where nothing seems to go wrong. We’ve got to remember that life is like a box of chocolate we will never know what the next day will bring. This being said probably brings back all those memories of chocolates that you eaten. My personal strategy is always going to be running toward that goals that I have and each one has theirs.

Taking Charge!

When I say that what comes to your mind? In my mind it is all about creating that longing or desire to have a family and be with someone who will complete me. Other however it can be a totally different idea or goal. How we take charge is how we will succeed in life and if you realize that right now you can go anywhere! We can take charge of our life just by how we make no excuses in the day to day routines. It seems to be a constant problem in society right now. We make excuses for everything and we need to take responsibility and make a change for the better. What excuses can you stop using to get you to be successful? What can you do differently to make sure you get to that goal? If you aren’t going to be truthful to yourself than you will never be successful.

Habits

One way we can be successful is to change our habits and create new habits that will keep us on the track that will make us successful. Is there a habit that you can think of that you could change to modify to make you successful. One of my best habits I can come up with for me alone is just simply being thankful everyday. This one habit has helped me go far because most of the time we hear all the negative in the world and we just start feeling down. I fight negativity with positivity and that seems to work for me really because I’m always trying to see the positive in people. Is negativity stopping you? Is it making it harder to get through the week? I challenge you to wake up every day and find something positive in your life. Go to the mirror and say I am thankful or I am blessed for [something]. These are the habits that will make you go far and get you to your dreams. What’s stopping you? Start Today!