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Welcome To My Page — AP Carp

Below are a few samples of my stories, followed by many others Just click on the stories you would like to read to read

1 min readOct 26, 2021

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Writers’ Blokke

Starting Medium and YouTube at 68 years old

Reason: 80% get back a passion 20% possibly adding to Social Security income

4 min readJul 23, 2021

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Hand with pencil and pad writing “I have writer’s block” over and over

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Everyone is Quitting YouTube! Should Beginning Creators GIVE UP?

Why are people announcing they are leaving YouTube?

4 min readMar 7, 2024

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Image with text of people are quitting YouTube. A person has his hand over his face like he is exasperated.

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Create Higher Quality Documents With Microsoft Word

This post will give you some of the best tips on improving your documents using Microsoft Word.

5 min readFeb 15, 2024

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Top view of a laptop computer on a desk with a glass of water, a notepad with a pen, and a smartphone.

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Gen “Z” Is Complaining About How Hard They Have It Living Today

Spoiler alert — ALL generations had it hard when they were young

4 min readAug 21, 2023

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Gen “Z” Is Complaining About How Hard They Have It Living Today

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Remote Workers Can Be Hurt If Resisting Going Back To The Office

It seems great working from home, but you have to be careful

4 min readAug 19, 2023

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Stressed woman working on computer with kids running around in background

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Something Strange Happened To My Story Image

I submitted a story to Illumination yesterday and the Image I attached with credits was changed

1 min readAug 17, 2023

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Sign displaying the word “Answers” with a sign telling how many miles to go

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Companies are calling remote workers back to the Office Now

Workers are resisting, but companies are right to do this

5 min readAug 17, 2023

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The Shortform

I Have Been Told You Can Update Old Articles in Medium

So I did. Well, what happened?

1 min readJul 22, 2023

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ChatGPT and AI Will Not Take Over Humans

But they will make it miserable for existing writers and creators

5 min readJun 9, 2023

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A robot sitting on a bench with s laptop computer with a human head saying “Don’t be Afraid — We won’t take over”

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AP Carpen

AP Carpen

Paid Member; Semi-Retired Software Developer; Will write about computers for non-techs, human nature, how-to, and some humor; Developing a YouTube channel

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