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Today’s three are all about accessibility again, but this time I’m focusing on tools that will help you create more accessible sites. I personally use each of these, and find them very useful. This is not a sales pitch, either, as all of them (at the time of writing this) are free to use and platform independent. (more…)
This week’s three are all about terminology. It’s easy to get bogged down in the technical aspects of website design or management. If you’re someone who’s not particularly technical in nature, yet you’re tasked with managing a blog or a corporate site, the jargon can sound pretty daunting. Moreover, even after you become familiar with it, you may not even know completely what it means. Here’s a start: (more…)
This Saturday I’m showing you how to add depth of field to your photos using Photoshop. With a suitable photograph, you can achieve some really nice results, but there are some things to look out for as well, which I point out in this short tutorial video. Anyone with Photoshop can follow along and learn, there are only a few steps and a couple of tools in use, so it won’t seem overwhelming to a Photoshop beginner. (more…)
Even though most of my friends view me as a technocrat, I don’t have an iPhone. I’ve been getting along fine without one, mainly because I’m pretty constantly near a wireless network and I can use my trusty little iPad Nano, er, I mean iPod Touch. However, there are times when I need to find something out quickly, and Google is really my only hope. Here are three quick ways you can get info from Google via SMS on your regular wireless phone. (more…)
It doesn’t matter if you write, paint, sculpt, play music, or design websites. Sometimes creativity escapes you and you feel like you’re spinning your wheels, wasting time, and not getting anywhere on a project. Here are three things that work for me when I’m not feeling very creative. There are plenty more ideas you can try, but this is my go-to list and almost always works. (more…)
