When building block themes there is often more than one way to achieve the same thing. It’s often not clear which of these options is preferable. Below I outline some tips and guidelines that I find helpful. The guiding principle here is to remove as much complexity as possible from the theme; instead block themes […]

The easy and compliant way that every theme developer should know.

Unless you graduated from college in the last 5 years, chances are the job titles have changed significantly.  A decade ago there was no such thing as a “social media manager” or a “digital content strategist.”  Now just about every company has people doing those jobs, whether they work under those titles or not.  Sure, […]

The post Salaries For Digital Marketing Creatives first appeared on TECH Intelligence and is written by Brian Wallace.

This is real life.  Just yesterday, someone I follow on Facebook discovered that someone had created two fake accounts and used her pictures to assume a false identity which the “someone” used to flirt with me and generally behave in an unladylike manner.  The fake accounts were reported, but initially, Facebook refused to remove them, […]

The post How does catfishing work? first appeared on TECH Intelligence and is written by Brian Wallace.

Android recently unveiled their newest operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It doesn’t entirely overhaul the system, but it does bring some exciting new improvements for Android users to enjoy. Like every new operating system, it takes some getting used to, but knowing some of the tricks help to facilitate the process. Expect Changes with New […]

The post 4 Android 6.0 Marshmallow tricks to show to your friends first appeared on TECH Intelligence and is written by Drew Hendricks.

Apps can really help your business grow, or they can be your entire business.  Flappy Bird anyone?  But no matter which route you go, it’s worth an audit to be sure you are making as much money as you possibly can from your company’s apps.  Otherwise, you are just leaving money on the table, and […]

The post Are you making enough money from your apps? first appeared on TECH Intelligence and is written by Brian Wallace.

In the past few years, AI’s impact has increased daily. No industry that doesn’t involve AI technology in its business is left behind. Artificial intelligence certainly helps to make the job easy. Now, this revolution has also changed the marketing industry.  Nowadays, digital marketers can work smartly and effectively with AI. However, there are tons...

The post Best AI Marketing Tools 2024 – Let’s Boost Your Campaigns appeared first on noupe.

As a creator, you know that you’ve got to be consistent to make it in the content game. But consistency isn’t enough on its own. In order to stand out from the crowd, your consistently produced content has to be quality. You’ve got to make stuff that your target audience will genuinely enjoy, find helpful,...

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Let’s create a Breakout game using Vanilla JavaScript. In a Breakout game, the player uses a paddle to bounce a ball and hit bricks, removing the bricks one by one.

Ask the search engine Ecosia about “Paris to Prague” and flight booking websites dominate the results. Ecosia’s CEO Christian Kroll would prefer to present more train options, which he considers better for the environment. But because its results are licensed from Google and Microsoft’s Bing, Ecosia has little control over what’s shown. Kroll is ready for that to change.

Focus outlines highlight the active interactive element on a web page. They’re crucial for accessibility, especially for keyboard users and those with motor impairments. If you ever tried navigating a website without a mouse, you can imagine how frustrating it is when you can’t see where you are. If not, imagine not seeing your cursor

This week’s designer news includes CSS Printing Guide, Retrofitting Fluid Typography, CSS :has() Interactive Guide, Bootstrap 5 Modern Backgrounds, and much more.

In this tutorial we will create a simple Flicker widget using the Flicker API and the WordPress widget API. The widget can be used multiple times and it will require your Flicker ID and the number of images to display. If we search for something like this we can find a tons of premade widgets, […]

Border radius Border radius is one of the most used CSS properties, but to achieve the desired effect you have to type a bunch of code so can get it to work in all browsers. This tool will allow you to do this in seconds, just type the value you like and it will generate […]

In this article I am going to present you one of the best CSS frameworks you can find. When starting a new project as a frontend developer you will always have to face the fact that you will have to write a lot of CSS just to achieve the basic structure of the site. Creating […]

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Back in the late 80s, my mom bought me a 386sx 16MHz computer equipped with a 2400 baud modem. It was my first computer that enabled me to connect to an online world. Back then, there was large behemoths like AOL and CompuServe but there were also independent services called bulletin board systems, aka BBSs.

A BBS was somewhat of a one-to-one connection. Most independent BBSs had only one or two phone lines with which someone could dial into. They were little islands of community that one could play simple turn-based games or leave messages on, like a physical bulletin board. Once I logged off, somebody else could dial in and leave their messages or take their turn in a game or two.

Given the limited speed of modems of that era, these services were entirely ASCII text-based. ANSI was a superset that included character codes beyond plain text that could change the colour. As a result, rudimentary and blocky graphics (and even animation) were possible. I remember playing a Risk-style game that was ANSI-based called Global War. (Check out those stunning graphics!)

In order to create a distributed system of messages, allowing for communication across a multitude of BBSs, a BBS would have to connect to another BBS and synchronize messages between the two. FidoNet was probably the most popular of these systems.

I even ran my own board running on Telegard called The Jester’s Palace, where I went by the handle The Jester.

The Jester turned out to be a surprisingly popular name and thus, I decided to change my name (and give myself a promotion to boot): I became The Kind King. Looking back, it’s uncreative and embarrassing but I chalk it up to being a dumb teenager.

Warez

In my late teens, I discovered a world of pirated software being distributed via BBSs. Which, when you consider the logistics, is somewhat impressive. In order for software to go from one city to another, a long distance phone call would be made which would cost a lot of money back in those days. (I also used to wear an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time.) To avoid paying such costs, people would use a PBX to (illegally) pass those charges onto large corporations and hope nobody would notice. It is within this world that I also learned about Phreaking and Wardialing.

There was a subculture of people involved in distributing pirated software (uh, warez) that coalesced into groups like Razor 1911, The Humble Guys, and FAiRLiGHT.

Within the software that were being distributed, files were included to let you know who was responsible for releasing the pirated software (and cracking the software, removing any copy protections that might’ve existed).

As a result, an entire art scene formed around these groups as artists worked to outdo each other and promote the hacking groups and the BBSs that distributed the software. Being a creative teenager in high school with too much time on my hands, I began creating ANSi art (the warez scene had a thing for lowercase i’s) and even found myself part of an art group called AiR: ARTiSTS iN REVOLT.

Alas, I lost all of my work from those days. Some googling has uncovered one piece from 1992:

I remember my best work as a recreation of the poster from the movie Universal Soldier. I wish I could find that piece again.

Connections

It’s interesting to me to see the connection that came from that creativity and curiosity and how it led me to my career doing design and development.

BBSs were where I met my first roommate, Brent, and with whom we’d end up with a bit of a revolving door of roommates, some of who were also from the warez scene. At one point, our house had probably close to a dozen phone lines running into it with each of us running our own board, and I wonder if the phone company technician wasn’t at least a bit curious why we needed so many lines running into a residential townhouse.

I still have that old 2400 baud modem, tucked away in a box, as a reminder of where it all started.

This trip down memory lane brought on by a post from GReG SToREY. Check out The Art of Warez.

After a couple years of not putting any revenue into the business, I realized that it was time to say goodbye. I have officially dissolved my corporation, Snook.ca Web Development, Inc.

My personal blog, Snook.ca, marches on.

Deventer, December 2008

Photography taken at the Charles Dickens Festival in Deventer, The Netherlands.

Pictures taken with Olympus E-3 ~ Leica D Summilux 25mm 1:1.4

Postprocessed in Photoshop CS4.
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Any project—no matter the scale and scope—requires an effective workflow to maintain high efficiency in all tasks involved. A good workflow can also minimize errors, improve collaboration within the team, and ensure that the end product is delivered on time. This is especially true for web development projects, which can pose various creative and technical […]

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Content marketing is crucial for SaaS firms. It helps attract and retain customers by creating content that resonates with the audience using traditional marketing strategies like advertisements or promotions. Sharing articles and videos and engaging social media posts showcasing expertise in the industry sector can help gain trust and establish credibility for the brand, leading […]

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As a designer, there are endless opportunities between your creation potential and your usual clients. With the growing demand for visual expertise, the possibility of earning more and increasing income is growing. By specializing in graphic design, web development, or UX/UI, you open doors to new ways of developing your revenues. Selling design templates, coaching, […]

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This simple combination of Photoshop filters creates a pencil sketch effect that quickly converts a photograph into a realistic drawing. The result features a mix of rough sketch lines and shading, along with a subtle paper texture which makes the effect much more believable. Choose between a traditional graphic pencil appearance, or toggle off the […]

The post Photoshop Pencil Sketch Effect Tutorial appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

A brand new kind of design bundle has just dropped over at Design Cuts. Curated Collections are mini bundles of 4 related products for just $10, saving up to 90%. You’ll find collections of brushes, fonts, illustrations and more for Procreate, Photoshop and other art and design software. Which ones are your favourites? Each curated […]

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Experiencing three or more concussions is linked with worsened brain function in later life, according to major new research. The study – the largest of its kind - also found having just one moderate-to-severe concussion, or traumatic brain injury (TBI), can have a long-term impact on brain function, including memory.

Children who sustain an mTBI are at increased risk for developing new affective or behavioral disorders over four-years post-injury.

Michael Kimb Jones — or Kimb, as he prefers people call him — sat waiting for his time to stand up and speak. There he sat, on the ground floor of Surgeons Hall at the Royal College of Surgeons, running over the things he was about to talk about. His presentation was for WordCamp Edinburgh in […]

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This morning I spent some time investigating feed readers and services to replace Google Reader. A lot of internet users have been since Google announced Reader is going away this summer. It’s easy to pull up a list of possible alternatives, but ultimately I found it necessary to just dig in and try them out […]

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Genetic tests showed that certain patients were predisposed to brain injuries if they took the drugs. That information remained secret.

North Carolina State quarterback Grayson McCall is retiring from football, he announced Wednesday after sustaining a head injury during a game earlier this month. "Brain specialists, my family, and I have come to the conclusion that it is in my best interest to hang the cleats up," he continued. "I have done everything I can to continue, but this is where the good Lord has called me to serve in a different space."

New research from the Salk Institute is providing hope for people who suffer from PTSD, panic attacks, migraines, and more. "Our body has an alarm system that detects danger from the environment or inside our body," explains Dr. Sung Han, an Associate Professor at the Salk Institute and lead researcher for this project. "Sometimes our bodies generate false alarms... We need to understand (what) molecules send the false signal to the brain so that we can block (it)."

Most people may be familiar with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other common types of psychotherapy, but art therapy remains somewhat of a mystery to the general public. Not incorporating it into a treatment plan could be a huge missed opportunity for veterans who’ve experienced trauma and other patients in need of mental health support. “Art is a means of therapy and a way to heal,” says Marine Corps veteran Jerry Rael. “It helps me escape some of the things that I went through during my time in service.”  Art can also be therapeutic for families who have lost a loved one in battle, as seen in Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen. In the film, Marine Anthony Marquez carves battlefield crosses out of wood for each lost service member and then hand-delivers them to Gold Star families, including a grieving mother who had attempted suicide.

How and why should healthcare providers ask patients if they have PTSD?

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Oftentimes balance issues influence restrictions about lifting heavy objects after a brain injury.

More than imaging, diagnosis of TBI is still based on the initial symptoms at the time of the injury.

In a surprise announcement, Fujifilm is entering the cinema camera market. But instead of leveraging their APS-C X-Trans sensor tech to make Super35 cameras, they’re...

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which has orbited Jupiter since 2016, recently captured striking new images of the gas giant during its 66th close flyby. This solar-powered...

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A bit of a surprise announcement from Fujifilm! The GFX ETERNA – a cinema camera with a medium format sensor, putting it to to toe...

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