The New Trend

Social media marketing sounds daunting to a lot of people, but a basic plan will help most small businesses.

MySpace was the beginning of the whole revolution. The idea was not about throwing ads in front of people, but actually “being” the ad by virtue of how you presented yourself and your products. Social media marketing is about building a community around your business. The goal is to offer them compelling and engaging information because you want them to come back. Read the rest of this entry »

What is networking?

Networking in the gaining and maintaining of contacts. On the basis of respect and trust you start a relationship, ask questions and share information. Networking conversations are usually positive and pleasurable conversations, you gain good contact relationships.

Why Networking?

Networking is a pro-active activity. You don’t wait until there is a vacancy, instead you put yourself on the map within a certain work field. You do not ask for a function, but you present yourself as a motivated individual in the branch of your conversation partner.

This way, a more independent and suitable position is created. You can ask the other person advice, practical tips or ask for a referral. Networking can lead to a job. Read the rest of this entry »

Problems problems everywhere and not a solution to spare…this is the precise dilemma that graphic designers face nowadays. With rapid advancement and technological development in the field of graphic design, it is getting extremely hard for designers to cope up with situations. Tackling daily routine problems is one thing, but encountering situations that are out of the ordinary is troublesome.
But there is simply no point in just discussing the problems when you don’t provide any solutions, is there? So today, we look at some of the most prime and recurrent problems that graphic designers face and their possible solutions. While old habits die hard, it is never too late to learn and make amends.

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WK

Vandaag begint het wereldkampioen voetbal in zuid Afrika.

Een ieder is in de ban van het wereldkampioenschap.

Heel wat auto’s rijden rond met een vlag van hun favoriet op het WK. Read the rest of this entry »

WEB 2.0

What is WEB 2.0?

Originally in 2004, Web 2.0 was referred to as this idea of the “Web as a platform”. The concept was such that instead of thinking of the Web as a place where browsers viewed data through small windows on the readers’ screens, the Web was actually the platform that allowed people to get things done. But this really didn’t catch on. In fact, it’s fairly hard to grasp what that really means.

Later people started thinking of Web 2.0 as the programming tools used to create the Web pages that were considered “cutting edge Web 2.0″. This included AJAX and SOAP and other XML and JavaScript applications that allowed the readers to actually interact with the Web pages more like you would with an application on your desktop.

Now Web 2.0 is really starting to mean a combination of the technology (like AJAX) allowing the customers to actually interact with the information. Web 2.0 is starting to mean the situation where amateur writers and developers are able to create applications and Web sites that get more credibility than traditional news sources and software vendors. This combination of powerful JavaScript tools like AJAX enabling nearly anyone to contribute to and interact with the data that we are all working with is really what Web 2.0 is.

web_2.0_guide

A collage of us being "spang" with each other

“Hook me up with a great photographer, a clever stylist, and an expert retoucher and together we create a beautiful Illusion”. Those words were spoken by Heidi Klum, one of the most successful supermodels to walk the planet. She has been criticized for this quote, and accused of belittling natural beauty as though it could not exist with retouching by a graphic designer. When I was asked my opinion on this quote, my only response was that beauty was a product of Photoshop.

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Dear readers

Welcome to my first security topic.

“Password strength”

Inspiration for writing about this came to after stumbling upon the following blog:

http://onemansblog.com/2007/03/26/how-id-hack-your-weak-passwords/

There is some really good information there. so read-on. It will come in handy, because anyone who uses computers / web regularly has in some way suffered from security issues, that be data-loss / corruption due to viruses or other malware wheter you admit it or not

FYI here is a table that shows the estimated time required for a brute-force method of password cracking.

Remember, these are just for an average computer, and these assume you aren’t using any word in the dictionary. If Google put their computer to work on it they’d finish about 1,000 times faster.

Keep in mind that a strong password is not enough, you must scan your systems at least once a week for viruses. This however still does not guarantee 100% safety.

end part 1

ok my time’s up,
I’ll write more about this (part 2) soon.

We got introduced to actionscript 3.0.
We were shown how to animate with code only.
Boba, a teacher from Hogeschool Nederland, gave us the course.

We also got some books on actionscript 3.0.

With all these info we need to start studying actionscript 3.0 and
make our own actionscript applications and sell them to the world.

Hey y’all

It’s been very stressful these last couple of months, but that doesn’t stop me.
Working on old and new projects, working with your colleagues, it’s all very challenging.
Seems that every day you get new obstacles to overcome and you know you’ll only fail if you stop trying.
That’s my short blog for now.
Hope it keeps you satisfied till the next one

Hi all,

It`s been a very busy week for me. The days are going fast and the work flow is very high but i’m very glad to do great projects and to see smiling faces from our customers.

Management and carrying out updates, both are a part of my job but supporting en helping my colleagues is crucial for team spirit!
Our colleague, Simon, is also participating in WorldSkills Americas 2010 in the skill “Web Design”.
He has our full support and we know that he will return with a splendorous result. Simon! Best of Luck!!!!:)

This is my blog for now.  I have to hurry up to finish my work.

Have a great weekend!!