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Tot's jots: Yee ha!
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OK - after falling off the blogging planet for a while, I've returned. I've been busy in the new job, upskilling. In many areas but I've reached a point where, for sanity's sake if nothing else, I need some non-work projects. I haven't done much since creating a football -themed Flash flip card memory game for my nephew last year (to practice ActionScript. I'm looking for a few different things to occupy me, so I don't. I was tempted to use this as a project to check out HTML5/ CSS. 10 March, 2011 08:57.
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Tot's jots: Loads of new stuff!
http://totsjots.blogspot.com/2010/07/loads-of-new-stuff.html
Loads of new stuff! Lots of new stuff since my last post - new job, new hair do and I've been playing with lots of new toys and tricks! So I'm now working as a Media Developer in an eLearning team which I've very excited about. In the last 2 weeks I've used almost every program in the Adobe Master suite, built a new website, done a bit of film editing, thrown a bit of javascript around in Adobe Acrobat and started playing with the new bits and bobs in CS5! Happy as a pig in mud :-). Loads of new stuff!
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Tot's jots: Photoshop notes
http://totsjots.blogspot.com/2011/10/photoshop-notes.html
I am the post-it note queen. Or I was anyway, before my recent migration to the world of smart phones. I have a habit of writing production notes around my desk on post-its, esp for things I don't do EVERY day, so I don't forget. I find I'm not always at work when I'm doign these sorts of things so I thought I'd post it here for my reference. Photoshop notes - photo retouching. Make the layer overlay or soft light. Adjust opacity of layer or erase where not needed. Erase everywhere it doesn't need to be.
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Tot's jots: Typeface and Inspiration
http://totsjots.blogspot.com/2010/05/typeface-and-inspiration.html
I consider myself a greenhorn in terms of design and the web (the more I learn, the more I realise I don't know! In an effort to see what people are doing in terms of best practice and common standards, I have been known to have a scan through an inspiration gallery to try to glean as much, from what someone has deemed to the the best of the best. The author of the article Inspiration Kills. Fonts, I came across this lovely reference called Learn: Anatomy of a Typeface. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tot's jots: February 2010
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More on outdated browsers. So, I'm hoping either work is going to upgrade their browser, or I find new work soon. Http:/ arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/02/youtube-to-kill-ie6-support-on-march-13.ars. YouTube is joining Google (and many other sites) in shunning IE6. Good news from a designer POV (I really like the idea of IE6 disappearing and not ever having to muck about tweaking/setting up separate IE style sheets) but more narky banners for IE6 users, arrgghh! BIG pet hate of mine. What I'd prefer...
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Tot's jots: January 2010
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So, I've been a bit distracted the past couple of weeks. Been spending a hell of a lot of time menu planning and cooking (damned healthy new years resolutions.). Strine.net.au maintenance has also ramped up, post-AIMIA award finalist announcement. A definite highlight was buying new snorkelling fins on the weekend (yay! I now have the confidence to head out into sections of water I never would have before and am completely in love and all excited again about an old hobby. Learning Actionscript 3.0'.
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Tot's jots: JS libraries and stuff
http://totsjots.blogspot.com/2011/10/tangle-js-library.html
JS libraries and stuff. Some nice interactive elements. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My thoughts and discoveries uncovered during self directed study/research. JS libraries and stuff. Paul Neave awesome interactive designer. Ebook search engines - free stuff online! Remove pesky line breaks from text. Stack overflow - programmer Q. Flash Game Book site. Senocular AS3 with CS3. Unity game development tool. JEtsy Ketsy - my game design blog. Team dev blog from Strine.net.au.
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Tot's jots: September 2011
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I had a look at playing with Quicksand. On the weekend, one of the jQuery plug-ins I want to use in my revamped portfolio site. Fortunately I found a couple of great tutorials over at the Web Design Think Tank. Written by Stewart Doxey. The more basic Simple data filtering using jQuery. Was fine but I managed to break something when I moved on to Simple jQuery filtering using Quicksand. By Marijn Haverbeke. It's online (awesome! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Paul Neave awesome interactive designer. Planet ...
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Tot's jots: October 2011
http://totsjots.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html
JS libraries and stuff. Some nice interactive elements. I am the post-it note queen. Or I was anyway, before my recent migration to the world of smart phones. I have a habit of writing production notes around my desk on post-its, esp for things I don't do EVERY day, so I don't forget. I find I'm not always at work when I'm doign these sorts of things so I thought I'd post it here for my reference. Photoshop notes - photo retouching. Make the layer overlay or soft light. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Tot's jots: April 2010
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Making the most of the freebie. So I've just been through the entire 4 hrs of Lynda.com training on Flash CS4 Professional Essential Training. The majority was mind numbingly boring as it was stuff I already knew or was very similar to my CS3 experience but I was loathe to skip any of it as there were occasionally. Although also plan to do at least some Photoshop. CS4 and AS3 training in and around my projects. Might have to look at extending this subscription.). The Adventures of Byron and Otto'. Might ...
