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My life working for BinaryComponents, coding, design, and other stuff.

My Other Blog


Posted on 28 Mar 2008 16:16

I've been a bit slack with my blog posts lately - or rather, they've mostly been about things other than FeedGhost, so they've gone on my other blog.

If you didn't know about my other blog, it's called Just Effort (tagline: design skills are something you learn, not something you’re born with). It's all about graphic design, but from my perspective, i.e. that of a programmer. It's my belief that the stereotype of "programmer art" is down to lack of effort and practice, not some lack of innate skill.

So what might you find there? Here's a few past articles:

 

Getting Past Blank-Canvas-Block

Existing Content Final

How to get past the blank canvas and actually produce something.

 

Vista-Style Transparency

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Using Photoshop to produce a frosted glass effect.

 

Designing and Printing Business Stationery

  sketchbrochure-3aLetterhead   

Ideas and how-to guides for producing promotional business materials.

 

3-D Reflective Screenshots

addlayermask draggradient 3d6

Making attractive reflective screenshots to show off your software.

 

 

You can find the blog here:

http://www.justeffort.com/

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