Make mistakes, learn and advance
Is making mistakes always as bad as we used to think? Are people who don’t make them really so good? When I think about making mistakes I imagine two cooks: one is strictly following recipes ingredient by ingredient and latter experimenting. For sure the first one will never screw up the dish but he will [...]
How to make Firefox addon work with Firefox 3.5
So, you’d like to use Firefox 3.5 right after its release but some of your favorite addons are disabled because Firefox says they are not compatible (not updated by developers)? There’s very simple solution to this problem. Now most addons that aren’t yet officially Firefox 3.5 compatible will be enabled. Warning: you can meet some [...]
Why NOT to use Lorem ipsum in design projects
Have your clients ever asked what Lorem ipsum means, in what language it’s written, why it has been used instead of some real and readable text? Lorem ipsum is more than common in graphic and web design. It used as a placeholder text to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation, such [...]
How to get best quality video playback with madVR and MPC Home Cinema
madVR is a new high quality GPU assisted video renderer. I’d say game changing video renderer if it will be developed actively. When I started to use madVR, I was amazed that video playback quality produced by madVR was different from other renderers (Haali, Enhanced Video Renderer, VMR-9) as night and day. Now I don’t [...]
10 reasons why you lose customers on e-commerce site
Why your e-commerce website visitors are leaving your site without making orders? Your e-commerce website brings in some profit but can it bring more money? Sure, if you don’t have the issues mentioned in this checklist. Even quite large e-commerce websites make childish mistakes. So read about 10 reasons why you lose customers on e-commerce [...]
Why email is still the best way for communication with clients
Business communication can take too much time and efforts, especially if you or your clients choose not right tools to do it. One phone call or IM make you lose concentration on work issues for an hour or so. What are the advantages of email over phone, fax, and modern communication ways such as Skype, [...]
How to search with Google for specific image sizes (icons 32×32 or wallpapers 1280×1024)
Do you want to know how to look for icons or wallpapers of specific size and file type using Google image search? One of the hidden features of Google image search is option to set specific image size to search for. For example, instead of choosing very general small or large image size you can [...]