By Michael Garmahis on July 2, 2009
Most of these useful project management tools are complex solution with integrated time management, collaboration, version tracking, code repositories, bug and issue tracking, etc. Both free and commercial project management apps are included. I intentionally focused not on famous tools such as Microsoft Project or Basecamp but on less popular but sometimes more efficient and useful alternatives. Though you can spend some time learning these project management tools as well as teaching your team and clients, in the long term properly integrated project management tools lets you save your time and money, make your project and work of your team more efficient. Continue Reading →
Posted in Reviews
By Michael Garmahis on June 29, 2009
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 bugs as well as layout quirks in the addons. Continue Reading →
Posted in Tips
By Michael Garmahis on June 9, 2009
Here are top 30 handpicked Adobe AIR apps for designers and developers that can help you do everything from mockups and tracking your time to measuring pixels and cutting FLV video files. Besides popular Twitter applications, Adobe AIR has a lot of useful apps which can be of great help to web designers, developers, project managers. The main advantage of AIR apps is the fact that they are multiplatform so you can use them on every computer. What are some of your favorite AIR applications? Tell me what do you think in the comments! Continue Reading →
Posted in Reviews
By Michael Garmahis on May 27, 2009
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 as font, typography, and layout and direct the focus to overall presentation instead of focusing on the textual content. Lorem ipsum is not intended to have meaning. Continue Reading →
Posted in Tips
By Michael Garmahis on May 6, 2009
It’s crucial for a website to experience minimal downtime (and for site owner to monitor uptime), otherwise visitors or customers won’t return again if the site is always offline and inaccessible. Sometimes it happens that websites are going down even if you have a very reliable hosting with 99% of uptime. The reasons could vary: problems with data center, network outages, server outages, server overload, DNS configuration, or SSL certificate problems. In this case the problem has to be solved as soon as possible. Continue Reading →
Posted in Tools
By Michael Garmahis on April 29, 2009
In this MODx CMS tutorial, I will show you how to install MODx, find and install MODx template, add or modify your content. On the way you will explore the backend interface and a number of the standard MODx features. In the end you should get a MODx driven website with your own content. It’s just the beginner MODx guide, so don’t expect I’ll go too much into the details: the purpose is to quickstart your first MODx site as soon and as easy as possible. In the next MODx tutorials I’ll go deeper into building websites with this powerful CMS, so stay tuned. Continue Reading →
Posted in Tutorials
By Michael Garmahis on April 27, 2009
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 need to adjust any contrast, saturation, sharpen or resize options because any video looks perfect right out the box. In addition to madVR, Media Player Classic Home Cinema is the only thing I need to play perfectly all my video files. I’m happy to forget about all these codec packs and mess with updating them. Continue Reading →
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