Posts Tagged With "software"

I, Inkscapist: Three Curves Every Artist Should Know

art & code, informology »

[21 Feb 02013 | 316 views | 5 minutes of your time ]

…pure vector design is that ace in your art tool-kit that once you master you’ll find yourself gravitating to more and more.

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Photo Archiving Adventures

informology, photography, technology »

[8 Apr 02012 | 608 views | 4 minutes of your time ]

I decided I wanted to give Picassa a try for managing my collection. Before that point I had little micro collections, and collections with a lot of overlap between them, on CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, external hard drives, internal drives, memory sticks, memory cards, and scattered across a collection of systems.

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Informology Versus the Library

informology »

[7 Mar 02012 | 646 views | 4 minutes of your time ]

I cut my information-sorting teeth — so to speak — in the stacks.
For a couple years in high school, and for at least two terms of University, I sold my spare time for school money by playing the role of underpaid library …

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Open Source Cartooning – Part One

art & code, technology, writing »

[15 Nov 02011 | 359 views | 4 minutes of your time ]

While I haven’t been writing a novel this month for the infamous NaNoWrimo, I have been working on a different and still very interesting (at least, to me) creative project.
Astute readers may recall that I dabbled in the creating of …

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Reloaded: Cloudy Autumn Edition

critters, gamer, informology, technology »

[20 Oct 02011 | 312 views | 4 minutes of your time ]

A “reloaded” post is a quick-clipped summary of a bunch of small things from the past few days. I want to write them down, but I am either lacking in (a) details or (b) time. That’s just how it goes sometimes. …

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What Can Kids Teach Us About Interface Design?

critters, informology, technology »

[31 May 02011 | 394 views | 8 minutes of your time ]

My three-and-a-half-year-old daughter (name withheld because I’m cross-posting this on a couple of blogs) is one of those preschoolers lucky enough to have her own computer. Yeah, you read that right. She has her own computer: a fully functional, laptop …

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code-a-la-mode

art & code, informology »

[8 Jan 02010 | 264 views | 3 minutes of your time ]

I’m not exactly a trained web programmer. I mean, I’ve taken classes in basic Java coding and data structures. And heck knows I’ve hacked my way through a sugary sweet collection of itty-bitty web scripts to enhance my blog or …

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Wii (Are Not) Fit, Plus What?

gamer »

[6 Oct 02009 | 175 views | less than a minute of your time ]

I picked up a copy of the Wii Fit upgrade yesterday, Wii Fit Plus.
Oddly enough, since buying the original (balance board and game, etc) about three months ago, we now put in the majority of our Wi-time on that particular …

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text to the future

meta & methods, technology, writing »

[7 Jan 02008 | 679 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

One week into 2008 and this is only my second post. Were you one of those who was checking every day to see if I’d resumed the daily posts? Do you miss me yet?
Alas, all is not lost. I’ve been …

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