I love Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror blog. Today he wrote about how important it is for programmer’s to be able to type. Good post. The line I loved, though, was this: “Don’t just type random gibberish as fast as you can on the screen, unless you’re a Perl programmer.” Zing!

In my post on interviewing Java developers, I explain how and why we make prospective hires write code on a whiteboard. In a similar vein, Imran on Tech posts about making developers write FizzBuzz. Several of us read the article, got caught in the, “Huh? That doesn’t sound hard. Let me code it really quick!” trap, and decided to add FizzBuzz to our standard suite   (more...)

My oldest child turned 15 yesterday. We had planned a family party for him–eat barbecue, open presents, eat cake–but we ended up canceling after he cussed me out at church the day before. He doesn’t live at home, and we decided he’d rather not spend his birthday with his parents. You see, this child has bipolar disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. I could tell you stories; parents of children with mental illnesses would nod their heads knowingly, and the rest   (more...)

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New Action Script 3 free sources are available to download on the Free Stuff link along with the new look which allows you to easily find free sources. The new free sources include Action Script 3 preloader and Action Script 3 navigation menu. If you have any question or comment about the files please do not hesitate contacting me info (at) graphicmania (dot) net.

About the Contest:
Graphic Mania would like to introduce the first graphic design contest in the Sparkling Creativity contests series. The first contest is about the Best Web Site Design and it is open for every one to join and submit their creative work.

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Today is the CS4-DAY. The new relase of Adobe CS4 annoucnemnt is out with the monster of creativity coming out of the box.

The announcment includes the release of the new Creative Suite 4 products. Below are the content of each suite:
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Most of the todays cartoonists are using Flash as their main tool to output their creative fun cartoon animation. This because the magnificent advantages you can find in Flash. It is easy to learn, great in the output and you can output your animation for different media like desktop, web, video, TV and even mobile devices.

I have experienced 3 way to use Flash for creating cartoon. Here, I will briefly discuss the 3 methods and I will write a deeper article about it in the next few days.
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When I started learning Adobe After Effects, I realized that it includes a number of features and effects that can not only give more capabilities to my Macromedia Flash projects but save me time because of how the two applications are integrated.

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A new contest about Adobe AIR Cookbook and the prices are great Michael Koch wrote about the new contest on Adobe site here and below is the details:

Think you can solve common Adobe AIR related coding problems? Then you qualify for the Adobe AIR Cookbook Cook-off contest, sponsored by O’Reilly Media, to celebrate the upcoming publication of the Adobe AIR Cookbook. During this contest, we invite you to submit your best solutions to common AIR coding challenges for a chance to win some great prizes. Read on   (more...)

Motion Tweening is considered bless for animation and Flash designers, as it helps save time and effort when creating animation in Flash instead of building your animation frame-by-frame.

Furthermore, the new version of Flash provides more control to motion tweening either by using XML and the timeline context menu. These improvements make using motion tweening to become easier and fast than before.

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GIF images are a good choice in low size and transparency support for most web designers. But the big problem that most designers face is the white border that shows up around your transparent GIF image while saving them from Photoshop or other software.
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This morning, we waked up with the news about unveiling the new version of Adobe Creative suite. The new CS4 will be introduced in a broadcast by next September 23 and you can register for the boadcast directly from Adobe site or follow the following link.

You can register and choose the time zone that suite you. So, let see what is coming in the new version of Adobe CS4

After the new reveal of the new Google Chrome browser, the question is will the IE be under risk after the new Open source browser and Mozilla Firefox?
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Google just officially confirmed that it will release a new open-source web browser, called Google Chrome (that link should go live sometime tomorrow).

Beta testing currently for Windows users only

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The current version of Adobe Flash Lite 3 on Adobe labs site let you test your Flash content on mobile devices before shipping it. This version of Flash Lite is not locked to your mobile serial number nor requires you to provide the IMEI number of your mobile.

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GIF images are a good choice in low size and transparency support for most web designers. But the big problem that most designers face is the white border that shows up around your transparent GIF image while saving them from Photoshop or other software.

Figure01, notice the edges in GIF format transparent images and PNG-24 format

Actually, this white border happens when GIF images does not calculate the transparency very well as this format compress the colors to the limit or may be distorting the   (more...)

GIF images are a good choice in low size and transparency support for most web designers. But the big problem that most designers face is the white border that shows up around your transparent GIF image while saving them from Photoshop or other software.

Figure01, notice the edges in GIF format transparent images and PNG-24 format

Actually, this white border happens when GIF images does not calculate the transparency very well as this format compress the colors to the limit or may be distorting the   (more...)