Sep
30
September 30, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Pixelmator a new image editing software made for mac osx (sorry PCs) released a few days ago. I have yet to try it out. But from the screenshots it looks pretty awesome and it only costs $59.
The coolest image editor comes not only with handy and powerful selection, painting and retouching tools, but it also has everything you need for typing text on your pictures, analysing colors, cropping, transforming, moving anything in your pictures or navigating through your images.
It also includes color correction tools and even effects and filters. It probably isnt quite an alternative to the all mighty PhotoshopCS3 but it could easily replace less advanced software like Photoshop Elements. Great for photographers probably.
Plus look at it’s beautiful interface, I’m excited to try this out.
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Sep
27
September 27, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Found out today was Google’s 9th Birthday when I was googling earlier. Has it only been 9 years? Seems like Google has been here all my life. Anyway it’s been a very successful 9 years, so it should definitely something to celebrate. To learn more about Google.. just google it! seriously.
On a side note, I really love the pinata “9″. Looks awesome. To see some older birthday editions of Google, check the Google unofficial news and tips site.
Happy Googling.
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Sep
25
September 25, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Fresh2007 is the BCIT Digital Arts Industry Grad Show.
The night will showcase the work of the 2007 graduates of the Design Essentials, Digital Animation and New Media Design and Web Development programs.
The Industry Night will be held at Radical Entertainment at 369 Terminal Ave, Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 from 5-8 pm.
You are invited to join us for this unique event. The grad students are pleased to extend this invitation out to all Digital Arts professionals, and look forward to meeting with the forerunners of the Digital Arts Industry.
www.fresh2007.ca
Come check us out!
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Sep
21
September 21, 2007 at 8:40 am
This is another one of those blogs for my web marketing class..
There are many different technologies that belong to Web 2.0, some of them being:
- Rich Internet application techniques, optionally Ajax-based
- Cascading Style Sheets to separate presentation from content
- Semantically valid HTML markup and microformats
- Syndication and aggregation of data in RSS or Atom feeds
- Human readable URLs
- folksonomies (in the form of tags or tagclouds, for example)
- Wiki or forum software to support user generated content
- use of Open source software, such as the LAMP solution stack
- XACML over SOAP for access control between organisations and domains
- Weblog publishing
- mashups, merging content from different sources
- REST or XML Webservice APIs
I’m taking advantage of some Web 2.0 technologies as we speak: I am blogging, my blog has valid HTML markup and semantic code, a RSS feed, and uses CSS for style. Oh, and I believe Wordpress is somewhat considered open source blogging software. Sweet.
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Sep
20
September 20, 2007 at 12:06 am
I cannot believe how fast time is going by.. less than 3 weeks till graduation! I’m totally excited and scared at the same time.
It’s funny how in the beginning of the program, a lot of us didn’t know what we were going to pursue after graduation; some knew what they wanted to pursue but totally changed directions; and some already knew what they were going to pursue and still want to pursue the same thing. But in the end, we all more or less know what direction we’re heading.
I’m really looking forward to getting my Senior Management Certificate in New Media Design and Web Development. However, I’m still undecided if I should further my education and get a degree interactive media and arts or a degree in fine arts. I’m really hoping to get a steady job too, since I don’t want to be in debt from tuition and all the other expenses. Perhaps I should continue to freelance or hope to be hired as part time designer or on a work at home basis kind of job. What I need is something flexible so I can work and go to school at the same time.
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