by Farrukh
10. September 2009 07:53
Most of new web designers and web developers think they can simply open up Dreamweaver and start coding CSS and HTML. The moment you start coding without planning, basically you are making sure that your design looks unprofessional. You should know how to use these tools and yes you should be quick in using shortcuts and any other enhanced features to get yourself organised and get your design or website rolling in less time however success depends on a lot more factors. Most important of those factors is planning. Planning is most of the time more than 80 percent of work.
Planning:
I have included a couple of videos emphasising on importance of planning here. These are not kind of moral lectures but they show you how to create a wireframe and how it can boost your design skills. Ok lets roll it out.
Well Here’s another one showing exactly how its done.
So now you know how its done all you have to do is wait for your next project or design. Do practice it on small projects. The misconception that if your client is small you don’t plan and just do something that is quick and dirty solution. This ruins reputation which is hard earned if you know what I mean.
Do we need anything else than planning. Maybe you can have a look at some tools for making wireframes.
If you plan and do it properly it will have high probability of success. I am keeping this post short just so people can get the idea of what I am talking about.
by Farrukh
20. June 2009 02:47
This was shared by some friends and thought to put it on my blog in case I am not able to find direct link to it. We are still on mercy of Youtube to watch it and of course on mercy of uploading user. Anyway some real things that are going to change the real world.
Have a look at some of the comments on Youtube and people are more concerned about who is going to take over the world however I think more or less the harmful thing for any country is its people in power. From past its clear that whoever has gained power is scared of losing it at some stage and none of the presidents are happy to become prime ministers while every governor has a dream of being president. This race is similar to watching 100 meter run where everybody is cheating and pushing each other, you wont be watching them running but fighting close to starting line.
by Farrukh
20. June 2009 02:25
Watch this…A talented…web administrator working while doomed office users try to “get help out of” (simply annoy) him with “The website is down”
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One of the great videos found while looking for IT blunders on web servers. Be cautious of the game play and some strong language including desktop icon arrangements. This is more of a listen-to-me-and-comprehend video so adjust your volume and turn other noise down. Also get your brain ready to state-of-audio-conversion-to-normal-voice if you want to understand most of the funny parts. This one is really from one hell of a web server admin guy who can control server with his joystick.
by Farrukh
18. May 2009 13:48
While I am working on setting up my office desk and networks I thought to make a quick wallpaper for next month. Thout sharing it would be a great idea. So here is your 1024x768 resolution wallpaper. Click on Thumbnail to view image and set it as background.

Current supported resolution 1024 x 768 but it will work for slightly different resolutions and widescreen monitors. If you need PSD file and used fonts, these will be available after the launch of webricate.com which is not far in future. More wallpapers and design work will be made available as we progress through our library for webricate.com.
by Farrukh
15. May 2009 17:28
Was getting into one of the competition to create custom brush and generate a 640x480 image to use it with any font from online. Did this all in 7 minutes and won a wrist watch. Sale stamp is a custom brush and leaves lookalike are also a custom brush generated from a custom shape and motion blur filter. Will upload brushes for free later.

by Farrukh
18. April 2009 04:23
Matt Cutts from Google Webmaster Tools giving his traditional mixed answer to this question.
Watch this!