Category: Miscellaneous
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Fun & classic websites
This isn’t a guide as such but rather a showcase of interesting websites past and present, and recordings-of when the website does not exist anymore. This can be a good source of inspiration for your own designs. Key: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Web design museum) 📽️🖼️ The official website from the second…
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Input devices and methods (mouse, keyboard, etc)
There are various methods of interacting with devices, that is computers, smartphones, tablets. I’m excluding non-smartphones like old Nokia phones as those are interacted via the keypad and buttons. *If screen supports touch, can be used as alternative though computer mouse is also recommended. † If device has touchscreen capability. Check product specifications Accessibility-enabled devices…
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Applications, apps, and apps
Why “apps” twice? You’ll find out. Applications are software used on a computer or mobile device (smartphone, tablet) to perform specific functions, everything from note-taking (Notepad) to advanced video and image editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro or Photoshop. “App” is the short version but it also typically refers to a specific format of…
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Understanding Copyright ©️
Copyright is a form of legal protection of media. That includes images, music, films, etc. For example you might see the copyright symbol followed by the year and the company. “©️2011 Electric Industries” for example. However, copyright is applied automatically to media regardless of if it has the copyright message. You cannot, for example, grab…
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Tripod
A tripod is a piece of equipment frequently used for both photography and filming. They are a portable stand with 3 legs (tri = 3) which a camera can be fixed to in order to stabilise it and support it without being held. The issue with holding a camera to film or photograph is that…
Computer Tips & Other Tutorials 