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Author: Muaad Elsharif (Page 277 of 325)

Life after leaving “the book”

2015-10-20 / / / 2 Comments
It’s been a few months since I deleted my Facebook account once and fo rall. I felt that Facebook took away my friends and a big part of my life and productivity, but my friends and acquaintances felt differently..

Many of them felt that I didn’t want them in my life, or thought I was being a jerk for unfriending them (take this seriously! People were killed for unfriending some people!) and the general attitude was very unfriendly.

In short, I had no social life (ironic isn’t it?)

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that some people who have my number, email, know where I live still want to have me on Facebook when they could just call me and get this over with!

Social stigma

I’ve been called a nerd for not having a Facebook account (kind of weird isn’t it) and many people are staying away because I don’t have an account on the site, while there are many social options to choose from. One statement in particular I found really alarming as one of my friends said after I deleted my Facebook I went “off the grid”, so Facebook is the grid now? This friend has my number and knows my website, how can I be off the grid if my blog is active?
I prefer to have real friends, like the ones you had before signing up to Facebook, people to meet and talk to, not some avatar and a couple of likes!

Chat Apps

I agree that chat apps help communicate people in an effective cost efficient type of way, I don’t believe that the cost should be one’s life!
I missed out on many announcements and events, because it’s so much easier to create a page than to have a proper website. Where I live many companies and government offices use Facebook to communicate with customers, and to be able to know what’s going on you need to have an account, and from what I saw, people don’t have Facebook accounts, Facebook has people!
It owns them and I simply refuse to be treated that way!
And just for the record, Facebook owns Instagram and Whatsapp.
I say what’s next!!

Final words

While my friends and acquaintances continue to live the way Mark wants them to live, succumbing every last bit of detail voluntarily to the site, I remain to be the holdout, while Facebook continues to expand eating away all competition, I’ll be watching it, living it, and not posting about it..
There are tons of chat apps out there where you can chat without being owned.

**An update: Facebook went out for 21 minutes on September the 25th, so many people were lost and confused!

مقدمة الى التصميم

2015-10-17 / / / 0 Comments
توجد عدة طرق خاطئة لتصميم المواقع والجرافيكس. ستضمن لك الإحباط وضياع الجهد والوقت !

لا تخطط

نصب آخر نسخة من الفوتوشوب، وقم بفتحها مباشرة ودون تأخير!

لاتحترم التراخيص

تأكد من تحميل أخر كراك وقم بتفعيل البرنامج مباشرة، ولا تهتم لسرقة بياناتك الشخصية أو تدمير حاسوبك!

لا تتعلم

لا تحضر دورة تدريبية أو تطلع على اليوتيوب أو كتاب جيد، فقط اغطس في البرنامج مباشرة!

استسلم للإحباط

اقفل الفوتوشوب والغ تنصيبه، وانزع مصمم من الوظيفة في صفحتك على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي ذاك (الذي كان مفتوحا طيلة الوقت!!)

هل جربت هذه الطرق من قبل؟ جيد! انت مستعد لدراسة التصميم!

في البداية لنفهم جيدا معنى كلمة تصميم، التصميم هو تصور متكامل للعمل الذي نريد القيام به، يشمل كل التفاصيل، أدق التفاصيل دون ترك شئ للصدفة، فلنأخذ مثالا شهيرا:

  • عندما يقوم المهندس المعماري ببناء بيت فإن أول شي يقوم به هو رسم الخريطة، هذه الخريطة هي رسم تفصيلي لكل أركان وزوايا البيت، أي إنها تصميم!
  • لا يستطيع المهندس بناء بيت عشوائيا دون مراعاة المساحة وحدود الأرض وكميات المواد الخام وعدد الغرف والميزانية، إلخ..

الأمر ذاته ينطبق على التصميم بالحاسوب!

لذا إن أردت تصميما جيدا فعليك ترك “الفوتوشوب” لوقت لاحق!

في البداية وقبل كل شئ يجب أن نقوم بمعرفة التصميم، ثم نضع الخطوط العريضة للتصميم، ثم ندخل في التفاصيل.

هذه الأمور تحددها متطلبات التصميم، سواء كان لك أم لزبون فيجب التقيد بالموضوع (Theme).

في النهاية بعد أن نتحصل على فكرة متكاملة من حيث الشكل واللون ونوع وحجم الخطوط، نبدأ في العمل على الحاسوب.

 

Xara Xtreme. Another Linux design tool

2015-10-10 / / / 0 Comments
I’ve reviewed Inkscape on this blog before and gave it a thumbs up. It’s a little resource extensive so if you are looking for a free alternative. Then Xara Xtreme has you covered!

Xara Xtreme has provided a version of its designer free for Linux (and Linux only ) so if you are looking to do some design on your Linux machine then lets get going! So the Linux desktop doesn’t lack a design software (according the the developer website).

About Xara Xtreme

The current stable version is 0.7 made in 2014 and there is a less stable build. You can download it from the software center. After installing, double click to run the program.

Xara main interface

The interface is really simple, especially if you used Inkscape before. With many tools similar here and there. You can see the path tool, pencil and eraser. Typical stuff. You can also open and edit image files in Xara Xtreme.

Modeling in Xara Xtreme

Pros

  • Small and light weight. 
  • Simpler to use.
  • Free and open source. 

Cons

  • Crashes often. 
  • Not as good as Inkscape! 
  • Not cross platform, as it’s Linux only.
  •  Discontinued!

This was a review of Xara Xtreme … I wouldn’t compare it to Inkscape as it’s widely used and more mature. But it’s a good start to anyone who would like a lite suit for design. Especially netbook users.

I hope you liked this tutorial. Leave your comments below

Things I hate about Android

2015-10-06 / / / 0 Comments
Android has taken the world by storm, it over sold each and every system out there! Killed Symbian, out sold iOS and buried Windows phone. So why the hate?

It’s Linux at core. And as a Linux lover I should be all for Android, shouldn’t I?

Well there are some things I can’t stand about Android

The way its put on cheaper models

You know those horrible Chinese phones that cost less than 50$ with unresponsive touch screens that get hot and sticky when you use them? All of those run Android!

No updates by manufactures

It’s well known that you can’t have all the updates for a phone. But getting one or two would be nice. When tour device has no updates it becomes vulnerable to threats. When was the last time you got an update? Did it make things better? I don’t think so!

Too many Android versions to choose from

There are phones running Jelly bean. Others have Kitkat. While others are stuck with Ginger bread! And some have Ice cream sandwich.

There is lollipop too. Each have multiple versions, almost impossible to choose from.

Prone to malware

In case you missed it, Android has become a popular destination for hackers and viruses, many apps you download illegally (side loading) are swarming with bugs aimed at your personal data!

Too many apps There are millions of apps and games. Who had the time to download and try each and every soft and make a review, many of them are loaded with bloatware and malware! And many others don’t even work! And there are too many app stores to begin with!

Crashes too often

Installed an app, Crashes.

Opened the file manager. Crashes.

Opened a game, Crashes! Too many crashes makes Android impossible to use! Gets slow and heavy in a while

Even if you are running the latest version with high end hardware, it’s going to be a hassle in a year or so, you either fix it or dump it and get a new one!

Inconsistent!

Have you tried Android on Samsung? You must came to terms with the TouchWiz UI (ugliest of them all imo), the minute you pickup and HTC or an Experia you will feel lost!

The buttons aren’t where they are supposed to! The interface is a mess! For a single code base it couldn’t be more different! Every company has a different twist on Android and that made things awkward!

These are the reasons I could think of! Android started as a beautiful concept but soon drifted away into a beast! Let’s hope version 6.0 brings improvements to performance and overall user experience.

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