"it takes a certain kind of person to notice this kind of thing, and very often designers are not that kind of person. That's why projects like this have producers"
I'm a picky-as-hell desktop publisher myself and although I tend to catch most "errors" like the one in the article, it's "designer's fatigue" that causes some to slip through. You can only look at something so many times and still catch (obvious) errors. That's why, for example, proof reading requires fresh sets of eyes rather than the same people over and over.
As for the "problem" described in the article; as an iPhone 4S owner (3 months) I hadn't noticed this but I am appalled by the font Apple chose to use in the notepad app. Whomever chose that font should be stoned, hanged, quartered, shot and burned... or alternatively forced to do nothing but design birthday cards for kids ages 0 to 5 for the rest of his/her hopefully miserable life.
Just think of all the money he spent on that gum... He could've bought a lot of cigarettes from that! Or something healthy, if you prefer healthy.
Either way, he hasn't kicked the habit yet if after 6 years he's still chewing those nasty things.
"Maybe if you had a stand alone pad that could be used with a keyboard, but such a setup does not exist yet."
Apple's "magic" track pad (probably spelled differently) is just that: a stand-alone pad you can use instead of your mouse, probably alongside your mouse. Not sure if it'll work on Windows though as I've never really looked into the thing (I use a Mac at work, WinXP at home and game on console).
Apple's "magic" track pad (probably spelled differently) is just that: a stand-alone pad you can use instead of your mouse, probably alongside your mouse. Not sure if it'll work on Windows though as I've never really looked into the thing (I use a Mac at work, WinXP at home and game on console).
Really? Must be a pretty lame joke since I haven't noticed it not running while using it every day on my Mac at work.
Aww CloudOn isn't in the Dutch itunes store and they won't let me download from the US one, but it's just what I was looking for as I can't buy anything on the ipad I currently have (it's not mine, it's my boss' ipad). Are there any other free apps that are good at editing Excel files?
I just got a Philips RQ1260 for €99 instead of its MSRP of €199 and being new to electric razors I have to say it's surprisingly good. Stubble's back faster than with manual shaving but it's very smooth after the shave even if getting that result takes a while to get, though that might be due to my inexperience with electric razors. It's also very quiet and does indeed seem to flip/shape the blades to the contours of my face like advertised, including my adam's apple which is very pronounced and difficult to shave manually without cutting myself.
If you go to school for graphic design, please don't believe all the BS they sell you and don't even think you can do everything on your own.
My tips:
First buy yourself some good books on the software you'll be using. The Real World [InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop/etc.] books are good to have.
Then find some test subjects like friends and family who can get you some simple tasks. Often they'll need various cards (birthdays, holidays, etc.) made or even a complete corp. ID for a business they're starting.
Find yourself some forums with good, knowledgeable professionals who don't mind 'noob' questions and ASK ASK ASK.
Once you start getting the hang of things, go to a variety of small local shops and offer your services for a tiny fee. Make sure to tell them you're still learning. Use their orders as learning experiences with A) the software, B) how to deal with clients and C) third parties like offset printers.
Only when you've done all that you will have a basic understanding of how things work and when to use which program (please don't create logos in InDesign or Photoshop).
My tips:
First buy yourself some good books on the software you'll be using. The Real World [InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop/etc.] books are good to have.
Then find some test subjects like friends and family who can get you some simple tasks. Often they'll need various cards (birthdays, holidays, etc.) made or even a complete corp. ID for a business they're starting.
Find yourself some forums with good, knowledgeable professionals who don't mind 'noob' questions and ASK ASK ASK.
Once you start getting the hang of things, go to a variety of small local shops and offer your services for a tiny fee. Make sure to tell them you're still learning. Use their orders as learning experiences with A) the software, B) how to deal with clients and C) third parties like offset printers.
Only when you've done all that you will have a basic understanding of how things work and when to use which program (please don't create logos in InDesign or Photoshop).
I've done this for the past 12 years and have never met a graphic design student who knew what they were doing unless they actually loved the job, and even then I couldn't work with them because they were taught incorrectly and weren't willing to listen/learn how to do things the right way.
So be prepared to listen and learn things all over when you go out into the real world after graduating.
My most recent "encounter" was a graduated graphic design student who never even liked the job (not even during her study), yet applied for one "because she needed a job". Needless to say I got her canned well before her contract became permanent.
If that's the oddest bug you've encountered, try playing spec ops survival and the game going wonky so that both players are playing a different wave, seeing eachother as being downed while they're not, yet both being able to revive the ghost players. Man that was annoying, and at wave 30-something too.
"I argue with my family about my video game habits"
My brother and I used to argue with our parents whenever we came home with holes in our new jeans from playing outside, climbing trees and whatnot.
"I think about video games even while I'm not playing them"
I used to think about games my friends and I could play after school.
"I use video games to relax"
My friends and I used to play make-believe games to relax.
95% of all studies are scientifically proven* to be useless except for getting titles that look good on resumes and business cards.
*a study conducted by me says so.
My brother and I used to argue with our parents whenever we came home with holes in our new jeans from playing outside, climbing trees and whatnot.
"I think about video games even while I'm not playing them"
I used to think about games my friends and I could play after school.
"I use video games to relax"
My friends and I used to play make-believe games to relax.
95% of all studies are scientifically proven* to be useless except for getting titles that look good on resumes and business cards.
*a study conducted by me says so.
Yeah, plus it would also have at least some repeated sound effects, music and backgrounds, the mascot would be annoying, and of course every episode would end with everyone laughing, possibly due to something related to the mascot's behaviour during the episode.
Now I almost want to watch some He-Man or D&D episodes, but Skyrim's calling is stronger.
Now I almost want to watch some He-Man or D&D episodes, but Skyrim's calling is stronger.
Since yesterday's patch the game has been stuttering and grinding to a halt almost every minute and my summoned help (flame, frost and storm atronachs and the daedric guys) don't get summoned half the time. So I hope those things will get fixed soon, plus I'd like shop keepers to stop welcoming me and trying to sell me their wares in their sleep while I rob them.
No backwards flying dragons for me though :(
No backwards flying dragons for me though :(
I'm at well over 150 hours of gameplay, I'm level 50 with Conjuration and one more maxed out at 100 and Destruction at 95, some 25 dragons killed and about halfway through the main story. Having been unemployed until last Monday helped with those stats though...
I found a blacksmith who wanted me to get him a certain dog, so I did and the dog gave me a quest. Instead of finishing the quest, I did others while the dog kept following me. He was almost the best follower ever as he couldn't be killed or even downed, but I couldn't share items with him or tell him to wait, so I had to get rid of him (by telling him to stop following me) when I did a quest that didn't work with followers nearby. Unfortunately I couldn't find him again, so now I'm just using two human followers who are waiting for me to finish their quest.
I have one book case for journals and such that I pick up on quests, one cabinet for all weaponry (especially enchanted stuff), one for all enchanted clothing, the armors and "misc" objects (jewelry, gems, dragon parts, etc.) of value, one chest for ingredients and I dump collected pelts on the floor near my alchemy lab.
Any jewelry, gems, weapons and clothing under 200 Septims get sold a.s.a.p. along with spell books I don't need. Items that need to be collected for quests tend to get "stored" on the floor near the door as I'm too lazy to get upstairs and don't seem to have any more chests or cabinets downstairs.
Any jewelry, gems, weapons and clothing under 200 Septims get sold a.s.a.p. along with spell books I don't need. Items that need to be collected for quests tend to get "stored" on the floor near the door as I'm too lazy to get upstairs and don't seem to have any more chests or cabinets downstairs.
As an exclusive 360 gamer, I have to say the effects look great. Every time I see the wind blowing over a hill/mountain, or fog gathered somewhere it still looks amazing. The lighting, like when casting a light-ball, or stepping into the light (or dark) and your "eyes" needing adjustment is better than I've seen in most games that are nowhere near as open.
On a separate note: when is the soundtrack going to get released? I need it more every day I have the menu running while I check my emails and RSS feeds.
On a separate note: when is the soundtrack going to get released? I need it more every day I have the menu running while I check my emails and RSS feeds.
I lost track of which quests belong to the story and which were 'randomly' picked up along the way... There were so many of them in the list that I had decided to just go through them one by one to slim the list down a bit, but I seem to only be picking up more. Worst is that for most of them the description is so vague I have no idea who it was for or when I picked it up, so there's no guessing the importance.
Although that last bit might be for the best, as I'll now end up doing more quests and leveling up more, I did kind of expect to be able to read more info about each quest in a diary/journal to refresh my mind what each quest is actually about.
Will I keep playing after finishing the story? As long as there are worthwhile quests to complete. If it's like GTA4, where after completing the game you have the city to play in but no purpose, I'll quickly stop playing.
Although that last bit might be for the best, as I'll now end up doing more quests and leveling up more, I did kind of expect to be able to read more info about each quest in a diary/journal to refresh my mind what each quest is actually about.
Will I keep playing after finishing the story? As long as there are worthwhile quests to complete. If it's like GTA4, where after completing the game you have the city to play in but no purpose, I'll quickly stop playing.
Medium looks like what I'm getting on 360, so not too shabby IMO. I just wish the minecraft-like snow textures would look better, especially while jumping my way up mountains it's just too darned ugly.
Semi-fun glitch I encountered last night: when I exited Windhelm through the side gate (the one on the right from where you automatically enter when fast traveling there) to get on with a quest, I fell through the ground. After having taken a picture of it I walked on and found a door inside the rocks that wasn't connected to any kind of hallway or anything and wouldn't open or close even though it did show the prompts.
Semi-fun glitch I encountered last night: when I exited Windhelm through the side gate (the one on the right from where you automatically enter when fast traveling there) to get on with a quest, I fell through the ground. After having taken a picture of it I walked on and found a door inside the rocks that wasn't connected to any kind of hallway or anything and wouldn't open or close even though it did show the prompts.
Mine did that, rest its virtual soul, until it met a bear I'd just set on fire a few times.... The dragon it helped me kill was no problem, nor were the wolves, crabs, spiders and bandits we'd run into over time, but that darned bear just outright killed it.
I have no real need for a horse anymore; I found out I was carrying over 100 Skyrim-weight-units of potion ingredients, so I just dumped them all in a chest in my house and can fast travel again after killing and looting a dragon.
I have no real need for a horse anymore; I found out I was carrying over 100 Skyrim-weight-units of potion ingredients, so I just dumped them all in a chest in my house and can fast travel again after killing and looting a dragon.
The bugs/glitches I've found are:
A mammoth flew into the air then landing on the back of another, it then fell off and got right back up without ever bending its legs.
A person whom I'd killed (required part of a side quest, I'm no murderer...) kept walking into the wall despite being 100% dead.
I was able to fight a dragon by stepping into a mountain and using conjured help.
I got stuck between some rocks on top of a mountain while fighting a dragon. Eventually it backed off and I could fast travel away and back.
I took shelter in a little shack while fighting a dragon and somehow the ground moved up, so I could no longer get out and had to (again) use conjured help to kill the dragon and then (again) fast travel away and back to collect the bones and scales.
Unfortunately I haven't found any useful ones :(
A mammoth flew into the air then landing on the back of another, it then fell off and got right back up without ever bending its legs.
A person whom I'd killed (required part of a side quest, I'm no murderer...) kept walking into the wall despite being 100% dead.
I was able to fight a dragon by stepping into a mountain and using conjured help.
I got stuck between some rocks on top of a mountain while fighting a dragon. Eventually it backed off and I could fast travel away and back.
I took shelter in a little shack while fighting a dragon and somehow the ground moved up, so I could no longer get out and had to (again) use conjured help to kill the dragon and then (again) fast travel away and back to collect the bones and scales.
Unfortunately I haven't found any useful ones :(
I don't really want to buy this either. I still own Halo CE from back when I bought my original Xbox, but... my co-op buddy loves Halo and really wants to go through this campaign in co-op over Live, and I'm a sucker for co-op. That said, I'll still wait until we're done with MW3 before I get Halo Anniversary.Getting MW3 (€35 instead of €60) and Skyrim was enough gaming-related spending for the foreseeable future for me, at least until I get a new job.
