January 12, 2012
Many people will have a new (or used) ukulele sitting in their house, either received as a gift or bought by themselves. As a proud new owner of a ukulele myself, I straight away headed online to find the best ukulele resources for new owners. Thankfully there are some great destinations on the Web to help new and experienced uke players alike.
January 11, 2012
Right after one of my last articles about online video-making communities, I got to thinking about how special effects is the big thing these days, and over time, I’ve been building my stockpile of tutorial sites to choose from. Veterans of After Effects may very well already know of these sites, but I’m sure that there are plenty of folks around here wanting to learn as much as they can.
September 22, 2011
Occasionally, we all do something that’s a little fun with Photoshop that may or may not have a purpose on the future. So right now, I’m providing something that everyone can sit back, chill, and say “hey, I’ll try that!” So today, I’m going to teach you a little trick that I learned in high school while I was on newspaper staff.
June 15, 2011
With the advent and growth of YouTube and plenty of other high-quality video-sharing websites and tools like flashcard software, learning new things visually by yourself has never been easier. Since it never hurts to learn something new, especially a skill set like programming in different languages, we will go over some of the best channels that will introduce you to the world of programming.
May 20, 2011
How ‘digitally’ educated are we about the web and the many apps and tools it throws up? Grovo is another fresh ‘n new online learning tool you can use if you want to grade up your internet education. All the education and training on Grovo is through online videos.
May 3, 2011
This post has been inspired by a child sitting in front of the television and refusing to budge while her favorite animation show plays on. Some years back that was me and perhaps you. The enduring magic of animation has caught our imagination and made childhood a fantasy world. Let’s see what happens behind the scenes with the help of these top animation blogs.
February 21, 2011
Some of our articles here on MakeUseOf require the use of your own web server. Although the easiest way to go about finding web space is to purchase hosting where a web server is already set up for you, a free and almost-as-easy to use option is to install a server on your local home [...]
January 25, 2011
Hard drive space isn’t infinite. Today’s massive drives, with capacities exceeding 1TB, can create that illusion. But as drive sizes increase, ways to consume drive capacity also expand. HD video, for example, can eat gigabytes for breakfast. That’s the bad news. The good news is that learning how to install a new hard drive isn’t [...]
January 19, 2011
Previously we have looked at some tutorials for anyone, new or advanced, to try his/her hand at creating artwork in GIMP because it CAN accomplish phenomenal works, especially in conjunction with other open-source software. Here’s a fun tutorial to cartoonify photos in GIMP (like you see in ads all over the web), here’s another one [...]
January 13, 2011
If you have been wanting to learn Ruby, whether you are starting with zero programming experience or have a few programming languages under your belt, Hackety Hack is an easy and fun way to get your feet wet. Hackety Hack includes a built in compiler and build environment for the Ruby language, running alongside a [...]
