Every now and then, some assume that being a graphic designer is an easy task. Learning different type of applications is inevitable to us. The rush to deliver projects on schedule and deliver them with right specifications requires speedy magic on using apps. Be fast and organized with ones own work flow is the best we can do. But oftentimes, people get the wrong idea. Photoshop is the only way to being a graphic designer. Who did spread this disease?
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I’m having a five series posts regarding famous graphic design rants I’ve encountered over the streets, and of course on the web. I’m very much aware of these ideas back then and it is only now I finally settled them in one piece. These topics pertains to my goal on spreading the right notion of graphic design. What is graphic design btw? It’s not the software, then what is it? Is it really worth researching?
Firefox went from a beta to a Release Candidate. The release wraps so-many bug fixes, sure thing you’ll notice nothing new from it’s features (if you’re from the beta version) but you’ll probably get that brand new Firefox icon! Well it’s not brand new revision. The Firefox logo got it’s minor revisions making it look crispier and have better contrast on the desktop. 
It’s been a lifeless week for me and a pop in my head boomed “Why not try Firefox 3.5?!”. The hype is getting crazier when a major Firefox version comes out. But what’s to get excited for a web designer/developer? Will my extensions work the same as they are? Well I’m not really into deep testing the new Firefox from the inside (the api). I just wanna take a look if all my extensions will work. And if they, well you’re right, I’ll push the big ’switch’.
Taking videos became a good hobby of mine since my days in college up to now. But owning a low grade video camera is really a pain in the ass. Getting the raw footage from miniDV to digital is quite a pain sometimes. It may seem easy using Adobe Premiere’s ‘capture’, but taking a look on the raw video felt really daunting. Everything in the video really needs cleaning up! A process like deinterlacing and noise reduction needs to be taken seriously. Ofcourse, Premiere can handle these, but its noise reduction keeps me out of it. That’s why I chose 
Today is Independence Day! Nothing special for me but this day is surely special to all of Filipinos, that includes me as well, hehe. I’ve been always blunt on this kind of holiday events. But hey, this day has something good to offer. Google made a pretty design on their homepage. Here take a look. I got a screenshot.
Yey! I just upgraded to Wordpress two point eight (2.8). The upgrade was soooo easy, it boomed me for a one click! Then this blog is now all new and shiny (well, in the back end). There were a lot of new things on the current release of Wordpress. Most of the them are roughly improving the past release. Making everything customizable, appealing, and anything you can think of making a blog easier to use. Ohhh don’t forget to watch their