In a perfect world, our software never run in an unexpected way. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world, so sometimes (quite more than sometimes) we have to face some strange errors. That’s when we must learn the gentle art of debugging Follow me through easy steps and you’ll wipe the bugs out of … The art of debugging
Do you want to know what do Adobe ships to you when you purchase the Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection? Here it is: Five DVDs with the suite itself and one DVD with two hours of video footage about using CS4 softwares. Let me remember you the software included: InDesign CS4 Photoshop CS4 Extended … Adobe CS4 Master Collection
While you are reading this post, I’ll probably be in a long airplane trip to Cuba (guess how I am going to spend the hours onboard…). Now let’s imagine I am inside this plane, and it crashes… I will probably die, and if not, I surely won’t be able to blog for a while. Anyway, … How to live forever
A PROgrammer’s life is like being on holiday all the time, because there’s nothing better than doing the job you like the most – and making a living out of it. Anyway, sometimes I have a real holiday trip. One of the most interesting things about blogging is you can do it from everywhere, as … Blogging when you’re on holiday
Today I received an email from Thomas Tan asking me for an interview because he’s making a school project about me. Hi Emanuele! I am Thomas Tan, a frequent reader of your blog, and I LOVE your tutorials about flash. I need to do a school project about a famous person and since you are … Interview for a school project
If you are a regular reader, probably you noticed during the last days I went from about 5 posts per week to 3 posts/week. I didn’t plan to give up blogging, and I didn’t run out of inspiration… I have a lots of things to write, but lately I find the blog to be too … Facepalm – when having a backup is not enough
Normally I don’t like that much blog posts with a ton of links, but this time I got the permission from Kelly Sonora from Learn-gasm to publish Jessica Merrit‘s article about 70+ Open Courseware Links for Game Designers and Developers. Whether you work in game development or design, or you just aspire to, there are … 70+ Open Courseware Links for Game Designers and Developers
Do you still think a minimal logo is better than a cartoonish one for an indie PROgrammer? Try to make a better cake with Nike swoosh… A lot of people said I look too much like a woman in the logo. I had two options: the first was adjusting the logo. I opted for the … Improve your brand with a logo – part 2
I know a lot of people saying they are programmers just because they can handle Excel formulas without (too much) hassle. Others say they are programmers because they modified a form validator script found somewhere in the web and, hey, it worked. For almost a week. Now I decided to write down 12 rules to … Are you a real PROgrammer?
Normally I hate when bloggers – expecially tech bloggers – write about their pets or something like “I am not writing because I got flu”… but when illness refers to computers, it’s really something to talk about. I was writing a post about online photo editors when my computer crashed. Oh, well, who cares, I … When you realize you know nothing
I started programming when I was 13 in a Commodore computer, and during these 20+ years I had to learn a lot of languages… various Basic versions, Turbo Pascal, C++, Assembly, Blitz Basic, Java, Javascript, Asp, Php, MySql, Actionscript… I want to share with you some tips that can be useful when you are about … 10 tips that will help you when you are about to learn a new language
When you are about to create a blog or an arcade game site, the first thing you should consider is where your site will be hosted. It’s something really important. As your site popularity grows, your server will get more and more stressed, and this may affect the site itself. An example: this blog generates … 10 tips to help you choosing the right hosting plan for your blog/arcade site
