Sep
09
Archive for September, 2006
Sep
07
links for 2006-09-07
Sep
05
2 computers, Windows Live Messenger problem – Mac only?
A few weeks ago I switched to Windows Live Messenger at work, but I’ve had to switch back to messenger 7.5. WLM doesn’t seem to log me out of my home session when I log in at work. Well, it does, and then sometimes it logs me back in at home.
There have many times when I’d send someone a message whilst at work, and get no reply, only to come home hours later and see their replies on my Messenger on my Mac.
Has anyone else had this happen?
I have no idea if it is a general Windows Live issue, or Windows Live not liking me having a messenger on my Mac, but after switching back to 7.5 the problem is gone, so it doesn’t seem that the issue is with the Mac – but it could be.
Technorati Tags: mac, windows live messenger
Sep
05
How did you learn to do that?
At a coffee break today, someone mentioned reading a post on an internet messageboard, asking basically ‘How do I make art for games? What software do I need? Where do I get it? What are the best tutorials, and how do I get a job?’
We bitched about 2 things – one was that in the past people never had it so easy (I remember when it was all sprites around here…) – there are so many resources out there now, and secondly that some people were so lazy that they wanted everything to be spoon-fed to them. In the example given above, the person with no knowledge wanted someone else to come along and tell them everything they needed to know. They didn’t go to Google and type ‘Software for Game Art’ or ‘How to get a job in the games industry’. They wanted to know everything right there and then, with no effort on their part to work anything out for themselves.
It reminded us of a night from a couple of years back, when a few us had went to New York for a few days. We were in a bar, and got chatting to people as you do. One of the guys found out what we did, and asked about it – how to get started, how to get noticed. Mr D talked to the guy for a while, and spent 10 minutes or so explaining it all. At the end of the guy said that it was probably too much work and he was probably too lazy. Then he asked if there were other ways that required less effort. I seem to recall him mentioning that he had tried to get a job as an artist before but couldn’t be bothered to put together a portfolio for the interview.
Technorati Tags: 3d modelling, Games Industry, getting a job, google, lazy people, portfolio
Sep
04
links for 2006-09-04
Sep
03
Firefox 2 short bookmark labels tip
You can edit the names of the links in your Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar, shortening them and therefore allowing more links.
I had a bunch of quick links in my Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar – Writely, Bloglines etc. I noticed that the Link name displayed was the title of the website, so for Writely the link was ‘Welcome to Writely’ and Bloglines was ‘Bloglines | My Feeds….’.
Right clicking, selecting properties and editing the title is simplicity in itself.
I’m not sure about the updated icons in the new Firefox 2 Beta 2 – they don’t seem as polished as the beta 1 versions. I’m not the only one to think this it seems.
Technorati Tags: firefox beta 2, user interface, ui