Programming in Python

 Applications, Linux, Open Source, Programming, Technology  No Responses »
Dec 292011
 

I’m enjoying the holidays with my wife in West Virginia and today I’m catching up on some reading of FCM.  Python is a popular free and open-source programming language and is a reasonable choice for learning a new language in 2012.

Full Circle Magazine (FCM) is a free magazine dedicated to the Ubuntu family of Linux distributions.  A multi-part Python programming tutorial has been appearing in FCM for months now and the first sixteen parts are available as a special PDF of two dedicated issues.  You can download them here:

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/python-special-edition-1/

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/python-special-edition-2/

So the links above get you the first sixteen parts.  As of this writing, FCM has published 29 parts to the Python programming tutorial and if you want more you can find parts 17 through 29 in the monthly issues, again they are free and I think well-written.

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Tutorials | Blender 2.6 Essential Training

 Animation, Applications, Digital Media, Open Source  No Responses »
Dec 222011
 

I’m very pleased to see Blender 2.6 Essential Training available at Lynda.com as of yesterday.  I consistently recommend Lynda as an excellent resource for learning a wide variety of applications, operating systems, techniques, and methodologies.  My Digital Media students use Blender to create and publish a short animated movie.

via Tutorials | Blender 2.6 Essential Training.

 Posted by at 12:18 pm

Microsoft releases first Office app for iPad – Computerworld

 Apple, Applications, iOS, Microsoft, MS Office, Office 2010, Productivity, Technology  No Responses »
Dec 202011
 

I have tried so many note taking applications and for Windows users that already have OneNote it’s a very powerful piece of software.  Since I work on MAc and Linux as well, I’ve been recommending EverNote because it is (1) free and (2) it runs on everything…Mac/Windows/Linux/Android/iOS.  As a Microsoft Certified Professional and Office expert I love OneNote and am glad to see this for the iPad.

By Gregg Keizer at ComputerWorld.com…

Computerworld – Microsoft today released an update to its OneNote application for iOS that it said has been tweaked for the iPad.

via Microsoft releases first Office app for iPad – Computerworld.

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Free Resources for Becoming an Advanced Animator with Blender

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Dec 132011
 

My Digital Media students did great with our limited time using Blender and would enjoy this.

by Sam Dean at Ostatic.com…

In the graphics and animation software arena, you can find plenty of expensive, proprietary applications, but few are as powerful as Blender, which is a free, powerful open source 3D modeling, graphics and animation product.

via Free Resources for Becoming an Advanced Animator with Blender.

 Posted by at 8:52 pm

WordPress › WordPress 3.3 “Sonny”

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Dec 122011
 

On the way to a geek Meetup, Dec 2011.

I just learned about this tonight at an Atlanta WordPress Meetup.  Funny, an update appearing as we were meeting.  The Meetup group and meeting was great!  We had some experts demonstrate how to create WordPress plugins.

by Matt Mullenweg at WordPress.org…

The latest and greatest version of the WordPress software — 3.3, named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt — is immediately available for download or update inside your WordPress dashboard.

WordPress has had over 65 million downloads since version 3.0 was released, and in this third major iteration we’ve added significant polish around the new user experience, navigation, uploading, and imports. Check out this short video that summarizes the things we think you’ll find are the cat’s pajamas:

via WordPress › WordPress 3.3 “Sonny”.

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Create a colored zig zag pattern! — Tutorials — gimpusers.com

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Dec 112011
 

Whetther you use Windows, Mac, or Linux, a free and open-source alternative to PhotoShop is GIMP.  I love using GIMP and teaching others the basics of how to use it.  You can find my GIMP page with links to resources and download at http://www.charlesaelliott.com/tutorials/gimp/.

This tutorial is from Bernhard Stockmann at GIMPusers.com…

Tutorial: Create a colored zig zag pattern!

via Create a colored zig zag pattern! — Tutorials — gimpusers.com.

 Posted by at 8:02 pm

Top 10 Photoshop Tricks You Can Use Without Buying Photoshop

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Dec 052011
 

Some interesting tips and tricks using GIMP.

By Whitson Gordon at Lifehacker.com…

You can do just about anything to an image with Photoshop, but if you don’t have the cash to shell out, free program the GIMP—available for Windows, Linux, and OS X—can take you pretty far. Here are our favorite Photoshop how-tos that also work in the GIMP.

via Top 10 Photoshop Tricks You Can Use Without Buying Photoshop.

 Posted by at 6:08 am

Download: Microsoft Office 2010 End User Training Kit – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details

 Applications, Education, Microsoft, MS Office, Office 2010, Productivity, Technology  No Responses »
Dec 022011
 

At Microsoft…

“The Microsoft Office 2010 End User Training Kit is a set of end-user training content for Microsoft Office 2010 and includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote.”

via Download: Microsoft Office 2010 End User Training Kit – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details.

 Posted by at 6:54 am
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