Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday May 15th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 21:44
From: "Rob Hemus" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> Hi Peter,
> I've recently graduated Lincoln Uni BA(hons) Graphic Design. Superb
> experience, but now i'm stuck. Its the hardest thing getting onto the
> ladder b...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 21:38
Hi,
I've been reading the thread with great interest and would be very
interested in being 'mentored'. I'm just taking my GCSE's and in about a
months time will have an extra long summer holiday be...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 20:55
Rob
I'll help where I can, I will also send you a reply of list so you have a
few more contact details.
Peter
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Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 20:49
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 7:54 pm, Alex Libby wrote:
> I would add though - I think that sometimes people come onto this site,=
not
> because they can't find the answer on Google or because they are ne...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 20:35
Hi Peter,
I've recently graduated Lincoln Uni BA(hons) Graphic Design. Superb
experience, but now i'm stuck. Its the hardest thing getting onto the
ladder but I'd very much appreciate the chance....
RE: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 20:26
To get back to the mentoring, and if there should be a separate list of
mentors etc, (and without purposefully name dropping) a couple of years ago
I was working for the Skunworks department of Ordnan...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 20:18
errrr..... wot?
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RE: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 19:48
I would agree with Martin (you aren't being moody at all, hehe) - sometimes
people do come here because they feel more comfortable. Google is all very
well and good, but cannot solve everything, and s...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 18:33
> But there are a lot of posts that I don't think google could answer as
well
> as they can be on here like when a person is screwing over some code =
that
> isn't working and ...
Cough, thread hijac...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring
date posted 15th May 2007 18:30
lee fogarty wrote:
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> On 15 May 2007 15:24:47 -0000, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> On Tuesday 15 May 2007 7:47 am, Peter Agambar wrote:
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>> > I often read posts asking how to do this or...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 17:18
Don't get me wrong - I try to help people that appear genuinly stuck
and have obviously tried. Someone asking "how do I change the date
format in php?" - read the 'kin manual!
I have often helped ou...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 17:12
My 2p
When I was lecturing I always told my students 'the only stupid question is
the one that is not asked', I use Google but have seen replies to
'googleable' questions on here that work well as a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 17:00
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 16:55, Martin Wilkins wrote:
> But there are a lot of posts that I don't think google could answer as well
> as they can be on here like when a person is screwing over some code...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 16:59
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 4:35 pm, lee fogarty wrote:
> What happened to good old fashioned problem solving? If I hit
> something I can't do, I google it. That way, I am not relying on
> other people...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 16:49
> OK, so I'm a moody sod lol.
I don't think so :) I agree when ever I've had a problem to do with design
and development google has been my first and in all cases last stop for
help.
Though I thin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 16:29
On 15 May 2007 15:24:47 -0000, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> On Tuesday 15 May 2007 7:47 am, Peter Agambar wrote:
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> > I often read posts asking how to do this or that, and in the past have
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Programmers (was:- iframes)
date posted 15th May 2007 16:21
On Monday 14 May 2007 6:53 pm, Peter Agambar wrote:
> How do you know who is a better programmer? =20
You work with them for a bit.
--=20
5: When responding to a post, delete all information that i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 16:19
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 7:47 am, Peter Agambar wrote:
> I often read posts asking how to do this or that, and in the past have
> thought to myself that it has taken me 20 years to build up these skill...
RE: FN-FORUM: Photoshop CS2 shape effects linked
date posted 15th May 2007 12:54
Thanks :)
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FN-FORUM: contract template
date posted 15th May 2007 12:45
Can anyone point me to a good template for a contract on the web? It's
between me (a self-employed web developer) and a client, for a medium-sized
website with a well-defined specification; half paym...
RE: FN-FORUM: Photoshop CS2 shape effects linked
date posted 15th May 2007 12:42
Guys, thanks, but I've just worked out what it was: the 'use global light'
checkbox in the drop shadow settings.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop CS2 shape effects linked
date posted 15th May 2007 12:39
Hello Phil
Counldn't find what I was looking for but have had a play with photoshop and
with blending options such as drop shadow if you apply a shadow to a layer
and have global lighting ticked th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop CS2 shape effects linked
date posted 15th May 2007 11:49
I've come across this problem before, its not that they were in the same
layer it was something else, can't remember what exactly but I'll have a
look and let you know what I did to combat this.
M...
RE: FN-FORUM: Photoshop CS2 shape effects linked
date posted 15th May 2007 11:36
Check they are not grouped, linked or masked.
Try moving the layer to a new canvas, test blending/effects, and bring back
to original as a new layer.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Photoshop CS2 shape effects linked
date posted 15th May 2007 10:22
Yeah, well I think so, they've got their own separate 'rows' in the layers
pallete. I did think of that, but then as far as I could see they were
separate layers.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Spreadsheet Calculations to HTML form
date posted 15th May 2007 10:10
Hi Allan,
The answer really depends on the complexity of the documents you want to
produce and of the web server that's going to be handling the requests...
If you've got some kind of scripting avail...
RE: FN-FORUM: Photoshop CS2 shape effects linked
date posted 15th May 2007 09:54
Not meaning to patronise, but the shapes are all on separate layers aren't they?
Chris
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In CS2, when I've got a few shapes it seems to link the effects together, so
that when I cha...
FN-FORUM: Photoshop CS2 shape effects linked
date posted 15th May 2007 09:42
In CS2, when I've got a few shapes it seems to link the effects together, so
that when I change an effect setting on one, it also changes on the other.
Can anyone tell me what's going on?
Phil
No v...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 07:41
I've removed all of the posts, no in disrespect, but because my Google app
on my phone was starting to complain.
Both Mike A. and Ben have raised some very good points about the skills of
mentoring a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 03:54
See below - reverted to "normal/desired" rather than top posting.
From: "Ben Johnson (Neogic) F" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Peter wrote:
> To go straight into contracting or freelancing with little or no
> exp...
FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)
date posted 15th May 2007 00:10
Peter wrote:
> To go straight into contracting or freelancing with little or no
> experience or real commercial exposure must be very difficult, and=20
> perhaps it is our duty to mentor those with th...
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