Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-25

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Web & Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.

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[CSS Tutorial] Styling First And Last Child Elements

From Code SnippetStyling First And Last Child Elements:


Styling First And Last Child ElementsIn this tutorial I’ll be explaining how to style only the first and last child list elements using a pseudo class you probably haven’t heard of. You can use these classes in a number ways in your design…



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Eric Brooks

Web & Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.

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I used to believe that people …

I used to believe that people online wanted to be seen and their works appreciated.

But seeing there are people still blogging on MySpace, I was so wrong. 😀

Eric Brooks

Eric Brooks

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[Graphics Tutorial] Preparing Image Planes in Photoshop

From CGPuppetPreparing Image Planes in Photoshop:


In this tutorial we will learn how to prepare image planes for automotive modeling. Blueprint images for automobiles usually have the front, back, side and top view in one image, while we, need those four views as separate images so that we can set them as image planes in our viewport. They also need to be sized properly so that we don’t have any trouble setting them up, or worse, too much offset while we are modeling.



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Eric Brooks

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[Marketing] 75 Things for Rent – From Leasable Maternity Wear to Freelance Goats (TrendHunter.com)

From TrendHunter.com – Market Trends75 Things for Rent – From Leasable Maternity Wear to Freelance Goats (TrendHunter.com):


(TrendHunter.com) If this list of things for rent is any indication, the rental industry loves economic turmoil. As we embark on yet another bout of economic upheaval, people are pinching their pennies harder than ever…



Eric Brooks

Eric Brooks

Web & Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.

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TWITTER SURVIVAL TIPS

Some things I have learned in my time on Twitter that are very effective in building a following and becoming an influencer…

  • Rule of 3: When you’re mentioned, a person clicks your name, and sees your last 3 tweets. Make at least one of them interesting.
  • Are you following a lot of people? Make a list of the people you are REALLY close to here, & tune the rest of the noise out.
  • Charlie Sheen, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj can skip this one: Unless you are a major, well-known celebrity, there is no excuse for not following people back. I use Tweepi to keep track of who is following, and reciprocate. Unless you are incredibly engaging, and liked, people WILL drop you if you aren’t returning the favor. It causes hard feelings. Who are you trying to impress anyway?
  • A well-placed hashtag will pick up the attention of targeted followers and newsbots. I have found #TeamFollowBack to be very effective for new followers, and #photoshop, and #jquery lands me in auto generated e-zines all the time. Some unique hashtag like #TeamEric… well, not so much. 😀
  • You guys, trying to look like “influencers” by unfollowing half your friends… well, look like a douche to everyone. KNOCK IT OFF.

More as I think of them…

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Eric Brooks

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[Tutorial] Digital Painting in Photoshop: Preparing Lineart

From InspiksDigital Painting in Photoshop Epi 11: Preparing Lineart:

Digital Painting in Photoshop Epi 11: Preparing Lineart In This tutorial we will will learn how to prepare line art for scanning into our Digital Painting projects, we will learn some Tips for Scanning, Adjusting Contrast/Levels, Extracting Line work and Creating a handy action.



Eric Brooks

Eric Brooks

Web & Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.

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[Photoshop Tutorial] How to Customize a Skyscraper Background

From Graphic Mania
How to Customize a Skyscraper Background in Photoshop:

How to Customize a Skyscraper Background in Photoshop
Today’s tutorial covers a common trick that many designers come across in their design projects. This photo editing tutorial lets you remove a landscape image background and replace it with another. Although it is a common issue, this Photoshop tutorial shows a new trick to do it.



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Eric Brooks

Web & Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.

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Slow News Week?

Some band we haven’t heard from since 1991 announces they’re breaking up. In other exciting news, my cat likes to play with her new ball.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-e-m-break-up-after-three-decades-20110921


And gingers are being rejected from sperm banks???

http://onlinenewswebsite.com/sperm-banks-turning-away-redheads/109692/


Who is in charge of writing the news this week, The Onion?

Eric Brooks

Eric Brooks

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[Tutorial] How to Use APC Caching with PHP

From Script-Tutorials: PHP How to Use APC Caching with PHP:


How to Use APC Caching with PHPToday I have another interesting article for PHP. We will talking about caching, and practice of using caching in php. I will make review of APC caching and will show you how you can use APC in PHP…



Eric Brooks

Eric Brooks

Web & Graphic Designer, Blogger, Musician, Evil Clown. I also code websites and promote people for a living. Still kind of a jerk, though. Approach with food.

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