Brian Dys

Author: Brian Dys

  • Reading List: Week 2, March 2021

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    It isn’t a sufficiently strong purpose to make you form the habit of doing the things you don’t like to do for the very simple reason that it is easier to adjust ourselves to the hardships of a poor living than it is to adjust ourselves to the hardships of making a better one.Albert E.…

  • RE:Creation No. 3: Dorset Cereals | Front panel | HTML (markup)

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    Previously, we have tackled the Text stage of RE:Creation wherein we came up with a textual content of the front panel of the packaging which is our basis for this stage. Summary Mark up the structure in HTML Mark up the groups in HTML Mark up the individual elements in HTML Markup Marking up means…

  • Moving portraits

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    I admit, I am amazed by technology when it can bring photos to life. Decades ago, I scanned my paternal grandparents’ wedding portrait with the purpose of restoring it. It was scanned in four parts and the best restoration that I could do was stitch them together and remove some blemishes using Photoshop. I thought…

  • Reading List: Week 1, March 2021

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    Interviewing your interviewer is a critical part of your career decision-making process. Think about your long-term plans and make sure the role you accept fits with that vision.Nati Asher

  • Avaloq Philam Life

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    The first time I’ve been at Avaloq’s office at Philam Life building was during my second interview. I was impressed by the interior design of the pantry. There by the couch were some company brochures in the style of a newspaper. I took one home to familiarize myself with the new company that I was…

  • RE:Creation No. 3: Dorset Cereals | Front panel | Text

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    Previously, we have tackled an introduction to recreating Dorset Cereals. Now, we’ll begin with doing the initial work that will be the basis of the HTML and CSS. Summary Convert content into text Group and label texts Structure groups via header, main, footer The first step of RE:Creation is to convert the content (in this…

  • Reading List: Week 4, February 2021

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    Any difficulty in doing the right thing results from (evil, selfish) resistance, not from the fact that one cannot do all the good or valuable things that one is called upon to do.Irene McMullin

  • RE:Creation No. 3: Dorset Cereals

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    In this episode of RE:Creation, we’ll be recreating a cereal box in HTML and CSS. One thing I like about consumer product packaging is that almost everything is written there in that little space. It’s like a website in the palm of your hands at a grocery aisle (or at your breakfast table). First, let’s…

  • Strapped for straps

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    It was more than 10 years ago since I bought a Swatch watch called Something New. It was tiny classic black and white watch that had a plastic strap that cost one-third of the watch’s original price (and it breaks every year, the strap). This is what really deterred me from buying from Swatch. Metal…

  • Reading List: Week 3, February 2021

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    In a perfect world the importance of information wouldn’t rely on its author’s eloquence. But we live in a world where people are bored, impatient, emotional, and need complicated things distilled into easy-to-grasp scenes.Morgan Housel