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Designing a Facebook Cover Photo

At some point, most of those of us on Facebook will need to design a cover photo. You could simply choose a photo and slap it in, but some have chosen a more creative path. Here's three interesting samples. You may not need to have such a creative design for your company or church, but you will want to avoid…

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Teaching via videos / podcasts

Students in this day and age need to be excited to learn through new mediums. We need to ignite a passion and make them want to learn for themselves. No longer can we preach and drill ideas into their head.

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Understanding the three main airline alliances

February 11, 2013
Personal
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TheBackpackr

Airline alliances are formed by several airlines to synergise and provide a better network of connectivity to travellers. The three main alliances that will be detailed in this post represent the largest ones in the world (which are pretty much all that matter). They are, in no particular order, Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld. While airlines benefit via code-sharing agreements…

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Simple HTML tags for non-designers

You're not a designer. You don't care about code. But, you need to create or edit some WordPress pages and you need to make some magic happen. Here's a simple tutorial on basic HTML tags that you can learn and use immediately.

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3 steps to merge your Skype and MSN Messenger accounts

In three graphical steps, learn how you can merge your Skype and MSN Messenger accounts.

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Inspiring creativity in church

I've been helping out as a Communications Consultant at DUMC for the last four months and it's been eye-opening to see how much creative opportunity there is. A church can do so much through great design and great copy to get the word out well. However, it is quite a challenge to get volunteers on board to work together for specific design goals. More often than not, a project is farmed off to a volunteer who has design knowledge, they take the brief, go home and work on it... solo! When done, they email the file back, and it gets printed. I can imagine it's not the most exciting of environments to work in. Understanding how the younger generation works, and what makes them excited, I put forward a suggestion to organise a monthly evening for creativity to be unleashed. I want designers, photographers, videographers, brand experts, creative directors, flash animators, writers, etc... to come together and dream. Then, go and unleash their creativity.

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A Mac Finder on Steroids

November 7, 2012
Technology
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TheBackpackr

Disclosure: While I was given a licence to review TotalFinder, I was already using it for a number of years. I've been a Mac convert for several years now, but some things on Windows were just evidently better. Thankfully, there are some software developers who actively craft applications to help bring some of those features over to the Mac. Here…

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Roaming with WhatsApp while traveling

October 15, 2012
How-to / Travel
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TheBackpackr

When you swap SIM cards when traveling and start WhatsApp, it will tell you, "Mobile network changed. Register with new phone number?". Should you say Yes, or No? Find out the differences.

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WordPress Plugin for Forms – Formidable Pro

I am a firm believer of using intelligent forms to capture information. I particularly hate mailto: links that pop open your browser for a number of reasons. This plugin is highly recommended. Read more to find out about how I use it.

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DUMC.MY launch video

For the launch of the new DUMC website, a launch video was needed. I wanted the format of the video was to be kept simple - start with a friendly face (mine's not too bad, hey!), go into images with a voice over, then wrap up with the same face again.

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