OG9 ENT: Download Black Truth (EP) by Ephraem

Ephraem is an alternative artist, message driven, singer, song writer and producer. He is out with his debut project "BLackTruthEP", which includes classics like " Godiya" and "Talkmyown" which has been earlier released off his project.  The EP is a fussion of songs that edify and songs that teach on everyday life. Watch out for him.

Download Tracks  Here 

The Most Amazing Examples of Photo Manipulation We’ve Ever Seen

Oh Photoshop, where would we be without you?😃 We have to confess we have a little bit of a crush on you. Even if you’ve never personally used this kind of program, you can’t deny the influence photo-editing has on our lives. Once thought of as a complex tool strictly for graphic designers, photo-editing software can be used by nearly everyone.  As long as you have access to a computer, time and patience, you can master photo manipulation with practically the same ease as ....

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OG9 ENT: A must read Details about "Album Release and Worship experience with Dan Tutu

Its a time to get Blessed again and again as a Spirit Filled Gospel Singer "Dan Tutu" unveil the long waiting Music album with a worship Concert. On 17th, december, 2017 Don't miss it Entry is Free !

Learn how to Design SVG graphics in your browser

Use the Vecteezy editor to create a custom progress bar graphic.


The Vecteezy Editor is a free vector editing suite that runs right in your browser. This tutorial covers the basic shape tools and editing tools you can use to edit any vectors on the site. This way you can build badges, buttons, logos, or anything else with relative ease.

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Learn to make your JavaScript accessible

By Steve Jenkins September 18, 2017 Web design 

JavaScript doesn't have to be the bad boy of accessibility, says Léonie Watson.

'You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!' were the immortal words from Charlie Crocker (aka Michael Caine) in The Italian Job. They also form the title of web accessibility engineer Léonie Watson's upcoming talk at Generate London. But what do they have to do with JavaScript? More than you might think...

20 JavaScript tools to blow your mind
It is often said that JavaScript makes things inaccessible with a screen reader. This is not true, though. It is possible to do good and bad things with JavaScript (as with any other language – and, indeed, as with dynamite). But it helps if you understand accessibility mechanics in the browser if you want to avoid unexpected consequences (like rendering creations inaccessible – or blowing the whole vehicle up).

If you have ever used JavaScript to provide keyboard shortcuts, or used the ARIA application role to enable accessible software UI interactions on the web, there is a good chance it had unintended consequences for screen reader users.

When Watson, accessibility engineer at The Paciello Group, speaks at Generate London next week, she will be using code examples and screen reader demos.  She will take a look at accessibility mechanics in the browser, the new Accessibility Object Model (AOM) JavaScript API, and how to use JavaScript so that you only blow the doors off.

Make sure you grab your Generate ticket now before they sell out!

Web design tips: How to design for startups

  

Experience designer Julia Khusainova shares exclusive insights into designing products with a focus on UX.



Julia Khusainova currently works as an experience designer at Airbnb, previously led design for a new product line at Shyp, worked on growth at Twitter and established design at various early stage startups.

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Next week she will give her first conference talk at Generate London, in which she will walk through her process for developing new products from ideation, testing and validation, development, to release and beyond — achieving business goals without compromising the user experience.

We caught up with her to find out more about what product design and software engineering have in common, how she approaches design systems, how to create a compelling onboarding experience and more.

5 must-read books for design students

Start off your collection with these five essential design books.

Heading off to uni this year, and looking for recommendations for books to keep you inspired? Or just bored of the set texts on your reading list and keen to expand your mind further?

• 26 books every graphic designer should read

The following five books will add real-world context to your studies, give you that extra spark of inspiration, and help you hit the ground running as a more rounded designer when you enter the industry.

01. How to be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul

Design consultant and writer Adrian Shaughnessy’s seminal text is a no-nonsense career manual to help lead you through the perks and pitfalls of the modern design industry.

OG9 ENT: Read an inspiring article : Get a life, have a passion by Shedy Elisha a publication of iambest magazine

My name is shedy Elisha, I wrote this piece to inspire, encourage and bless you reading it.  I first wrote this article last year  2016 and ever since it was published on I am Best Magazine via Iambestnetworks, it has been a blessing to people and even me; and in this year 2017, with my recent experiences and knowledge acquired, I present to you the part 2 of "Get a life". You may call it the 'revised edition'. I am so sure you will enjoy it.

 You know  We've all got that friend – the one who is always talking big, like they're going to start this amazing new company, write an inspiring novel, release a hit music single/album or change the world. In fact we probably have more than one friend we hear constantly talking about big future plans and becoming great.

OG9 ENT: Words in Pen: Domestic violence on Men( Experiences of Men as Victims of Domestic violence). written by Faith Hauwa Adama... A publication of I Am Best Magazine

Domestic violence on Men   I remember  the first  time  I was involved  in a group discussion  about  domestic  violence  among men, My friends and I talked extensively about stories  being told daily of men being  violated and how it seems  like no one really cares about  the men. Don't  get me  wrong, I am not disputing  the fact that majority  of the violence  cases  come  from  ladies but that doesn't actually  mean  we  should  ignore  the men going  through  violence. So someone  shared a story  to me about  a mom and son, the mom was giving  her  4year old a bath and he said to his mum  'you are touching  my thing(penis) ,only  my teacher  touches  it....' That's definitely  child abuse to me. I don't get why  the society  is quiet  about  a lot of violence surrounding  men. Another  story that circulated the  internet  a short time ago is that of a step mother  castrating her step son. Although  she faced  the full wrought  of the  law yet, the noise made about it was quite mild. This might  be the last one for me but it really  got to me, I met this man one time and he told be about  how his  friend's dad tried  to rape him when he was much younger. I dont know if it's  alright  to call that rape, but to me it is still forceful sexual intercourse just that this time with someone of the same gender. As I continue  writing , I will bring up some more instances.

OG9 ENT: Song Alert, Download THE GENESIS by JADA

Jakes and the Announcement
aka JADA is a group of people, who reach out to their community and the world through music, art and culture, youth empowerment and charity.
The song, ‘Genesis’ as the name implies, is symbolic of her first studio project which comprises of a fusion of popular worship songs.

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OG9 ENT: Domestic violence: An ugly menace on women : A publication of IAMBEST MAGAZINE

 

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"Destroying a woman is like destroying a whole generation." 
- Shedy Elisha

Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other.
Partners may be married or not married; living together, separated or dating.(Domesticviolence.org). Domestic violence involves any  unhealthy act to cause physical, mental, psychological, spiritual and emotional damage. This is an old concept and it has attracted global attention there by international organizations and even individuals have shown interest in acts of such kind.

10 Mistakes Beginners Make In Lightroom

Lightroom is an incredibly fun and powerful photo editing program that can help you transform the look of your images! But with great power comes great responsibility, and it’s very (very) easy to start making mistakes in Lightroom when you don’t fully understand it. Those mistakes can actually make your photos look worse (UH OH) so today let’s cover some of the most common mistakes so you will know to avoid them.

Check the best way to teach kids about computer (video)

Computer code is the next universal language, and its syntax will be limited only by the imaginations of the next generation of programmers. The problem with that idea is that coding education is failing to fire imaginations on a big enough scale.

Linda Liukas is helping to educate problem-solving kids, encouraging them to see computers not as mechanical, boring and complicated but as colorful, expressive machines meant to be tinkered with. In that way, she is teaching them that coding is not an end in itself, but it is a means by which people can express their creativity.

In this Ted talk, she invites us to imagine a world where the Ada Lovelaces of tomorrow grow up to be optimistic and brave about technology and use it to create a new world that is wonderful, whimsical and a tiny bit weird.

USEFUL TIPS: See Why handwriting helps you learn

Why handwriting helps you learn

Over the past decade or so, there’s been a fair amount of discussion relating to the impact that our omnipresent technology has on handwriting. Cursive handwriting is no longer a mainstay of elementary education as it once was, usurped by typing on laptops and tablets. Teachers with many subjects to teach and time in short supply often leave behind these handwriting techniques in favor of methods that will serve their students better as they move into a global, technology-based world.

Though grandparents may consider their grandkids’ writing to be horrific chicken scratch (even if they’re communicating via email more and more these days, too), there may good reason to keep teaching handwriting. More than keeping with tradition, studies have shown that handwriting stimulates the brain in ways that typing does not, helping make connections and learn new things, and effectively making you smarter.

10 Surprising Ways to Transform Your Creative Thinking NO .10 will really sock you.

1. YOUR BRAIN DOES BETTER CREATIVE WORK WHEN YOU’RE TIRED

Unlike solving an analytic problem, creative insights come from letting our minds wander along tangents and into seemingly unrelated areas. Though many of us identify as morning larks or night owls, peaking in our problem-solving skills and focus at particular times of the day, creative thinking actually works better at non-optimal times. So, if you’re a morning lark, your brain will be better at finding creative insights at night, when you’re tired.

How Breaking My Back Turned Into a Business Opportunity

STAN PEAKE

GUEST WRITER

Head Coach at InSite Performance Coaching LTD

Many entrepreneurs call building a business “back-breaking labour.” Most of the time they are speaking figuratively. Not this guy. I broke my back mountain biking three months after leaving my well-paying job to focus on my startup during the worst recession in Calgary, Alberta in my 40 years. It actually became the recipe for my success.

4 Ways to Know It's Time to Make the Leap and Start Your Own Business

Fifty-one percent of Americans are interested in being self-employed, however most don’t start their own business, largely out of fear of what would happen if they don’t succeed. I was part of the 51 percent and feared remaining part of that statistic forever, never taking the leap to go out on my own.

5 Brain Training Techniques to Cultivate Your Creative Genius

ingenious inventor, the savvy entrepreneur, the innovative scientist, the imaginative writer… No matter what our field or area of expertise, we all seek to be more creative and innovative. We all want to be original.

Helen Friel, Ross Symons and other paper artists’ incredible designs for Google

Helen Friel, Ross Symons and other paper artists’ incredible designs for Google

Six paper artists have created stop motion animations entirely from folded paper, as video wallpaper designs for Android tablets or smartphones.

Corel Painter 2018 review: the world’s best painting software can now create thick layers of paint

This new version of Corel Painter is here – gaining a fantastic set of Thick Paint tools to add to its already impressive list of brushes. This, along with a range of other new tools and enhancements, make Painter 2018 one of the best versions yet, says artist Tom Bagshaw.