Mandar Apte

UI/UX Designer from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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  • CGTEXPO11 – Fool’s Paradise

    I attended this years CGTEXPO1,

    Sadly I was totally upset with content, management & arrangement of the program.

    Programs had no content to look at or learn from, I felt totally waste of money & time from point of view of a student or professional who is looking for learning opportunities…

    I don’t know why this people depend on foreign professional, It gives me the feeling of show off from money & status point of view…

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  • Integrating Social & Professional Networking Badges & Google Adsense Ads in WordPress Blog using Dynamic Sidebar

    Following method will work with both Social & Professional Networking Badges i.e. Scripts you get from Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Likedin & Google Adesense Ads scripts to integrate it with your wordpress website blog’s dynamic sidebar.

    Few Important things that I considered here that you are ready with
    You have sign in to & have administrative access of wordpress blog
    You have badge code that you got from Facebook or Twitter or Flickr or Linkedin.
    You are ready with Adsense’s Ad code & Your account is active.

    Steps to integrate with Dynamic Sidebar with Theme Widget Support
    First if not integrate Dynamic Sidebar within your plugin
    here is the link to do that

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  • Balgandharva, A story of the era where Gandharva use to live in Hindusthan

    Just now I came from film called Balgandharva portraying life of Artist itself…

    Every frame of the film is well designed to era of the “Balgandharva”, No frame of the film is boring or any second of the story is wasted, Right characterization of every artist is unique…

    Even 30 second roll of Actor Angad Mhaskar in character of Freedom Fighter “Kanhere” is heart touching & gives different dimension & direction to the film…

    Today I can say I saw Today’s real Marathi Film, I may saw it three times but no money wasted or felt boredom…

    It is the era of Marathi Natya Ranga Bhumi, Where all female rolls were performed by male actors…

    Actor Subodh Bhave in the getup of Balgandharva is equivalent & By watching that you get the feel why that particular era was called The Gandharva era in Marathi Natya Ranga Bhumi…

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  • Art Blog & Few Real Life Updates

    Sorry for vary less amount of Art Blog Posts for at least last two months…

    More than 20 Art Blog drafts are in process of publishing it live on this space… So wait for brilliant reading in future… 🙂

    In reality I was vary busy in officially running & starting my own design consultancy business… Now I have my design  studio under my name i.e. mandar apte studio

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  • Nokia E Series & Software Updates Issue

    Few months back I bought Nokia E Series phone.

    After I received some Mail App & OVI Map Update notice… I updated my device with the latest software…

    But, My all configured emails start failling to update & synchronize.

    I really had a bad time with this updates… What the use of updates if same app stops to work at all…

    I tried to remove specific email but it was of no use… Remove mailbox function enable to start…

    Now I have updated my device with new updated OS version & all my data & settings has vanishes… But I have backup of the same…

    After restoring my settings & files from Backup issue of Mail comeback…

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  • My List of Animation Books an Animator should buy

    Here is the my list of book an animation enthusiast should have & books professional swear by…

    Books listed below are all present in my own collection, it help me so to pursue animation & that’s why I am writing this post that can help you…

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  • How IT Company or Upcoming Animation Company’s Design Supervision Department Functions

    Here is details of How IT Company or Upcoming Animation Company’s Design Supervision Departments Works or Fail to Work

    1. They decide everything even video editing on phone
    2. They try to find defects in you & your work so that you can improve on that
    3. They have so many hidden salary structure rules that when you find about that rules you just can’t stop laughing you find this when your actually salary totally differs from salary on the paper
    5. They have think tank discussing about future of design in their company where designer’s presence is not required
    6. They pay designer a salary structure of house keeper of their company
    7. They will find 5 main defects in your design but they will be unable to find 15 advantages of your design
    8. They will ask you one day their main query about design i.e. Dude What is Pixel?
    9. When you tell them about h264 codec they think it sounds like H2SO4
    10. When you tell them about h264 they think wmv is best format you can get on personal computer
    11. They think Pentium P4 is ideal machine to do video editing for designer
    12. The IT company has grade system to evaluate it’s employees but designer for that matter only fits in bottom first
    13. They want you to join them as trainee for first five months without getting paid for anything then they want you to sign Agreement or Bond with them for not leaving the company & then if you ask them how much you will get for that they say Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 4,000 per month, then you get the feeling what you want to do now…!!!
    14. They try to use 5 year old technology for their day to day work
    15. They think designers die to work in their companies

    So finally It really sucks to do job in IT company or Upcoming Animation company where being designer fetch no value…!!!

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  • Learning Web Design & Graphic Design on Personal Computer

    I know the day the I got my first windows based computer.

    In few days or so I started learning to design through computer using CorelDraw & Photoshop… as it was more popular in those days & as it is today. But mind you it was not long ago as it was year 2002-03.

    I read somewhere on web If you want to learn web design compare two technology giants’ websites i.e. Microsoft.Com & Apple.Com

    & Yes it was brilliant suggestion made…

    So I got to know one phenomenon called WYSIWYG, acronym for What You See Is What You Get. I started using Microsoft Frontpage to edit & design websites. I used to use Tables to design content with. But I got to know that there is something CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) & DIV tags. But it was not until year 2007 I started to learn CSS & Year 2010 I started to learn about DIV tags.

    Today I have website powered with WordPress (CMS – Content Management System) Designed through CSS & DIV tags.

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  • Learning Adobe Photoshop Through Podcasts & Websites

    I found this resources vary helpful to learn & know Adobe Photoshop through Podcasts & Websites so sharing same links with you all…

    Podcasts:
    I would suggest subscribing same podcasts through iTunes Store & downloading the latest & old shows…

    1. Understanding Adobe Photoshop
    2. Photoshop with Matt
    3. Photoshop in 5 with RC Concepcion
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  • Blogger’s Life on Net & in General

    Hi All, I am listing down few points that will help you to find out blogger around you…

    1. A person who writes on his website & doesn’t know is there somebody will read it or not is blogger’s real life situation…
    2. He who integrate Google Analytics in to his blog & visit analytics site every other day is blogger…
    3. He who activate ‘Akismet’ on his wordpress blog… & day after he who swears by it is blogger…
    4. He who say ‘Thank You!’ to google at night before going to bed for traffic to his website is blogger…
    5. He who thinks someday he will go out & have normal social life as his same age friends have is blogger…
    6. He who thinks having Macintosh as his main machine even for website development is blogger…
    7. He who thinks Macintosh’s boot up chime is sign of presence of life is blogger…
    8. He who has social life only on net through Facebook, Twitter is blogger…
    9. He who thinks there is life on different IP address is blogger…
    10. He who knows IP address of his closed friend is blogger…
    11. He who doesn’t know full form of word IP Address is blogger…
    12. He who remembers IP address of his domain name by heart is blogger…
    13. He who use share host for his website & thinks someday he will transfer & use dedicated server for his website is blogger…
    14. He who use iTunes to play music at background while he is working & doesn’t remember what last song was playing & to find out the same he opens iTunes window is blogger…
    15. He who face design obstacle while creating design on computer & after finding solution for the same thinks it would good subject for next tutorial article for his blog is blogger…
    16. He who uses all possible Apple.Inc products & finally thinks why Apple is not designing T Shirts for him so that it will be in sync with his computer peripherals is blogger…
    17. He who thinks having his own domain name is real world style statement is blogger…
    18. He who wake up early & then next second open desktop Twitter Client for updates & latest news even before brushing his teeth is blogger…
    19. He who uses his computer built in camera to comb his hair so that he will save time & work more instead of turning towards mirror is blogger…
    20. He who follows minimum 10 design blogs & subscribe to their RSS feeds & Newsletters is sign of blogger…
    21. He who only interacts with people through facebook comments is blogger…
    22. He who owns desktop pc to tweet from home, laptop to tweet from hotel & internet enabled phone to tweet from bus is blogger…
    23. He who thinks of breaking next big paradigm shift to write new blog itself is blogger…
    24. He who attends minimum two technology company’s seminar of new product launch is blogger…
    25. He who uses bicycle instead of scooter for traveling is hint of blogger within…
    26. He who thinks he would prefer another Apple Computer over brand new bike is also a blogger…

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