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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Safety Class!!

Today I attended a safety class in our workshop. It wasn't that bad. We all know those things but still I thought I should share this with you people. As per administration's analysis 88% of the accidents in industries are because of improper practice of work, 10% of the accidents are because of improper conditions and 2% are because of Over confidence, fatigueness, lazziness etc. etc.
I asked the person who was taking our class,"isn't that 10% factor is responsible for those 88% accidents?" that's it he was like "BOMB", he threw a typical look on me and said 16 out of 19 accidents in workshop this year were because of improper practice of work. I realised that its just unprofitable to debate here and kept my mouth shut for rest of the class.
But its true those 10% improper conditions are responsible for 88% of unfair and improper work practice. The conditions we work in are just out of this world. But administration will never agree with this, ofcourse the analysis is also made by them, but those analysis are just figures for them and for us as well. 88% is not small figure to ignore. We are also responsible, aren't we?

Monday, July 25, 2011

CSS min-width not working

Have you ever face this problem, CSS min-width not working. Many of you may know this but this one's for those who don't. Well, today I had a requirement of a div which should increase in width depending on the content in it. The images are to placed inside that div sided by side.

I thought min-width property will be enough, but it wasn't working. So as usual switch to Google, but the results I found wasn't the solution for my requirement. After a bit of CSS storming I came up with this solution. If we use display:inline-table; to the div to which we want to assign min-width, it will work.

div{
display : inline-table;
min-width : 200px;
}

Share your solutions.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

How to wrap text around a div in all three sides of a div?

Today I got a requirement of wrapping text all around a div actually not all around, around three sides i.e., top left and bottom, like the following image.

Simple CSS solved my problem, this same thing can also be used for wrapping images with text all around it.

Try this code and run :

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style>
div.topSpacerDiv {
    width: 0px;
    height: 60px;
    float: left;

}

div.DIV {
    float: right;
    clear: both;
    border:1px solid red;
    height:100px; width:200px;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<div class="container">
    <div class="topSpacerDiv"></div>
    <div class="DIV">
        DIV with content
    </div>
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se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi

bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul

kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par

likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke

lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog

keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi

sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi

jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul

kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par

likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke

lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog

keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi

sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi

jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti

se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi

bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par likhi sabhi batein bilkul

kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke lie kiya gya hai.is par

likhi sabhi batein bilkul kalpnik hai, iska kisi bhi jivit ya mrit vyakti se koi sampark nhi hai, iska prayog keval testing purpose ke

lie kiya gya hai.
</div>
</body>
</html>

In the above code the class topSpacerDiv is most important, the small div i.e., DIv position depends on the height of the topSpacerDiv.
If you want the small div DIV in left position you have to just change the float:right; to float:left; in the CSS of DIv class.

Why dont you copy paste this code and run and try to play with the CSS, you will be clear.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Dashed or Dotted line in Photoshop

What will you do if you are asked to draw a dashed or dotted line in photoshop?

If you know the answer then its ok otherwise here's what I learnt.
I used to copy paste a rectangle shape again and again to draw a simple dashed line or a circle shape for a dotted line. But then I got the solution.May be many of you know this but this one's for those who doesn't.

Simply Select a brush tool
Then Select the size of the brush as per your need.
If you need a dotted line, use a round brush, if you need a dashed line, you have to load the Square Brushes library.
To load the Square Brushes library, click on the brush size icon in the options bar, then click on the fly-out menu (that arrow icon as shown in the image) and select Square Brushes.

Then access the Brushes palette, click on the 'Brush Tip Shape'. This will display all the settings, there you can change the Spacing setting to a high value (200 or more). You will see the preview right there at the bottom of Brushes Palette. The Brush Palette will look like this:

Now you are done with the settings you can a draw a dashed line, Hold on the SHIFT key and draw the line, Shift key ensures a straight line. I used this dashed line for one of many banners I designed. You should try this.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Social Media Plugins (SoMePlugs) Logo Designs

Logo Ideas for Social Media Plugins aka SoMe PlugsWhat is the first thing comes to your mind when you think of the words SOCIAL MEDIA. Let me guess, it would be Orkut, Facebook, Twitter etc. right!!. Its ok but those are just social networking sites or we can say medium which is used for social interaction. Do you really want to know what is Social Media: "It is a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, which allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content." (thanks to wiki). I am not going to give a lesson on what is Social Media, this is just what I learnt while making a logo related to Social Media. I always google a bit before making a logo to get some ideas. This helps me to get related keywords and using those related keywords I try to design the logo.
This time all I found was some human structures holding hands or in groups etc or the icons of all those social networking sites.
When the word social or society is used its very obvious to think of human structures, for logos han! I am
discussing aboaut the logo designs. And we think of the word media either we go with the cameras or film rolls etc. Even I tried few of them for this Social Media Plugins (SoMeplugs) logo. But those were very ordinary. Then while brainstorming for this logo me and my boss Vineet he came up with an idea of people talking or discussing something like that, first of all I thought how can I represent people talking in a logo. But gradually and finally I came up with the final one. Actually in comics when people talk these shapes are used, and I like them very much I am very happy to use them in one of my designs. Well once again I am satisfied with what I made. Lets see what comes next...

One thing I learnt is to make a logo you have to brainstorm a lot and try to discuss with others like how they are going to represent those keywords which you want in as logo.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Notice the shape of our country

Log on to google.com click on the images link and type india map vector in the search box....

For one of my graphics work I needed a map of India. So as usual I googled it and the result I found was shocking for me. The shape of our country wasn't the same. The shape I like most nost just because its my country's because it forms a nice human shape. Few of you definitely feel the way I do. The J&K like head, Gujarat and North east states like arms and the elongated coastal south india forms legs. And above all the heart i.e, dil our capital Dilli (Delhi) being right at the position of heart.
But yesterday when I saw the shape of India on web. I was like 'oye teri ye kya hua??' (wats this?) The head i.e., J&K wasn't in the same old shape. You can see those pictures and understand the difference.

There can be many reasons, I don't bother about the reason, but the matter is we should know what is the actual shape of our country. Is it the one I was proud of with the human shape or is it the one on the web. We should be clear about this what you say, at least our next generation should be clear enough about the shape and feel proud the way we do.

Friday, February 25, 2011

sometimes stranger can teach you lot

Today I met a Marketing Executive, the business he was doing was strange to me, Actually I never knew that even the alcohols and liquors need marketing. When he said he is doing such business, I laughed and asked him is it true. He said yes and that moment only he got a call from some of his client. "Han.. jolly aur OC ka 2 peti bhijwa dunga, already 6 peti bhej chuka hun." (yes.. i will send 2 case of jolly and OC, although I have already sent 6 case.)

Listening to jolly and OC I understood yes he is right. Then he told me many facts about his business. He said he is in this marketing line since 8 years. He has to travel a lot. He has worked in many bigger companies now since two years he is in Kharagpur looking after the whole Midnapore district. He said every liquor merchant in Kharagpur knows him. He is the one who supplies them.

When he said 8 years in marketing my eyes widened, for a moment I thought why shouldnt I ask him to join my company, of course on commission basis, coz as he said he worked for bigger companies, then he is definately having good salary.

Then I dropped that thought and moved on with the conversation.

I asked him how do you people upgrade your products, coz as much I know liquor tastes horrible and what more one can do to imrpove the horribleness.

He said to upgrade the product they change the label, change the bottle shape etc. I asked him ok you work on outlook only, the ingredient can't be changed right. He replied, that the taste of the liquor depends on the water used while making it. They upgrade the taste by upgrading the distillery.

Then I asked how is the demand. He said they are unable to fulfill the demand. The demand is suppose 25 thousand they are able to supply 10 thousand only.
Then he told me some more useful things abokut marketing. He said some are moving products and some are non-moving products. Moving products sell constantly but marketing is needed for the non-moving products.
me: How do you improve the sales?
stranger: The only mantra to improve the sales is to follow the market and follow up the clients and motivate them to buy non-moving products as well.

This was an interesting conversation I ever had, the topic was totally new to me. But learnt few tips of marketing today.
Thanks to that stranger.