Brian Dys

Author: Brian Dys

  • IdeaSpace x AIM: Entrepreneurship Development Program – Day 1

    AIM - Ideaspace Entrepreneurship Development Program
    IdeaSpace enrolled us in Entrepreneurship Development Program of AIM in order to supercharge our ventures with enough resources.

    Excited for new things to learn and at the same time at a loss – that’s how I am facing tougher times and bigger challenges for the idea that my colleagues and I are nurturing. Or should I accurately say, battering?

    Oh yes. Beating and battering. As quoted by Professor Richard Cruz, great philosopher Michael Gerard Tyson said,

    Everybody’s got a plan… until they get punched in the face.

    That’s the watered-down quote that is apt in preparing startup founders who will face investors in the ring. Here’s the original in all its wisdom:

    Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
    You know what’s coming. So watch out!
    Team Aboo
    Here we are, from left to right: Jason, myself, and Ezra – with smiles still on.

  • Links and Actions

    I categorize <a> into two: Links and Actions.

    Links will take you to another location, mostly for information while Actions could also do the same but with a more targeted purpose.

    Examples

    Links

    Actions

    Links can be left alone in CSS – because they are buried in paragraphs or sitting beside other texts. Actions require styles that will enhance their usability – like padding to increase its active area (easier to click).

  • Pilipinas, Tara

    Pilipinas, Tara

    Where are we going again?

  • What Is a Blind Bird Ticket?

    I’ve been reading lately about events and conferences selling “Blind Bird” tickets. It seems like it stemmed from “Early Bird” and upon searching the term “Blind Bird Ticket” in Google, only more Blind Bird ticket sales came up. No official Wiki or definition whatsover.

    Buying a Blind Bird Ticket means that you’re entitled to a hefty discount (much like an Early Bird) at an event without further details yet – such as to who will be speaking or doing the intermission numbers.

  • Putting “Skip to Content” Into Context

    Does the HTML markup of your website has an accessibility function in the form of “Skip to Content”? If yes, then you would notice that it is located at the topmost of the markup. This is as such in order to make it the first focus when using keyboard to navigate.

    Now you may ask, “Shouldn’t the document title be at the topmost of the document?”

    Not when you put this accessibility function into the context of its intended use. The user, upon arriving at your website might have come from a link or have typed a URL into the web browser. That could’ve served the purpose of document title that ensures the user where they are going to or arriving at.

    The second part of this context is the user being able to go directly to the content — skipping every element that isn’t part of their purpose for visiting the website.

  • Bad boy no more

    I’ve had this poster for the longest time on my bedroom door in my parents’ house. Planning to repaint the room, I took it down along with other magazine pages that acted as wallpapers.

    Bad boy no more
    A series of images showing hands tearing down a “Bad Boy” poster.

  • Migration to Flickr

    Migrating to Flickr
    The exodus of my files from the hard drive to Flickr. Still from Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

    All of my internal and external hard drives are being consumed by media files like fungus to a rotting tree trunk. I confess that I’ve been hoarding files from my camera that never see the light of day (or get shared to people involved). (more…)

  • That Only Storage that You Will Ever Need

    …is the 5D Data Storage! It could store 360 terabytes of your photos and videos in full resolution!

    Eternal 5D Data Storage
    When everything else melts (even the machine that can read this thing), fear no more knowing that all your cat pictures are safe in this coin-sized storage. Image credit: University of Southampton

    Now, there’s no need to hesitate in shooting RAW and 4K! (more…)

  • Blue

    Bottles of Coins

    We are hoarders. Hoarders of digital files. That turn into junk after a year without seeing the light of day. We dismiss in our daily lives the digital ephemera that sit in inside our digital boxes, thinking they are just there. (more…)