How to make a screencast for free

I came across this post when I was exploring ways to make a video for my Mobile Game ( Bombs Juggle ).

There are many ways, and a lot of software to record your computer screen, or make any video.

As a Mac user, QuickTime player was mostly used for playing media files, I didn't know that you can also use it to record your screen along with your voice! (You can also record your voice by itself too).

Here is the link to the post illustrating the steps to do that.

The best part is that it's FREE!

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/01/15/how-to-record-quick-easy-screencast-videos-with-mac-osx/

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Make Use Of

Love the title?
You might ask: "Make Use of what?".
Well, make use of the technology of course! (this is a technical blog, remember?).


One of the coolest resources on the web!


I came across it when I was looking for gaming resources.


MakeUseOf is more of a resource that contains ways and guides to how to use technology, not how to build it.


For example, the article that I came across on MakeUseOf introduced platforms for building games that I didn't hear of, but I didn't find an article that contains programming or developing tips.


It also contains news, tips, some Geeky fun stuff, and the best part in my opinion, the "Guides".
They have now 50 guides that can be downloaded for free! (download them here: http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download ).


So check it out ( http://www.makeuseof.com/ ), I'm sure you'll find it's a very useful tech resource for you.


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HTML Goodies

This is probably one of the oldest sites on the web that is still live online.
HTML Goodies started on 1992 (I remember I first logged in online in 1997!)

At that time, the internet was just in its beginning, and HTML Goodies wanted to teach people HTML and how to build websites.

Despite the simplicity of the web site and its subject, HTML Goodies has evolved to include subjects beyond HTML.

It now includes subjects such as CSS, ASP, JavaScript, you name it!
Any thing that is connected to web building, and it is mostly targeted towards beginners.

So pay it a visit ( http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ ), and start with the "getting started" link on the left block of the web site. (this is where the index of the tutorials is).

Or you can go to the "New to HTML Goodies" button on the top.
Hope it will benefit you.


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The Site Wizard

Remember one the first sites that I reviewed was W3SCHOOLS.COM (check out the following post: http://techfountains.blogspot.com/2009/09/web-building-for-beginners.html )

I called it web building for beginners.

W3SCHOOLS is still is a very good place to start learning how to build websites.

Yet, you might just need more than that.

To explain what I mean check out: http://www.thesitewizard.com/

Here, not only do you start learning how to build a website, you also learn how to choose a domain, register it, find a host, publish your website on a host, and even how to make revenue from your website.

I came across The Site Wizard when I was searching for a tutorial for Dreamweaver (a powerful web design software from Adobe).

They are flooded with tutorials, and as they say, these articles and tutorials that they have are intended  for "people just starting out as webmasters".

So I guess this site is a step up from W3SCHOOLS.

Check it out, and don't get fooled by their old style interface and lack of animation or graphics.

After all, as someone seeking knowledge, it is the content that matters :-)

DesignModo

Ok, if you are a web or graphic designer, then DesignModo is a must  for you!

Even if you're new to the design world, DesignModo can help you a lot with learning what you need.

From tutorials, to random tips, to free stuff, and even free samples and examples, the chances are, you will spend more time on DesignModo than on any other site teaching graphics and design.

I will not say any more. visit DesignModo and explore it for your self, it's so easy to navigate.

http://designmodo.com/

You can also visit their facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/designmodo

or follow them up on twitter : http://twitter.com/designmodo

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Mobile Development Tutorials

This is an amazing resource for you if you are, or planning to be, a mobile apps developer.

I've been following it on facebook and twitter, and I not only found extremely useful tutorials, but I also got acquainted with new platforms and technologies that made developing mobile apps for me much easier!

I am on my way to adding "Mobile App Developer"  to my range of business, and without doubt, visiting mobile.tutsplus.com is a daily habit for me.

One last thing to mention; mobile.tutsplus.com is part of the tutsplus network (I think this is short for "tutorials plus").

It is a network of eleven websites covering a wide range of popular technical subjects.

So pay them a visit, I'm sure you'll find some useful information for you.

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Cool Tech Ideas

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I just stumbled upon this website when I was creating back links for my blog "Have a Break!"
the title, and the domain name, are both cool! it's "Idea Shower"
I clicked around discovering it, and I ran into this cool piece about creating multiple passwords for multiple websites (a problem that I faced), this you got to read to get a sample from inside the "Shower":

http://www.ideashower.com/our_solutions/remember-just-one-password-thats-unique-for-every-site/

So check it out, you will love it, all the three parts of it, the "ideas", the "Solutions", and the "Blog".

A soft introduction to C sharp

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I'm not going to speak much about this site,


http://www.csharp-station.com/  is  simply a beginners introduction to C# ( C sharp programming language).

Best suited for beginners in particular.

It's simple and straight forward, and again, more language-specific resources :)

Lets Go VB camping!

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I'm still insisting on compensating for not writing much about Visual Basic resources, one of the most, if not the most popular programming language.

VBExplorer.com is one of the most popular resources for Visual Basic, it includes tutorials, sample codes, and even a contest for coders.

It has a special corner for Visual Basic game programming, with media files, sample games code, looks so sweet.

The best part about VBExplorer.com is that it is not oriented for a specific level of programmers, it ranges from beginner to novice programmer resources.

http://www.vbexplorer.com/

Visual Basic Tutorials

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I noticed that I have not posted any web resources for Visual Basic!

Makes me look bad as a blogger for technical resources :)

VBtutor is a good place to start.

Weather you're looking for tutorials for VBA (Visual Basic for Applications, very popular for Microsoft Office), VB6 (old but effective), VB.net ( a famous member of the dot net family).

The tutorials are divided into short chapters, which can be digested easily.

You can also find the tutorials in different formats such as flash or HTML.

So pay this site a visit, I'm sure you'll like it.

http://www.vbtutor.net/