The GIMP Logo

As you may have already noticed, a lot of people with Twitter accounts personalize the background image for their profile page. Twitter of course allows you to pick one of their predefined background images or use a color picker to set a colored (boring) background.

There’s a FREE and open source application called The GIMP that is a perfect and cheaper alternative to Adobe Photoshop, here I’ll show you how you can create a cool background image for your Twitter profile.

José Luis / May 5, 2012 / Design, The GIMP, Web Design /

Robbery not allowed by Anders Sandberg

This is a serious issue because it can affect a lot of users indirectly, imagine for a moment that someone got access to your repository, make some changes and all the users who have downloaded your plugin receive an update notification, after the update they can’t access anymore to their blogs and all their user data has been stolen. Now you get it right?, keep reading..

José Luis / March 26, 2012 / Security, WordPress /

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LibreOffice Logo

Aren’t you tired of those boring résumé, all looking the same, black and white written in “Times New Roman” not so interesting to look at? Because I’ll tell you one thing, you can be the awesomest person in your field with a huge list of achievements and lots of qualifications but if your CV doesn’t visually stand out is pretty sure you will be waiting a long time for them to call.

It is normal to think there’s no much to do with a text editor like Microsoft Word® or LibreOffice Writer, besides using some clipart’s images or changing the font color. Well, I have good news for you, here I’ll show you how to make your résumé look sexier and stand out from the rest using LibreOffice Writer.

José Luis / May 2, 2012 / LibreOffice, Office /

The Thinker by Auguste Rodin, Photo by Hansjorn

Have you ever met a genius?

Those people who seem to know about everything, usually surprising you and in some cases making you feel depressed because they do things that you think are impossible for you to accomplish.

Here you’ll find some ideas that are going to help you face a variety of life’s challenges.. ok you’re not going to become Dr. House but these tips will put you well on your way to becoming a smarter person.

José Luis / March 14, 2012 / Intelligence /