1.) Ludacris. He is a rapper and I like the he raps. He has a tight flow and intelligent. He comes up with a crazy verse on every song.
2.) J.Cole. He speaks the truth and what's really happens in life. He is one of the few rappers that really can be considered a hip-hop artist. The true hip-hop. He has a tight flow on songs as well.
3) Wale. He is another rapper that is considered a hip-hop artist. He speaks the truth just like J.Cole. He creates his own style and he is funny. He is cool, because he has fun rapping.
4) Ace Hood. A rapper that is from FL. You already know that he is the realist because he is from FL. Is has the "sunshine state swag."
5) Lupe Fiasco. He has cool beats and he talks about the world and how it is now. He is another true hip-hop artist.
6.) Kayne West. His rhymes are crazy and sometimes doesn't make sense, but that is what makes him unique. I'm not dissing him at all, keep doing what you doing.
7.) Busta Rhymes. His flow is crazy fast. I wanted to learn how to rap that fast like him because it sounds cool.
8.) Fabolous. This artist is raw. He doesn't hold nothing back.
9.) Swizz Beats. He is a record producer which means he is a beat producer. He always have the hottest beats.
10.) Kidd. He is a rapper that is cool and has a swag. He is coming up and trying to make a name for himself. Go check him out on facebook.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
10 Favorite artists of all time
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10 ways to relieve stress
- Identify stressor. If you write down what makes you stressed or the symptoms that causes you to stress then you will be better off handling the stress because you will be ready for it.
- Control your actions. Do not over react on something that is so small. If you control yourself and think about it, most of the time what you are stressing about is not that big.
- Learn to let go. Teach yourself to always think about it in a positive way. When you do that, you will be better off and you will smile and laugh. Your mind will be far from it.
- Do some sports. If the things above still don't work, them go get into some sports or go exercise. If you go play tackle football, then I know you will feel better after you have tackled somebody.
- Watch your diet. Normally when you stress out, you either eat a lot or don't eat enough. In the process you become sick and everything goes downhill from here.
- If you have a pet, go play with it. Most pets love the attention and love to play around. So to get your mind off of what you are stressing about, go play with your pet.
- Go get hobby. When you are doing something that you love to do, and have fun with it, it becomes a breeze to whatever you are stressing about.
- Get enough sleep. When you are stressed, it is important to get as much sleep as you cant. Your body can shut down meaning that you will get sick.
- Find a comfort zone. Go to this place and go inside your little world. Just do not think about nothing. Let go.
- Go create something. Go draw something, make music, or whatever you can create, go do that. When you do this, whatever you create will reflect what you are stressing about, so it will be off your chest.
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10 Favorite Activites
1.) Playing on my drumset. I am a musician and I love playing on them. It is so fun and when I play, Im in my own world and everything disappears when I play.
2.) Listening to music. I was born into a musical family, so I have always been around music. My past on my father side have always played music and I love the beat of music.
3.) Playing video games. Ever since I was little, I have found a love for video games. I would be on a video game 24/7 if it was left up to me.
4.) Playing basketball. I don't play on a team, but just like the sport. It is a sport that requires you to be creative a little bit.
5.) Jogging. got to stay health. Do it everyday so I won't be out of shape and feel good in the summer time.
6.) Just to chill outside. I become connected to mother nature herself. When I have a lot on my mind or just want to go outside, it is always peace and it takes me to another world.
7.) Hanging out with people. Every now and then, it is good to get out and meet new people or just to hangout with old ones. Nothing is wrong with that.
8.) Going to the movies. Whether I go by myself or I go with a friend, it is always interesting to see all the time and effects put into movies.
9.) Watch sports. I can watch sports on the t.v. or go to a game. I'm a sports person, but the main sports that I really like to see is college and professional football and basketball.
10.) Making flash movies. I like to push my imagine to the limit and see what I come up with. It is always amazing.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
10 Favorite slogans of all time
1.) "Just do it"- Nike. Just go out there and get the job done when it comes to sports. Don't let shoes or anything stop you from doing your best.
2.) "Got Milk?"- Milk. I always laugh when I see or hear this slogan. It just funny to me.
3.) "Melts in your Mouth, Not in your hand"- M&M's. This is one of my favorite treats. And they are so good.
4.) "You're in Good Hands with Allstate"- Allstate. You are protected with allstate. Allstate is a good insurance company.
5) "We try harder"- Avis. This rent-a-car company tries harder than anybody to give you a good car.
6) "Don't leave home without it"- American Express. Everybody needs a debt card. Especially if you do not carry cash on you.
7) "This is your brain on drugs"- anti-drug. People don't realize what they are doing to there body when they do drugs. At least many people try to get the picture across.
8) "It keeps going and going and going."- Energizer. The batteries never fail. They do keep going even when they are "dead".
9) "Let your fingers do the walking."- Yellow pages. This means you let your figure go down the pages and look for somebody to call. I like the concept.
10) "Gimme a break, gimme a break, gimme a break of that kit kat bar."- Kit Kat. Candy is good, still trying to hear the "break" that be in commercials, but they still are good.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
10 free ways to promote yourself or your business
1.) Maintain a website. If you are a graphic designer, your name can be thrown around conversations if you do a good job on the website.
2) Create a blog. Most blog sites are free and they are not that difficult. When you want to post something up on it, you can put up pictures of your product and talk about your next project.
3) Create a Portfolio. All the work that you have done, keep it a make a portfolio, so you can go and show clients and other people. If you have made a cool website, then you can take screen shots of your website.
4) Participate in volunteer work. Think of volunteer work as a internship to showcase what you can do. The more you volunteer, the more your name will be known and clients will recognize you.
5) Create a relationship with your customers. If you have followers or customers that likes you work, you can use them to you advantage. If you fix the problems or make better products, your followers will pass the word.
6) Social Networking. It will help you to build a strong foundation on what people are looking for. When you set up a social networking profile, you can interact with your followers.
7) Design or get business cards. Just hand these to everyone that you see and anyone that will take them. This can be effective.
8) Make some news. Try to get a advertisement in the newspaper or other sources for information or you can leave your information in the newspaper. Then you can give them a brief description of what you do.
9) Go out and teach or talk about what you do. Ask around and see who needs a speaker on something. Ask them can you talk about what you do. It won't hurt to ask and who knows you can gets some results.
10) Ask for feedback. Do not be scared, use the feedback as a motivation to do better on the product or use it to satisfy your customers. That's what it is all about anyway right.
Posted by Justin J. Pugh at Wednesday, February 23, 2011 0 comments
10 Reason Why I Prefer Macs
- The sleep mode. When a mac goes to "sleep" it does not take forever for it to wake up. It is reliable and it does not chew up the battery of the mac.
- Booting time. On a mac, it does not take long. To be exact it takes about 25 seconds to be full booted and this is when it is from a cold start. PC's are longer and makes you never want to turn it on.
- Easy navigation. All the apps that you have on your mac is showed at the bottom. For example, if you are on a web browser app, you can simply move your mouse to the bottom and open up Microsoft word all in a simple motion, instead of minimizing the window you have open.
- Easier to find the problem. There are 3 ways to find out a problem of a mac. By the disk drive, the console, or activity monitor. You do not have to worry about it crashing, it will give you a sign before.
- Useful apps. No matter what app is out there for the macs, they have one for you. Doesn't matter what yo are into, there is a app that will assist you.
- Neat. Everything on the mac is neat. You do not have to go search for anything as long as you keep everything neat.
- Downloading is not a problem. It does not give you all these windows and difficult setup just to download something. The system becomes easy to download.
- File Sharing is easy. It is not a big hassle to share files or folders. You do not necessarily have to use a thumb drive, you can do it on the mac in the system preferences.
- Security Software. You do not have to install another security software that in the end will slow down your computer or creates problems for you. Never have to worry about it scanning before you can actually use it.
- No lame idea. Every idea that Macintosh have come up with has worked in one way or another. So you can not put it on Macintosh.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
10 things that make a great logo
- Simple. If a logo is complicated, people will not remember it when they see it on billboards, stores, etc. You want people to remember your business when they see your logo. You do not want them to ask their friend "Who is this?" Keep it simple.
- Correct Color Scheme. Why do you think McDonald's is so successful? The colors that they used make people hungry. Think about it when YOU see McDonald's. You never realized it yourself, but think about every time you have went by a McDonald's did it make you hungry? And you go get a Big Mac not knowing where this all of a sudden hunger came from. Use the correct color scheme to have customers remember you by the colors you use.
- Flexible. Meaning that if you put your logo on shirt's, billboard's, or even wall's that have a black, white, or gray background, will you be able to see it? Will you be able to read the text? You have to keep that into consideration. If you can change your logo into gray, black, or white against wall's like that, then that will be good as well.
- Appropriate for what you do. Imagine you go to "McDonald's" because you are hungry. Then all of a sudden "McDonald's" is a clothing store now. When for years it has been a fast food restaurant. Have the correct logo for what you do in the work force.
- Sends a message. This ties in with the correct color scheme. You want the customers realize that you are the only one that is trying to get the message across to other people. If you make a logo that shows you saving a dog, then your work have to be towards saving a dog.
- Scalable. When you are trying to put your logo on your business card, will everybody still be able to read it? Or will it look like a bunch of wasted ink? Keep this in mind.
- Creative. This is a no brainier, but some people my forget about this one. This is why companies ask you to make their company a logo that everybody will remember.
- Make a impact. The logo that you make should catch the viewers eye. Make sure the logo "grabs" the viewers attention and make them interested in what the logo means.
- Effective without color. Will viewers understand the logo without color? Will the logo be readable? Making a logo that looks good without color before you plan to put color on, you know you have a good logo.
- It has to bring in customers. When you have a good logo, it normally leads to your company to make money. If you do not have a decent looking logo, people will not remember you and would not want to know what the company is about.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
10 Best Ways to start a conversation
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Friday, February 4, 2011
The 10 best quotes of all time.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
10 Places I will visit in my lifetime
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Business using online marketing campaigns
In this generation, companies and businesses alike are using the internet as online marketing. Websites like facebook, youtube, twitter, blogger, and others are what businesses are using to promote themselves and make money off it. These websites are what people are going on daily. On personal experience I know people that go on at least one of these sites daily. 365 days a yr. So businesses have now decided to make profiles and host what they are selling on these websites. In the end, they make progress and money. A lot of people nowadays prefer to order and shop offline. It is not hard, and it is easy to do. This is a good way to get yourself noticed as well. The online market can be your guide into becoming a big name. Businesses are smart to use this technique.
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10 skills I will develop in the near future.
- Becoming more skilled in Adobe Photoshop.
- Learning how Cgi Bins work.
- How to use Javascript properly.
- How to make a website be in the top results of search engines.
- How to make a better website.
- Learn how to use forms.
- Being more creative such as making banners, and graphics.
- Make a animation come to life.
- How to make a small movie.
- How to present my products to clients.
Posted by Justin J. Pugh at Sunday, January 23, 2011 0 comments
10 ways to make yor site index better
Here are some things I would do to make my site index better.
1.) Cut to the point of why you are making your website. Meaning, give the audience the information they are looking for.
2.) Choose the correct font family for your site. Meaning it has to be readable. NO! fancy font.
3.) Never be scared to think outside of the box. Have something that will entertain your audience. A cool graphic, music with a mute button, flash movie, etc.
4.) Use images that pertain to the topic of the site. Images or graphics will make any website look better. If you don't, the website will be plain and boring.
5.) Correct color schemes. Do not put unnecessary colors together. They will clash and will make your site look horrible.
6.) Have movable objects when you click on them such as a floating balloon or a flying jet.
7.) Use images for your rollover navigation. It will get the visitors attention and it will give them the feeling to see what is next.
8.) Have alt tags on everything that you put on your site except for text. Have alt tags on your navigation, images, and whatever else you can find to put them.
9.) Have proper image sizes. You do not want to wait on a slow loading page yourself as a visitor to a website. To prevent this, crop your images so the website can load fast.
10.) Having a cool looking layout. Visitors really do appreciate the time and effort you have put into your site. So have a cool layout that would make your visitor keep coming back for more entertainment and information.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
10 Great Design portfolio sites.
Some websites that you go will blow your mind. The interaction that you have with the website is incredible. These are some sites that have blown my mind.
http://www.ayushsaran.com/
http://ceegraphics.com/
http://joshtilton.com/
http://www.theaterwebsiteservices.com/
http://www.emotionslive.co.uk/index.html
http://www.ascreativedesign.com/
http://www.astrostudios.com/
http://thetoke.com/
http://fredmaya.com/
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
10 Reasons why you should hire a professional designer
1.) A professional graphic designer can create your business logo for you. Every business needs a logo that would be stuck in people minds. It has to be simple and creative at the same time. Most graphic designers know what colors to use to attract peoples attention.
2.) He/She can create a animation or videos for your business. Now in today's business world, video marketing is the thing. This designer can also manage a video so it can be a commercial.
3.) Are able to create banners for websites. Have you seen websites with banners on them? A graphic designer has created that piece of art. When a professional graphic designer works on a banner, the banner will be enjoyable and it will tie in with your website information.
4.) He/She has the skills or talent to create posters and flyers. Yes it is true; a professional should know how to make seasonal posters, movie posters, and flyers. So if you are a movie producer or a music artist, you can also benefit from hiring a professional.
5.) Turn a damaged photo into a better one. The professional will give you a whole new picture after they get done with it. With just adobe Photoshop and some time, you will have a better quality picture to put on the internet or show to people. Photographer is able to benefit from a professional, especially when you a photographer shooting models.
6.) The graphic designer will give your website web accessibility. Web accessibility means that your website is easy for use to anybody. The professional will put anchor tags on pictures, readable content, easy navigation, etc.
7.) Graphic designers are great communicators. This means that what every product you are selling, the audience that you are targeting is responding back. Meaning that you will sell more products that you are saying AND you will get good or real comments thanks to your designers communication skills.
8.) Can create a restaurant menu. If you are a new person that just entered in a restaurant business, your first objective is to get a designer. You will want to have a nice looking menu, or your customers will not come back.
9.) Brochures. 3 sided brochures that will represent the destination you want a person to go. You might have to hire a photographer to go to the destination and take pictures of it. After that just, leave it to the designer.
10.) Understands advertisement. The designer will have skills on presenting their or your products that you or the designer has created to the press and other agents. This will give you more business and more money.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
10 ways to promote your business
1.) Advertisment.
2.) Be available during anytime of the day.
3.) Social Networking.
4.) Give out items as a promotion.
5.) Go to sponsor events
6.) Join similar business groups
7.) Write or type up articles that explains what your skills are and send it to newspaper/magazine companies.
8.) Offer to be a speaker for your skill at libraries or volunteer organizations.
9.) Give demonstrations of your skill if it is appropriate.
10.) Give samples of your work to any hand that will take it.
Posted by Justin J. Pugh at Thursday, January 13, 2011 0 comments
10 ways to make money on the web
- You can blog everyday just for a paycheck.
- Or you can just start your own blogging network.
- If you are a decent to good photographer, sell your photos online.
- assist web workers such as freelancers.
- Go to http://www.cafepress.com/ and start making your own clothes.
- Sell things that you do not want anymore.
- Make money by creating a website.
- advertisement
- sponsors
- polls/surveys
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10 ways to make your website look better
These are 10 ways that you can make your website look better.
- Have pictures on your website.
- Have good color combinations on your website.
- Have "alt" tags on your images.
- Have correct content.
- Have a readable font.
- Have good contrast in images, content, and color.
- Correct grammar.
- Correct image size.
- Have good alignment.
- Have repetition of colors and fonts.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
10 Ways to avoid the pitfalls of web design
You are a new web designer and you are excited about coming up with new designs. There are some guidelines that you need to go by so you will not fall and have the title of a "bad designer". Everything that you will come in contact with does not mean you have to use EVERYTHING. Here are some ways to avoid the pitfall of web design.
1.) When you come across fancy fonts, do not use them. As a new web designer, you have to convey your message to the world. If they are not able to read it, how is the world going to know what you are trying to say.
2.) Do not play music on your site. It is a cool feature, but in the past they tried to integrate it on websites and it failed. Besides, the designer would put up music that makes you get off the site as soon as possible or just turn it off all together. So do not use music on you site EVER!
3.) Avoid using to many introduction pages or introduction movies. They are not interested in what the introduction says, they want to get to the content they went to your site for. The only time you would leave it on your site is if it is something really interesting. Even then, you can't count on everybody to like what you put on your introduction page.
4.) When you place text down, make sure you do not have any grammar errors. This is the most embarrassing thing to see. And the words that people misspell are the easy ones. How are you going to be a professional with mistakes like that? Take your content into Microsoft Word and check the spelling.
5.) Avoid bad color schemes. This will get you a bad name. If you have the wrong color together, your visitors will leave as soon as they see it, or they will have seizures. Go search the web and see what colors really look good together. Never use more than 3 colors for you website.
6.) Do not have long pages.This will just drive a person crazy. They would not know where a website would begin or end. ESPECIALLY when you do not put a "Top" link on your page. They will tell everybody they know about how bad your site is and how long it is.
7.) Have working links or if you put up links, have them a different color. Broken links is never good. It is also annoying to have typed links on your website and they are not linked up. That's extra work on the visitor viewing your website. Yeah they can copy and paste, but you can also link up those links. If you do this, then put the working links in different colors from the ones that are not linked.
8.) Make you point, and then leave it alone. Do not go over board. Stay on topic and move on. Do not get off of topic. It is also a good idea to make your point as short as you can. The reason being is because most of the people that will view your website have a short attention span, so it is a good idea to make your point and go to the next point.
9.) Do not put a picture up if you are going to forget the alt tags. You have to have your website accessible to EVERYBODY. Do not put a picture on the site and half of the people see it don't even know what it is. Then when you try to explain, you yourself don't even know what the picture is or what it stands for. Never forget to put alt tags on pictures. That should be the next thing you do after you put the picture up.
10.) Avoid using long URL's. If you have long URL's, the person will not remember what the name was. They would want to tell other people, but the name is too long.
The way you can avoid these pitfalls and others is to remember what ever bothers you on websites that you have come across, your audience will be annoyed with your mistakes as well.
Posted by Justin J. Pugh at Thursday, January 06, 2011 0 comments
Monday, January 3, 2011
10 Things You Should Not Do on Your website
If you are looking for ways to make a good website or make it better, avoid these 10 things you should NOT DO on your website.
1.) Do not have HUGE pictures or HUGE websites. It will slow down your loading process and your visitors will leave if it takes longer than 5 seconds to load.
2.) It is not a good idea to have side navigation bars on your website. It will cause your visitors to have neck problems and how would they read that side ways anyway? You should NEVER do this.
3.) Use a correct color combination for your website. NEVER use more than 3 colors on your website. Not every color goes together. If you want to look for good color combination, go to www.colorcombos.com
4.) Having to many animations on your page is not a good idea. It can take your attention away from the information that your visitor has went on your website for. Your visitors will get frustrated and will leave the site.
5.) There other ways to get your website noticed besides LYING about what your website has on it. For example, a person finds an ad your website that says "Finding Ways to find jobs" but when they click on it, Your site talks about how to plan your trip to Orlando.
6.) Have the correct font on the website. Do not put a font on your website that your visitors will not be able to read. It has to be legible to the visitor unless you want them to leave or or talk bad about your site.
7.) If you put too much information on one page, you will not get very many visitors will be going to your website. You have to remember, your visitors is looking for information, not a diary on how you got into sing for a band.
8.) Do not have miss use graphics or images. If it does not pertain with your subject on your website, do not put it there,
9.) Have the correct spacing of everything. Do not have all your text jumbled up together leaving your visitor bewildered. They wouldn't know where to start from or where it ends.
10.) Stay on topic with your subject is. If that is a challenge for you as a person, you need to find ways to become more alert with what you type.
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