Demystifying Technology
Tech is for everyone
Confused by tech terms, like website, domain name, hosts, etc.? Not sure where to start learning? Here. Supposedly complex technology explained in easy to understand posts.
Why
A whole new world
How do you create a safe password you can remember? What exactly is a website and how does it work? How do you spot a scammer on the phone? And what’s the difference to a hacker?
Technology seems intimidating, even scary at times. The gap between techies and people who know very little is growing. I’ve been on both sides of knowledge. The most important thing I learned was that tech is for everyone.
All you need is the right teacher explaining the basics in a way you understand easily. Once you dare cross that line, you suddenly enter a world filled with amazing tools, fascinating new ideas and some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet (on the internet).
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How to Compress Image Files
When we talk about the size of digital images, we are actually talking about two things. On the one hand there is the width and the height of an image. For digital images, we usually measure this size in pixels. Pixels are tiny dots in different colours. Which colour?...
Digital Images
Any time you take a picture with a digital device, like your camera, phone or tablet, it is translated into pixels. Pixels are tiny dots of colour. The more dots, the clearer the picture. Since in the digital world each dot is information, more pixels also mean more...
Organize and Search for Files
When I learned to code websites, naming and naming conventions was a part of the curriculum. In the code, you need to reference the exact file name with the type of file so that the program can find it. Now that I no longer write my own code, I still use what I...