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A freelance programmer can enjoy a nice career. Not only that, he or she can avoid working at a large corporation where they will have to deal with company politics and an eventual ceiling. Of course, it is not all fun and games as a well-trained and hardworking programmer should follow some basic tips if he or she wants to enjoy success in this arena. With that in mind, here are eight tips for freelance programmers.
1. Constant communication:
When taking on a project, one should communicate with the business as
often as possible. This means, when speaking to the client, one should
mention any road blocks or any accomplishments. With an open door
policy, the programmer will have an easier time keeping clients happy
and informed.
2. Educating:
While most software developers possess a lot of skills and brains, it is wise to attend more computer classes. By continuing the education, a hardworking programmer can learn more and avoid getting left behind by the competition. In fact, this is extremely important as this field is ever-evolving and new coding ideas and techniques come up all the time.
3. Do not sell yourself short:
All-too-often, an independent contractor
or business owner will ask for a low wage. When doing this, one will
hurt their long-term chances for success. While it is not wise to ask
for top dollar, it is beneficial to demand a livable wage. Believe it or
not, when dealing with a confident programmer, a company is likely to
give in to the financial demands.
4. Home office:
Whether a person works from home or at the office all the time, they
should still have a home office. With this, a programmer can complete
tasks without interruption from spouses, children or animals. Without a
doubt, this is extremely important as a serious programmer will need to
concentrate on the task at hand.
5. Have website and online presence:
Now, more than ever, a company owner or contractor should have a website
and online presence. With this, a reliable software developer can reach
millions of potential clients. At the same time, while making a
website, one should keep it simple, straightforward and easy to
understand. With this, a programmer can showcase his or her talent for
the world to see.
Sometime you want to see clear image of someone on facebook who might
not be your friend but his/her privacy setting stop you from doing this.
In this tutorial i will teach you to view facebook private or locked profile picture in large size with very simple trick.
How To View Facebook Locked Profile Picture ?
1. Open the facebook profile of person whose profile picture is locked or is set to private.
2. Right click on the profile picture and click on Copy Image Url as shown in image below.
3. Open that image in new tab by right clicking and selecting Paste (CTRL + V)
4. Now change the value of image size highlighted below which might be s160x160 to s720x720 (If its not clear try (s320x320)
5. The image will enlarge in size. This trick does not always work.
Social networks are always great for communicative people; they make you closer to your friends, relatives and hackers. Social networks are very attractive for such kind of people. You can ask me: “Why do they need that?” All they need is your account. The fraud schemes may be different. But the main aim of them is money. They can ask your relatives for help, especially when you’re far away. Why shouldn’t they believe their own child, when he needs money?
Fraudsters do not disdain playing on the heartstrings. They can write
everything, that there’s an accident, you’re in a hospital, etc. So
today we’ll study to confront fraudsters and keep our nerves and money safe.
Consequences
The most people don’t think about possible risks when creating their profile on social networks.
The more personal and professional information you give, the easier it
is for fraudsters to rob you. Let us discuss the easiest scheme.
Some criminals are simply searching for people living in the same city
to plunder their houses. Why does it happen? Different people are
writing perfect information, like “We’re going to visit California next
weekends. Hoping it’ll be great” Of course it will be great. For the
robber, because now he knows that the house will be empty during
weekends and it’s the perfect opportunity for him.
The second thing is the photos. When you’re downloading images and photos on social networks
not only your friends like them. It’s also the perfect resource for
burglars. From home-made photos, they can receive information about your
welfare and house structure. When you have a dog, the robber will be
prepared, because everyone has photos with their home pets. That’s why
we earnestly advise you not to put in the Internet photos of your house,
and some things that can attract robbers, for instance your new car or a
brilliant ring.
Advice
The next our advice – create a complicated password. We’ve just discussed what fraudsters can do with the access to your account,
so try to protect yourself, your friends, and relatives as good as you
can. Don’t make a password consisting of just your birth date. Remember,
that it’s the first combination fraudsters try. Also, don’t put your
birth date as the answer to the test question if it’s mail.
Let us imagine that you have a complicated password, you don’t download the “rob-attractive” photos and one day you receive the link from your friend where he asks you to vote for him. Stop now. This can be a trap. If you’ll link, the fraudsters receive your personal data, such as login and password. Such scheme is called “fishing”.
So, in this case, ask your friend something personal. The other variant
is just to make him a call and ask about this. If you’ll receive the
answer like “What are you talking about?” you should explain him that he
was hacked and offer to change the password.
Phones are really helpful things. Explain to your friends and relatives
that you can be hacked and if they receive messages with money requests,
they must call you at first and ask about that. Remember that your
security is in your hands and be careful.
WhatsApp is a really cool messaging app that lets you send messages and chat with your buddies absolutely free of charge! It is the most popular messaging app for Android and iOS smartphones, and rightly so! It connects people from around the world. But the problem is, it's only made for smartphones. You can't use it well on older/feature phones. And even if you do own a smartphone,
it drains away your precious battery time, since it needs internet
connectivity to do its thing. Well if you're like me and don't want to
let battery timing get in the way, there's a solution! You can install
and use the app right from your desktop computer!
What is WhatsApp?
WhatsApp is a free messenger designed to be used on smartphones. It
works over the internet and allows you to talk to any person living
anywhere on planet Earth provided that you know their cellphone number.
The app is designed for Nokia Symbian, iPhone, Android and Windows Phone
devices and it’s completely free to use for the first year. Don’t let
that last line bother you, since there are ways to get it for an
unlimited time.
I did not mention PC or Mac in the supported platforms because this app
is not officially available on them. But the title wasn’t misleading
since we got it running on a PC and Mac.
What will I need?
The tools or rather software that you need is a simple Android emulator for PC/Mac. The one we’ll be using is the well-known Bluestacks App Player you can download from the link provided below.
And yes, WhatsApp will need your cell-number so you better make sure you have one.
Your system must have a 1GB+ RAM for running the emulator. Good graphics
card and processor will obviously result in better rendering but a
simple one would also do. Mac OS X or PC with XP SP3, Vista, 7 and 8 are
supported.
Let’s Begin…
The steps shown below work for both PC and Mac. Just make sure you download the correct version of Bluestacks.
- First up, download and install Bluestacks
app player. It’s a straight forward installation. However it might want
to download extra stuff so your internet connection better be working
- Run the player from the desktop icon. You’ll get to a screen similar to the one shown below
- Click on the Search icon and enter WhatsApp
- Select WhatsApp Messenger
from the list and proceed to the installation. It might also ask you for
a Google account, just provide that right away. Since it is an Android
emulator, you’ll be navigated to Google Play. Click Install and it’ll start the download.
- And that’s it! WhatsApp will ask you to enter a valid phone number. The verification will also work through that number so you better enter it correctly.
- Great! Now you can use WhatsApp the way you do it on a smartphone.
You can customize your profile, contact all your friends regardless of
which platform they are running the app on and also get live notifications of new messages from the emulator.
You can open up the app form the My Apps category in the main screen.
So why WhatsApp?
There are several other such messenger services available on the same
platforms. You have Viber, Wechat, Kik and whatnot. Firstly, WhatsApp is
the most popular app of the lot. Secondly, WhatsApp has got everything -
you can communicate text, images or even high quality videos with
friends. Plus, it’s simple and easy to use. And if your one-year free
license expires, you can always reinstall the app to get it back.
WhatsApp is not officially released for PC/Mac but there are ways like
the one mentioned above that make that happen. The methodology is simple
but works quite well. WhatsApp is also the best of its kind which makes
it a must-have. Just in case you were wondering throughout this
tutorial, YES you can run any android app/game on the software
mentioned. Guess your life just got better, much better!
Got any questions? Feel free to shoot 'em in the comments section below. Cheers :)
