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Capturing Fake News: For Dummies

17 June, 2021 by tatica Leave a Comment

The truth is that the digital age has its pros and cons. As pros we can obviously count the speed with which the information is distributed and how easy it can be read by anyone, but when we look at the cons, it is very easy to create news that seems real and distribute them. [...]

Configuring the Taotronic Headphones with Microphone on Linux

19 May, 2021 by tatica Leave a Comment

I've owned a TaoTronic TT-BH22 headphones with noise cancellation for a while ago, and I can tell you that despite being quite cheap have worked perfectly for me. Battery life is fantastic (around 40 hours) and noise cancelling, even if it's not 100% perfect as the professional ones, is more than acceptable. However, then I [...]

Create an Amazon Kindle ebook cover

17 May, 2021 by tatica Leave a Comment

When we are creating a book that will be published at Amazon Kindle Store and we want it to be printed as well as digital, we need to have some important considerations when comes to create the cover. It's not just about having an attractive cover that encourage readers to buy, but it also has [...]

(Español) Como crear un Elevator Pitch

15 May, 2021 by tatica Leave a Comment

Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.

Compress a PDF with ghostscript

12 May, 2021 by tatica Leave a Comment

This days I had to send a multiple page PDF with a bunch of pictures on it, but requirements said that it needed to be smaller than 5Mb. With Ghostscript I was able to transform a 10.9MB file into a 1.2Mb without loosing quality, since it was mandatory that the small letters contained on the [...]

(Español) Como hacer el Registro Unico de Migrantes Venezolanos en MigracionColombia

6 May, 2021 by tatica 7 Comments

Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.

Libreplanet 2021: Libre designers do exist (and survive)

21 March, 2021 by tatica 2 Comments

A 45min talk exploring what is to be to find jobs as graphic designer using only free software, and a deeper talk on how to change things. Final words for posterity: Do not sacrifice what you believe in for what others expect from you. Never. Is not worth it. If you believe you're good enough [...]

Canva Vs. Inkscape

9 March, 2021 by tatica 9 Comments

I've been trying Canva since a few months ago, and truth is, it has blown my mind. HEY, I still LOVE inkscape, but when I started giving workshops to people who wanted to improve their social networks, reality was that my students were not experts on design, and tools like this became my allies. I've [...]

My Open Source meltdown, and the rise of a star

26 October, 2020 by tatica 6 Comments

There comes a time when you feel that you don't fit anywhere. Where your ideas, principles, motivation and struggles simply don't align with anyone else. For years, I felt part of something that was larger than myself, had the motivation to use a huge part of my free time to contribute to projects and in [...]

Fedora: Flock Budapest 2019

14 August, 2019 by tatica 1 Comment

It has been so long since I went to my last Fedora conference that to be honest, I was overwhelm. Having so many friends around who actually understand my love for open source and communities, was something that I needed. After 4 countries, I finally arrived to this lovely city that mesmerize me in every [...]