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		<title>Der wahre Feigling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gefahren lauern nie dort, wo man sie vermutet. Das würde ihnen nicht gerecht werden. Sarrazin ist Mitglied der SPD und hat mit ihr im Moment so wenig gemein, nicht wahr? Und so ist es auch nicht verwunderlich, dass er seit geraumer Zeit auch dort Unterstützung erhält, wo man sie nicht im ersten Moment erwarten würde, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Gefahren lauern nie dort, wo man sie vermutet. Das würde ihnen nicht gerecht werden.</p>
<p>Sarrazin ist Mitglied der SPD und hat mit ihr im Moment so wenig gemein, nicht wahr? Und so ist es auch nicht verwunderlich, dass er seit geraumer Zeit auch dort Unterstützung erhält, wo man sie nicht im ersten Moment erwarten würde, <a href="http://www.cicero.de/97.php?ress_id=6&amp;item=4386">wie das bei Prof. Dr. Sloterdijk der Fall ist</a>, der seines Zeichens <a href="http://www.hfg-karlsruhe.de/hochschule">Rektor der Hochschule ist</a>, an der ich studiere.</p>
<p>Eben dieser sieht Sarrazins Kritiker als Feiglinge. Macht sich gar über sie lustig. Er schreibt:</p>
<blockquote><p>Weil er so unvorsichtig war, auf die unleugbar vorhandende Integrationsscheu gewisser türkischer und arabischer Milieus in Berlin hinzuweisen, ging die ganze Szene der deutschen Berufsempörer auf die Barrikaden, um ihm zu signalisieren: Solche Deutlichkeiten sind unerwünscht. <a href="http://www.cicero.de/97.php?ress_id=6&amp;item=4386">*</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Sloterdijk ist ein Zyniker und benutzt eine ähnliche euphemistische Wortwahl wie Sarrazin: &#8220;Unvorsichtig&#8221; schreibt er und meint dabei &#8220;mutig&#8221;. Denn es sei heutzutage Mut nötig, um Dinge, die scheinbar Viele nur denken, laut auszusprechen. Er stellt den Wahrheitsgehalt von Sarrazins Thesen gar nicht mehr in Frage. Voll aufgesaugt in den Schlauch der konservativen Ressentimens, die eintreten, wenn Menschen die Fähigkeit entgleitet, die Gesellschaft der Gegenwart zu verstehen und die Undeutbarkeit der Gesellschaft der Zukunft zu akzeptieren. Eine &#8220;Deutlichkeit&#8221;? Ja, deutlich war er zu hören. Die Debatte lief jedoch bereits. Dazu ist Sarrazin nicht notwendig. Aber noch viel mehr als Sarrazin scheinen für Sloterdijk dessen Kritiker die Feiglinge zu sein. Dabei ist es umgekehrt.</p>
<p>Sarrazins Buch ist von Anfang bis Ende ein riesiger Euphemismus: Mit penibler Genauigkeit werden Wörter wie &#8220;Rasse&#8221; und &#8220;Überfremdung&#8221; gemieden. &#8220;Rasse&#8221; kommt nur schwer angreifbar an einer Stelle vor. Und gegen Ende des Buches scheinen die Lösungen, die Sarrazin vorschlägt, geradezu so, als könnten sie von den Grünen kommen.</p>
<p>Denn Sarrazin ist ein <em>Feigling</em>. Er gibt sich seinen Angstvorstellungen von der Zukunft hin, stillt den Hunger seiner Ressentiments. Aber den Mumm, die Schlüsse aus seinen eigenen Thesen zu ziehen, den hat er nicht. Denn da bleibt nicht viel übrig: Die einzige Lösung wäre, Migranten aus dem Land zu werfen. Bis dahin könnte man ihnen verbieten, Kinder zu bekommen. Muslimische Frauen sterilisieren, muslimische Männer kastrieren. Einwanderer müssten Intelligenz-Tests als alleiniges Aufnahmekriterium bestehen nur bis man die Möglichkeit hat, jemanden per DNA-Check abzuweisen oder einwandern zu lassen. Sarrazin ist kein Expansionspolitiker, sonst käme die Massenvernichtung nur noch als Beilage hinzu.</p>
<p>Das sind die wahren Thesen Sarrazins und die Lösung der Probleme würden sie entlarven. Doch dann müsste sich Sarrazin eingestehen, dass sein Gedankengut sich kaum von dem unterscheidet was <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Voigt">Udo Voigt</a> tagtäglich von sich gibt. Nur, dass Udo Voigt den Anstand hat, viel mehr die Konsequenzen zu ziehen und zu akzeptieren. Aber vor seinen eigenen Lösungsansätzen hat Sarrazin große Furcht. Nur aus dem Grund ist sein Buch ein Hindernislauf der Euphemismen, an deren Ende altbekannte Vorschläge aus der Mitte der Politik stehen: Der Grünen, der SPD, der FDP und der CDU/CSU.</p>
<p>Sarrazin ist damit nur ein besonders eitriges Geschwür eines Trends: Die, die seine Ideologie mit vertreten, sind zu feige, die <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationaldemokratische_Partei_Deutschlands">NPD</a> zu wählen. Diese Meinung hat kein Denk- oder Sprechverbot. Sarrazins Meinung ist von der Meinungsfreiheit gedeckt. Aber was hat das Grundgesetz damit zu tun, ob jemand aus einer Partei oder einer anderen Institution geworfen wird? So weit ich weiß, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Käßmann#R.C3.BCcktritt">hat Margot Käßmann nicht gegen das Grundgesetz verstoßen</a>.</p>
<p>Wer die Ansichten Sarrazins teilt, kann längst die entspechende Partei dazu wählen. Aber das tun Sarrazin und seine Sloterdijks, Henkels und Co. nicht. Und die scheinbar so vielen Wähler einer (noch) nicht existenten sechsten Partei rechts der CDU auch nicht. Da sind sie zu fein. Das ist zu muffig. Zu direkt braun. Eine sechste Partei wird erst dann entstehen können, wenn die NPD verboten ist. Deshalb ist es so wichtig, dass es die NPD gibt. Um die <em>Gefahr</em> im Auge behalten zu können. Die NPD ist ein Puffer. Und ich hoffe, er reicht aus um den Spagat zwischen der moderner werdenden CDU und der NPD nicht reissen zu lassen. Denn was dann noch nach einem Verbot hinzukäme, wäre Symphatie für die extremen Rechten, die dann wirklich einen Maulkorb verpasst bekämen. Und die käme dann wirklich aus der rechteren Mitte. <a href="http://www.sprengsatz.de/?p=3476">Sarrazin wäre jedoch der Einzige, der das Vakuum füllen könnte</a>. Und das wird er nicht tun. Dazu ist er zu feige.</p>
<p>Die wahren Mutigen sind die Kritiker, die Gegner Sarrazins. Die, seiner rechtspopulären Aussage nach, es gäbe eine Diskrepanz zwischen der veröffentlichten Meinung und eine Mehrheit einer unveröffentlichten Meinung, die er nun &#8220;endlich&#8221; ausspricht, gar in der Unterzahl zu sein scheinen. Denn wie immer bei rechten Ideologien, ist der Kritiker der &#8220;Gutmensch&#8221;. Der &#8220;Sozialromantiker&#8221;. Und die Argumente scheinen zittrig und schwach gegenüber der geballten &#8220;Fakten&#8221; Sarrazins. Dabei geht es um genau das: Der Mensch ist keine Zahl. Kein Element von Statistiken. Er ist ein unkontrollierbares freies Radikal mit nicht messbarer Kreativität, einem unbeschreiblichen Intellekt und einem Wesen, das über das Erbgut hinaus geht. Sarrazins Flucht in die Zahlen ist nicht nur feige, sondern auch gefährlich. Er missbraucht Darwin, wie es schon seit Jahrzehnten keiner mehr mit dieser Popularität getan hat und definiert seine Weltanschauung und sein Menschenbild klar auf der Basis roher Zahlen. <a href="http://www.faz.net/s/Rub9B4326FE2669456BAC0CF17E0C7E9105/Doc~E0439B949FC414E4BA0BD30FDB27317FD~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html">Frank Schirrmacher hat dazu einen Artikel geschrieben, dem kaum mehr was hinzuzufügen ist</a>. Daraus:</p>
<blockquote><p>Ein Kernsatz des Buches lautet:  „Das Muster des generativen Verhaltens in Deutschland seit Mitte der sechziger Jahre ist nicht nur keine Darwinsche, natürliche Zuchtwahl im Sinne von ,survival of the fittest‘, sondern eine kulturell bedingte, vom Menschen selbst gesteuerte negative Selektion, die den einzigen nachwachsenden Rohstoff, den Deutschland hat, nämlich Intelligenz, relativ und absolut in hohem Tempo vermindert.“</p>
<p>Das sind unerhörte Sätze. Und Sarrazin weiß das. Es ist schlichtweg unseriös, wie fahrlässig er mit seinen Quellen umgeht. Der schnelle Leser wird die These von der angeblichen überproportionalen Vermehrung der Dummen und den Hinweis auf Darwin im besten Fall als These zur Kenntnis nehmen. Ganz anders aber würde er hier aufmerken, wenn er wüsste – und das verschweigt Sarrazin ihm –, wie Darwin diesen Prozess nennt: „Es ist überraschend, wie schnell eine unrecht geleitete Sorgfalt zur Entartung einer domestizierten Rasse führt. Doch abgesehen vom Fall des Menschen ist niemand so töricht, seine schlechtesten Tiere zur Zucht zuzulassen“.</p></blockquote>
<p>Das ist <a href="http://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE64960822FA5429A182360/Doc~E1E30FB65E1E44794BFFEB5A2B73DE7EA~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html">nicht der einzige Artikel</a> von Frank Schirrmacher zu diesem Thema, nebenbei bemerkt.</p>
<p>Sarrazin ist ein Feigling, der sich nicht traut, seine eigenen Thesen zu schlussfolgern, der sich der Gegenwart verweigert und stets mit altbekannter Attitüde rechtspopulistischer Politiker seine Kritiker vorführt und die hilflosen Journalisten verspeist, während die klugen Journalisten entweder gleich den Stift beiseite legen oder den Mut aufbringen, ihm etwas außer Reichweite des Reißer-Journalismus etwas entgegenzusetzen.</p>
<h3>Wird Deutschland muslimisch?</h3>
<p>Nein. Selbst wenn man sich auf Sarrazin einläßt werden auch im islamischen Glauben die religiösen Zersetzungprozesse immer stärker werden. Wie das im Christentum eben auch war und ist. Eine Radikalisierung von streng Gläubigen ist dafür der Beweis. Evangelikale und Islamisten sind gleichermaßen die Ausgeburt einer Modernisierung und Emanzipation von Glauben und Religion. Denn diese erheben Anspruch auf eine unumstößliche Moral ohne auf den Wandel von Moral und Werten einzugehen. Wissenschaft macht uns nicht glücklicher oder sicherer, aber es lässt uns wissen, aus welchem Grund wir Angst haben.</p>
<p>Ideal wäre also ein Staat an den sich kein religiöses Adjektiv legen lässt. Bis 1945 waren wir scheinbar das &#8220;christliche Abendland&#8221;, ab 1945 scheinbar das &#8220;christlich-jüdische&#8221; Abendland. Dabei sollten wir das christlich-jüdisch-muslimisch-buddhistisch-hinduistisch-mormonisch-&#8230;-&#8230; Man sieht worauf das hinausläuft. Auf &#8220;Land&#8221;. Ohne Vorzeichen. Und um das noch weiterzutreiben: Gar &#8220;Land&#8221; sollte falsch sein. Das Modell &#8220;Nationalstaat&#8221; ist ein Brückenmodell, denn unsere technologischen Strukturen lassen immer größere Verwaltungsbereiche zu. Stämme haben sich abgeschafft, Herzogtümer und früher oder später auch Nationalstaaten. Die USA und die EU sind Modelle dafür. Und die technologischen Strukturen rund um das Internet, werden dies noch in viel größerem Ausmaß möglich machen.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Jeffrey Zeldman linked on on a nice UI design framework for web designers and after I downloaded it, I saw that all the files are AI files. Illustrator. But I mostly use Photoshop for UI design. So I needed to convert the vector shapes in Illustrator to vector shapes I can use in Photoshop. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Recently Jeffrey Zeldman <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/2010/07/24/ui-design-framework-for-web-designers/">linked on on a nice UI design framework for web designers</a> and after I downloaded it, I saw that all the files are AI files. Illustrator. But I mostly use Photoshop for UI design. So I needed to convert the vector shapes in Illustrator to vector shapes I can use in Photoshop. For that I would need them to be added to the &#8220;Custom Shapes&#8221; section which is accessible via the Custom Shapes Tool.</p>
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<p>As you know, when you drag or open files form Illustrator in Photoshop, they’ll rendered as pixels (often with bad anti-aliasing). So we need to do a specific action which brings up the prompt, that will offer us the opportunity to add paths first. The only way to do that is c/p. Select the shape you want to convert with the Direct Selection Tool inside of Illustrator, hit CMD+C, skip over to Photoshop and hit CMD-V to paste.</p>
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<p>Now a dialog pox appears which wants to know how you want the shape to be converted: A Shape Layer will preserve the shape’s outgoing settings when edited but can only be re-edited in Illustrator, the second one will convert the shape to actual pixels and then &#8220;Path&#8221; or a shape layer. Select &#8220;Path&#8221; and click OK.</p>
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<p>Then, with a vector tool selected (e.g. Direct Selection Tool) right-click anywhere on the canvas and choose &#8220;Define Custom Shape&#8221;. Another dialog box let’s you choose an appropriate name. Click OK and the shape will be added to the Custom Shapes section.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately you can’t do that with more shapes at once. You have to go through the whole process for every shape you’ve got. But it’s a routine.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The package is very tiny. It has nearly the height and width of the phone. Another view: The body is very stable and feels very nice. The iPhone as two protection foils on it to protect the glass on its back and front. Unpacked, the metal border appears. It looks very elegant and noble. On [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The package is very tiny. It has nearly the height and width of the phone.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i1.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="610" /></p>
<p>Another view:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i2.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="394" /></p>
<p>The body is very stable and feels very nice.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i3.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="313" /></p>
<p>The iPhone as two protection foils on it to protect the glass on its back and front.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i4.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="290" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i6.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="319" /></p>
<p>Unpacked, the metal border appears. It looks very elegant and noble.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i7.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="281" /></p>
<p>On the bottom you can see the microphone one the left and the speaker on the right (look exactly the same).</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i8.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="282" /></p>
<p>The iPhone is thin as hell. It’s heavy but very small and fits perfectly in a pocket.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i9.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="325" /></p>
<p>Ringtone switch and volume buttons. Also engineering in perfection.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i10.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="297" /></p>
<p>The front is just stunning. The phone is a little higher but has way less width. And the display is directly behind the glass, so the finger nearly touches the pixels.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/i11.JPG" alt="" width="478" height="319" /></p>
<h3>Further thoughts:</h3>
<ul>
<li>I didn’t experience only one of all the reported <strong>issues</strong>: No screen yellowing, no antenna problems (although I’m left-handed) and no scratches after nearly 4 weeks of usage. And I think many of the new iPhone 4 users have the same experience</li>
<li>I didn’t buy a <strong><a href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC597ZM/A">bumper</a>,</strong> but some say it looks good (white bumper on black phone), feels better in the hand and protects from antenna problems</li>
<li>I don’t like <strong>Multi-Tasking</strong> this much. It’s nice, but if you want to quit an application and not just close it, you have to make three actions. Hopefully Apple improves that by software update.</li>
<li>The phone is incredibly fast. Like not-a-sec-fast.</li>
<li>My favorite: The display is pure awesomeness! The <strong>retina display</strong> is the most beautiful display I have ever seen. Far far best display on the planet. Everything, type, photos, &#8230;, looks like printed. This is amazing. Small downside: Many apps &#8211; above all older apps &#8211; haven’t updated for the higher resolution, yet, and probably will never do. It depends on the app, because default GUI gets updated automatically.</li>
<li><strong>Folders</strong> are nice, but I use Spotlight very often (which is way faster and has &#8220;top hits&#8221; since iOS 4)</li>
<li><a href="http://dribbble.com/shots/29493-iPhone-4-Texture-wallpaper-home-screen-">I made home screen and lock screen <strong>wallpapers</strong></a></li>
<li>Four beautiful <strong>game apps</strong> I play and which are &#8220;iPhone 4 ready&#8221;: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/flight-control/id306220440?mt=8">FlightControl</a>, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/warships/id342737000?mt=8">Warships</a>, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/carcassonne/id375295479?mt=8">Carcasonne</a>, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/godfinger/id338614673?mt=8">GodFinger</a></li>
<li>One thing bugs me in the <strong>AppStore</strong>: There is no indicator if the app you want is available in full iPhone 4 resolution</li>
<li>Anybody wants to buy a <strong>fully functioning iPod touch</strong>, 1. generation, for testing (developer)? If so, please <a href="mailto:contact@thomasmaier.me">contact</a> me.</li>
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		<title>Two new web designs are up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thmonline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of my latest work is up and running now: Two websites I designed (not coded). Lech Solar and { web++ } Feel free to Flattr this post at flattr.com, if you like it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of my latest work is up and running now: Two websites I designed (not coded).</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.lech-solarhome.de/">Lech Solar</a></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="webd1" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/webd1.png" alt="" width="478" height="431" /></p>
<p>and</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.webpluseins.com/">{ web++ }</a></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/webd2.png" alt="" width="478" height="459" /></p>
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		<title>Finland gets a Base Right on internet access</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finland gets fast internet access as a Base Right. Until 2015 every household in Finland should be able to access 100 Mbit/s internet. While other countries like Germany (with 97% with 1Mbit/s) lag far behind Finland made a break through in future provision of basic supplies. via Digitale Linke. Feel free to Flattr this post [...]]]></description>
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<p>Until 2015 every household in Finland should be able to access 100 Mbit/s internet. While other countries like Germany (with 97% with 1Mbit/s) lag far behind Finland made a break through in future provision of basic supplies.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://blog.die-linke.de/digitalelinke/grundrecht-auf-schnellen-internetzugang/">Digitale Linke</a>.</p>
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		<title>CSS for iPhone 4 (Retina display)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is how you target the iPhone 4 with specific CSS: &#60;link rel="stylesheet" media="only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)" type="text/css" href="../iphone4.css" /&#62; The reason is, that because every pixel is half the visual size, you may have to double the values of many CSS properties. For example text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff; which is like a [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is how you target the <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">iPhone 4</a> with specific CSS:</p>
<pre><code>&lt;link rel="stylesheet" media="only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)" type="text/css" href="../iphone4.css" /&gt;</code></pre>
<p>The reason is, that because every pixel is half the visual size, you may have to double the values of many CSS properties. For example <code>text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;</code> which is like a half visual pixel on the iPhone 4. So to make a one-pixel line (better: looks like a one-pixel line) you have to write <em>2px</em>. This preserves the visual size and adds a very smooth appearance &#8211; like we expect it from a <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/retina-display.html">Retina display</a>. It also makes huge improvements for layouts on the iPhone 4 possible.</p>
<p>How target the iPad? <a href="http://thomasmaier.me/2010/03/howto-css-for-the-ipad/">Read heeere</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What not so many people know is, that you can actually scale layer style effects in Photoshop right out of the box. It works pretty good. Not perfect, but it does the major job and you can adjust stuff which doesn’t look like you expected it. I didn’t try all and maybe I have left [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What not so many people know is, that you can actually <strong>scale layer style effects</strong> in Photoshop right out of the box. It works pretty good. Not perfect, but it does the major job and you can adjust stuff which doesn’t look like you expected it.</p>
<h3>I didn’t try all and maybe I have left something out, but this is what I can say now:</h3>
<p>As you know, you can’t scale up bitmap images without making them ugly. Make sure your GUI elements are vector-based (shapes) so it’s easy to scale them up. You have to do two separate scalings: The object (layer) by itself and the layer styles which are applied. It doesn’t matter what comes first.</p>
<p>The first one is straight forward: Select the layer, duplicate it, hit cmd+T, go into the top options menu and edit the width scaling from <em>100%</em> to <em>200%</em>. Then click the &#8220;link&#8221; button on the side to make sure that the height scales, too, and then hit &#8220;Enter&#8221;.</p>
<p>The layer styles are still the same. Although the object is twice as big, the layer styles aren’t. This is how you do that:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="x21" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/x21.png" alt="" width="478" height="548" /></p>
<p>Enter <em>200%</em> into the field, hit OK and that’s it. <strong>Basically</strong>.</p>
<p>Now you have to look at the result and visually compare it to your 100%-image. Shadows may need a little adjustment and if there is a pattern applied, you usually need to <strong>re-downscale</strong> it, because patterns are bitmap graphics and probably look weird after scaling. You do that in the Layer Style settings of pattern overlays (like in the next image). You can put more detail into your work if you want because more pixels are available now.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="x22" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/x22.png" alt="" width="478" height="96" /></p>
<p>That’s it. Let me know if you find something more out.</p>
<p>It’s very interesting to see what happens when you prepare your graphics for the iPhone 4 interface. Every graphic need to have the &#8220;@2x&#8221; added between the name and the data format. E.g. &#8220;arrow@2x.png&#8221;.</p>
<p>(Just to be clear: Not on websites &#8211; this article is about native Interface development with <strong>Cocoa touch</strong>)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="x23" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/x23.png" alt="" width="487" height="154" /></p>
<p>This is <a href="http://dribbble.com/shots/28937-Slider-Arrow-Button-2x">one of my results</a>.</p>
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		<title>Dribbble invite competition: Want one? [CLOSED]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, I have one Dribbble invite left. What is Dribbble? Dribbble is a closed community of graphic and interface designers who share their work and give feedback on other designer’s work. It’s a little like Twitter for design. Dribbble asks you &#8220;What are you working on?&#8221; and you can publish sneak [...]]]></description>
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<p>As <a href="http://twitter.com/thomasmaier_/status/15642515258">you may have heard</a>, I have one <a href="http://dribbble.com/">Dribbble</a> invite left.</p>
<h3>What is Dribbble?</h3>
<p>Dribbble is a closed community of graphic and interface designers who share their work and give feedback on other designer’s work. It’s a little like Twitter for design.</p>
<p>Dribbble asks you &#8220;What are you working on?&#8221; and you can publish sneak peeks and shots of your work with 120,000 pixels or  less. All you have to to is make a screenshot up to 400&#215;300 pixels, upload it on Dribbble and you and others can comment, like, rebound and tag this and other beautiful shots. You can follow other designers like you do on Twitter, so you never lose a shot you like.</p>
<p>Dribbble wants to be very high quality with designers and the work. This is why only members can draft other people.</p>
<p>Well known designers like <a href="http://dribbble.com/players/shauninman">Shaun Inman</a>, <a href="http://dribbble.com/players/mike">Mike Rundle</a>, <a href="http://dribbble.com/players/maxvoltar">Tim Van Damme</a>, <a href="http://dribbble.com/players/owltastic">Meagan Fisher</a>, <a href="http://dribbble.com/players/veerlepieters">Veerle Pieters</a> <a href="http://dribbble.com/players">and many more</a> are on Dribbble.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="dri2" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/dri2.png" alt="" width="478" height="345" /></p>
<h3>How can I win this invite?</h3>
<p>It’s easy. Send an E-Mail with the following information to this address: <a href="mailto:contact@thomasmaier.me">contact@thomasmaier.me</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li>Your Name and why you want to be a part of the Dribbble community</li>
<li>Your website (designed by yourself with your impressum)</li>
<li>Other work you’ve done (which can also be shown on your website)</li>
<li>What work you will publish on Dribbble</li>
<li>In full sentences of course</li>
</ul>
<p>I will keep your data private. I don’t like spam either.</p>
<p>I need this information to estimate you because I want to keep Dribbble clean from lolcats (they are funny, but not supposed to be on Dribbble) and so do the people behind Dribbble. And they would know who to blame.</p>
<p>I will send the winner and invite within about a week or so (depends on the participation). If there is nobody worth inviting, the invite will remain ungiven, but I am totally sure this is not going to happen.</p>
<p><a href="http://dribbble.com/players/thomasmaier">Here’s my own account</a>.</p>
<h3>CLOSED &#8211; 15.6.2010</h3>
<p>The competition is closed.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m redesigning my website. Actually I am on it right now in Photoshop. My website is pretty nice at it is now. It’s also very successful. But my goal now is to improve it even more. I’m working on it since two weeks. And if you’ve seen the WWDC 2010 keynote of Steve Jobs with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m redesigning my website. Actually I am on it right now in Photoshop.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">My website is pretty nice at it is now. It’s also very successful. But my goal now is to improve it even more. I’m working on it since two weeks. And if you’ve seen the WWDC 2010 keynote of Steve Jobs with the new <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">iPhone 4</a>, you see, that you can improve devices, which are already far ahead, even more. That’s my goal, too. I want to make it look more realistic, put more information in it by decreasing the complexity at the same time. It is going to be optimized for widescreen displays, multi-touch and will use new HTML5 and CSS3 techniques. I will also split blog and portfolio into two parts so you can focus on both of them much better. I’m really ambitious with it. Hope you’ll like it. The following images are sneak peeks and maybe they will not represent the final appearance but the state as it is now:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="alignnone" title="4" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/rd4.png" alt="" width="478" height="115" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="alignnone" title="2" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/rd2.png" alt="" width="478" height="233" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="alignnone" title="1" src="http://thomasmaier.me/wp-content/uploads/rd1.png" alt="" width="478" height="161" /></p>
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