AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 10/08/2008

Sorry for the delay in daily links! I’ll have to change this to bi-weekly links if I suck any more this week haha. Thanks for hanging in there, so due to the link shortage, this is the HUGEST link post I’ve ever done. So you better preciate it! 😉

WordPress, Nuff Said.

• 30+ (More) Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks and Hacks | WordPress
  Perhaps the Greatest, Most Complete, Compilation of great wordpress tips, tricks and hacks, ever compiled. Truly great, Awesome job hongkiat.
  (tags: design Resources website webapp tricks layout howto web webdesign blogging plugin wordpress-plugins Plugins tips webdev blog blogs templates hack weblog wordpress list Tutorials tutorial CSS php tech learning hacks wordpress_plugin)
• 15 High Quality Premium-Like Free WordPress Themes
  Because you love wordpress, and the people that make themes for it love you.
  (tags: design Resources download wordpress-themes wp-themes wpthemes wordpress_themes example css wordpress.themes inspiration wordpressthemes premium layouts themes blogging web webdesign free list webdev web2.0 blogs blog wordpress website template theme templates wp)
• WP CODA – Free Sexy Theme For WordPress
  Amazing Free WordPress Ajax jQuery theme!
  (tags: design AJAX gallery jquery wpcoda coda wordpressthemes wordpresstheme inspiration wp-themes slider portfolio template best menu wp site theme wordpress-themes templates themes plugin wordpress free web webdesign webdev tools blog javascript)

URL masking tool

• LinkBunch – Put multiple links into one – http://linkbun.ch
  Internet wizardry. Perhaps most effective for people trying to cookie the crap out of others. Worth a look lol
  (tags: Bookmarks twitter generator link webtools bookmarking tinyurl bookmark linkbunch api utilities free blogging microblogging internet blog web2.0 tools web blogs tool social online links sharing url service collaboration)

Fight Spam

• The Best Ways to Fight Spam
  Spam sucks. so stop it?
  (tags: web ideas tips spam akismet filter antispam tutorials anti-spam filtering wordpress code blogs dev webdesign development webdev resource php geek tutorial plugin nettuts howto)

Photoshop Tutorials

• 20+ Photoshop Natural Resources and Green Inspiration
  Go Green, Design wise that is. Check out these earth friendly tutorials.
  (tags: design photoshop psd inspiration tutorials resources psdtuts environment green tutoriales nature natural download resource webdesign tutorial illustrator tutoriais graphicdesign list)
• Girl in Tempo Tutorial – 1 Copy Pixelmator Giveway | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  Cool new effect tutorial with photoshop! must see! 🙂
  (tags: tutorials pixel pixelmator tutoriais tutorial design photo photoshop graphic effects todo effect)

FireFox Plugins

• App: BookmarkBox – Bookmark Box (Stacks) | userstyles.org
  Organize your freaking bookmarks already! FF Plugin.
  (tags: stylish firefox)
• ExpressionEngine – Publish Your Universe!
  Popular CMS Alternative to WordPress. Check it out if you need an alternative option!
  (tags: design CSS tool framework php Inspiration webdesign web expressionengine content engine Management publishing apps applications community cms website software opensource programming development blogging tools blogs webdev code web2.0 business blog)

Make your Web Startup

• Inspire Change | Driving the cogs of change
  Help Business Inspire Change, Get Motivated and Get Moved.
• OpenX Blog » OpenX plugins for WordPress, Drupal and Joomla!
  WordPress Ad Manager Plugin.
  (tags: business wordpress drupal openx plugin open ad joomla source tracking)

Windows Tools

• Launchy: The Open Source Keystroke Launcher
  quick launcher for PC
  (tags: design computer desktop launcher launchy utility quicksilver gtd open-source keyboard xp open productivity windows useful freeware cool tools tool applications free software apps download opensource search utilities app)

Blogging

• 60+ Semantic Web Blogs (List) – Blog – Semantic Focus – The Semantic Web, Semantic Web technology and computational semantics
  Great blog resource list.
  (tags: web research blog library reference lists Resources semantic semanticweb semantic_web semweb metadata semantic-web list blogs resource toread links)
• 5 Ways To Optimize Your Blog and Capture More Repeat Visitors
  Great read about getting the most out of your blog!
  (tags: pro blog blogging traffic repeat visitors increase)

Design Inspirations

• Re-Design, Design and Re-Design – This post took over 2000 hours of work!! | styl.eti.me
  Great collection of some great designs from different web designers, good inspiration and reference material!
  (tags: design ping.fm web website webdesign collection development designer reference Inspiration)
• Joomla Templates – RocketTheme Joomla Templates Club Demo Site
  Cool Inspirational set of themes!
  (tags: imported Resources templates joomla css inspiration mambo rockettheme demo layout magazine website business menu free template javascript theme design webdesign web tools web2.0 cms themes)
• +. A Mi Manera . 2008 Folio Release
  Very nice Flash Splash page, awesome.
  (tags: graphics imported graphic portfolio graphicdesign design web blogs business ideas interactive web-design Art webdesign website reference creative branding designers Inspiration cool flash designer portfolios clean 2advanced)
• Pulp Minisites :: Professional Salesletter, Minisite and eCover Design Service
  Creative Web Firm site, Good Inspiration.
  (tags: design webdesign tools graphics business website conversion internetmarketing)

Social Networking

• "One Uber" Last.fm List for Creatives and Geeks | Design Cubicle
  Are you on Last.Fm? Add your username to the uber list, then tell others to do the same! Easy way to Get more friends on last.fm
  (tags: collection list collaboration)
• Blog Action Day 08
  Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. 6 more days! Check it out!
  (tags: environment action green inspiration politics day poverty collaboration blogging CSS ideas blog media web2.0 news webdesign community social web design blogs activism sustainability)
• UnwrApp
  Web App Social Network
  (tags: web web2.0 applications apps 2.0)

Tech Stories

• Apple shares fall below $100 … again | Hardware 2.0
  All because of a rumor of Steve Jobs having a heart attack. Dang!
  (tags: ping.fm)
• Mecca – A Social Browser for Mac OS X Leopard
  New Social Browser for Mac users.
  (tags: web browser webkit macosx apple leopard fluid mecca app apps software social freeware free application internet ping.fm web2.0 socialnetworking mac osx socialsoftware)

Opera Browser Developer Tips

• Grid design basics: Grids for Web page layouts – Opera Developer Community
  Great design article about Grid design basics: Grids for Web page layouts. Good insight.
  (tags: css grids opera resources recursos article tutorial geek webdev layout webdevelopment development webdesign resource web design framework diseño 2008 technique grid layouts)

Tweet This

• 10 Beautiful Twitter Themes – Productivedreams.com
  Cool Well Presented list of 10 great twitter themes that match the site branding of the owner!
  (tags: site branding web2.0 design twitter profiles)
• TwittFriends: How are you connected?
  TwittFriends – How are you connected? New API web based app
  (tags: friends twitter_tools microblogging tools web2.0 twitter mashup social webapp tool online network socialnetworking socialsoftware)
• Twitter Support
  Tweet Responsibly, Follow the rules! Twitters new set of rules.
  (tags: web2.0 twitter SEO microblogging rules api creativity)
• The Design Superhero » Blog Archive » Free PSD’s Give Away: High Resolution Twitter Bird Icons.
  Awesome site, great post, giving away free twitter bird PSD, very nice!
  (tags: great psd download graphic design web free)
• Should You Use a Photo as your Twitter Picture?
  Good post, Helped me make a decision on my avatar that I had been contemplating for a while!
  (tags: twitter design profile pictures)
• Twitter Patterns
  Very Nice, Free Twitter Background Patterns!
  (tags: design graphics images wallpaper style background twitter webdesign free inspiration resources recursos twitter_tools gallery pattern flickr backgrounds patterns templates themes graphic resource tools blog cool web)
• Just Tweet It » THE Directory for Twitter Users
  Great directory of twitter users 🙂
  (tags: web2.0 twitter networking)

Copy Cats Suck

• Kyan Blog. Is imitation really the sincerest form of flattery?
  Web Design Copy cat caught in the act! Nice!
  (tags: copyright infringement webdesign web design development copy cat)

Daily Laugh

• Chuck Norris Jokes Complete
  (tags: ping.fm)

Web Developer Resource

• Design-Feed Latest
  Design-Feed.net – Design Feed Aggregation
  (tags: design Resources news portal links web webdesign typography culture magazine inspiration art css architecture diseño feeds feed rss graphic aggregator advertising daily community resource blogs reference graphics blog cool internet)
• Tech Jobs: Design, Programming, Rails, Executive, and more.
  Good Place for Freelancers!
  (tags: design internet developer web list freelance business webdesign development career job search jobs networking tech rails webdev programming technology work jobboard rubyonrails ruby jobsearch board employment 37signals)
• 3 Reasons Your Rates Are Still Low (And How To Start Raising Them) | Freelance Folder | The Blog For Freelancers And Web-Workers
  Good guide for Freelancers, insight into an age old question 🙂
  (tags: rates freelancers raise income increase ideas)

Ajax Tutorials

• 20 Excellent AJAX Effects You Should Know
  List of AJAX Effects, that, as the title suggests, YOU should KNOW!
  (tags: design cool AJAX effects JS reference tutorial Tutorials code ui list library jquery validation prototype resources forms mootools php webdevelopment programming nettuts javascript web2.0 webdev tools development webdesign web free)

Funny Functionality

• Gmail Goggles: No More Drunk Emailing on Friday Nights
  Awesome Gmail functionality
  (tags: tips Google education email gmail)