AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 11/06/2008 :: 50th Post!!

Today is a Milestone for me here at AndySowards.com! This will the the 50th Daily Links post since this blog started about a little over a month and a half ago! I Would like to take this time to personally thank all of the Subscribers, daily visitors, and twitter friends for making it a success so far! I am proud to keep those nerdy web techy web developer/designery Resources coming to you each day! For the 50th post there are a TON of links today. I will be planning many more fun and exciting things for this site soon! Enjoy!

Video Tools

• SUPER © . – Super Video Converter – MultiPurpose
  Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer.
  A GUI to FFmpeg, MEncoder, MPlayer, x264, mppenc,
  FFmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis
  (tags: utilities tools windows encoding free software flash download audio Ipod converter player multimedia mp3 video convert codec encoder super flv dvd conversion music mobile apps media freeware)

Web Business/Marketing

• Creative Isn’t an Adjective: The Viximo Blog » Blog Archive » Top 25 Ways to Promote Yourself as a Designer
  Promote! Promote! Promote! Yourself. as a Designer.
• Spare No Expense When It Comes To Your Business | Men With Pens
  Put all your ducks on the table!
• The Bloggy Blog Blog of Gavin Strange ~ "GO-Bama!"
  New blog with a Super huge post with some nice images of their new location! Inspirational for any freelancer aspiring to own a company!
  (tags: design illustration photography webdesign inspiration photos blog color CSS Content graphics green blogs noise graphic who)
• Dumb Small Business Mistakes: Getting Upside-Down | Remarkable Communication
  Don't make these dumb small biz mistakes!
• » Why Websites Are More than Marketing :: AssociaDirect Inc
  There is more to it than that??
  (tags: webdesign)

Twitter Stuff

• 9 Useful Sites For Finding People To Follow On Twitter | MakeUseOf.com
  Good sites for finding people to follow on twitter!
  (tags: tools list twitter social socialnetworking directory)
• Twitter Gives Japan Groups, Takes Delete Away from Everyone Else – ReadWriteWeb
  Twitter removes Delete? Eh? I guess we are supposed to think even HARDER now before releasing 140 characters into the ether.
  (tags: twitter)
• Twitter Hack – Send Direct Messages To Non Followers | Tech Spikes
  Wow, cool twitter hackage!
  (tags: tools web2.0 howto twitter socialnetworking hacks hack)
• Twitter WMA Part 1 – (Weapon of Mass Addiction) | ImJustCreative is Graham Smith
  Uber list of Twitter Posts! Another great idea, by @ImJustCreative
  (tags: ping.fm directory networks list blogging social marketing networking twitter)

Christmas Wishlist for Designers

• What to get a graphic designer for Christmas / Birthday
  Send this list of items to anyone that is shopping for you this season 🙂
  (tags: design diseño wishlist)
• Craig Farrall’s Blog » Blog Archive » Top 10 Laptops for Web Designers
  I really need one of these for christmas…

iTunes Sucks

• The Top Ten Reasons iTunes Sucks – Webmonkey
  Kind of funny/serious list 🙂
  (tags: Apple music itunes)

Web Developer/Designer Resources

• Web Design Toolbox: 130+ New Tools to Make You a Better and Faster Designer
  Best Web Design ToolBox EVER. ITS HUGE!
  (tags: design Resources html Web_Design resource designers tool web2.0 web webdesign tools webdev tutorial inspiration development Tutorials CSS tips list free diseño articles webtools lists ideas tutoriales collection toolbox)
• Beer Label Design – The Design Process Of Creating A Beer Label's Corporate Identity
  There is a lot involved!
  (tags: design diseño process beer logo inspiration guide branding identity tutoriais graphicdesign marketing howto tutorial logos brand packaging)
• Mule Design Studio's Blog: Better, Faster Design
  Good article on design and development workflow
• The Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers | Web Resources | WebAppers
  Cheat Sheets for all!
  (tags: design reference ruby cheat webdevelopment CSS web webdesign tips SEO rubyonrails cheatsheets jQuery development Resources javascript programming cheatsheet mysql mootools html php rails ajax sheet extjs prototype yui webdev)
• Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 11/05/2008 – Design Float
  Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 11/05/2008 – I am trying to get an early start today. now go and learn from those nerdy web techy web developer/designery Resources! Enjoy your day!
  (tags: ping.fm web design resources development)
• 15 Useful, Must-Have Apps every Designer and Blogger Needs. | The Design Cubicle
  Here are the Must Have Apps of the season for us Designers and Bloggers
  (tags: design lists applications web webdesign Web_Design tools tips mac blogging blogs apps graphic)

Web Developer/Designer Inspirations

• Interview With Designer Extraordinaire — Liam McKay of Function | Freelance Folder | The Blog For Freelancers And Web-Workers
  Inspirational Designer Interview!
  (tags: design inspiration CSS interview)
• » Blog Archive » Get your bookmarks out – Part 1
  Some really nice Sites that are Bookmarkable!
  (tags: webdesign photoshop bookmark toluu blogging your Bookmarks inspiration html website creative Tutorials CSS list psd websites blog)
• Sprint: Plug into Now.
  Pretty amazing. Must see flash promotional site.
  (tags: web showcase campaign cellphone interactive inspiration web2.0 advertising mobile widget statistics cool marketing visualization data digital viral phone network flash website ideas Content live widgets facts microsite now sprint wireless)
• Arbenting – A Branding! | Arbenting
  Check out the new redesign at Arbent.net!
• Sand in Your Eye: Daily Frustrations or Challenges and How You Deal With Them | Internet Astronauts :: Bootstrap Startup Blog
  Daily Frustrations, they happen, Heres some help on getting through them.
• 12 MOST OUTRAGEOUS Web Design Rip-offs | Mike Smith
  WOW! These are pretty OUTRAGEOUS. How did they think they would get away with that??
  (tags: design web webdesign article graphic roundups copy ripoff)
• CSS-Tricks
  Another great redesign! They are all over the place!
  (tags: design web2.0 graphics coding wordpress resource tricks Resources development inspiration webdesign web blog webdev tutorial Tutorials reference CSS howto html tips code programming cool article templates blogs articles color javascript)

Maximize that contact form!

• How To Get More Email
  Get more email from that contact form!
  (tags: web forms gmail tips howto freelancing wordpress jobs clients business marketing Plugins email)

Tech Gadgets

• Panasonic's 150-Inch "Life Screen" Plasma Opens CES – News and Analysis by PC Magazine
  Biggest. Screen. EVER.

jQuery Examples

• Switch stylesheets with jQuery | kelvinluck.com
  Yes you can switch stylesheets with jQuery. You can do anything with Javascript, pretty much.

Freebies!

• Think Design Blog – Graphic Design Freebies – 30 Free High-Res Floral Brushes (Clean & Grunge) | Think Design
  Nice Floral Brushes!
  (tags: free photoshop grunge brushes)

Web 2.0 News

• Facebook usage skyrockets from election activity | Feeds
  Apparently the election went well for Facebook.
  (tags: socialmedia Facebook politics election)

SEO Tips

• How to get your site on Google's 1st page and keep it there – SEO 101 | soul*
  Get your site on googles 1st page. Now! and keep it there!
• 10 Ways to Make Press Releases More SEO Friendly
  SEO'etize your press releases and posts!
  (tags: tools SEO jobs writing reference socialmedia communications release pr 10 pressreleases press-release press publicrelations pressrelease press_releases media howto 2008 business communication marketing education search social tips work)

Web Tools

• Aviary – Home
  Still think this is the best Online Editing application suite available!
  (tags: design tool Video collaboration photography tools web software flash web2.0 graphics photoshop art applications application creative images 3d photo editing editor webapp image photos online graphic free cool apps aviary)
• Online image editor pixlr free – fix photos direct in your browser
  Freaking awesome Online Image Editor. Basically Photoshop in Flash.
  (tags: design tool photos webapp editor Browser software tools flash web web2.0 graphic graphics online picture photo editing application image apps photoshop AJAX photography applications app images free cool edit pixlr)
• ColorJack: Color Generator
  Awesome Color Generator Tool
  (tags: design Resources javascript application color photoshop web webdesign web2.0 inspiration development graphics online palette cool colors colour tool generator CSS reference html AJAX art tools utilities service scheme webdev resource)
• tr.im your URLs and other stuff too
  a new url shortener. Tracks the number of visits on links. Widget for Mac users available for download
  (tags: web link url online tech webdesign links utility tinyurl shorturl statistics tools web2.0 twitter internet blogging services tracking webapp service shorten url-shortening shortener tool short trim urls shortening)
• How To Easily Share Files Across Mac & Windows Computers | MakeUseOf.com
  Easily share files across Mac and PC(Windows)!

Contests

• 2nd Annual Open Web Awards: NOMINATIONS OPEN!
  Start nominating for the Open Web Awards!
  (tags: web apps widget open awards)
• The TOP 7 Premium WordPress Themes For FREE | Noupe
  You can win one of these Premium WP Themes!
  (tags: free wordpress themes contest theme premium)
• I Love Typography – FontBook Competition
  Font Competition! The first-place winning entry will receive a copy of the FontBook;

Links are Important

• The Vital Importance of Links | chrisbrogan.com
  Who knew links were this important. Sweet! I got a ton of em to hand out lol
  (tags: tips communication blogging marketing networks online google searchengines search links chrisbrogan SEO guide seminar linking)

Blogging Tips

• 50 Passion filled blog niches YOU should be dominating | Mike Smith
  Blog niches to dominate! Are you in one of these?
  (tags: inspiration blogging blog)
• Blog Writing Series: Don’t Get Mad, Get Persuasive
  Blogging Tips! Don't get Mad!

Project Management Apps

• 15 CANT MISS Project Management App Options | Mike Smith
  Really nice project management systems!
  (tags: tools projectmanagement list productivity email management project apps)

WordPress

• 30+ Plugins to Make Your WordPress Blog More Social
  Some really nice plugins for your blog to socialize it!
  (tags: design list plugin interactive social-networking socialsoftware cms blogging Bookmarks blogs web socialmedia wordpress Resources web2.0 blog webdev socialnetworking article social media bookmarking mashable networking wp useful Plugins social-media)
• Getting Ready for WordPress 2.7: Sticky Post Styling | Devlounge
  Quick CSS explination of the Sticky Post

Illustrator Tutorial

• Adobe Illustrator Tutorials | 3D Objects | Texture | Graphic Wrap | Layers Magazine
  Illustrator in 3d! Tutorial
  (tags: illustrator)

Top Graphic Design Magazines

• 10 Amazing Graphic Design Magazines Part 2
  Some of my favorite Magazines. What are some of yours?
  (tags: design showcase lists webdesign inspiration articles magazine Resources magazines typography)

Favorite Daily Listings

• What are your favorites? « Sharebrain
  Leave all your favorite daily listings here! or help support daily links! 🙂

IE Sucks. But Sometimes Necessary.

• Install multiple versions of IE on your PC | TredoSoft
  Incase you have to use IE5 or IE6. god forbid.
  (tags: design howto hacks ie7 microsoft programming web install windows webdesign tools development webdev CSS free browsers ie Explorer ie6 standalone versions browser multiple internetexplorer test testing download software tool internet)

CMS News

• Drupal Wins Best Overall 2008 Open Source CMS Award for Second Year in a Row | drupal.org
  Drupal is apparently FTW
  (tags: cms news drupal award)

PHP Programming

• interview: nectar | kyle steed
  php programmer interview
  (tags: web2.0 startup interview)
• Akra’s DevNotes » Blog Archive » Hooks in Action Helpers
  Good read for programmers needing info on hooks in action helpers. PHP all the way.
  (tags: zendframework)

Social Network News

• Facebook Connect: Coming Soon to a Site Near You? – ReadWriteWeb
  Facebook integration all over the place!
  (tags: social monitor socialnetworking Facebook tracking openid direct readwriteweb connect google)