AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 11/12/2008

Hope everyone has Been having fun this week! I have enjoyed chatting with some new Subscribers (Which grow by the day now!), daily visitors, and twitter friends! I enjoy delivering nerdy web techy web developer/designery Resources to the masses and it Makes me smile when you guys leave comments and feedback! So enjoy and rest assured that tomorrow is a new day of nerdy techy link enlightenment!

Web Developer/Designer Resources

• One month later… | Rob Barrett Design
  One month after Redesign! Site is doing well! Shout out to all the help and promotion sites affiliated!
• 27 Adobe AIR Applications – Handy For Web Designers
  More Great Air Applications for Web Developers/Designers!
  (tags: design webdev desktop applications widget productivity tips web list webdesign resource tools application air aplicaciones resources adobe:air adobeair widgets freeware flex software development apps adobe web2.0 web-design useful adobe-air links)
• Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 11/11/2008 – Design Float
  Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 11/11/2008 – I am proud to log onto twitter each morning and have someone ask “When are we getting those nerdy web techy web developer/designery Resources Today?” Makes me smile :). So go get those resources!
  (tags: ping.fm web development design resources)

Freebies!

• 22 Photoshop Artistic Brushes | Upside Down City
  More brushes for your Photoshop To Eat!
• 25 Fantastic Deviant Wallpapers | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  Inspirational Collection of Deviant Wallpapers!
  (tags: design inspiration graphics wallpaper wallpapers)
• 50 Must-Have Photoshop Brushes | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
  Some Fantastic Brushes that You MUST have in your Photoshop Brushes folder.
  (tags: design photoshop illustrator pattern resources photoshop-brushes photoshop_brushes smashingmagazine patterns graphicdesign smashing art webdesign tools graphic freeware resource online graphics grunge recursos textures ps adobe free download stock brushes brush)
• Free Glossy Modern Web Browsers Icons Download | Web Resources | WebAppers
  Nice and Glossy Browser Icons! Download!
  (tags: Browser icons)
• 30+ Creative Hi-Res Wallpapers Only for Designers | Noupe
  Really Great WallPapers Designers should Check Out, Bring some inspiration to your desktop!
  (tags: design images work wallpaper freeware recursos 2008 creative inspiration reference background wallpapers photography illustration creativity noupe graph artwork desktop photos art list graphics graphic online designer ideas hi-res todo bestof)

Web Developer/Designer Inspiration

• Interview with Designer, Anthony Cozzi | Fuel Your Creativity
  Another Great Designer Interview from FYC! Featuring Anthony Cozzi!
• Newspaper Website Design: Trends And Examples | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
  Collection of Newspaper website Design trends! Good Examples!
  (tags: design web news information newspaper sites)
• Weekly 30 inspirational websites #16 | Inspiration
  Some inspirational sites to get you through the week!
  (tags: design CSS flash)
• Flickr Group Roundup 2 – psdfan.com –
  Here’s another roundup of some of the great work being submitted to the PSDFAN Flickr Group. Go check it out if you’re feeling uninspired today.
• Interview with Talented Digital Painter Marek Okon – PSDTUTS
  Absolutely Amazing Digital Painter – Interview with Marek Okon
  (tags: photoshop)
• Web Pages That Suck learn good web design by looking at bad web design Contenders for worst web site of 2008 group 1
  People round up the best of the web, why not the worst. Here are the worst sites of 2008 according to webpagesthatsuck.com
  (tags: design examples web education webdesign page internet bad Web_Design websites tooltips ux suck)
• Best of The Week #1 // seaneill.com
  Best of the week! Really AMAZING stuff. Great resources!
• The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0 | Fast Company
  Inspirational Stories of the Most Influential Women on the Web
  (tags: web web2.0 technology internet trends socialmedia women)

WordPress

• How To Create Your Permalink Structure More User And SEO-friendly | 1stwebdesigner
  Everyone that has a WordPress blog should do this NOW! if you have not already.
• How I Learned To Build WordPress Themes | Design Reviver
  So how do people learn to build wordpress themes you ask? Here is your answer. All the resources you need to DIY.
  (tags: design webdev html wordpress-themes article tutorial web webdesign Tutorials templates how-to themes CSS inspiration tips theme creation wordpresstheme Web_Design howto Resources photoshop blog development wordpress wp)

Blogging

• 5 Tips for Branding Yourself When Commenting on Blogs « Personal Branding Blog – Dan Schawbel
  These tips are so often overlooked. Please heed the advice!
  (tags: web2.0 tips list blogging marketing comments)
• Exciting News and Help Wanted
  For those on the “A-list” that are coming here for the first time, take a moment to read about how we’re trying to help expose good, under-appreciated content.
  (tags: blogging collaboration)

Freelance/Business/Marketing

• Freelancer Pro Interview: Paul Spicer – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog
  Another great interview: Paul Spicer – Freelancer Pro
• Why I Hate Freelancers | Organized Chaos
  True Words spoken from a freelancer on peoples opinions of the term 'Freelancer' most people have in their mind.
• 5 Brand-Building Actions Every Freelancer Should Take Now | Freelance Folder | The Blog For Freelancers And Web-Workers
  Freelancers Take action now! 5 Brand Building Actions to put on your To Do List!
• 50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a Presence on – Inside CRM
  Great List of Sites that You and your business should have a presence on.
  (tags: web2.0 marketing socialmedia lists pr)
• 41 websites to promote your design articles and resources | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
  Great places to promote your stuff! And of course, you can always ask and I will feature you here if its awesome
  (tags: design article websites roundup socialnetworking webdesign Resources socialmedia promotion blog roundups submission advertising list marketing website news articles submit smo promote)
• A 4-Step Plan To Achieve Social Networking Fame | Web Business Freedom
  Good plan, Maybe it will work for you!
• The importance of setting expectations – (37signals)
  Tips to run your business by. Set Customer Expectations.
  (tags: business management print advice)

Typography Tutorial

• How to: Make a Hand-Drawn Font | BittBox
  After reading this, I have a new found respect for Typography creators.
  (tags: design photoshop hand resources typeface fontlab handwritten draw tutorials tipografia drawn cool typography hand-drawn graphicdesign todo howto graphics font tips fonts tutorial)

Tech News

• Circuit City Seeks Haven In Bankruptcy Protection – WSJ.com
  Circuit City finally got Owned. Bankrupt.

Twitter Stuff

• The Twittering! A Closer Look at the Social Media Giant | Arbenting
  Closer look to twitter. Really nice article!
• 42 Information Packed Twitter Backgrounds | Mike Smith
  Nice Examples of Branding with Twitter Backgrounds!

Laughs of the Day

• xkcd – A Webcomic – Dark Flow
  LoL Best part "Maybe its your mom." "Zing"
  (tags: ping.fm humour astronomy cosmology mom comics technology xkcd funny comic fun geek science humor love culture webcomics awesome)
• xkcd – A Webcomic – Faust 2.0
  LOL Even the Devil can't debunk a EULA.
  (tags: fun humour funny comics geek image xkcd webcomics comic humor legal microsoft cartoon culture satire computers webcomic legislation license faust licensing eula law devil)
• The Matrix Runs on Windows – CollegeHumor video
  Hilarious – The Matrix Ran by Windows.
  (tags: cool windows fun technology humour videos funny geek youtube Video digg humor parody microsoft ubuntu Linux towatch entertainment movie collegehumor matrix movies)

iPhone

• 16 totally pointless apps that shame the iPhone | News | TechRadar UK
  But I am sure a lot of people still use these.
• » Making Your Site 508 Accessible
  Because some people need it to enjoy your site.
  (tags: webdesign tutorial accessibility todo iphone 508)

CSS Stuff

• Stu Nicholls | CSSplay | A circular menu with circular sub menus
  Awesome Circular CSS Menus with Circular SUB MENUS! Amazing!
  (tags: ux navigation menu CSS tutorial itresources-css)
• » The Design of your Site: CSS Backgrounds
  A Little background on the CSS Background.
  (tags: inspiration CSS background info)

Photoshop Tutorial

• Design a realistic sandwich bag | My Ink Blog
  This is a really awesome plastic sandwich bag tutorial. Looks real!
  (tags: graphic)