AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 11/29/2008

Dead Tired from Black Friday shopping. Put up a Christmas Tree! Now, for a day of rest..NOT! The Nerdy Links are back in full force! So check them out and pass them on! Bless you all!

Freelance/Business/Marketing

• 3 Time-Tested Ways to Kick It Up a Notch | Freelance Folder
  BAM! Like Emmeril. Kick it up!
  (tags: blog)
• Logo Design Process For FITUCCI
  A Look into Logo Design Workflow!
  (tags: logo branding design)
• Are You Wasting 90% of Your Prospecting Efforts? | Freelance Folder
  Don't Waste your efforts!
  (tags: Resources business marketing freelance advice)
• Top 10 Reasons Why Proposals Fail
  If your Proposals Fail, Here is why.
  (tags: design marketing startup entrepreneur consulting proposals job career lists development blog freelance entrepreneurship projectmanagement sales presentation writing work ideas tutorial reference management tips howto business lifehacks money advice finance proposal)

Web Developer/Designer Inspiration

• Infographics Inspiration // seaneill.com
  Who says displaying info has to be boring?
• Daily Inspiration #55 | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  More Daily Inspirations from Abduzeedo!
• A Short Story About "Back To Top" Links | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
  Awesome Inspiration for your "Back to top" Links!!
  (tags: design ui magazine usability ux interface web webdesign tutorial xhtml smashing Tutorials CSS accessibility typography tips learning)
• Toxel.com » 24 Beautiful and Creative Website Headers
  Really Great Website Headers!
  (tags: design gallery navigation webdev CSS creative beautiful webdesign web graphics Resources list photoshop inspiration template cool art development graphic website websites interface ui graphicdesign header inspiracion toxel idea headers)
• 9 Personal Web Design Inspiration | Ryan Coughlin | Web and Graphic Designer – Design and Development Blog
  A List of Some Great Web Design/Development Inspirations!
  (tags: design vector personal web inspiration development AJAX jQuery illustrator)
• Beautiful Christmas Wallpapers For Your Desktop | Wallpapers
  Great Christmas Wallpapers!
  (tags: Resources wallpapers wallpaper)
• 40 most beautiful and inspirational website designs of 2008 | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
  As the year closes, we should take a look at some of the Best, Most Creative Websites of 2008!
  (tags: design list web-design beautiful inspiracion 2008 website cool design-inspiration css サイト集 web webdesign gallery inspiration flash layout blog webdev showcase diseño graphics designs websites まとめ portfolio inspirational nice templates best)

WordPress

• Building Custom WordPress Theme
  In depth look at building Custom WordPress Themes!
  (tags: design Tutorials templates wordpress-themes create custom themes free web tips webdesign howto development programming coding cms theme wp template wordpress blog webdev tutorial CSS php html guide wp-themes build wordpressthemes)

Web 2.0 News

• Twitter kills Canadian SMS updates. Can the U.S. be far behind? » VentureBeat
  A Look into why Twitter cut Canadian SMS Updates.
  (tags: ping.fm twitter business sms economics canada)

Web Developer/Designer Resources

• Alltop – Top Typography News
  Top Typography Resources!
  (tags: design alltop typography fonts aggregator font type via:mento.info)
• AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 11/28/2008 | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development, Programming, Hacks, Downloads, Math and being a Web 2.0 Hipster?
  AndySowards.com has had a great week! Hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving Yesterday!! Remember to be thankful for everything that you have,
  (tags: ping.fm)
• 10 Reasons to Start Using Google Reader | The Design Cubicle
  Use Google Reader, I do, and so does this guy! Check out his reasoning!
  (tags: google best rss feed to reader)

Cyber Monday!

• Black Friday is Here! Stay Home and get Online Deals! | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development, Programming, Hacks, Downloads, Math and being a Web 2.0 Hipster?
  Black Friday is over, but don’t forget about cyber monday!
  (tags: ping.fm black cheap codes coupons deals discounts friday host hosting online prices quality review blogging)

Freebies!

• Free Texture Tuesday **Inaugural** | BittBox
  Free Textures on Tuesday?? Yuss!
  (tags: design texture Resources graphics free photoshop grunge textures)
• art magazines – pdf-mags.com – Your PDF mag’s magazine
  Tons of PDF Mags with Art, Illustration, and Inspiration!
  (tags: design culture Street magazine inspiration free portal internet services art magazines photography database pdf archive utility revistas editorial kunst)
• Thanksgiving: Free Software We're Most Thankful For
  Free Software to be Thankful For!
  (tags: web lists opensource top widgets open computer tools web2.0 2008 downloads applications reference list free software technology apps utilities best freeware lifehacks desktop lifehacker bestof freesoftware computers windows top10 programs)

Social Media

• Stumbleupon Traffic Guide
  Kick Stumble Upons ass and Get More Stumble Traffic!
  (tags: socialnetworking)

Photoshop Tutorial of the Day!

• How to Create a Copper Photoshop Text Effect – PSDTUTS
  Nice Copper Effect in Photoshop!