AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 12/08/2008

New Week, New Inspirations. Todays Links have some really useful tips and ideas for you to try out! The Nerdy Web Development and Design Links are still coming daily! So check them out and pass them on! Bless you all!

Freelance/Business/Marketing

• How to lose friends and uninfluence people | On.eTi.me
  funny, but true, list of how to lose friends 🙂
  (tags: tweetmarks)
• What to Do With Free Time – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog
  How to use that free time efficiently!
• Can You Guess Which Pitch Is a Real Viral Campaign? – Advertising Age – DigitalNext
  Funny read about "Viral Marketing"
  (tags: viral)
• Guest Post – Generation Y in the Workplace Explained | chrisbrogan.com
  Gen Y is the bomb!

WordPress

• WordPress 2.7 Comments Enhancements
  Something WordPress Theme Makers need to be aware of in 2.7 – Comment Enhancements!
  (tags: development blogging coding todo english webmaster wordpress blog webdev code tips tutorial Tutorials reference howto theme themes compatibility 2.7 webdevelopment comments comment php wordpress2.7 wp2.7 wordpress-2.7)
• 20 Incredibly Useful Themes and Plugins to Boost your WordPress Admin Area | Noupe
  Really awesome themes and plugins for your WP Admin area! NICE!
  (tags: web themes webdesign usability Resources template development wp admin wordpress Plugins)

Web 2.0 News

• Top 10 International Products of 2008 – ReadWriteWeb
  Great International Products from 2008! Nice list!
  (tags: web web2.0 Applications service webservices ping.fm list startup tips internet trends top software bestof lists idea 2008 apps top10 international)

Web Tools

• Freckle: Feel Good Time Tracking – ReadWriteWeb
  Cool new Time Tracking Web App!
  (tags: online enterprise2.0 productivity management service tracking webapps time timetracking)

iPhone

• iPhone Prototype Casing For the Visually Impaired – ReadWriteWeb
  iPhone for the Blind? Amazing!
  (tags: Apple mobile iphone)

Obama Sez…

• Obama Says Internet Key to Economic Recovery – ReadWriteWeb
  Uh oh, Look out interwebs!
  (tags: web readwriteweb ping.fm transition economy internet technology obama barackobama media news politics journalism)

Web Developer/Designer Inspiration

• Inspiration in Spectrum | Arbenting
  A Spectrum of Inspiration!
  (tags: webdesign inspiration color style)
• Creative Fliers Inspiration: Rock | My Ink Blog
  really inspirational fliers! Nice collection!
• Arbenting’s Best of the Week (11/30 – 12/06) | Arbenting
  Some of the Best stuff on the Web from Last week, from Arbenting! Great stuff!!
• A design and usability blog: Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
  Great quote from Apple
  (tags: design 37signals inspiration quotes fun blog interface Apple ux interactive)

Web Developer/Designer Resources

• Web Design Week – NETTUTS
  Great Stuff From Nettuts last week! Its worth a look!!
  (tags: design nettuts web Web_Design webdesign Inspiration CSS photoshop article tips)
• Action Method Online :: Home
  Too many Ideas and not enough Action? Perhaps the Action Method is what you need then.
  (tags: design ideas process organizing pm project productivity Inspiration tools management web2.0 business cool tool creative gtd ux webapp todo projectmanagement organization planning action project-management organize creativity organizer behance methodology planner)
• SidebarAds
  Another great Ad Network for Web Designers/Developers and Freelancers!
  (tags: design marketing ads money clean ad website webdesign inspiration freelance online adsense income idea advertising SEO publicidad network wordpress blog blogging)

Programming

• SitePoint » Introducing php-tracer-weaver
  PHP – Introduction to php-tracer-weaver

Contest!

• Showcase Your Best Design Content | Fuel Your Creativity
  Nice! Get Featured and Showcase your best Design! CONTEST!

Web Developer/Designer Tutorials

• Photoshop batch processing of actions – Video Tutorial | Video Tutorials | Web Design Blog | Design Shard |
  Photoshop Batch Processing Tutorial!
  (tags: design processing web webdesign tutorial photoshop Video graphics batch actions)

FireFox

• 10 Firefox Extensions for Web Analytics : Online Marketing Blog – Website Development & Website Marketing tips and Strategies
  Great extentions for FF if you need Analytics!
  (tags: web google statistics sysadmin webdesign lists firefox webanalytics stats download development SEO tools plugin extensions webmaster Plugins webdev business Browser extension analytics marketing omniture firefox-extensions)