AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 12/10/2008

Tuesday is here! Today we are continuing the weeks trend, the Links are huge, they will both Inspire you, and Make you uber nerdy smart! The Nerdy Web Development and Design Links are still coming daily! So check them out and pass them on! Bless you all!

Web Developer/Designer Resources

• 21 Designer’s Tools To Get Work Done Or Just For Fun – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
  Awesome Tools for Designers – For Getting work done, or just for fun!
  (tags: tool logo Applications social design web webdesign Resources tools web2.0 photoshop useful image for 21 pdf collection convert designer generator designers fun apps online get done)
• 50 Useful And Powerful CSS Tools | CSS | Smashing Magazine
  Freaking awesome CSS Tool Collection! Very Useful!

Web 2.0 News

• SitePoint » Is Online Censorship On the Rise?
  Boo Online Censorship.
• Official Google Blog: Search and find magazines on Google Book Search
  Google has gone Magazines
  (tags: google search 2008 articles magazines searchengines)
• Greasemonkey: The 7 Best New Browser Tweaks and How to Use Them – ReadWriteWeb
  Best FireFox Plugins and How to use them! Nice!
  (tags: Browser web extension startup tools tips programming internet technology useful readwriteweb best gmail tweaks extensions to-read top scripts firefox addons script greasemonkey)

Web Usability

• CSS-based layout, jQuery, web standards | Sean McCambridge Design | Charleston, SC Web Design
  Good examples of what makes you reach for the Back Button! Good idea for a list 😉
• A List Apart: Articles: Never Use a Warning When you Mean Undo
  A good read about Usability and Warnings 🙂
  (tags: design reference gui alistapart productivity usability webdesign programming software inspiration development webdev tips articles AJAX accessibility patterns ux ui ia psychology interface article coding interaction web undo warning hci ala)
• brandflakesforbreakfast: people only pay attention for 60 seconds
  Sad but True, People don't have a big attention span.

MySQL

• Top 20 Design Tips for MySQL Data Architects – SlideShare
  Great MySQL Tips! Nice!
  (tags: mysql presentation)

$99 iPhone?

• Walmart Is Set to Sell a $99 iPhone – Advertising Age – Digital
  Walmart Wins
  (tags: Apple brand iphone walmart)

CSS Stuff!

• Get down! How to keep footers at the bottom of the page
  Make footers stay at bottom of page with CSS
  (tags: design markup reference Tutorials script webdesign development webdev tutorial CSS page tips style xhtml layout code footers html howto down footer web bottom positioning div sticky 100%)

Web Developer/Designer Inspirations

• JoltMedia.net – Outside Opinion – Please Critique Me: Design Critiques for Designers by Designers
  (tags: ping.fm)
• 7 Inevitable Questions for Web Designers / Information architects | webbyarts.com – dedicated public weblog to form ecosystem of visual artists.
  Basic Questions we all get asked
• AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 12/09/2008 | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development, Programming, Hacks, Downloads, Math and being a Web 2.0 Hipster?
  YES! Monday is over. Todays Links are huge, they will both Inspire you, and Make you uber nerdy smart! The Nerdy Web Development and Design Links are still
  (tags: ping.fm nerdy daily links)
• 50 Inspirational E-Commerce Website Designs | Vandelay Website Design
  Really nice e-Commerce site designs!
  (tags: design reference t-shirts layout web webdesign showcase organization sites ecommerce color inspiration webdev web2.0 list designs CSS shopping websites products green shop e-commerce)
• Interview with a pro – Chris Spooner « Michael Wilson
  Interview with a friend, and a Pro!
  (tags: design profile graphic graphicdesign designer interview designers)
• 10 Principles of Effective Advertising | Spoonfed Design
  Freaking AWESOME advertising.
  (tags: design inspiration marketing advertising)
• » Amazing Websites: The Best Designs of November 2008 :: Positive Space Blog
  Awesome Web Designs from November 2008!
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration showcase web-design)
• Web Design Trends: Sunbursts and Sun Rays – Freelance Web Design Belfast Northern Ireland Lee Munroe's Blog & Portfolio
  Cool Sunbursts and Rays Collection!
  (tags: webdesign trends tutorial photoshop web-design 2008 Inspiration)
• In the Woods – 10 Unique Examples of RSS Feed Designs
  Cool Feed Designs!
  (tags: design rss webdesign inspiration blogs showcase interface lists feed)

Freebies!

• “Fresh” Finance Icons – NETTUTS
  Awesome Finance Icons!
  (tags: Resources free icons icon freebies money iconset set finance)

Freelance/Business/Marketing

• The Most Important Internet Marketing Skill? Learning.
  Learning is the best skill for anything really.
  (tags: socialmedia)
• 3 Powerful Ways To Bring In More End-Of-Year Business | Freelance Folder
  Great tips for end of year business!
• Contrast | The Blog | The client experience
  Priceless information, How the client experiences projects.
  (tags: web ui ia)

jQuery

• jQuery UI – Watch technical and real world demos
  jQuery Demos!
  (tags: design CSS framework javascript web inspiration development effects web2.0 webdev Apple 2.0 demo JS slider widgets jQuery patterns AJAX animation code webdesign dev ui ide jquery-ui demos)

Contests

• Creative/Design Swag Essentials | Fuel Your Creativity
  Swag Giveaway!!
• VECTORTUTS Cutest Character Design Contest! – VECTORTUTS
  Cool new design contest! Cutest Character!
  (tags: design illustration contest characters submit awards vector)

Design Tutorials

• Five Looks, One Layout: How to Develop a Library of Web Design Styles at Your Fingertips – PSDTUTS
  Getting Five looks from One Layout! Morph!
  (tags: design web2.0 business library psdtuts wordpress tutorial web webdesign CSS inspiration list Tutorials Resources development photoshop howto ideas tips layout article minimal tool how styles articles ui todo looks)
• Tutorial: How to make retro/futuristic curves in 10 Steps | fudgegraphics | for lovers
  Great tutorial on making retro/futuristic curves in photoshop!!
  (tags: tutorial Tutorials graphics howto psd)
• Quick Tip #3 – Photoshop Auto-select | The DesignO'Blog
  Another great Photoshop Quick Tip!
• 20 Challenging Illustrator Tutorials on DeviantArt – VECTORTUTS
  Great Collection of Vector Tutorials!
  (tags: design Resources illustrator vector inspiration tutorial tutoriales useful まとめ Tutorials character graphics selection art)

Blogging Tips

• 50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level | chrisbrogan.com
  Great ways to Up your game in the Blogosphere!
  (tags: design reference marketing advice writing blogs howto web webdesign social social-media lists business Resources blog tutorial tips resource list wordpress internet blogging socialmedia SEO tricks Content weblog chrisbrogan brogan)

Best of Everything

• The Top 10 Everything of 2008 – TIME
  According to Time. This is the Top 10 of EVERYTHING!
  (tags: list interesting movies top article cool news idea best info Video history 2008 bestof articles ideas read time lists fun politics nytimes top10 timemagazine time-magazine zeitgeist trivia popculture everything 10)

Laugh of the Day

• 50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have | Maximum PC
  Freaking awesome list! I need to brush up on some of these items!!
  (tags: tools review tips computer geek info geeks interesting howto cool lists technology articles network tech computers advice tricks fun 50 maximumpc geekery temp skills skillz top list)

Twitter Stuff

• Create Your Communications Experience: The How and Why of Twitter
  A Fun read for any Twitter Addict.
  (tags: web twitter how 2.0 tips web2.0)

Social Media

• Things Worth Talking About » Blog Archive » 6 Things To Avoid In a Social Media Campaign
  Social Media Campaigns- What not to do.

Web Analytics

• Real-Time Web Analytics | Brunello Creative Blog
  Nice! Real Time!

WordPress

• How to correctly setup a “Coming Soon” page during WordPress development | Out:think
  Setup a Coming Soon page correctly during WordPress Development, Nice trick everyone should know!

PSD 2 XHTML Tutorials

• Creating CSS Layouts: The Best Tutorials on Converting PSD to XHTML – aComment.net
  Great List of tutorials on PSD 2 XHTML Conversion!!
  (tags: design webdev howto psd photoshop xhtml to conversion layouts slicing templates coding graphics blog tools development reference Tutorials Resources list webdesign CSS tutorial web tips html code articles convert layout)

Web Tools

• Juicy Studio: Colour Contrast Analyser
  Cool Color Contrast Analyser! Use it to help determine if the color contrast is sufficient enough visual accessibility.
  (tags: design usability contrast web color tools webdesign accessibility tips standards blogging colour internet colors article ia tool colours readability accessibilité)