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

Its Friday! FINALLY! Yesterday was a crummy day but looking forward to Today! Why? Because this set of Links will make you want to go develop something brilliant(AND WordPress 2.7 is out)! The Nerdy Web Development and Design Links are still coming daily! So check them out and pass them on! Bless you all!

Web 2.0 News

• Pirate Bay Censorship Case Not Over Yet | TorrentFreak
  Pirate Bay Still In Court
  (tags: internet copyright)

WordPress

• 20+ Great WordPress 2.7 Compatible Plugins
  Awesome WP 2.7 Compatible Plugins!!
  (tags: Resources blogging extension wordpress development mashable blogs wordpress-plugins links tools web2.0 reference list cms Plugins plugin 2.7 lists blog)

Twitter Stuff

• The Shorty Awards – About
  Nominate your fellow tweeters for awards!
  (tags: twitter tweetmarks awards)
• TwitterGadget: Auto-refreshing Twitter client
  Add Twitter to Gmail!
  (tags: tools web2.0 twitter software google technology microblogging posting tweet client socialsoftware widget gmail tweetmarks twittertools igoogle gadget)
• The Shorty Awards – About
  Nominate your fellow tweeters for awards!
  (tags: twitter tweetmarks awards)
• The Shorty Awards – Andy Sowards was nominated for a Shorty Award
  (tags: ping.fm)
• 10 Best Twitter Tools for WordPress Blogs
  Awesome tools for WP Blogs if you use Twitter!
  (tags: design blogging work widgets advertising scripts wordpress-plugins Plugins mashup widget php twitter programming tool social wp 2.0 tips blogs javascript blog tools web wordpress plugin web2.0 software howto best)

Web Developer/Designer Resources

• Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 12/11/2008 – Design Float
  Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 12/11/2008 – Its Thursday! One week from now I will be having my 3rd baby boy! How crazy is that? Today Links are the same as the rest of the weeks, they will both Inspire you, and Make you uber nerdy smart!
  (tags: ping.fm web development design resources dev)
• Making a Print-Ready Business Card Using Only Photoshop – PSDTUTS
  Great business card tutorial!
  (tags: design Tutorials flash effects businesscard print reference web webdesign inspiration Resources tutorial CSS graphic business photoshop howto freelance graphics psdtuts graphicdesign effect diy adobe diseño illustrator cards todo card businesscards)
• HTML-Ipsum
  Placeholders!
  (tags: CSS html ipsum loremipsum text)
• 10 Quick Tips for Photoshop Users
  Quick Photoshop tips!
  (tags: photoshop tips)
• Converting a Design From PSD to HTML – NETTUTS
  Really easy explanation of PSD to HTML conversion!!
  (tags: CSS design web webdesign inspiration development tutorial html webdev layout menu conversion programming psd photoshop xhtml howto Tutorials webdevelopment videos psd2html Video screencast nettuts to converting convert psdtohtml)

Contests!

• Christmas Giveaway: (20x) Lockngo Pro To Secure Your External Hard drives | Freebies
  Nice Giveaway from Hongkiat! Online Storage!!

Web Developer/Designer Inspiration!

• 17 Amazing “Realistic Fantasy Art Work” for your Dream | webbyarts.com – dedicated public weblog to form ecosystem of visual artists.
  Great Collection of "Realistic Fantasy Art Work" It is really inspirational, love this kind of stuff.
• Signalnoise.com | The art of James White
  Some really amazing artwork here.
  (tags: design graphic photo Retro artist illustrator blogs webdesign inspiration typography vector Artists posters portfolio graphicdesign graphics blog photoshop cool art designer illustration colors print creativity color poster abstract white james)
• AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 12/11/2008 | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development, Programming, Hacks, Downloads, Math and being a Web 2.0 Hipster?
  Its Thursday! One week from now I will be having my 3rd baby boy! How crazy is that? Today Links are the same as the rest of the weeks, they will both
  (tags: ping.fm nerdy daily links)
• Toxel.com » 40 Creative Business Card Designs
  More business cards! Currently designing my own, will post soon 🙂
  (tags: design gallery branding card businesscards web inspiration business graphic creativity cool graphicdesign list blog creative type cards print businesscard identity pictures business-cards designs work art bizcards business_cards car typography interesting)
• 70 Beautiful Dual-Screen Desktop Wallpapers | Graphics | Smashing Magazine
  Nice Dual Screen Desktop Wallpapers!!
  (tags: design 2008 desktop wallpapers screen smashingmagazine image Resources photos tools photo background graphics list images photography wallpaper smashing via:mento.info backgrounds monitor dual picture desktops dualmonitor dualscreen tapety)
• Sites of the week #30 | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  Great Collection of Sites from the week at Abduzeedo!
• Jonathan Wong Interview – PSDTUTS
  AMAZING and inspiring interview!
• COLORBURNED – Professional Design Resources – Meet Andrew Houle, Founder of MyInkBlog.com
  Nice Interview with Founder of MyInkBlog.com!
• Creative Fliers Inspiration: Reggae | My Ink Blog
  Awesomely Inspirational Fliers!
  (tags: design posters poster layout advertising print type colour music inspiration rock concert reggae)
• Superb Motion Graphics Inspiration | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  Great Motion Graphics Inspiration!! Love this stuff

Freelance/Business/Marketing/Startups

• Report: Tumblr rolls into new financing round | Digital Media – CNET News
  Startup Inspiration – Tumblr Is Doing well.
• Web design going in the wrong direction? (Signal vs. Noise)
  Classic post from 2004 – Focus on Customers and not the Tools
  (tags: 37signals)

Blogging Tips

• How Not to Sell-Out
  A Great Read on Not Selling out, Crative Blogging Beats Chasing Peaks
  (tags: blog tips blogging Content)
• Spyre Studios » 7 Ways To Get Traffic To A New Blog
  Good tips for getting traffic to a new blog!
  (tags: building blog tips business blogging wordpress traffic socialmedia tools)

Freebies!

• Bright! – A free stock vector iconset
  Love this icon set.
  (tags: free icones images design webdesign Resources development web2.0 graphics phone iconos startup icon icons vector iconset freeicons bright commercial set)
• 28 High Resolution Wood Textures For Designers | Graphics
  Awesome Wood Textures!
  (tags: design photoshop graphicdesign textures wood stock text backgrounds texture pattern texturas high patterns background photography CSS graphics free webdev Resources webdesign web resource images download photo image web-design stockimages madera)
• 29 Most Useful Texture Packs of 2008 | Web Design Ledger
  Amazing Textures!!
  (tags: webdesign texture graphics photoshop textures backgrounds Resources)
• Top 10 Christmas gadgets for girls | News | TechRadar UK
  This list is for those Nerdy Girls out there
• 1000+ Free Photoshop Patterns | DESIGNwalker max
  Crapload of Free Patterns!
  (tags: design patterns pattern free Resources photoshop links lists background)

.htaccess!

• 16 Useful .htaccess Tricks and Hacks For Web Developers : Online Marketing Blog – Website Development & Website Marketing tips and Strategies
  Great Tricks for .htaccess. – So powerful
  (tags: design hacks htaccess tricks Tutorials web webdesign tools webdev tips tutorial webdevelopment .htaccess server php apache programming development code webmaster web.design webserver Security sysadmin howto Linux list http configuration config)

Tech

• Eye Spy: Filmmaker Plans to Install Camera in His Eye Socket | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
  Filmmaker is going to install a Camera in his Eye socket!!!
  (tags: art future bizarre canada privacy technology photography movies wired tech articles weird camera Video health film awesome cameras human medical eye cyborg biotech media bionic)

jQuery

• Extending jQuery’s selector capabilities – James Padolsey
  Extend jQuery's Selector Capabilities!