AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 2/03/2009

My week started off great! How was yours? Power through another day and use These resources and inspirations as your fuel! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte
  @mayhemstudios on Twit TV! 🙂 Congrats to him!
• Tweet! Put Twitter on your site with this simple, unobtrusive jQuery widget
  twitter jQuery Plugin
  (tags: design twitter plugin webapps widget plugins webdesign programming web)
• The Secret to Great Blog Redesigns | Blog design Blog for Blog Designers
  Good read about Blog Redesigns!
  (tags: design webdesign blog layout redesign blogdesign blogging)
• Affixa Brings Webmail to Your Desktop
  Webmail on your Desktop! Yuss!
• Peachpit: Do Good Design in 2009
  Do Good Design in 2009! (And get a free book, too!)
• WordPress SEO – optimize your META Keywords & Description manually | Softinquiry
  Good read about WordPress and SEO with Meta Keywords & Description
  (tags: tips wordpress optimization seo)
• Inspiration: High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging – PSDTUTS
  Amazing HDR Images! Love those things! Inspirational!!
  (tags: design reference photography fotografia photo howto inspiration resources photoshop tools cool article art tutorials tutorial gallery list lists images)
• Ajaxian » Twitter’s protected updates privacy problem
  Twitter Security – Good read
  (tags: security twitter)
• Studio On Fire // Design & Letterpress Blog
  Seriously Thick Business Cards!
• Is your graphic design helping or hurting your business? | Conversion Rate Experts
  Design Helping or Hurting? I'd say helping.
  (tags: conversion design testing marketing user test graphic business)
• 30 Desktop and Office Themed Website Designs | Webdesigner Depot
  AWESOME Designs! Inspirational roundup!
• Top 10 CSS Table Designs | CSS, Events | Smashing Magazine
  Awesome CSS Table Designs!!
  (tags: xhtml table tables design css)
• Advanced jQuery Tabbed Box Techniques
  Awesome jQuery Tab Box!!
  (tags: webdesign code webdevelopment tabs jquery dev javascript navigation equalheight ui)
• Targeting External Links Intelligently • Perishable Press
  Smart look at Intelligently Targeting External Links!
  (tags: design browser web webdev accessibility tutorials target link javascript links jquery usability)
• 9lessons: Twitter Like Parsing URLs with JavaScript.
  Parsing URLS with Javascript!
  (tags: design tutorial web webdevelopment programming snippets prototype javascript tutoriel twitter url api tutorials)
• Two tools to add cool people on Twitter | Webware – CNET
  Nice Tools for Adding Cool people on your Twitter!
  (tags: web socialnetworking application network networking twittertools followers applications socialmedia microblogging follow)
• Don't get attached to your graphic design Projects | Become an Art Director
  Interesting Read – Don't get attached to your projects
  (tags: design critique)
• How to Think Better: The Top 8 Tips from the Last 2500 Years
  Thinking tips learned from the past!
  (tags: article habits productivity lifehacks selfimprovement gtd thinking self-improvement perspective)
• Using Twitter to Track User Satisfaction – TVWeek – News
  Track User Satisfaction with Twitter!
  (tags: microblogging twitter business marketing socialnetworks socialmedia media monitoring customerservice casestudy communication feedback)
• Twitchhiker | How far will Twitter take me?
  Interesting Concept
  (tags: ping.fm twitter social travel fun no_tag)
• Guide to Becoming a Happy Freelancer | Spoonfed Design
  Be a Happy Freelancer!
• Mashery: Untold Secrets Behind Managing an API – ReadWriteWeb
  Learn from past API Mistakes
  (tags: readwriteweb web2.0 webdesign xml programming json functionality functions api rest applications app)
• Soon, Majority of Web Users Will No Longer Use IE – ReadWriteWeb
  no one likes IE
  (tags: design web browser firefox readwriteweb browsers twitchboard)
• xkcd – A Webcomic – Security
  Awesome Security XKCD 🙂
  (tags: comics xkcd fun technology funny comic humor webcomics geek cartoon culture 2009 chris laptop security)
• Best of Woork in January 2009
  Great Stuff from Woork in January!
  (tags: javascript html web webdesign inspiration fonts font list framework)
• Real life Halo Warthog goes for a test drive – Engadget
  OK, now this is impressive 🙂 WORKING WARTHOG!
• A JavaScript sIFR Alternative: Cufón
  Alternate ways to view any font in websites
  (tags: javascript sifr)
• Blueprint CSS Framework – Learn The Basics » DivitoDesign
  Nice Intro to Blueprint
  (tags: design frameworks webdesign blueprint tutorial css howto framework tutorials)
• Geek To Live: Make the Most of Your Dual Monitors
  Make the most of those beautiful dual monitors!!
  (tags: tutorial tools hardware display hack video tutorials geek howto productivity lifehacks computers windows hacks article software)
• Twippr – Pledge cash by Tweet
  Maybe I can get tipped for my tweets now! 🙂
  (tags: twitter im payment)
• Win a Copy of Things « AppStorm
  Win your Copy of THings!
• Realtime Soft UltraMon
  Awesome Multi Monitor Utility
  (tags: tools graphics free tool download video apps software)
• How to Friend Mom, Dad, and the Boss on Facebook…Safely – ReadWriteWeb
  How to safely add Relatives to your Facebook 🙂
  (tags: web socialmedia career social.media socialsoftware security sharing social_networking privacy facebook technology web2.0 internet social networking socialnetworking socialnetwork digital computers guide readwriteweb family)
• Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time – ReadWriteWeb
  Awesome List of Youtube VIdeos!
  (tags: web video popular best blog web2.0 comedy top videos movie cool bestof ranking top10 most youtube temp 2007 music media funny links social lists readwriteweb)
• Facebook Plans to Make Money by Selling Your Data – ReadWriteWeb
  Lots of people are up in arms about this, Good idea? Terrible idea?
  (tags: research blog business internet facebook money marketing ad ads privacy socialmedia advertising)
• Using advanced search – Gmail Help
  Great Reference for using Gmail Advanced Search
  (tags: cheatsheet reference tips internet help google tech advanced search information options email)
• Illustrator Tip : Changing Appearence of Brushes :
  Great Illustrator Tip! Good to know
• MyInkTrail: Best of the Web, January 2009 | My Ink Blog
  Great look at the best of the web in January 2009!! Nice Stuff! another great roundup!
  (tags: blog tutorial tutorials blogs news magazine pro)
• Garment Line Art – VECTORTUTS
  Awesome Garment Line Art!! NICE!!
  (tags: resources shirt clothes free vectoriales illustrator vector vectors clothing graphicdesign)
• Creattica Twitter Background Contest!!!
  Twitter Background Contest!!
• Tiny Logo Of The Day! | The Design O'Blog
  Nice Tiny Logo!
• HTML Forums – Free Webmaster Forums and Help Forums – Powered by vBulletin
  Great Place to Discuss Web Development!
  (tags: web2.0 design ajax xhtml webdevelopment help webmaster website howto development webdesign tutorials css web tools webdev tutorial tips social javascript programming html computer php)
• 18 Beautiful Brochure Design Samples
  GREAT Brochure Design Samples! Well Done!
  (tags: inspiration twitchboard design patterns magazines gallery graphicdesign inspiración examples referencias brochures brochure print)
• For Web Designers – Site of the Week – February 2, 2009 | The Everyday Web Expert!
  Web Designers Site of the Week!
• Carson Workshops: The Exciting Future of CSS and XHTML
  Great Read about the Exciting Future of Web Development with CSS and XHTML!
  (tags: css xhtml html workshop)
• robot history
  AWESOMELY Informative and fun read about the History of ROBOTS!
  (tags: simulation art robotics design blogs tech magazine history ai essay cyborg robot)
• Styling Buttons and Toolbars with the jQuery UI CSS Framework | Filament Group, Inc.
  CSS and jQuery combine forces! Good look at styling buttons and toolbars
  (tags: design javascript styling menu frameworks jqueryui themeroller form interface resources jquery webdesign css webdev tutorials js html framework demo markup themes)
• Laser Printing: Web Advertising – Google Business Card | scaryideas.com
  Freaking AWESOME Idea for business cards
  (tags: ping.fm design search printing tarjetas awesome businesscards curiosidades bizcards businesscard diseño ideas example google card fun)
• NewsBiscuit: Depressed Twitter addict fails to get suicide note down to 140 characters
  Crazy story! Interesting read
  (tags: twitter)
• Hourly Fees vs. Performance Based Compensation – Flash Player Installation
  Good info if you are debating on Hourly Fee's vs. Performance Compensation
• Creative Bookmarks: Best of January 2009 | Tutorial9 – Tutorial Bliss.
  BEST of January 2009, LOTS of good stuff here!
  (tags: photoshop)
• Sam Brown ~ 7 ways to stop alienating your Twitter followers
  Stop Alienating your Followers on Twitter! Good tips
• alphaDictionary * The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English
  Increase your vocab of Beautiful Words!
  (tags: inspiration read most literature blog beautiful language reference music vocabulary school cool english lists print 100 learning dictionary writing words)
• Calendar System Using MySQL and Script.aculo.us | Web Resources | WebAppers
  Very useful Calendar System using MySQL and Script.aculo.us
  (tags: javascript calendar webdevelopment)
• 5 Success Tips for Freelance Web Designers | Freelance Folder
  Great Tips for Success to Freelancers!
  (tags: webdesign tips blogging marketing freelance tricks)
• Intro to Django – Building a To-Do List – NETTUTS
  Good intro tutorial for Django Framework – Build a To-Do List
  (tags: article design development ajax todo tutorial nettuts guide tutorials django python howto programming)
• Sand Drawings by Jim Denevan | Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorials
  Creative and Beautiful Sand Drawings! Good Inspiration
• Beautiful Flyer Designs by Super Silo | Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorials
  Amazing Flyer Designs! Inspirational!
  (tags: design poster inspiration typography inspiración inspiracao photomanipulation posters designers illustration print)
• Photoshop World Conference & Expo | Blog » Ten Years of Photoshop World Posters
  Awesome Posters of the Past from Photoshop World!
• The Everyday Web Expert! | "Web Development, Technology, and Everything in Between!"
  Site with some cool web dev related posts! cool guy!
  (tags: webdesign development webdev wordpress developer)
• 1138 + Ajax/Javascript/Dhtml examples and demos to download
  An almost Stupid amount of Great Examples and Demos!!
  (tags: design webdev programming download examples tutorial web tools web2.0 inspiration webdesign resources tutorials list javascript scripts script code gallery dhtml ajax)
• AdaptD.com – Web Design and Development
  Really nicely done site. inspirational!
  (tags: design designer retro agency portfolio webdevelopment webdesign inspiration webdev css)
• Get Emails Without Revealing Your Email Address To Anyone – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
  Awesome! Get emails without exposing your actual email address!
• 80+ Incredible Designs with Bird’s-eye View | instantShift
  Awesome Birds Eye View Designs!
  (tags: design designs webdesign inspiration resources themes theme portfolio)
• Web Design+ — Tips and advice on web standards development
  An In Depth how to for the standards of Web Design
  (tags: design tips standard accessibility standards webdevelopment tutorials webdesign resources reference howto development webdev programming advice layout webstandards markup online guidelines xhtml html tutorial)