AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 2/04/2009

Its the middle of the week! This is where the week starts to drag, but not today! Today we have a HUGENORMOUS Episode of Daily Nerdy Links to power you through the slump! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• HTML tips: Redirect to a new page
  Simple HTML Redirects are still useful from time to time
  (tags: design dreamweaver reference web howto webdesign html popup misc code webdev)
• The Secret Messages of Logos – Penflare Designs
  great read! The Secrets behind logos!
  (tags: design information inspiration identity article logo branding portfolio logos)
• Testing Software for Web Professionals – Litmus
  Awesome place to test your page for cross browser variations!
  (tags: web2.0 website testing crossbrowser screenshot newsletter browser business webdesign inspiration marketing compatibility screenshots accessibility software development)
• Useful tips to design horizontal website layout
  Great look into how those horizontal websites are built and laid out!
  (tags: design webdesign web reference tutorials webdevelopment menu layouts trend website inspiration javascript ajax tutorial)
• UIEtips: Web Anatomy – Introducing Interaction Design Frameworks » UIE Brain Sparks
  Good read pertaining to Web Usability and Interaction Design Frameworks!
  (tags: framework ux)
• Gallery: The shirts that Microsoft workers no longer want to wear – TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
  Collection of Old Microsoft T-Shirts
  (tags: gallery software advertising windows microsoft clothing tshirt)
• Me and my peers are snooty | Additive Designs
  So much about Snooty designers today! LoL
• A List Apart: Articles: The Details That Matter
  Its the little things that count – Designers
  (tags: design communication process webdesign web tips unread article alistapart creativity bestpractice jobs)
• Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Recession Proof Your Startup «
  Recession Proof your Startup! Good TIps!
  (tags: blog web recession css work internet startup service startups followup)
• Denis Designs » The Brush Experiment
  Learn some basic Photoshop brush techniques with this tutorial. Very nice!
• The History of Python: Early Language Design and Development
  History of Python!
  (tags: programming python)
• AppleInsider | Amazon rumored to introduce Kindle 2.0 next Monday
  Kindle 2.0 To Be Announced? (RUMOR)
• Dell Starts Offering Exclusive Discounts Through Twitter
  Dell offering Discounts Through Twitter!
  (tags: web2.0 monetization twitter marketing casestudy socialmedia deals techcrunch technology)
• 7 Productivity Tips, Plus Tools for Freelancers and Web Workers
  Get Productive with these tips!
  (tags: web management product freelance productivity writing gtd organization freelancers brainstorming)
• Twitter losing its cool
  The Celebs are on Twitter now, does that make it less cool?
  (tags: 2.0)
• 8 Useful Tips To Become Successul With Twitter | How-To | Smashing Magazine
  Be A Success at Twitter!
  (tags: social web webdesign socialnetworking how-to social-media documentation networking tips web2.0 tutorial)
• Lovely Package Design Projects | Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorials
  Some Simply Stunning Package Designs!
  (tags: design WoW abduzeedo print inspiration product packaging package)
• How To Merge Multiple PDF Documents Together? | Kid Tech Guru
  Good Tip on Merging Multiple PDF Documents Together!
• Royal Pingdom » Dawn of the Twitter Effect
  The Era of Twitter!
  (tags: web twitter socialnetworking web2.0 internet mashable marketing effect blogs traffic stats social socialmedia popular viral)
• Design a Vintage Nintendo-style Controller and Cartridge – VECTORTUTS
  Awesome Vector Tutorial! Old School Nintendo!
  (tags: design tutorial tutorials photoshop illustrator nintendo)
• SitePoint » Will IE8 Be Enough to Save Internet Explorer?
  Good Question
• Web Analytics 2.0 | Clicky
  Cool web Analytics with Clicky!
  (tags: web internet rss webanalytics mapping software blog webdev web2.0 tracking traffic free blogging metrics stats online website tool ajax analysis api analytics marketing)
• Up and Down slider using JQuery
  Great jQuery Slider Effect!!
  (tags: webdesign css javascript webdevelopment slider jquery)
• Joren Rapini.com Weblog » Are CSS Frameworks Really Worth Using?
  To CSS Framework, or not to CSS Framework.
  (tags: design web css framework frameworks)
• Turn Your Handwriting Into Fonts: YourFonts
  Great Font Technique!
  (tags: fonts font)
• 10 exceedingly useful Flash tutorials | News | TechRadar UK
  Sweet Flash Tutorials!!
  (tags: design resource how-to actionscript tutorials webdesign reference howto resources development photoshop programming webdev tutorial guide character useful mp3 tech flash lists 10)
• Skout™ • resources + for designers + by designers
  Resources for Designers by Designers – GOOD STUFF
  (tags: design webdev free fonts resource icons css webdesign inspiration recursos typography tutorials reference graphics stock aggregator photography diseño)
• 45 Sites, Free Icons And PSD Resources For Web-Design – WittySparks
  More AWESOME PSD Resources and Icons for FREE!
• A List Apart: Articles: Advanced Debugging with JavaScript
  Great Read for Javascript debugging! – Advanced
  (tags: web advanced programming development javascript debug firebug debugging code tutorial tips bestpractices hints)
• Jobs for Designers and Developers
  Great Places to find Creative Jobs!
  (tags: design business career for developers freelancing links resources online job search work webdev freelance)
• Only 10% Of Enterprise Users Bought Vista (MSFT)
  Vista = FAIL, if you didn't know already.
• Landscapes | Good-Walls.com
  Cool wallpapers!!
  (tags: design adobe wallpaper)
• Computer Programming Algorithms Directory
  Great Programming Resource! Algorithms!!!
  (tags: design howto coding computing education programming development blog code computers math cheatsheet software tools tutorial)
• Logic+Emotion: Influence Ripples + Social Media Fragmentation
  Everything is all diagrammed! Influence ripples and Social Media Fragmentation!
  (tags: design socialmedia networking socialnetworks strategy social-media trends socialnetworking twitter article internet work visualization influence communication advertising marketing)
• From the desk of Artistic Amanda… » Blog Archive » Holy Typography, Batman.
  Cool stuff for typography nuts!
  (tags: design typography fonts webdesign)
• Make Business Cards – Free PDF Cards
  This is a cool Free Service!
  (tags: design businesscards business-cards printing card business cool cards tarjetas businesscard business-card diy christmas business_cards)
• Make a Torn Vector Desktop Wallpaper with Angled Text – VECTORTUTS
  Awesome Vector Tutorial!!
  (tags: text illustrator vector)
• Tech Sassy » Blog Archive » CSS vs. Tables — FIGHT!
  CSS vs. Tables? I say CSS. What Say You!?
• Web Analytics Demystified Twitter Influence Cloud
  According to this cloud im bigger than Obama! 🙂
  (tags: twitter marketing calculator network users followers popularity tweet user cloud influence power)
• 10 great sites about Search Engine Optimization | 46SchoolStreet.com
  Awesome SEO Sites!
• 24+ Sites Where You Can Vent Your Anger
  Angry? Vent. Here are some cool sites to do so!
  (tags: resources socialnetworking weird funny web2.0 tools list video blogs mashable social website facebook fun sites online 2read)
• Numbering your comments, pingbacks, trackbacks or all – TrackbacksPingbacks, WordPress, Normally, Trackback, Loop, Relating – WP Engineer
  Good trick for wordpress!
  (tags: tutorial comments wordpress)
• » 11 Amazing Website Designs that Rocked January :: Positive Space Blog
  AWESOME Website Designs from January!
  (tags: design web-design webdesign examples inspiration unread css design-inspiration html website showcase)
• Clean Links & Link Building – Search Engine Optimization Basics | Online Marketing Blog
  Clean links are happy links!
  (tags: marketing seo best linkbuilding linking)
• 25 Beautifully Minimalist Websites – Part 5 | Vandelay Design Blog
  Another Great Roundup of Minimalist Websites!!
  (tags: design example css web2.0 web webdesign html list layout inspiration development showcase blog webdev minimalistic web-design)
• How to Stand Out as a Blogger [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
  Awesome Video – Stand out!!
• The PHP Benchmark
  This may change the way you code! Awesome resource!
  (tags: webdesign web reference optimization optimisation script programming webdev tools tips advice 2008 dev testing speed comparison)
• How to edit WordPress themes using Dreamweaver
  A Look into Editing WordPress Themes with Dreamweaver!
  (tags: design tutorials php templates rss content useful howto webdesign customize blogging development webdev themes dreamweaver cms wordpress blogs blog)
• Free Texture Tuesday: Wrinkled Paper | BittBox
  Wrinkled paper texture!! FREE!
  (tags: webdesign paper resources handwritten photoshop cool textures backgrounds free)
• Free Social Icon Pack: Nurture | Tutorial9 – Tutorial Bliss.
  Awesome SOcial Icon Pack! Freaking cool
  (tags: resources free socialmedia icon icons)
• Influential Marketing Blog: 6 Non-Salesy Ways To Ask Your Customers To Promote You
  Get your clients to promote you in a non sleazy way!
  (tags: tools tips promotion crowdsourcing socialnetworking web2.0 ping.fm websites business facebook sales social-media marketing)
• Why create a jQuery plugin? – James Padolsey
  Good read if you can't figure out why people write so many jQuery Plugins
  (tags: development plugin plugins webdev tech create tips howto)
• Forbes calls designers snooty | David Airey » graphic designer, logo designer
  Designers? Snooty? WHA?
  (tags: design)
• Visiting YouLove.Us | John O'Nolan
  Good tips for running a web development company!
  (tags: webdesign)
• Valentine’s Love from Newegg: $99.99 3” 30GB MP3 Player, $449.99 HP 320GB Laptop
  Awesome Deals for Valentines day! Cheap laptop! Might get that for my wife 🙂
• The iPhone Springboard in XHTML, CSS and jQuery
  Freaking AWESOME iPhone Springboard! NICE!
  (tags: design xhtml webdesign iphone web development html jquery javascript)
• fecklessmind – Defensive coding and CSS: Preventing the most common bugs
  Be on the Defensive when you code (best method in my opinion)
  (tags: web design ping.fm ie tutorials webdesign development programming html webdev article coding tutorial)
• 9 FREE Screensavers That Actually Do Something Useful
  Cool Screensavers that do something Useful!(or really cool) I like the twitter one
  (tags: cool fun screensavers)
• Apple to Allow Background Tasks on iPhone? – Mac Rumors
  Rumor: Background Tasks on iPhone! Nice!!
• Design Resource | 30+ Free Quality PSD Files to Download
  Extremely High Quality and Useful PSD Files!!
  (tags: design tutorial download background icons downloads templates graphics webdesign inspiration photoshop interface psd freebies ps resource webdev graphic art)
• 200 Mind-Blowing Wallpapers | Delliblog
  Huge collection of great wallpapers! Inspirational!
  (tags: inspiration background wallpaper desktop)
• 24 Unique Notepad and Journal Designs | Graphic Fetish
  Awesome Notepads and Journal Designs!!
  (tags: twitchboard)
• 10 Tax Deductions Freelancers Can Make – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog
  Awesome list of Tax Deductions Freelancers can make, Didn't know about a lot of these!
  (tags: webdesign entrepreneurship finance life action freelancing business freelance jobs articles money advice entrepreneur 2009 10 accounts deductions financial tax deduction taxes)
• jQuery Tip: Quick and Easy Font Resizing | Dev Tips | Become a Better Developer, One Tip at a Time.
  Awesome jQuery Tip! Quick and easy way to resize fonts!
  (tags: plugins webdesign font fonts webdev tips accessibility css tutorials jquery resize typography font-size plugin)
• Google Execs Face Jail Time for Offensive Video
  Dang! The video was posted in 2006 and they are still going!
  (tags: web internet video twitchboard legal law)
• Twitter Avatars I Love · Komodo Media
  Awesome Roundup of Avatars!
  (tags: design inspiration twitter avatars props social)
• Bohemian Coding
  AWESOME Font Management App for the Mac OS X
  (tags: typography management macosx utility application apps inspiration tools mac apple software applications typo bestof osx)
• 40 Useful Photoshop Web Layout Tutorials
  Freaking Awesome Photoshop Tutorials for Web Layouts – USEFUL!
  (tags: design web inspiration resources tools tutorial resource photoshop templates photoshop-tutorials layout wordpress layouts psd psdtuts photoshop_tutorial tutorials reference webdesign)
• 10+ Web Resources to Make Web Designer’s Life Easy | Desizn Tech
  Great Resources to make our lives easier as Web Designers!
  (tags: design reference sites patterns photoshop web webdesign resources resource material unread great development freelance web-design webdev tools useful icon)
• 200+ Beautiful Seamless Patterns Perfect for Web Design | Web Design Ledger
  AWESOME Patterns! Seamless and useful!
  (tags: photoshop design downloads pattern layouts free webdesign resource fireworks background textures backgrounds graphic resources webdev development webdevelopment)