AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 2/11/2009

Its Wednesday AGAIN? Already? That was fast. Been a great week! I’ve been sharpening up my mac skills and hopefully going to crank out some great tutorials for everyone soon :). Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• Website Backgrounds: 70+ Impressive Trends, How To’s & Best Practices
  Keep up with the trends with these awesome How To’s!
• Ultra small code to drag everything in HTML pages
  Really Great code to drag everything into HTML Pages!!
• House Delays Digital TV Transition | Epicenter from Wired.com
  No digital TV Transition till June?
• Twitter Fast Growing Beyond its Messaging Roots | Epicenter from Wired.com
  Twitter growing fast!
  (tags: socialnetworking blog productivity api interesting applications wired communications)
• Apple: New iPhone 4G Concept Is Son of MacBook Air and iPod Touch
  AMAZING iPhone Concept. PLZ MAKE!
  (tags: design art phone neta)
• 40 Super Sleek Fonts for Clean Web Design | Web Design Ledger
  Freaking awesome SLEEK fonts! for clean web design!
  (tags: free design resource fonts awesome tipografia development resources graphicdesign)
• Search jQuery API Docs from Spotlight
  Nice look at how to find quick jQUery help!
  (tags: documentation development dictionary javascript apple)
• 11 Useful Tips On Setting Goals And Achieving Them – Dumb Little Man
  More goal achieving tips!
  (tags: development personal organization business success productivity selfimprovement twitchboard gtd)
• Easy graphic design project tracking with free spreadsheet download | Become an Art Director
  Want to be an art director?
  (tags: business productivity advice help tracking)
• When You Love WordPress Very Much, You Tattoo It On Your Arm
  WordPress love. mad props.
  (tags: geek web)
• Free Twitter Badges For Your Website or Blog | U Stand Out: Social Media
  Free multi-color twitter badges!
  (tags: technology design button social graphic website)
• Top Twelve Twitter Tools | U Stand Out: Social Media
  Best Twitter Tools! Nice!
  (tags: tools list great)
• Simple scalable CSS based breadcrumbs | Veerle's blog
  Quick and easy Breadcrumb tutorial using CSS!
  (tags: design tutorials html article lists webdev tutorial webdevelopment)
• Web Design Inspiration: 40+ Impressive Single Page Websites
  Really Impressive single pager web sites!
  (tags: design showcase web-design webdesign web_design list gallery)
• 10 easy guides to making music on your PC | News | TechRadar UK
  Want your PC to be a DJ?
  (tags: studio computer tutorial tips guide howto)
• Large Hadron Collider restart delayed till September – Engadget
  Oh god, is that when we all die? 🙂
• Tip: Insights For The Interns Among Us from Behance Magazine
  Good tips for Interns. you need them!
  (tags: design tips networking advice)
• 11 Quick Tips For More Usable Content | UX Booth
  11 steps toward more Usable Content
  (tags: userexperience content tips usability twitchboard writing)
• Web Design Inspiration – 25 Websites With Beautiful Background
  Amazing sites with stunning background usage!
  (tags: web photoshop website background web_design image article wordpress visualization)
• The Incredible Value of an Exact Match Domain Name
  Why exact match domain? Heres why.
  (tags: marketing seo websites)
• 1024 Screen Resolution Debate 2009 – What is the New Standard? How Much Longer Will We Design for 1024?
  great read about standards of the internet and the future!
  (tags: design webdesign template web_design display)
• Exactly How to Use CSS Sprites – NETTUTS
  VERY Useful Tutorial on using CSS Sprites!
  (tags: tutorials navigation screencast article development designer nettuts 2009 favorite css tutorial webdev)
• Carsonified » Blog Archive » FOWA Goes on Tour in 09
  Get in line to be a FOWA Groupie
• Great Examples of Colorful Gradients and 3D Effects in Logos | Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorials
  Great Gradient and 3D Effect Logo Collection!
  (tags: design logo inspiración adobe colours 3d brand effect illustration)
• Sakke Soini – talented designer
  Inspirational Designer Interview!
• 25 Code Snippets for Web Designers (Part2) | Tutorial Blog
  You cannot do without these awesome Snippets!
  (tags: webdesign design reference howto javascript web2.0 tutorials resource examples snippets html)
• The Most Successful College Dropouts In History
  Interesting read – Most Successful college dropouts! in HISTORY!
  (tags: success)
• AgencyNet 2009 Reel
  Great Web Agency Reel – Inspirational work
  (tags: design agency webdesign)
• Marvel comics coming to iTunes – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
  Comic book and iTunes nerds rejoice.
  (tags: blog ping.fm online comics itunes)
• Global Neighbourhoods: Twitterville Notebook: The first live-tweeted surgery
  Wow, surgery, Live, on twitter.
  (tags: web2.0 bestpractices twitter article health live news)
• How to use TweetDeck – Blogging Art and Practice
  Dont know how to use TweetDeck but hear everyone say its great? Heres a good how to!
  (tags: article microblogging application interesting blogging twitter tutorials socialnetworking)
• 14 Applications for Project Management and Collaboration | Webdesigner Depot
  Great tools for Project Management and Collaboration!
  (tags: design productivity projectmanagement applications software online webapp calendar project application freelance)
• The Best Techniques For Building Your Tribe On Twitter The Right Way | Field Notes From Wired America – Steffan Antonas
  Gather the right following on twitter
  (tags: wordpress-plugins blog wordpress socialmedia tech wordpress-themes)
• How to Disagree With Style | Search Engine People | Toronto
  Great read about online arguments
  (tags: blogging etiquette discussion internet politics office)
• In the Woods – jQuery Slideshows With the Cycle Plugin
  jQuery Slideshows Tutorial using Cycle Plugin!
  (tags: plugin plugins webdesign resources tutorial image effect javascript gallery slideshow ajax)
• 10 Most Useful Firefox Plugins For Web Developers | AjaxLine
  Very Useful FF Plugins!!
  (tags: programming extensions webdeveloper extension php tools list dreamweaver addon plugins webdev)
• Elizabeth Gilbert on genius | Video on TED.com
  New way to think about creative genius
  (tags: mac inspiration presentation writing genius process advice interesting)
• Graphic Design Blog, Tips and Jobs | You The Designer
  AMAZING BUSINESS CARDS!
  (tags: inspiration design businesscards cards inspiracion color logos graphicdesign gallery graphic business branding diseño)
• Google Taking a Step Into Power Metering – NYTimes.com
  What? Global takeover next?
• Miro 2.0 is All About HD Video
  All about the HD Baby!
  (tags: video)
• 23 amazing tutorials for Adobe Fireworks – FrancescoMugnai.com
  Great tutorials for Fireworks!
  (tags: graphicdesign webdesign design vector tutorial adobe fireworks tutorials howto graphics gallery)
• bluebit.co.uk – Web Design, E-commerce and Content Management Systems – Southampton, Hampshire, UK
  Cool technique for jQuery Expandable navigation using nested UL's
  (tags: webdesign javascript lists jquery ui navigation nav)
• The League of Moveable Type
  Awesome Open Source Type!!
  (tags: source browser web resource community typeface open open-source downloads download)
• 35 Stunning Hi-Res “Public Domain” Astronomy Images | BittBox
  Awesome and Stunning Astronomy Images!
  (tags: design fotografia astronomy imagenes entertainment textures webdesign resources images desktop pictures earth science photography hi-res)
• Aviary – Creation on the fly / blog / Aviary releases Raven: First online vector editor
  First online vector editor! Sweet!
  (tags: design editor creation online logo vector illustration)
• 100 Crazy Skateboard Designs | Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorials
  Amazing skateboard designs! Inspirational!
  (tags: cartoon inspiration wood design showcase roundup print illustration)
• Goalforit’s Genius Way to Set and Achieve Goals
  Great way to set goals!
  (tags: howto project_management free productivity goals)
• CSS Orgy » Blog Archive » 10 great tools for working with HTML & CSS
  Great Resource for CSS & HTML Monkeys that need good tools to use 😉
  (tags: webdesign css tool webtools)
• 5 Reasons the Apple IPhone Beats the Amazon Kindle – PC World
  I think iPhone and iPod touch beat kindle, kindle is just a pdf reader!
  (tags: iphone e-books)
• Let them sing it for you
  Interesting Flash site that sings what you type. haha
  (tags: web flash interactive tools cool humor audio email song speech generator tool funny humour games)
• Online portfolios that speak for themselves | Inspiredology
  Great Collection of Online Portfolios!!
• 480+ free and fresh icon sets help you to create your beautiful skins and themes in Flex – Ntt.cc
  Awesome Collection of Icons!
  (tags: web2.0 design images iconos freeware download css web webdesign list graphics flash flex clipart icons free resources resource image adobe development webdev blog lists themes icon gallery)
• oxid.it – Cain & Abel
  Great tool I use to get passwords out of Dreamweavers STE Files when I forget what the original was, it happens. 🙂
  (tags: tools hacks microsoft hacking freeware free software tool utilities hack sysadmin download security passwords seguridad network tech computer networking windows voip wifi encryption cryptography cracking sniffer crack recovery password)
• Top 30 mistakes made by new Mac users
  Awesome read, helps avoid these mistakes when you get a mac!
  (tags: tips howto osx macosx apple mac windows switch)
• 10 tips for new Mac users, switching from Windows… § Soroush Javidi
  Great tips for people like me that are new to using mac full time 😉
  (tags: tips hacks howto apple mac windows shortcuts keyboard)