AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 2/18/2009

Wow Its Wednesday already! Better get everything done before Friday comes! You have a new roundup of Daily Nerdy links to Enjoy! ANOTHER HUGE POST!!!! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• 50% of Charges Against Pirate Bay Dropped | TorrentFreak
  Pirate Bay Standing their Ground!
  (tags: infringement internet history legal copyright irc law thepiratebay bittorrent p2p piracy pirate piratebay)
• YouTube – shadow typography
  Awesome video with Shadow Typography, Inspirational!
• 40 Beautiful Twitter Theme Backgrounds
  Great collection of some amazing Twitter Theme Backgrounds!
  (tags: webdesign twitter backgrounds inspiration)
• Create an Angry-Clean Bar of Vector Soap – VECTORTUTS
  Awesome Soap Bar Tutorial! – Vector Goodness!
  (tags: design tutorial webdesign illustrator vector)
• Get Facebook in Your Inbox With NutshellMail
  Facebook updates to your EMAIL!
  (tags: web ping.fm facebook email howto utility social apps news networking)
• Caching Dynamic PHP pages easily | Ashley Ford – PaperMashup.com
  Quick and easy tutorial for caching Dynamic PHP Pages!
  (tags: webdev work cache easy caching pages)
• Re-Tweet – Only the tweets that matter
  Cool new Twitter App – Retweets NOW! See whats being RT'ed right now!
• 500+ Free Seamless Patterns for Web and Print Designs | Best Design Options
  Awesome Patterns that are SEAMLESS! FREE!
  (tags: resources free textures patterns pattern backgrounds)
• 22 Website Designs Inspired by Apple.com | Webdesigner Depot
  AWESOME Apple Inspired Web Design!!
  (tags: design mac apple webdesign magazine inspiration webdev list graphics)
• 20+ Great Twitter Tools for Firefox
  Awesome Twitter Tools for FF!
  (tags: socialmedia social web media twitter-tools extensions lists tools microblogging browser internet firefox extension)
• Greg Rutter's Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You're a Loser or Old or Something
  If you feel like laughing, this is THE Collection of pretty much the funniest stuff ever on the internet! HILARIOUS
  (tags: culture humor blog web net video popculture videos reference list internet social youtube online funny media meme weird viral)
• What’s Your Favourite Colour? | fudgegraphics | for lovers
  Awesome post featuring designers and them talking about their fav colors!
  (tags: webdesign inspiration blog reference designer article)
• 32 Indispensable Bookmarklets for Web Developers and Designers : Speckyboy Design Magazine
  Some MUST HAVE Bookmarklets for people like me and you!!
  (tags: tutorials css resource browser bookmarklets recursos accessibility tool programming development webdev javascript bookmarklet bookmarks)
• 25 Awesome tutorials for web designers
  Great tutorials for people like me and you!!
  (tags: webdesign web webdev webdevelopment ajax article reference development tutorials code tricks lists links html web-design)
• A list of 10 social media habits that I am stopping immediately
  Stop doing these social media habits NOW!
  (tags: blog advice habits googlereader facebook todo tips web2.0 howto twitter blogging socialmedia del.icio.us friendfeed linkedin social-media article)
• If Your Blog Died Today…. What Would It Be Remembered For?
  Great read – BE MEMORABLE 🙂
• HOW TO: Make Firefox Your Productivity Machine
  Be more productive on FF!
  (tags: tips tools design mashable browser addons no_tag shortcuts firefox article internet plugins)
• Meet the New Tuts+ – VECTORTUTS
  Awesome sites getting re-branded!
• Clickjacking Twitter – James Padolsey
  great and in depth read about clickjacking on twitter
  (tags: javascript hacking clickjacking internet twitter button security programming)
• Free Icon Pack: Bevel Dark Social Icons – Tutorial9
  AWESOME Icon Set! They really pop!
  (tags: socialmedia socialnetwork download graphics social icon icons iconset)
• 10 ways to Battle Site Bureaucracy : Boagworld web design podcast
  GREAT READ! avoid the site bureaucracy of large corporate sites!
  (tags: advice webdesign web work organization corporate management web2.0 global clients lists)
• 26 Horizontal Websites | Inspiredology
  AWESOME List of Horizontal Websites! Inspirational!
  (tags: horizontal inspiration web design layout navigation webdesign sites webdev blog showcase)
• Why I Design Fixed-Width Websites | zMogo Tech Stuff
  Good read about Fixed-Width Websites
• Smarter Breadcrumbs: jBreadCrumb
  Awesome Plugin for Breadcrumb Navigations! – jQuery!
  (tags: development menu webdesign navigation webdev javascript jquery)
• Ajaxian » jQuery Ajax Experience Framework Videos
  AWESOME jQuery Ajax Screencast videos!
  (tags: internet screencast web2.0 presentation framework tutorials programming javascript videos screencasts 2read learning)
• the-golden-grid –
  Check out the Golden Grid!
  (tags: webdesign web graphics google diseño webdevelopment tutorial tools development code framework grid frameworks layout)
• Duplicate the jQuery Homepage Tooltips Using MooTools
  Use Moo Tools to replicate jQuery home page!
  (tags: webdesign mootools webdev css tutorials jquery javascript)
• Display Custom Field Values Within Post Body | Rob Barrett Design
  Display custom field values within post body of WORDPRESS BLOGS! 🙂
• COLORBURNED – Professional Design Resources – 85 Illustrator Paint Brushes
  Cool vector Paint Brushes!
  (tags: resources design watercolor graphics illustrator)
• How to get ReTweeted – The Formula
  Get RT'ed MORE
  (tags: howto twitter blogs social_media rt retweeting retweet)
• Twitter Professors: 18 People to Follow for a Real Time Education
  Follow these people and you will gain an education!
  (tags: web2.0 social_networking learning bookmarks socialnetworking marketing social lists networking 2read academic education elearning school professors twitter commentary professor)
• bitmap to vector | Adobe Illustrator CS4: features
  Check out the new features of Illustrator in CS4!
  (tags: illustrator adobe cs4)
• PSHERO.com | A Scrap Of Notebook Paper
  Very nice tutorial for creating scrap notebook paper!
  (tags: resources draw guide texture tutoriales)
• The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites – Slideshow from PC Magazine
  Awesome sites you probably have never seen!
• Who Tweets? A Twitter Census – PC World
  So who really tweets? Good stats
  (tags: social microblogging twitter socialmedia temp opinion socialnetworking work geek)
• 50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Writers and Writing Majors
  Open Source Resources for Writers!
  (tags: blogging apps applications freelance software tools resources download research writing directory editor organization opencourseware)
• Layer Opacity vs. Layer Fill in Photoshop | The Graphic Mac: OSX and design-related tips, reviews and discussion
  Great read for people who can't decide to use Layer opacity vs. Layer Fill in PS
• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg responds to privacy concerns | Technology | Los Angeles Times
  Facebooks say on the TOS
  (tags: web2.0 facebook privacy yahoo social-networking mobile internet technology microsoft games google video personal)
• PSD Glossy Buttons
  Sexy PSD Glossy Buttons!
  (tags: design resources example photoshop)
• What Happens When Mashable Tweets Your Site? | Brian Cray's Blog
  Prepare for Mashables Tweets!
  (tags: web twitter marketing mashable site tweet viral)
• BubbleTimer – Achieve your goals because of better time management
  Really simple time management tool
  (tags: tools web management projectmanagement goals efficiency lifehacks software tracking productivity webapps webservice webapp)
• MyCleenr
  Awesome tool that cleans your Twitter Contact List!
  (tags: web2.0 via:mento.info tools followers web useful clean tweet webservice mashup list twitter internet service tool social webapp twittertools online follow apps)
• The Lego Computer
  Awesome Lego Computer Case!!
  (tags: design awesome mods computers ping.fm cool technology diy hardware ideas funny humor computer legos pc picture casemods)
• 10 Tax Benefits For The Self-Employed – Yahoo! Finance
  Great read if you are self-employed!
  (tags: tips freelance tax taxes selfemployed)
• 50 Free High-Quality Icon Sets | Graphics | Smashing Magazine
  MORE AWESOME Icon Sets! FREE!
  (tags: collection icon download webdev resources)
• 49 Beautiful Webdesigns: Made in Belgium! | TND media
  Awesome Web Designs from Belgium! Inspirational!
  (tags: beautiful webdesign design examples webdesigners inspiration gallery portfolio websites)
• 18 Tools I use as a Designer & Blogger | Fuel Your Creativity
  SIMPLY PRICELESS List of tools that will help you as a Designer/Blogger
  (tags: webdesign web design freelance creativity ftp recursos graphicdesign blogs gallery resources software blog tools tips socialmedia tool webdev applications projectmanagement toolbox designer productivity designers utilities links disseny)
• Incredibly Colorful Havaianas Ads | Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorials
  Very Colorful and Inspirational Ads!
  (tags: design webdesign inspiración advertisement)
• 69 really useful OS X timesavers | News | TechRadar UK
  AWESOME TIME SAVERS for OS X Users!
  (tags: tutorial computers leopard macos osx tech tools tutorials useful bookmarks tip computer reference mac apple hacks howto software tool tricks shortcuts os time macosx list tips productivity x timesaver)
• How to Create Your First Joomla Template – NETTUTS
  Need a Joomla Template? This will help in Creating your First Joomla Template!
  (tags: webdesign web tutorials template webdevelopment development tutorial theme webdev nettuts themes templates resources work later joomla unread diy)
• Freelancing Pro Interview: Jason Caminiti, Filmmaker – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog
  Great interview with a freelancing Pro/Filmaker!
• The LinkedIn Blog » Blog Archive Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn | Guy Kawasaki «
  Great ways to use Linked In!
  (tags: howto web2.0 tips blog socialnetworking jobs job work daily seo blogging social blogs advice guykawasaki kawasaki career)
• ProgrammableWeb – Mashups, APIs, and the Web as Platform
  Ultimate reference for Web Geeks that do mashups, API's and Other things like that 🙂
  (tags: web2.0 web code directory technology programming resources javascript community 2.0 mashup blogs webdev internet development)
• OpenAd > The world's biggest creative department
  Worth Checking out for Advertisement help
  (tags: creative community agency innovation internet planning crowdsourcing collaboration advertising social marketing web2.0 design inspiration)
• Minervity » Twitters Suspended – The Full Story
  Crazy read about some friends of mine that were suspended from twitter wrongfully, and the story of how they were rescued!
  (tags: ping.fm article twitter)
• SitePoint » Caution! Six Warning Signs of a Bad Client
  Great read for spotting Warning signs of a bad client!
  (tags: enterprise info business blog webdesign design freelancing project_management clients client engineering bad freelance relationships web-design sitepoint)
• Make 3D Yet Flat Looking Shopping Basket Icons – VECTORTUTS
  AWESOME Tutorial for creating a vector Shopping basket!
  (tags: tutorial illustrator tutorials tuts tuto)
• RIA Revolution » Find the JavaScript framework with WTFramework
  Awesome tool that lets you find out what javascript framwork someone is using!
  (tags: webdesign webdev javascript framework)
• Build and Monetize Multiple Sites in Minutes With DevHub
  Interesting new site that lets you build sites 'in minutes' LoL
  (tags: domain technology design web webdesign entrepreneurship monetization building money free blogging webdevelopment build and in domains sites multiple competition web2.0)
• Amazing Coder » Blog Archive » Interview with Grace Smith
  Good interview with a great coder!