AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 2/21/2009

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Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• Diving into Django – NETTUTS
  dive into django! Good lesson
  (tags: django video tutorial)
• 6 Things To Know About Video For The Web – Part 2 |
  Great read about video and the web!
  (tags: video web design)
• cameronolivier shared http://www.james-blogs.com/2009/02/03/rounded-corners-in-css3/
  CSS3 and Round Corners!
• I Want to Be a Freelance Web Designer – ForTheLose.org
  Want to be a freelancer? Check this out
  (tags: freelancing design list wordpress webdesigner freelance)
• Ajax Fancy Captcha – jQuery plugin – WebDesignBeach.com
  SIMPLY STUNNING jQuery CAPTCHA! NICE! I want to use this now!
  (tags: webdesign webdev developer plugins plugin design interface javascript)
• Do you want to improve your design skills? | Design daily news
  Improve your design skills! – Good tips!
  (tags: design webdesign resources tools)
• SitePoint » Recession Survival: 9 Ways To Make More Money As A Web Designer
  Are you a designer that needs more money? Check this out!
  (tags: webdesign design designer freelancing economy strategy)
• Top 16+ Open Source E-Commerce Applications
  Awesome e-commerce solutions! OPTIONS!
• SitePoint » 5 Easy Ways To Deal With An Unhappy Client
  Got unhappy clients? Deal with them the right way!
  (tags: customerservice 2009 reference freelancing business lifehacks)
• ReTweet Etiquette | Dan Zarrella
  RT with style
  (tags: twitter twitchboard retweet etiquette)
• WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart Plugin | Tips and Tricks
  Nice WP Plugin for Paypal Shopping cart!
  (tags: wordpress blogging ecommerce e-commerce paypal plugins wordpress-plugin)
• DryIcons.com | Free Icons | Coquette Part 4 Icon Set
  MORE FREE ICONS!!
• Top 50 Ajax Tools, Scripts & Solutions that will rock your world. | TheGermz.com
  amazing ajax tools/scripts/solutions – Great resource!!
  (tags: help solutions web2.0 ping.fm ajax awesome)
• noobr. – 30 Free Creditcard Icons and Vectors
  credit card icons!! good to have
  (tags: cards resources vectors iconos ecommerce business webdev)
• Why Do You Twitter? | Phire Design
  GREAT POST – Good info from some twitter experts/designers
  (tags: marketing twitter)
• Free Twitter Designer
  Free Twitter Design! Nuff Said!
  (tags: webdesign background backgrounds designer)
• 50 Mind-blowing Retro-style Photoshop Illustrations – PSDTUTS
  REALLY NICE Retro Photoshop Illustrations!
  (tags: tutorial inspiration gallery image illustrator photography graphics photoshop)
• Delicious Toolbox: 80+ Updated Tools and Resources
  AWESOME Delicious Resources!!
  (tags: software widgets bookmarking firefox bookmarks lists socialmedia)
• Survive an All Nighter – ArtBistro.com
  Good info to know, I pull a lot of them 🙂
• Small Farm Design » Blog Archive » Using Usability Design To Improve Your Overall Business
  Good usability = good business
  (tags: design business usability improve)
• How to: Suggest your visitors to leave comments in your rss feed
  Get comments from your feed readers!
  (tags: tutorial wordpress comment comments)
• 19 Sites with Creative Solutions | Kreative Garden
  Awesome sites with creative solutions! Sites with useful services 😉
  (tags: inspiration)
• QuirksBlog: To Hell With Bad Browsers — the sequel
  Die bad browsers die!
  (tags: web resource tech webstandards culture)
• Signalnoise.com | The art of James White » Contemporary Japanese Posters: Mitsuo Katsui
  Very Inspirational Posters!
  (tags: design poster japan)
• 20 Grungy, Dirty Wood Textures. | Lost and Taken – Free stock textures for your graphic design and photography projects
  Dirty and Grungy Textures! Good ones!
  (tags: design textures production)
• SitePoint » How to Use StumbleUpon – A Step by Step Guide
  Guide to using Stumble Upon! Nice!
  (tags: socialmedia stumbleupon bookmarks etiquette)
• Twitter: Follow me on Twitter badges | graphic and web design sydney – limeshot design
  Cool twitter badges!
  (tags: web tool icons tools web2.0 follow)
• Mashable on Tumblr – How #FollowFriday and Hashtags Work
  How does #followfriday work? Here you go. explination!
  (tags: web2.0 tools terms follower ping.fm howto twitter mashable)
• Creating a CSS layout from scratch : Subcide
  Great look at creating a css layout from scratch! very detailed
  (tags: design tutorial resource templates internet html code website development)
• A List of Photoshop Shortcuts Every Designer should Know | Denis Designs
  PS Shortcuts that EVERYONE should know!!
  (tags: design tools photoshop shortcuts adobe)
• Beautifully Webdesign Resource
  CSS/JS/AS Resources!!
  (tags: css javascript resource flash js frameworks)
• Exclusive Freebie: Custom Designious Vector Pack – Voted on by YOU! | BittBox
  Awesome Vector Pack Freebie!!
  (tags: webdesign design backgrounds freebies photoshop textures)
• 1000 Machines Find the Results for a Google Query
  Google has a TON of computer power!
  (tags: google performance server cache architecture)
• The Top 21 Twitter Applications (According to Compete)
  Top Twitter Apps!
  (tags: popular socialmedia social links community collaboration application socialnetworking)
• Multilevel Drop Down Navigation Menus: Examples and Tutorials | Noupe
  Awesome tutorials for multi-level drop down navigation menus!
  (tags: webdesign design tutorial jquery css inspiration resources)
• Fail Stickers – Publicly call out real life FAILS
  MUST GET FAIL STICKERS! AWESOME!
  (tags: art lol shop urban face humor sticker shopping stickers awesome geek)
• What is ‘King Cake’? A Story about Friends and Social Media | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development – Pligg Beta 9
  What is ‘King Cake’? A Story about Friends and Social Media | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development – A Story about Friends, king cake and Social Media
  (tags: ping.fm social media twitter friends sharing design)
• Dashalytics: Download
  AWESOME Dashboard widget for OS X – Instant Google Analytics!
  (tags: mac apple google analytics widget)
• MrStrider shared http://www.stephanwetzl.com/blog/2009/2/20/5-amazing-dashboard-widgets-part1.html
  AWESOME Dashboard Widgets for OS X
• JavaScript and the DOM Series: Lesson 1 – NETTUTS
  Awesome lesson about Javascript and the Dom!
  (tags: webdev nettuts tutorial unread dom tutorials javascript html webdevelopment jquery)
• Exposed: Facebook Sends More Traffic Than Twitter | Freelance Folder
  Facebook beats twitter in sending traffic?
  (tags: resources online online_marketing seo facebook blog reference twitter social-media article stats blogging traffic marketing social_media dev)
• W3C Validator for MAC OSX with Experimental WAI-ARIA Support – The Paciello Group Blog
  Awesome Validator for Mac OS X
  (tags: tools accessibility standards w3c validator)
• 40 Excellent Illustrations In Web Designs | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
  Awesome Illustrations on the Web!! Great collection
  (tags: design lists smashingmagazine showcase web-design gallery vector graphics illustration inspiration web webdesign)
• Don’t Rely on One Client: 5 Ways to Avoid Trouble – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog
  GREAT READ – I see this happen all too often – Don't let A Client keep you from better clients