Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 2/27/2009 – HUGE POST!

TGIF! BEST day of the week, so to reward you all for doing well this week, here is a HUGE POST of Inspiration, resources and content! Hope you enjoy! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• SEO 2.0 | Top 10 Most Awesomely Amazing Creative & Funny Reasons Why Blogging for Social Media Sucks
  Social media blogging sucks?
• Facebook: Facebook's Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
  Getting rich quick at facebook?
• Signage & wayfinding design, choose the right color
  Good explination of colors!
  (tags: webdesign design information color documentation colour)
• Pirate Bay Trial Day 9: BitTorrent Is Not Evil | TorrentFreak
  The trial rolls on!
  (tags: copyright thepiratebay piratebay no_tag)
• Web Programming Tutorials online – For Website Design and Development
  Adhere to these tips for good UI design
  (tags: webdev ui interface)
• How Low Should You Go? – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog
  Don't go too low!
  (tags: tips marketing freelance finance pricing)
• In the Woods – WordPress for Designers: Day 8
  Great wordpress tutorials for Designers – Part 8!
  (tags: webdesign design)
• Wallpaper of the Week #42 – Mayheam | Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorials
  Great wallpaper!
  (tags: graphics tutorials photoshop)
• Fecal Face – Ian Francis Interview
  GREAT Inspiration – Great Artist
  (tags: design art illustration interview)
• 36 Font Resources You Should Have in Your Bookmarks
  Great fonts to bookmark!!
  (tags: webdesign design typography fonts)
• Ajaxian » JSONView: JSON browser from within Firefox
  Nice FireFox JSON Viewer!
• socialmedian: jQuery File Upload Plugin
  Nice jQuery File Upload Plugin!
  (tags: jquery file plugin upload)
• 7 jQuery Plugins to Really Enhance Users Experience
  GREAT UI ENHANCEMENT PLUGINS for jQuery!
  (tags: webdesign programming javascript plugins jquery experience)
• Free resources for quickly developing AJAX applications
  Develop your AJAX Applications Quicker!
  (tags: webdesign webdev tools tutorials programming javascript framework)
• Mozilla demos impressive Firefox 3.1 features at SCALE – Ars Technica
  New FF Improvements
  (tags: browser firefox tech html5 mozilla)
• 5 Recent Rebrands That Caused The Most Upset
  Famously Bad Redesigns
  (tags: design logos brand)
• 5 Ways to Promote Yourself as a Freelancer | Tutorial Blog
  Freelancers – PROMOTE!
  (tags: marketing freelance jobs business promotion freelancer self)
• 50 Beautiful Snowboard Designs | Webdesigner Depot
  Freaking Sweet Snowboard Designs – Buy me one!!
  (tags: inspiration design shopping)
• 25+ Ultimate Maya Tutorials | Naldz Graphics
  VERY NICE Maya Tutorials!
  (tags: tutorial resources tutorials)
• 15 Inspiring Typography Based Blog Designs | Design Reviver
  Inspirational list of blogs with Typography driven designs!
  (tags: webdesign inspiration typography fonts)
• Twitter = YouTube
  Is twitter as good as youtube? popularity wise
  (tags: twitter youtube web2.0 google read)
• 15 cool projects from the labs of Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Yahoo | News | TechRadar UK
  Awesome projects from some awesome companies!
  (tags: google yahoo mozilla projects)
• Sites of the week #40 | Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorials
  Nice Sites of the week! Always some good stuff here
  (tags: css websites digital)
• WordPress & jQuery Contact Form without a Plugin | Trevor Davis
  Contact form with no plugin for wordpress!
  (tags: ajax template wordpress forms form contact)
• The 60 Best Photoshop Tutorials to Design Your Own Amazing Site | Photoshop Tutorials and PST news
  Sweet tutorials for building your own amazing site!
  (tags: webdesign design tutorial web tutorials photoshop templates website)
• SEOmoz | 5 Reasons You Should Link Out to Others From Your Website
  Great read about link love!
  (tags: internet blogging google seo search linkbuilding linking seomoz)
• Amazing Coder » Blog Archive » Interview with Jonno Riekwel
  Another great coder interview!
• Don’t Ignore Your WordPress Footer – NETTUTS
  GREAT Tutorial – Remember your FOOTER!
  (tags: webdesign tutorial wordpress footers)
• 17 Ways to Use Twitter for Business and Some Not | Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing
  Good tips for using twitter for Business and what not to do as well!
  (tags: twitter socialmedia advice socialnetworking business communication socialnetworks)
• Low cost usability testing – UserTesting.com
  You can PAY for In Depth Usability Testing! NICE!
  (tags: webdesign web accessibility usability usertesting)
• Illustrator Gradient Mesh Tool Tutorial — Pixel Bunneh
  Nice detailed Illustrator tutorial – Gradient Mesh Tool
  (tags: design tutorial illustrator twitterlink)
• 40 CSS Layouts to Help with the Basics | Web Hosting Blog | Lunarpages Lunartics
  Awesome CSS Layout reference!
  (tags: webdesign css templates layouts)
• Social entrepreneurs go mainstream | Ode Magazine
  Social media is the real deal
• 35 Free Hi-Res Fire, Flame and Firework Textures | Freebies | Web Design Blog | Design Shard
  Great flame and fire textures!
  (tags: free textures graphics texture photoshop fireworks fire)
• Toxel.com » 24 CSS Design Showcase Websites
  Good list of CSS Design Showcase Websites!
  (tags: webdesign inspiration design css showcase gallery websites templates)
• How To Get More Freelance Gigs Using Viral Marketing | Freelance Advice and Resources – Freelancer Magazine
  Great read for any freelancer – get more gigs!
  (tags: howto viral article marketing freelance advertising business help)
• CSS Code Readability Tips
  Very useful Code Readability Tips – READABILITY COUNTS IN CODE ya know wordpress? "Code is poetry" ? Keep it that way.
  (tags: webdesign webdev css development code tips organization readability)
• Unreality – 10 Nintendo Commercials from the 80s to Bring You Back |
  Nostalgic roundup of old nintendo commercials! QUICK! Bring back your childhood!
  (tags: videos youtube videogames)
• Coolest business card ever – Fresh's posterous
  Freaking awesome Lego Business Card
• 850+ Super Cool Tech Brushes for Photoshop | Naldz Graphics
  AWESOME Tech Brushes! HUGE Collection!!
  (tags: webdesign design free graphics photoshop brushes)
• Logica Web Developer Handbook — Tips and advice on web standards development
  Awesome read – Developer Handbook!
  (tags: webdesign webdev resources reference css html tips standards)
• How to be a Good Guest Blogger
  Be a good guest blogger – commit!
  (tags: work article tips blogging job guest)
• "Magazeen": Free Magazine-Look WordPress Theme | Freebies | Smashing Magazine
  Awesome FREE Magazine Theme for WP
  (tags: webdesign free magazine theme themes templates wordpress wordpress-themes)
• 6 Effective Ways to Use Twitter as a Lead Generation Tool | Joint Venture Marketing
  Twitter tips for lead generation
  (tags: twitter socialmedia tips marketing generation)
• Deep Font Challenge
  FREAKING SWEET TYPOGRAPHY FLASH GAME! – Shoot the fonts you recognize!
  (tags: design typography fonts fun game font challenge)
• SitePoint » 88 Outstanding Favicons and 6 Resources to Help You Create Your Own
  GREAT Favicon Resource! Must See!
  (tags: webdesign design web resources graphics tutorials favicon favicons)
• 57 Wallpapers You Must See | Presidia Creative
  MUST SEE WALLPAPERS! INSANEE!!!!
• Michael Jackson Auction Catalog 4
  Very Interesting indeed. worth a look lol
  (tags: games retro auto buy catalog classic)
• Nerdiest of the Net – February 09 | DesignNerd Blog
  Awesome roundup of the Nerdiest posts from Feb – Some good ones!
• twitter unfollow jason calacanis loic le meur | The Tech News Blog
  Is unfollowing everyone the 'cool' thing to do now? NO
• How To Turn Twitter Followers Into Friends
  My man Calvin featured in this great post!
• Computer Arts – Create dynamic distortion effects
  Great tutorial on Creating Dynamic Distorion Effects!
  (tags: design howto todo photoshop photo)
• Letterpress Invitations on a Budget | Style Me Pretty : The Ultimate Wedding Blog
  Awesome Letterpress Invitations – Budgeted!
  (tags: advice graphicdesign creative letterpress alternatives)
• Various typo / logotypes on the Behance Network
  Awesome Typography Designs/Logos
• 7 Fresh and Simple Ways to Test Cross-Browser Compatibility | Freelance Folder
  great ideas for cross browser testing
  (tags: webdesign browser development browsers great testing crossbrowser)
• FAB Creative Excellence Awards | David Airey » graphic designer, logo designer
  Awesome creative contest/awards – Inspirational!