Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 3/19/2009 – HUGE POST!

Its Thursday! So close to the end of the week yet again! Where does the time go? Well Today it will probably go into checking out all the awesome links below! ENJOY! Thanks everyone for all the love and support, I appreciate you all! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• Custom Double Solid Borders for Images | Css Globe
  Quick and easy way to style up your images with CSS borders
  (tags: design howto borders graphics web development tutorial coding)
• How to Port Your Blog from TypePad to WordPress (Part 1) | The Mobile Technology Journal of Smilin' Joe Fission
  good info for moving from a TypePad(or any blog platform) to wordpress
• Backtype Icon Set by ~yaelkmiller on deviantART
  Cool backtype Icon set – Done so you don't have to!
• FACEBOOK COULD KILL GOOGLE — Analyst (GOOG)
  Facebook gonna outgrow google??
  (tags: google statistics facebook)
• 400+ Creative Business Card Design Inspiration
  Awesome business cards! You can even win some of your own!
  (tags: design business inspiration showcase identity)
• New Evolution Designs Blog: 26 Free Photoshop Logos with Fonts
  Awesome FREE Logos with fonts
• Design a Print-Ready Beer Label in Adobe Illustrator – Vectortuts+
  Awesome print-ready beer label tutorial – illustrator
  (tags: tutorial illustrator adobe tuto)
• Most Interesting Bookstores of the World
  Amazing bookstores. inspirational
  (tags: photography library books world)
• Method to the Mayhem: Mayhem Studios Featured in Video: How To Turn Twitter Followers into Friends
  Calvin featured in Video – Turning followers into friends. Well deserved!
  (tags: twitter)
• CSS Vault Blog » Blog Archive » 6 Reasons Not To Use AJAX … And 6 Reasons Why You Should
  Great read – To use ajax, and not to use ajax
  (tags: webdesign webdev css ajax accessibility advantages)
• Illustrator Tutorial: Drawing a Piano Keyboard
  Awesome illustration! – piano
  (tags: tutorials illustrator)
• Reading CSV File in CodeIgniter | INSIC 2.0 Web Development & Design Blog
  Great tutorial for reading a csv file in codeigniter
  (tags: php codeigniter)
• 20 Stunning Digital Art Portraits | Static-Romance.Org
  Awesome Art Portraits!!
• Create a simple spaceship in Illustrator | Denis Designs
  Quick and easy spaceship illustration!
  (tags: tutorials tutorial illustrator)
• Research: First Steps for Designers [Design Practice]
  Great look into the design steps designers take
• Fix Disappearing List Backgrounds in Explorer. | Invisible Ink Web Design Blog
  Great read for IE compatibility
  (tags: internet list explorer backgrounds bugs)
• David Kaneda On jQTouch The jQuery Plugin For iPhone Development : OpenSource Release Feed
  Good read if you want to use jQuery for iPhone development!!
  (tags: interview jquery web webkit)
• Amazon Shutters Unpopular Alexa Site Thumbnail Service
  Amazong dislikes Alex's Thumbnail Service
  (tags: marketing advertising ping.fm thumbnails)
• How To Boost Your Social Media Productivity – A Guide For Busy People
  Busy? Boost your productivity with these social media tips!
  (tags: tips web2.0 social)
• Bio Characteristics of Twitter Power Users
  Characteristics of power users!!
  (tags: twitter)
• How To Stop Receiving Auto DMs (Direct Messages) On Twitter | Niche Titans
  Quick and easy way to stop AUTO DMS
  (tags: twitter web2.0 microblogging)
• MySQL :: Top Reasons to Use MySQL
  Great reasons to use MySQL – other than it rocks.
  (tags: work clients opensource database mysql facts oss)
• mental_floss Blog » Geek vs. Nerd vs. Dork: What’s the Difference?
  Theres a difference? LOL funny read
  (tags: fun humor developers lol geek nerd)
• ITT | Blog | Custom-Built Professional Web Development and Design | Ennui
  This is something everyone should know – Automating the Copyright Year on your site
• 25 Impressive and Inspirational Dark CSS Web Designs : Speckyboy Design Magazine
  More Inspirational Dark Website designs!!
• Why Nerds Are Losing Control of Twitter | CIO – Blogs and Discussion
  We are still in control!!!
• Web Designer – The Ultimate design mag for the Web Professional
  Great podcasts, great magazine! – I was mentioned in the 03/18/09 Podcast! Hooray!! Check it out!
• JavaScript for C# programmers: getting caught out with closures : Algorithms for the masses – julian m bucknall
  JS for C# programmers – good read
• Mmmmm Packaging Part 4 – Beer! | The Design O'Blog
  Awesome beer packaging
  (tags: packaging)
• 10 Types of Bad Clients and How To Avoid Them | Freelance Folder
  No one likes bad clients
  (tags: design tips marketing freelance business advice clients entrepreneurship)
• 10 Words to Use in Your Website Copywriting | Design And Marketing Blog
  AWESOME words to put in your copy 🙂
  (tags: tips freelance website seo copywriting copy)
• Image Spark
  Great new site for uploading images and tagging them for inspiration
  (tags: design inspiration web2.0 photo photography image images bookmarking)
• 12 Points to Include in Your Design Contract – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog
  Great read for setting up your design contracts
• CSS Conditional Comments Guide » DivitoDesign
  Great guide for CSS Conditional comments
  (tags: webdesign webdev tutorial css ie hacks comments conditional)
• How to widgetize a WordPress blog theme | WPThemes – WordPress Themes
  Quick tutorial on widgetizing a wordpress theme!
• 46% of the Digg Front Page is Controlled by 50 Websites | Soshable | Social Media Blog
  Is digg unfair?
  (tags: socialmedia media social stats trends digg)
• Linux Against Poverty – Open Source Opening Doors ™
  Awesome Open Source saving the world site
• 99 kick-ass websites for your inspiration | Sharebrain »
  Awesome websites for inspirational purposes!!
  (tags: webdesign design inspiration css websites list blog blogs)
• 99 Essential Twitter Tools And Applications | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
  Tons of must have twitter tools
  (tags: tools resources twitter list applications smashingmagazine apps utilities)
• 12 must-have features we want to see in iPhone 3.0 | News | TechRadar UK
  MUST HAVE Features in the iPhone 3.0
• A 7 Steps Guide to improve system’s performance by windows XP optimization
  Improve your XP Performance!
• 22 Must Know Designer From UK | IzzatAzizDotCom
  Great designers from the UK!
  (tags: webdesign design inspiration website designers)
• Wellstyled: » jQuery.debug – A Simple Debugger
  Nice and simple jQuery debugger!
• The Lie of The Four Hour Work Week. | Illuminated Mind
  4 hour work week a lie?
  (tags: read organization work productivity career personaldevelopment)
• 20 Great PHP Libraries You Need to Know | KomunitasWeb
  Very useful PHP libraries that you should know about
  (tags: webdev programming resources development list php)
• 25 Website Designs To Draw Inspiration From | Spyre Studios
  Great sites for inspiration in your web design!
  (tags: design layout portfolios web-design webdesign web ideas illustrator inspiration resources portfolio resource template gallery site)