AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 1/06/2009

The week is moving right along, What have you accomplished so far? Need Motivation? Look no further! Get your Daily Nerdy Link Fix!! I want to Thank all of my Friends and Supporters for making 2008 a success! Now go check out Todays Daily Nerdy links!

Freelance/Business/Marketing

• Seven Deadly Sins For People Trying to Make Money Online – ShoeMoney®
  Don't Commit These Sins when Trying to make money online!
  (tags: tips entrepreneurship mistakes motivation entrepreneur money self-improvement lifehack freelance online marketing internet business)
• Top 10 Tax Tips for Small and Growing Businesses
  Great tax tips! I hate dealing with taxes. Stuff like this makes it easier
• 25 Signs You’ve Got a Strong SM Consultant or Agency » The Buzz Bin
  Is your SM Consultant or Agency Strong? Use these tips to find out!
  (tags: tips media and consultant community list reference social social-media online agency socialmedia consulting socialnetworking people quality)
• Utilize your email signature for added exposure | Bootstrapping Guerrilla Marketing Blog
  Use your Email Signature to get Exposure!
• 22 Secrets to Discovering Your Dream and Living It | Dumb Little Man
  Good tips! Live the dream!
  (tags: learning Inspiration lifehacks lists work productivity advice employment life job goals visualization change blogs blog career self-improvement health motivation jobs list tips happiness improvement vision dreams personaldevelopment dream)

Contests!

• The Dirty Shirt's Kickoff To 2009 With A Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme 1TB External Hard Drive | The Dirty Shirt
  Win a 1TB External HD! NICE!!

Blogging

• 10 Reasons Commenting is Good For Bloggers @ chrisg.com
  Commenting is good for EVERYONE! Even you!
  (tags: blog geek advice commenting class blogging tips traffic article comment blogs comments marketing promotion 2008 bloggers media social)
• 10 Step Expert Guide to Blogging Your Personal Brand « Personal Branding Blog – Dan Schawbel
  Spread your brand like wildfire! Nice Tips!
  (tags: blogging marketing online branding guide career personal personalbranding)

Programming

• Login example with Zend_Auth ~ Robert Basic
  Login example with Zend Framework and Database Usage! Nice!

Web Developer/Designer Inspiration

• Weekly 30 inspirational websites #17 | CSS and Flash gallery
  Weekly Inspirational Sites! Some nice ones!
  (tags: design Inspiration CSS flash)
• 10 Inspiring sites to gain Photoshop inspiration | Inspiration | Web Design Blog | Design Shard
  Some Inspirational Sites, Motivate you in Photoshop!
• brandflakesforbreakfast: can't afford billboard space? not a problem.
  Arby's FTW. Arbys uses competitor billboards for free advertisement
• 2experts Design – Web Design and Graphic Design Blog
  Freaking Awesome eCommerce Web Designs!!
  (tags: online showcase designs shopping style ecommerce)

Laugh of the Day

• A client can have their project _____: « GraphJam: Music and Pop Culture in Charts and Graphs. Let us explain them.
  Perfect illustration of how a client can have their project! Hilarious! 🙂
  (tags: development chart humour charts blog graph blogs marketing cheap links projects images fast funny good daily)
• Mac Vs PC Ads : 2008 Compilation | Mr.Gadget
  Love these ads, here is a compilation!!

Designer Toys

• The Web Design Sketchbook | Paranaiv / Are Sundnes
  This is FREAKING amazing! Someone Quick! Buy me this Sketchpad!!
  (tags: design geek book Chrome interesting web webdesign notebook sketch mac Browser Inspiration cool Apple stationery firefox fun gui Art ideas wishlist photo gifts stationary sketchbook)
• 10 Amazing iPhone Ocarina Players
  This is just awesome haha

Applications

• 5 Apps You Run That Suck, and 5 Replacements That Don't – Download Squad
  Makes you realize how stuck you are using same apps that suck! Some of them suck, some don't though. Either way, alternatives rock!
  (tags: tools application Ipod alternative sysadmin programs entertainment tech apps tips reference productivity opensource utilities computer free software lists Applications downloads alternatives itunes windows freeware download lifehacker replacement technology 5 downloadsquad)

Tutorials

• How to Draw a Portrait in Photoshop – PSDTUTS
  Awesome! Portrait in Photoshop! Detailed illustration
• Denis Designs » Transform a day photo into a creepy night one
  Awesome Day to Night Photo Tutorial!

2009

• Web Design Predictions for 2009 | Smiley Cat Web Design
  Web Design Predictions for 09!
  (tags: webdesign business trends unread predictions 2009)

Bad Week for Twitter

• Fox News Apparently Falls For Twitter Phishing Scam | CenterNetworks
  LOL Fox News Falls for Twitter Phishing Scam!
• Twitter Security Collapses; Obama, Fox and Britney Accounts Hacked – ReadWriteWeb
  Twitter Security Failing, Accounts Hacked
  (tags: twitter Security)

Web Developer/Designer Resources and References

• 36 Must Have Backgrounds and Patterns Resources for all Designers : Speckyboy – Web Design, Web Development and Graphic Design Resources
  MUST HAVE Designer Resources!!
  (tags: textures download graphics design web webdesign inspiration Resources images webdev blog links graphic resource twitter photoshop free graphicdesign background wallpaper generator pattern backgrounds pixelart speckyboy patterns texture)
• Free resources collection available for designers to download | Resources
  Designer Resources! Tons! Free!
  (tags: design photoshop vector psd textures icons illustrator backgrounds fonts grunge icones drawing brushes illustration graphics free Resources download list images inspiration lists links resource webdesign collection patterns icon brush)
• Book review: Don’t Make me Think by Steve Krug | Design daily news
  Review of a book I want to read
• LOL Gadgets
  Funny Gadgets LOL provided by @robertbasic 🙂
• Sb2 Developers Blog | Most Interesting .NET StackOverFlow Questions
  Cool! A roundup of Most Interesting Questions from StackOverFlow!
  (tags: development asp.net .net samples stackoverflow c#)
• 5 reasons to get obsessed with conversion rate optimization | Conversion Rate Experts
  Get Optimized in 2009!
  (tags: marketing conversion optimization monetization)
• Stationery Icons, Soccer Icons and Atlantic WordPress Theme | Freebies | Smashing Magazine
  More FREE and Awesome Icons!
  (tags: webdesign inspiration free)
• jQuery Captify Demo
  Really nice Caption added to image with this Plugin!
  (tags: captions javascript jQuery plugin photo processing caption image captify)
• The Great British Sandwich
  Help build the worlds Tallest Sandwhich!!
• 14 Essential Greasemonkey Scripts for Google Search
  Essential Greasemonkey Scripts!!
  (tags: google search scripts greasemonkey)
• PngThing v1.1 (Previously PngOptimizer) | LevelTen Web Design | Dallas, TX
  Cool png Compresser!
  (tags: images optimization design webdesign apps macosx Applications tools webdev graphics software tool osx Apple fireworks freeware mac CSS compression png image pngthing)
• 10 start-ups to watch in '09
  Startups to watch in '09!
• Can Twitter Help your Professional Development?
  Twitter while you work
  (tags: development tips business social twitter learning)
• 3D Spiral Component Giveaways
  Awesome 3D Spiral Component Giveaway!
  (tags: webdesign ui flash 3d)
• How To Delete Twitter DMs in One Go | A Techy Mom's Social Media Strategies And Web 2.0 Finds
  Delete Twitter DM's in one fell swoop!
  (tags: twitter hacks howto)
• What Fight Club Teaches Us About Freelancing | Outlaw Design Blog – A Graphic Design Blog
  Interesting Read about Fight Club and its association to Freelancing LoL
  (tags: Resources methodology tips article freelance interesting advice freelancing process)
• AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 1/05/2009 | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development, Programming, Hacks, Downloads, Math and being a Web 2.0 Hipster?
  Here it is! Monday is upon us! That means the true test of 2009 is here, Get productive or get left behind! I want to Thank all of my Friends and Supporters
  (tags: ping.fm nerdy daily links)
• altgate: Microsoft Buys 37signals For $300 Million
  Far Fetched prediction for 2009, will it come true? LoL
  (tags: microsoft 37signals exit)
• 26+ CSS Galleries to Follow on Twitter | Ultimate Smashing
  Great Galleries to follow on Twitter!
  (tags: web layouts blog inspiration galleries ping.fm CSS twitter blogging gallery)
• Branding the United States – The 50 State Tourism Logos | Build Internet!
  State Tourism Logos from across the U.S.A!
  (tags: design logos webdesign brand inspiracion inspiration brands nice travel usa branding graphic logo diseño turismo states tourism)
• Q&A: What WordPress Plugins Do You Use?
  A List of Common WP Plugins!
  (tags: wordpress Plugins)
• Abduzeedo 2 Years Art in Photoshop | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  really freaking awesome tutorial!!
• PHP for Beginners: Building Your First Simple CMS
  Quick and Easy simple CMS created with PHP Tutorial
  (tags: startup webdesign webdev mysql beginner Tutorials webdevelopment cms php unread tutorial)
• JQuery Tutorial – Getting Browser Information
  using jQuery to get Browser info
  (tags: tutorial programming javascript jQuery)
• How Businesses Accomplish Ridiculous Things
  Funny post, uniquely designed 🙂
  (tags: tips business)
• Why Are You A Designer? | The Design O'Blog
  Very good insights from some respected Designers!
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration designers)
• 9 Up & Coming Design Blogs
  Some nice Underdog Design blogs!
  (tags: design blogs startup)
• FEAT (Freelancer’s Estimation Assistance Tool) | H1DD3N.R350URC3
  Freelancers, Need help making that quote? Estimator assistance tool!! NICE!!
  (tags: Resources lifehacks projectmanagement freelancing tool freelance work apps flash project job productivity adobe-air cost pricing analysis adobeair finance generator air tools)
• Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
  Steve Jobs sets the record straight on his health
• Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 1/05/2009 – Pligg Beta 9
  Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 1/05/2009 – Get productive! I want to Thank all of my Friends and Supporters for making 2008 a success! Now go check out Todays Daily Nerdy links!
  (tags: ping.fm web development design resources dev)
• FORA.tv – Guy Kawasaki: The Power of ‘No Bull Shiitake’
  Another Great Guy Kawasaki Video
  (tags: social guykawasaki technology socialmedia kawasaki Video trends interview interviews venturecapital guy_kawasaki vc)
• Joren Rapini.com Weblog » Double Body Background CSS Trick
  Quick CSS Trick
  (tags: webdesign background development tricks backgrounds webdev tips CSS Tutorials howto double)
• 60 Most Wanted Photoshop Tutorials, Brushes, .PSDs and Resources
  (tags: design howto illustrator ressources top photoshop inspiration Resources resource art creative tutorial Tutorials tips photos reference showcase diy tip brush patterns textures psd brushes gimp)
• Top 100 Web Designs in 2008 {radiiate}
  Amazing Web Designs from 2008!
  (tags: design wordpress portfolio color blogs web webdesign gallery websites inspiration 2008 layout showcase blog CSS web-design bestof 100 designs examples radiiate favorite top web2.0)
• How to Change the World: Signs of the Times
  Sign of the Times collection of SALE adverts
  (tags: blogs recession humor Apple sales discount economy christmas)
• Top 10 Marketers of 2008 | 2008
  Top 10 Marketers of 2008!
  (tags: Resources socialmedia entrepreneur bestof work business internet media 10 top10 SEO blogs obama geek search 100 marketing online 2008 analytics top guykawasaki marketers)
• AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 1/05/2009 | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development, Programming, Hacks, Downloads, Math and being a Web 2.0 Hipster?
  Here it is! Monday is upon us! That means the true test of 2009 is here, Get productive or get left behind! I want to Thank all of my Friends and Supporters
  (tags: ping.fm nerdy daily links)
• The Best Worst Videogame Ads Part 4 from 1UP.com
  MAN are these some old ads, I actually remember these back when all I did was read Video Game Mags!
  (tags: list graphicdesign advertising funny humor games ad)
• Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks
  Google Tricks I can't live without, they make life easier truly.
  (tags: web article computer hack lifehacks geek blog fun tools technology tips howto cool internet search research guide reference google tutorial interesting useful searchengine lifehacker hacks productivity tech articles lifehack tricks)
• 2009: Products I Can’t Live Without
  New year – Products you can't Live without!
  (tags: blog web webapp sites tools web2.0 services list product software 2009 trends products websites trend top techcrunch)
• Social Media Icons Pack in 3 Sizes for Download | WordPress Blogging | Blog Perfume
  3 Sizes of Social Media Icons!
• VoicePHP: Indian Startup Marries Voice with PHP
  Interesting Startup! PHP and Voice! Nice possibilities!
• COLORBURNED – Professional Design Resources – Win a Free Copy of Filter Forge – Comment to Win
  Win a FREE Copy of Filter Forge!
• Online converter
  Convert pretty much anything.
  (tags: web conversion educational units convert reference tools internet science calculator tool online work useful education conversions measurement converter math metric school weight convertor maths kg measures conversor distance metre)
• Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 1/05/2009 – Pligg Beta 9
  Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 1/05/2009 – Get productive! I want to Thank all of my Friends and Supporters for making 2008 a success! Now go check out Todays Daily Nerdy links!
  (tags: ping.fm web development design resources dev)
• AbhiTech: Create Your Own TinyURL With PHP And MySQL
  Quick and easy tutorial for creating your own TinyURL with PHP and MySQL
  (tags: blog work snippets opensource tinyurl tutorial tips Tutorials howto links webdevelopment webservice url php link apache scripts mysql create short mod_rewrite)
• 40+ Killer Typographic Posters, Photoshop Effects and Tutorials
  Awesome Typography Resources and Tutorials!!
  (tags: design tutorial graphic poster illustration fonts links list web webdesign Tutorials gallery creativity typography font graphics howto inspiration Resources blog tools art photoshop creative graphicdesign cool posters tipografia type effects)
• Arbenting’s Best of the Week for 12/28 – 1/03 | Arbenting
  First Best of the week in 2009! Keep it up Arbenting!
• How Lists Can Help Conquer Creative Blocks | The Design Cubicle
  Lists help defeat Creative Blocks! Good post
  (tags: design tutorial)
• Easy Widgets jQuery plugin
  Easily Widgetize your site with this jQuery Plugin
  (tags: javascript jQuery widgets)
• xkcd – A Webcomic – Converting to Metric
  Funny Metric Conversion guide!
  (tags: webcomics reference fun gr2dic technology units humor culture conversion xkcd geek metric)
• Twitter Overrun with Phishing DMs & iPhone Offers | Brent Csutoras
  Stupid freaking Phishers on Twitter

Best Of

• My 50 Most Linked To Posts | chrisbrogan.com
  A Look into what posts are MOST Popular for Chris Brogan
  (tags: socialmedia socialnetworks socialnetworking social.media networking community)
• 8 Interesting CMS for e-commerce websites
  Nice CMS Options!!
  (tags: web freelance list cms howto free opensource programming freebies resource ecommerce software php e-commerce)
• Startup School 08 | Omnisio
  Amazing Keynotes from 08! Must Watch!
  (tags: web programming career innovation conference ycombinator presentation entrepreneurship technology inspiration development blog tutorial business web2.0 media Video education startups podcast entrepreneur towatch presentations videos startup advice learning lectures startupschool school)