Wednesday, February 28, 2007

CSS Tinderbox

http://csstinderbox.raykonline.com/
"It’s All About Open Source Design Templates

The CSS Tinderbox is an effort to support open source web design by providing very basic, yet solid, CSS/XHTML design templates that web designers and web developers can use as the foundation for their own projects."

Web 2.0: Six Free Online Storage Services

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2099014,00.asp
" Don't want to spend money and installation hassles on new storage hardware for your precious media? Whether it's for sharing memories in the form of digital photos and videos over the web—or just practical documents you want to protect against that all-too-common hard disk crash, these six services offer secure, and often free, ways to back up your files and get access to them anywhere. The services also provide a way to share your data with others without sending huge email attachments or FTPing or hosting them yourself. Most of them offer drag-and-drop for easy uploading. Though there are scores of online storage services, we focused on ones with free plans and interesting features:"

UX Magazine: Get Ready for Retro Marketing

http://www.uxmag.com/strategy/84/get-ready-for-retro-marketing
"It’s what the customer wants that counts, follow your gut first, markets are conversations, customers don’t know what they really want, it’s about telling stories, be your own client, etc, etc…

If I grabbed 10 books off of my shelf I could find researched theses on each of the concepts listed above and many more."

UX Magazine: Pair Design Pays Dividends

http://www.uxmag.com/design/176/pair-design-pays-dividends
"In agile development methodologies, pair programming is considered a key practice.

Pair programming involves two programmers (in any combination of novice and/or expert) working together to write code."

Joyent "Realign"

http://joyeur.com/2007/02/24/joyentcom-now-with-more-jill
"The first website for Joyent firmly established our commitment to user friendly design. A collaboration between Joyeurs – John Gruber, Bryan Bell, David Young, and outside designer Cameron Moll, and the extraordinary illustrator Paige Pooler."

The HTML Document Character Set

http://www.natural-innovations.com/wa/doc-charset.html
http://webdesign.about.com/library/bl_htmlcodes.htm
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/
http://www.intuitive.com/coolweb/entities.html
"This table is a reference for the HTML Document Character Set. In addition to the standard ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) character repertoire, I have included a selection of Unicode characters. This is designed as a look-up reference for HTML authors; if you are looking for a browser check, see Ian Graham's entity test page.
(Due to the number of cells in the table, this page may take a while to render. Don't panic!)"

The Apple Blog: 6 Tools for Web Design

http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/6-tools-for-web-design/
"Today I came across an article with a few ‘tools’ for web design and frankly, I thought it pretty lame and unexciting. There were 2 things on there that I felt were actually good information, Color Schemer and Typetester. The other, information was either lame (a “handy dandy” notebook) or untrue (”Mountain Dew“)."

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Hottest Mustang EVER: Saleen Parnelli Jones Limited Edition Mustang [PICS]

http://www.digg.com/design/Hottest_Mustang_EVER_Saleen_Parnelli_Jones_Limited_Edition_Mustang_PICS
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/27/in-the-autoblog-garage-2007-saleen-parnelli-jones-limited-editi/
"We have been very lucky when it comes to having special Mustangs in our Autoblog garage. After a brief drive in a Shelby GT500, we were longing for more. Then we had a Roush 427R that Eric subjected to some serious instrumented testing. It performed well at the dragstrip and backed up its horsepower claims on the dyno. We also had some fun for a few days behind the wheel of a Saleen supercharged convertible, as well. That Saleen S281 SC Mustang was a 2006 with 435 hp and a lot of "hey, look at me" add-ons. A real kick in the pants in a straight line, but not our first choice for the twisty roads we enjoy so much. When we returned that S281 to Saleen, they mentioned that their newest special edition product would be available soon. When the words "Parnelli Jones" escaped the rep's lips, we felt a surge of adrenaline that led to an involuntary, "How soon?""

MiniAjax: A showroom of nice looking simple downloadable DHTML and AJAX scripts

http://www.miniajax.com/
"A showroom of nice looking simple downloadable DHTML and AJAX scripts"

SWIFR: SWF Image Replacement

http://www.swfir.com/
"swfIR (swf Image Replacement) is here to solve some of the design limitations of the standard HTML image and its widely-accepted associated CSS values, while still supporting standards-based design concepts. Using the dark arts of JavaScript and Flash, swfIR gives you the ability to apply an assortment of visual effects to any or all images on your website. Through progressive enhancement, it looks through your page and can easily add some new flavor to standard image styling."

A List Apart: Where Our Standards Went Wrong

http://alistapart.com/articles/whereourstandardswentwrong
"Here we have two well-known standardistas, both of whom have done (and will do) more for the adoption of standards than this author ever will. Yet both have different takes on what role validation plays in designing for the web. In fact, they perfectly represent the division that exists between standards advocates today. You probably find yourself taking one of two positions on validation:"

TechCrunch: New “Social” Dictionary (WordSource)

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/
"A new online dictionary and thesaurus launches today called WordSource. It’s main benefit over sites like Dictionary.com is the fact that the site is very cleanly designed and contains no advertisements. You can also look up a word by simply adding it to the URL (so word.sc/example will pull up the definition of “example”)."

Rands In Response: Resume, 30 Second Impression: A Glimpse and a Hook

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/02/25/a_glimpse_and_a_hook.html
"The terrifying reality regarding your resume is that for all the many hours you put into fine-tuning, you've got 30 seconds to make an impression on me. Maybe less."

BitBox: 28 Free Illustrator Brushes for making Swooshes and Swirls

http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/28-free-illustrator-brushes-for-making-swooshes-and-swirls/
"This is a brush set meant for making your own custom swoosh, swirl and curl designs. I have a tutorial on exactly how that process works that you can read here. This isn’t the only way to make swooshes, but it should help you get started, to say the least. I’m continually fascinated as to how confusing vector swoosh creation can be to most people. Along with this brush library, and a quick tutorial read, you should be well on your way to start making your own swooshes in 100% vector format, relatively easily.

Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/02/transform_gmail.html
"I was lucky enough to get in on the Gmail beta when it launched and I haven't looked back since. Even though I've had an account for almost three years and I get over 100 emails a day, I have chewed up only 18% of the generous 2.8 gigabytes of storage."

Saturday, February 24, 2007

"Brands of the World": Downloadable logos from some of the largest companies

http://brandsoftheworld.com/
"Best brands of the World is World's one of the most visited web sites intended for browsing and exchange of the World's famous brand-logos. The primary use of site is to enable designers to access vector-forms of the well-known brand-logos that they can use in their presentations, given the permission of the copyright owner. The web site also enables designers to upload their own works and professional details."

"Good Magazine"

http://www.goodmagazine.com/
"Welcome to GOOD, media for people who give a damn

We see a growing number of people tied together not by age, career, background, or circumstance, but by a shared interest. This revolves around a passion for potential mixed with fierce pragmatism and creative engagement. We sum all this up as the sensibility of giving a damn. But to shorten it, let's call it GOOD. We're here to push this movement and cover its realization.

While so much of today's media is taking up our space, dumbing us down, and impeding our productivity, GOOD exists to add value. Through a print magazine, feature and documentary films, original multimedia content and local events, GOOD is providing a platform for the ideas, people, and businesses that are driving change in the world."

Drivl.com: How to make square corners with CSS

http://www.drivl.com/posts/view/700
" Finally! A solution for creating square corners on your website. You've probably read countless tutorials on how to make rounded corners, but a simple, elegant solution for creating square corners has yet to emerge."

Web Worker Daily: 10 New Ways to Make Money Online

http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/02/22/10-new-ways-to-make-money-online/
"So you want to ditch your corporate cubicle and join the ranks of web workers? But you have a mortgage, maybe a dependent or two, and a taste for Venti Mochas from Starbucks? You can make money in the new economy, though it might not be as easy or cushy as keeping your old economy job."

A Battlefield 2 Makeover: Project Reality Mod v0.5

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/battlefield-2/766629p1.html
"Project Reality's original "Mini-mod" designation was a bit misleading because it suggests something small and tidy when Project Reality is anything but. Now in its fifth installment, the mod is an ambitious Battlefield 2 makeover that not only tweaks the core gameplay and physics, but also adds in new maps, vehicles and weapons (you can download a trailer here). Developed by an international team comprising more than a hundred coders, artists, map-makers, and testers, Project Reality is about as major as they come."

Flash Game: The Gaffer

http://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/02/the_gaffer.php
"The Gaffer is an action-based Flash game by James Green of Black Galleon. You play a chubby warehouse boss who must load boxes onto trucks that pull into the dock."

Frantic Industries: Services you’d keep using if they weren’t free

http://franticindustries.com/blog/2007/02/22/services-youd-keep-using-if-they-werent-free/
"Google’s announcement of Google Apps Premier Edition and its acceptable price tag of $50 per person per year got me thinking which online services that are currently free would I keep using even if I had to start paying money for using them."

Smashing Magazine: Printing the Web: Solutions and Techniques

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/21/printing-the-web-solutions-and-techniques/
"Users don’t read, they scan. In fact, after many years, reading online still didn’t manage to assert itself against reading offline. Therefore long articles are usually printed out and read on paper. However, not every page will be printed out correctly by default - sometimes layout doesn’t fit, sometimes font size isn’t chosen properly or leading simply isn’t big enough. It is also important to include some further references to the printed version of the page, so users can get back to you, once they’ve read the printed version of your article."

Smashing Magazine: More Creative and Beautiful Wallpapers

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/22/more-creative-and-beautiful-wallpapers/
"Wallpapers can be creative, inspiring, gorgeous and hilarious. Recently we’ve posted an overview of Selected Wallpapers for Desktop and Web Design and Christmas Wallpapers. Now it’s time for something fresh, original and creativie. Let’s take a look at some more creative and beautiful wallpapers for your personal desktop."

Friday, February 23, 2007

Times Online: In the chaos of Iraq, one project is on target: a giant US embassy

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article712424.ece
" THE question puzzles and enrages a city: how is it that the Americans cannot keep the electricity running in Baghdad for more than a couple of hours a day, yet still manage to build themselves the biggest embassy on Earth?"

Magwerk

http://www.magwerk.com/
"Play music magazine, Probe magazine, Encore magazine, Sleek magazine, online Flash magazines."

Free Vector Downloads

http://tutorialblog.org/free-vector-downloads/
"As a designer its always handy to have a collection of pre-made vector objects available to use in your designs, whether its illustrator files or photoshop shapes - here we have dugg out the very best for you."

Carsonified: Highlights of The Future of Web Apps

http://www.carsonified.com/fowa/summary-of-future-of-web-apps
"Yesterday was the second day of FOWA (got a third day of workshops today), and I’ve gotta say … it has been so fun!"

Carsonified: Why you need to get rid of your freelance developer ASAP

http://www.carsonified.com/misc/why-you-need-to-get-rid-of-your-freelance-developer-asap
"If you’re building a web app and you don’t have a lot of cash to play with, you won’t be able to afford a full time developer."

JPG Magazine

http://jpgmag.com/
"JPG Magazine is about imagemaking without attitude. Join us to share your best photos. Help make the magazine by voting. You might even make a few bucks!"

Top 20 Adventure Games: Part 1

http://indygamer.blogspot.com/search/label/adv2006
" Twenty of the best freeware adventure games released in 2006 (roughly). Mac and Linux versions of the AGS engine are available. [show all twenty entries on one page, part 2 only, Digg this article]"

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Lifehacker: UltraNewb: How to move your iTunes library to an external drive

http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/ultranewb--how-to-move-your-itunes-library-to-an-external-drive-238296.php
"Now that you've been going to town adding music and movies to your iTunes library, your hard drive's pretty crowded - and all those space-hogging media files might have a better home on that empty external hard drive you've got set up."

Monday, February 19, 2007

cigarette pack graphics

http://www.designboom.com/history/cigarettes.html
"traditionally, the primary function of a package was to simply contain and protect the product. however, factors such as increased competition and clutter on the retail store shelf have meant that for most products, packaging must perform many sales tasks, such as attracting attention, describing the product, and helping to make the sale. the often cited ‘four Ps’ of marketing - price, promotion, product, and placement- are concepts that summarise the domains of marketing strategy. as a crucial part of the both the product and promotion, packaging assists consumers to select among other relatively homogenous products."

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Miniclip Games: Motherload

http://www.miniclip.com/games/motherload/en/
Addictive little mining game from Miniclip games

Shiny at 3GSM: NVIDIA next-generation mobile phone interface

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kLFPfaxQ6U&eurl=
"nVidia jump to the mobile platform: first the GPU for the MOTORAZR V3xx. Now present at 3GSM Barcelona a new high tech GUI, will be the next best thing after the Apple iPhone GUI... check the video and see for yourself."

George Orwell: 12 Writing Tips

http://www.writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php/PageID/300
" George Orwell has earned the right to be called one of the finer writers in the English language through such novels as 1984 and Animal Farm, such essays as “Shooting an Elephant,” and his memoir Down and Out in Paris."

The Best And Worst James Bond Films

http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/17/the-best-and-worst-james-bond-films/
"A long franchise like the 007 series is bound to have some bad apples mixed with the best. Can anybody choose the right ones? Click to see if you agree."

Microsoft's giant ice house in Toronto (pictures)

http://trinixy.ru/2007/02/19/vot_takojj_v_toronto_dom_microsoft_iz_lda_32_foto.html
"Apparently 270,000 pounds of ice went into the construction of the 1,800 square foot structure, which includes a fully sculpted kitchen, dining room, study, living room, two bedrooms and bathroom all wired-up with televisions and computers (real, as opposed to of the ice variety) running demos of Vista and Office 2007."

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Cre:source : Ten Design Blogs You MUST Read

http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/ten-design-blogs-you-must-read-31.aspx
"Inspiration, information, advice and entertainment; what more do you want? The following blogs offer all these elements in different measures and combinations, but they do have one thing in common: whether design is your bread and butter or for your eyes only, they are must-reads."

Mac OS X Time Management App: The Daily Grind

http://microcore.dk/TheDailyGrind/
"TheDailyGrind is a Dashboard widget that offers a lightweight approach in keeping track of time spent on tasks you perform. TheDailyGrind is designed to take up as little of your time as possible managing your time to better let you focus on getting your jobs done."

AMAZING paper cuts: Framed A4 papercut

http://www.petercallesen.com/text/link.html
Genius papercutting/origami projects on A4 paper in frames.

Stefan G. Bucher's Daily Monster

http://344design.typepad.com/
Absolutely addictive. Fantastic illustration of a daily monster. Exactly what it says. Enjoy!

Google Cheat Sheet

http://www2.adelaider.com/google-cheat-sheet/?cheatsheet&page=all
"This two page Google Cheat Sheet lists all Google services and tools as well as background information. The Cheat Sheet offers a great reference to grasp of basic to advance Google query building concepts and ideas."

Possibly the coolest screen saver on earth…

http://www.constantlythinking.com/?p=374
"The Twingly screen saver is possible the coolest screen saver I have ever seen. Allows you to monitor global blog activity in real time.

Twingly screen saver is visualizing the global blog activity in real
time. Forget RSS readers where you see only what you’re interested in.
With Twingly screen saver you get a 24/7 stream of all (viewer
discretion advised) blog activity, straight to your screen."

One World, One Region. Flash just about any DVD Drive to be Region Free

http://tdb.rpc1.org/
"Before flashing your drive to RPC1, please, please, understand what you are doing! We are getting sick and tired of reading and responding to posts from people who have cluelessly flashed to RPC1 and then act surprised and bemused that it doesn't function how they expected. If you have not used an RPC1 firmware before you really need to learn a few things first, because it probably doesn't work the way you imagine it does.
RPC1 - What you need to understand"

What If Kid's Drawings Were Done With Skill?: Kid Creatures

http://drawergeeks.com/Kid_Creatures/Kid_Creatures.html
"Drawings from kids redrawn by professionals"

Part 2: http://www.themonsterengine.com/art.html

Scoreboard Media Group: How To Generate Targeted Site Traffic Without Search Engines

http://www.scoreboard-media.com/how-to-generate-targeted-traffic/
"“If search engines were never invented or they ceased to exist tomorrow, how would you build traffic to your website in a searchless world?”

That’s the first question each of us search-addicted webmasters should ask ourselves every morning. While search is really hard to beat in terms of cost-of-traffic and its targeting, don’t leave these other options out of your Web Promotion Playbook. Learn how to thrive on the Internet without having to worry about the unpredictable algorithm changes of search engine algorithms and you’ve created a truly defensible audience."

Deseo Works: Carlos Ramon Illustrations

http://www.deseoworks.com/
"Starting at his earliest memories, Deseo, has always had a passion for art. Fascinated by being able to take a blank sheet of paper and having the freedom and being fully aware of the endless possibilities, has been a part of his life even before he could learn to write.

Twenty seven years later, the idea of taking that blank piece of paper and knowing that anything is possible, has made the work a collage of styles and influences that have inspired and helped shape the appearance of my work. Pin up, anime, graffiti, art novau, fashion, "low brow" art, and fine art are sources of his inspiration.

When you look through the work, keep the word diversity in mind. Because the more open your mind is, the more beauty you'll see, not only in this page but everywhere you go. It's what Deseo has and will continue to illustrate with the different and beautiful women that express ideas, events, or issues that fill his mind."

Computerlove: Connecting Creative Talents

http://www.cpluv.com/
"Connect with talents, blog & share galleries"

Heavy Backpack: A Creative Catalog

http://www.heavy-backpack.com/
"The site was originally launched while working/ travelling through Europe. Many people assume this is where the name comes from. This was a bonus secondary meaning. Heavy Backpack is inspired by the moral story following."

Draplin Design Co.: Agency Portfolio

http://www.draplin.com/
"Thankfully, in April 2002, the Cinco Design Office of Portland, Oregon called up and offered a Senior Designer gig which he instantly accepted. He moved it all North to the land of rain and gloom and rolled up the sleeves to work on the Gravis, Helly Hansen and Nixon accounts."

Flickr Portfolio: The best of "Stuck in Customs"

http://flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/sets/72057594049344877/detail/
Excellent photographic portfolio

Project Reality: Mod for Battlefield 2

http://www.realitymod.com/downloads.html
"Here, at Project Reality Mod, we have been laboring non-stop to produce a quality release of PR v0.5 for your enjoyment! Finally, the sustained delegation of all aspects of the mod team, from modelers to coders, has been successful! This being said, the Project Reality team is proud to announce the official release of Project Reality Mod v0.5 - the most realistic gaming experience available to Battlefield 2 enthusiasts at this time."

Problogger: 11 Ways to Find New RSS Subscribers for Your Blog

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/02/14/11-ways-to-find-new-rss-subscribers-for-your-blog/
"How do I get People to Subscribe to my RSS feed?

It’s a good question and one that I have a few ideas on (but which it’d be great to get some discussion going on in comments). Of course the first question I ask people saying they want more subscribers is ‘do you have content worth subscribing to?’ Without something worthwhile on your blog the rest of this post will be meaningless. But once you are pumping out quality content here are a few tips on how to get more subscribers for it."

Mad4Milk: Web Design Company (Rome)

http://www.mad4milk.net/
" We're a small web design/engineering agency located in Rome, Italy.

We build accessible and usable websites, design shirts or cd covers, and create custom web based applications (content management systems, shopping carts, etc).

Right now we're developing mooflex, a simple and flexible content management system: with mooflex you can build several types of websites like simple portfolio showcase, blogs, or bigger multi-author portals. You can Learn more about mooflex, or lend us an hand by leaving a comment in our blog."

Nyoki Glitter: Design Portfolio

http://www.nyokiglitter.com/
"I’m Toya D. I’m a 22 year old college student majoring in Technology Leadership and Supervision with an emphasis in graphics (Bachelor of Science). I’ll be graduating in May ‘07.

I currently work as a front end web developer for the web technologies department at my school. I’m also a freelance web designer, located in Houston, Texas."

Nice to Meet You.

http://ntmy.org/
"After short and immediate deliberation, the founders of NiceToMeetYou and French'n"Fresh decided to merge NTMY and French'n'Fresh into an unified site in order to expand its audience
base and increase traffic and overall functionality,we present you a sparking new and improved NTMY.org"

Fantastic Illustration: TVM Studio

http://www.tvmstudio.com/
Very anime style illustration company, great work, nice portfolio.

Yahoo rips off Digg: Yahoo! Tango (Suggestion Boards)

http://yodel.yahoo.com/2007/02/14/it-takes-two-to-tango/
"We call it a Suggestion Board — you can browse suggestions from other site visitors or post your own. Digg-style voting means we can quickly discover what’s most important to users. In addition to reading feedback from other users, you’ll find responses from Yahoo! employees about the issues. Product teams regularly read and take action on your feedback. Though we aren’t always going to immediately act on it, it’s incredibly helpful to us in making the best sites we can… and we’ve even been known to reward great suggestions with some Yahoo! schwag."

Times Online: In the chaos of Iraq, one project is on target: a giant US embassy

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article712424.ece
"THE question puzzles and enrages a city: how is it that the Americans cannot keep the electricity running in Baghdad for more than a couple of hours a day, yet still manage to build themselves the biggest embassy on Earth?"

Web 2.0 Forum App: Tangler Beta (Review)

http://www.profy.com/2007/02/12/tangler-untangle/
"Tangler is essentially a forum, but with capabilities outside the realm of a traditional forum platform."

MacApper: Interview with Austin Sarner, developer of AppZapper

http://macapper.com/2007/02/12/interview-austin-sarner-developer-of-appzapper/
"We recently had time to catch up with Austin Sarner, Developer Of Disco and AppZapper. Here’s what he had to say about Disco, Macworld, and future plans."

Project Seven: Dreamwaver Extensions and CSS Templates

http://www.projectseven.com/
Some nice web development tools to purchase and customize...nice menus, etc. Problem is, a lot of this sort of stuff can be found attached to javascript frameworks for free.

The book, 1984 by George Orwell--whole thing online for free

http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/1/
Online literature at its Orwelliest.

Stilbuero, Tabs Version 2

http://www.stilbuero.de/2006/11/05/tabs-version-2/
The best option for tabbed content on a web site that I've found. Based on the JQuery javascript library, has a lot of options for customization and effects, all with a light footprint.

Update: Support for unobtrusive ajax support

VanBeater: Illustration Portfolio

http://www.vanbeater.com/flash.html
Fantastic work in (kind of ) an anime style

Titanium's Software: System tools for OS X

http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html
"OnyX is a multifunction utility (maintenance, optimization, and personalization).
Maintenance is a System Maintenance and Cleaning utility.
Deeper is a personalization utility."

Friday, February 16, 2007

Read/Write Web: How Social Sites Reveal What Your Audience Likes

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_social_sites_reveal_audience_likes.php
"Understanding your audience is the key to success in any business - including blogging. Lately the Read/WriteWeb authors have been discussing what it is that keeps readers coming back here. Our recent poll indicated that most of you come back to this blog for Analysis and Reviews. We are thrilled to hear this, because we focus a lot on those two things."

SEOmoz: 15 CSS Properties You Probably Never Use (but perhaps should)

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/css-properties-you-probably-never-use
"After writing 5 HTML Elements You Probably Never Use (but perhaps should), I thought creating something similar for CSS was in order. These are all CSS level 2 properties but some of them don't work in all browsers, so make sure and test things out before putting them into use."

Monday, February 12, 2007

Vertical Bar Graphs with CSS and PHP

http://www.terrill.ca/design/vertical_bar_graphs/
"Who wants to use Excel to make a new graph each week? Using CSS and PHP you can create attractive bar graphs (yes, even the stacked kind) that are always up to date."

ScaleNine: Themes for Adobe Flex

http://www.scalenine.com/

"ScaleNine is a collection of themes created for Flex. It also serves as a source for interface options that expand beyond Flex's default theme. Some involve graphical skinning and others are purely CSS.

If you have a theme you'd like to recommend or you want your theme removed, let me know."

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Fiftyfoureleven.com: Web development, weblog, and resources

http://www.fiftyfoureleven.com/
"Fiftyfoureleven.com has existed since late 2003. It was originally slated to be the site for a 5 person design group that, while ultimately still working together in some format, never coalesced to become a single team."

Papervision 3D

http://www.osflash.org/papervision3d
"High performance 3D engine for Flash 8 and Flash 9.

Features linear texture mapping, optimized for rendering speed and quality. It has been designed to be simple and easy to use."

CSS Speech Bubbles (for blogs)

http://www.willmayo.com/2007/02/10/css-speech-bubbles/

"Easy to customize speech bubbles coded in CSS and valid XHTML 1.0 strict.

Tested in all major browsers:

  • Internet Explorer 6 & 7
  • Firefox 2.0
  • Safari 2.0
  • Opera 9.0"

Bittbox: 72 free vector glass buttons and bars

http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/72-free-vector-glass-buttons-and-bars
"This set is a variety pack of free vector glass buttons and bars for your webpage or blog. Since they are in vector format, they can be easily manipulated and scaled to fit your layout without having to worry about pixellation. To customize, you will need a graphics editor, such as Adobe Illustrator."

Geek Army

http://www.geekarmy.com/
Videos, audio, links, stuff.

31three

http://www.31three.com/

"31Three is the home-base for Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain, a web and graphic designer from the Niagara Region in Ontario Canada.

Creating websites that are attractive, light-weight, and easy-to-use is our passion... so if you happen to be in the market for a site that fits this description, please get in touch with us. Take a peek around (We've just redecorated) and make sure to visit the new blog before you leave."

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Amazing Origami

http://www.folders.jp/
Unreal large sheet origami, site is in Japanese

Tutorial Blog: Free Photoshop Brushes

http://tutorialblog.org/free-photoshop-brushes/
"Every good designer needs an arsenal of brushes to use within photoshop, whether its a grunge effect or some tehno swirls that are required there is sure to be a brush that fits your needs. Here we have dugg out the very best we could find. If there isn’t a suitable brush, we have also included some links on how to create your own."

Friday, February 9, 2007

Cool Mac Apps: Post & Vote For Your Fave Apps!

http://www.coolmacapps.com/
"CoolMacApps.com was born out of frustration... and out of an addiction; An addiction to cool software, and a frustration with the current top-ten lists and file repositories out there.
The blogosphere is full of top ten lists of the coolest mac apps out there. And you can find everything we've got here in other repositories all over the net, but there's one thing missing from all those other sources. We asked ourselves if we could build..."

10 Tips for Promoting Your Forum

http://www.seorefugee.com/seoblog/2007/02/08/10-tips-for-promoting-your-forum/
"Pops’ list of 10 things he’s learned running a forum was received very well and seemed to resonate with a lot of our readers. We had several questions and comments on forum promotion so in the spirit of giving the people what they want, a blog post was born. Now, before I go on, I’d like to say that our forum is relatively young (about 15 months old) and we’re definitely not claiming to be the biggest or most successful forum around. Along the same lines, we’re not perfect either. We’ve not done as well as we should have on many of these points. However, that being said, I still think we’ve learned a few things along the way, and if nothing else, you asked for it, right? So here they are… 10 Tips for Promoting Your Forum."

WiiToob: YoutTube for the Wii

http://www.wiitoob.com/
WiiToob: YoutTube for the Wii

83 Beautiful Wordpress Themes You (Probably) Haven’t http://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifSeen

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/09/83-beautiful-wordpress-themes-you-probably-havent-seen/
"Sometimes it’s just like searching for a needle in a haystack: if you’ve ever googled for free and quality Wordpress Themes, you know exactly what we’re talking about. Most designers love to create Wordpress themes, so they can demonstrate the quality of their work and add some fresh works to their portfolios."

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Rails of War (Miniclip Flash Game)

http://www.miniclip.com/games/rails-of-war/en/
"Guide your War Train into battle and destroy the enemy who is taking control of your precious land.

The best war trains will be at your disposal starting with the Saddle Tank. Once proven that you are capable, bigger and stronger trains will be yours to fight with."

Mephisto

http://mephistoblog.com/
"Welcome to the Mephisto community wiki. Mephisto is a publishing system that makes it super easy to setup a blog or website. Some people have described us as superhuman, awesome, sophisticated, cool, friggin wicked, but in the end, we still need your help. This wiki gives you the chance to help us and others out with your infinite wisdom. You can edit this wiki, and we’d love if you’d help us out by sharing any helpful information you have about Mephisto."

Method Arts (Design Studio)

http://www.methodarts.com/
"Method Arts is an “open source” creative consortium. We like think of it as an “un-company” - a virtual studio, consisting of 4 directors and any number of contributing creatives, designers and programmers. We are no bigger than we need to be, have no more overhead than we need to have and we believe in design, usability and good will."

sIFR 3 Alpha: Tasting the 3.0

http://novemberborn.net/sifr3/alpha
"It’s high time for a release of the new sIFR version, 3.0. With Inman’s Flash Replacement as the original, sIFR 1.0 making it scalabale and sIFR 2.0 bringing it to the masses, this version will really make things rock. Flash 8 has brought a lot of new, cool stuff. Now you can use these features, starting with way better font anti-aliasing and auto-kerning. You’ll also be able to use filters to do shadow effects (in the nightlies)."

Deconstructed Wireframes

http://www.clearwired.com/loop/archives/9-Deconstructed-Wireframes.html
"In our last newsletter I wrote about wireframes. I described what they are and how we use them. For the redesign of the Clearwired site, I decided it was time to revisit the Deconstructed Wireframe, or known as the "Layout-less" wireframes or page description. I wanted to use Deconstructed Wireframes, simply because I wanted to make sure we had absolute focus on the actual content of the page, it's hierarchy and overall importance, and not on the page layout."

FLOW

http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/core.html
FLOW in games

Top Ten Lessons I’ve Learned About Managing an Online Forum

http://www.seorefugee.com/seoblog/2007/02/06/top-ten-lessons-ive-learned-about-managing-an-online-forum/
"Over the past several years, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in the management of two online forums; a few years as a designer and occasional participant at Vince Gill’s online fan club and as a co-founder here at SEOrefugee."

“Consensus” “Essential” Mac OS X Applications

http://pbgalvin.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/consensus-essential-mac-os-x-applications/
"I’m an application addict! When I recently switched to the Mac I went hunting around for the best applications to add to the base operating system. There were quite a few good sources of information, but I found one in particular very useful."

Top 10 ad-tricks in Tokyo’s train stations

http://adzilla.blogspot.com/2007/02/japan-subway-ad.html
Really cool ad tricks from Tokyo subway stations.

Forgotten Detroit

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/
"Detroit is known for one of the most stunning collections of pre-depression architecture in the world. The past two decades have seen several of these treasures sit vacant, waiting for economic revival. On these pages you will find information about the past, present, and future situations of a few of these landmarks. It is my hope that this information helps you gain an appreciation for the importance of both the history and continued survival of these buildings."

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Web 2.0: Top 25 Apps to Grow your Business

http://www.avivadirectory.com/entrepreneur-apps/
"Are you doing a good job meeting the needs of your small business? Keeping a good handle on finances? Networking? Do you have a system for organizing your marketing strategy? Do you even have a marketing strategy?"

8 Web Design Tactics to Help You When You're Stuck

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/web-design-tactics
"Web design can be incredibly frustrating. You'd think that with the infinite possibilities of what-goes-where it'd be pretty easy to land a design that works, yet somehow we've all been stuck before: working hour after hour on a design that refuses to look right. Throwing away pixels like they're going out of style. "

Top 10 Reasons Why Proposals Fail

http://www.instigatorblog.com/top-10-reasons-why-proposals-fail/2007/02/07/
"Your business is great. You’ve invented something better than sliced bread. You offer such an amazing service at such a great price that people should be knocking your door down.

And they might be. But they’re all asking for a proposal.

Proposals are a fact of life. We all do them, and we’re all trying to blow our prospects away."

"Getting Real" 37 Signals book released onto the internet for free

http://gettingreal.37signals.com/
"Getting Real is the business, design, programming, and marketing philosophies of 37signals — a developer of web-based software used by over 1 million people and businesses in 70 countries."

Web-Sites of the Month: The Best of January 2007 (Smashing Magazine)

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/07/web-sites-of-the-month-the-best-of-january-2007/
"We continue to collect the best web-development-related sites, articles, references, tutorials and freebies released or published online over the last month. Below you’ll find a list of useful resources you shouldn’t have missed in January 2007."

Blue Sky Studios Challenge

http://bsschallenge.blogspot.com/

"The BlueSky Studios Challenge:

Every monday a new challenge is posted. The participants do their "take" on the subject matter and post it. Challenges are open ended, meaning any participant can go back and draw something from a previous week. Email Jake for new challenge suggestions. This is for BlueSky kids only. Though anyone can participate at home. Or if you want to, post a link to your peice in the comments section."

Imagineerebirth: Be Yourself.

http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.com/2007/02/be-yourself.html
"A forum for Disney and Pixar professionals to catalog past imagineering missteps and debate solutions in hopes that a new wave of creative management can restore some of the magic that has been missing from the parks for decades."

unHelvetica (To Helvetica and back, or, alternatives to the old standby)

http://www.fontshop.com/virtual/newsletters/feb2007_a/?utm_source=Feb2007NewsA&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ViewinBrowser&utm_term=em&utm_campaign=Feb2007
"Helvetica™ is everywhere. Still, we can’t deny its status as a classic. It truly deserves the title role in the first feature-length documentary about a typeface, and it’s no surprise that it took the #1 spot on FontShop Germany’s Best Fonts of All Time. But Helv isn’t always the right sans for the job. This week on the FontFeed we offer 13 alternatives to Helvetica. Here are a few of our favorites from that bunch."

Rockstar Art

http://rockstarart.blogspot.com/
"rockstar art directors and concept artists paint for half an hour over one members unfinished piece. Here are the results:"
Awesome idea. Pick a theme and go for a half hour.

How to Protect CSS Mods for ANY WordPress Theme

http://www.pearsonified.com/2007/02/how_to_protect_css_mods_for_any_wordpress_theme.php
"I know you’re out there. You, the keen Web designer who rolls out both client and personal sites by modifying the CSS styles of existing WordPress themes. You’re smart, and I like that about you — after all, there’s no sense in reinventing the wheel with every project now, is there? Utilizing WordPress themes, or Website frameworks, is the only way to fly these days."

Netdiver Magazine: Best of the Year, 2006

http://netdiver.net/newsarchive/boty/boty06.php
"Singled out because of their talent! Period.

And oh! How they express it by demonstrating jaw dropping and smashing projects. Simply, they're our best of best!

This year is not specifically about website design! It's about who have forefronted, one way or another, the creative disciplines.

Dwell back through time. Listed in no particular order."

Apple.com: A Flickr Photoset showing the history of Apple.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernelpanic/sets/283374/
"Apple's home pages along the years."

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Hacking Skype: 25 Tips to Improve Your Skype Experience

http://www.voip-news.com/feature/hacking-skype-020607/
"How versatile is your Skype? Ours can podcast, translate French, take conference calls from 15 people, and tutor calculus. Want to learn how to turn your Skype telephone into a multipurpose office machine? We're going to tell you how.

For millions of users, Skype is the VoIP solution of choice. If you're just getting into this great telephone alternative, you are going to be surprised how much you can do with it. In this article we cover 25 tips, hacks, and extras to help you utilize Skype to its fullest potential.

Steve Jobs: Thoughts on Music

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
"With the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to “open” the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased from iTunes can be played on digital devices purchased from other companies, and protected music purchased from other online music stores can play on iPods. Let’s examine the current situation and how we got here, then look at three possible alternatives for the future."

Social Music Overview (via TechCrunch)

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/05/social-music-overview/
Keeping with the theme of Mike’s Online Photo Editing Overview, I wanted to cover some of the entrants into social music. Music was probably the first type of rich media to really go “Web 2.0″ and it’s become a pretty popular place for startups. As a result, there are some great Rich Internet Applications built around social music. Anyone who makes music a part of their daily lives has no shortage of options when it comes to finding new music and sharing with friends.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Songs from every iPod commercial

http://www.macsupport.ca/2007/02/04/songs-from-ipod-commercials/
"Due to the popularity of our songs from Apple commercials article last week I thought it would be a good idea to create a separate list of all the iPod commercial songs.

As with before if I have missed any of the iPod commercial songs please leave a comment and I will add them to the list."

10 minimalistic blogs worth checking out

http://franticindustries.com/blog/2007/02/04/10-minimalistic-blogs-worth-checking-out/
"It’s slow news day, and it’s time for my usual slightly off-topic piece. I love minimal design. Every time I look at my own page it seems too cluttered for my own taste. The thing is, I’ve never really loved reading blogs until the trend of minimal design became predominant (at least when tech-related blogs are concerned). The absence of any superfluous elements enables the reader to completely focus on the content, which is what good blogs should be about anyway."

Showdown: Mac Media Center Applications

http://macapper.com/2007/02/05/showdown-mac-media-center-applications/

"The concept of a Media Center app has been around for ages on the Windows and Linux side. However, not many developers have created Media Center apps for the Mac.

Within the past year, Mac Media Center apps have been showing up like popups in Internet Explorer. There are some that are fully developed, some that are in their alpha stages, and some that are complete, but don’t have many features. Today, we’re going to compare these apps to see which one reigns supreme."

Sunday, February 4, 2007

Boy In Static

http://www.boyinstatic.com/

Trusted Places

http://trustedplaces.com/
"What is trustedplaces?

Trustedplaces is a community of real people, like you and me, who all have opinions on places they have experienced in their daily lives. By being part of the community you can share your opinions on places that you know, trust and recommend - or even avoid - with all of your friends and their friends too. Discovering great new places is both fun and easy as you tap into all the recommendations shared by the community - it is also great value as you enjoy special offers from participating businesses."

HaltenBanken

http://www.haltenbanken.com/eng/
"Haltenbanken is a design agency. We create identities. We search for the small, important details that seperate your company form others, we look for the story that makes the customer choose your product. We create a total image, so that every time customers come across you, they get to know you a little bit better."

End Communications

http://www.endcommunications.com/
Fun flash-based portfolio site for End Communications, located in Chicago.

Hello Hikomori

http://hellohikimori.com/

Sensegraphy

http://www.sensegraphy.com/

Analogue (portfolio)

http://www.analogue.ca/
Nice flash-based portfolio for an ad agency in Ottawa, Canada.

Bad Assembly Portfolio

http://www.badassembly.com/
Beautiful Flash-based portfolio.

Software is hard

http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/02/03/leonard/
"Salon's Scott Rosenberg explains why even small-scale programming projects can take years to complete, one programmer is often better than two, and the meaning of "Rosenberg's Law.""

The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: Unboxing the ThinkPad X60 and MacBook Pro

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/?p=253
"There is a long process between the decision to buy a computer and actually starting it the first time, before anyone gets the chance to murmer "Wow" over the technology itself. There is the handing over of the boxed computer to the customer, paying for the system (all the while the customer gazing at it, for this is the first experience of ownership and where the seeds of buyer's remorse can take hold), driving home or back to the office, and then, opening that box. Throughout that time, the packaging is the only message available to reinforce the value of theApple excels at portraying quality in its packaging and the experience of opening a product, an art most PC makers don't understand. purchase and build excitement and enthusiasm in the new owner."

Saturday, February 3, 2007

Audodesk University Online

http://au.autodesk.com/
AU Online is your place for AU downloads and more. Here you will find class handouts, presentations, and datasets. If you attended AU, you will also be able to view screencasts of about 200 sessions. Ask session-specific questions, grow your professional network, and much more. To use this site, please create a login name or use your AU registration login or Autodesk Community login.

Google's Bosworth: Why AJAX Failed (Then Succeeded)

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2088644,00.asp
Article on the death and rebirth of AJAX.

Mental Floss Blog: Feel Smart Again

http://www.mentalfloss.com/
Blog for Mental Floss magazine. "For the record: mental_floss magazine is an intelligent read, but not too intelligent. We're the sort of intelligent that you hang out with for a while, enjoy our company, laugh a little, smile a lot and then we part ways. Great times. And you only realize how much you learned from us after a little while. Like a couple days later when you're impressing your friends with all these intriguing facts and things you picked up from us, and they ask you how you know so much, and you think back on that great afternoon you spent with us and you smile."

Erratic Wisdom

http://erraticwisdom.com/
"I am an eighteen year old student living in New York, and am attending the University at Buffalo as a sophomore. I will be majoring in Biomedical Sciences as I hope to become a doctor, but I have recently been exploring the possibility of a minor in philosophy."

Britton Creative Blog

http://www.brittoncreative.com/blog/
Blog for Britton Creative, a design agency in the U.K.
Portfolio site: http://brittoncreative.com/index_high.php

Print & Pattern Blog:

http://printpattern.blogspot.com/
" i am designer and trend forecaster with a passion for pattern in all its forms."

BBC Trust: Consultations

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consult/open-consultations/ondemand_services.html

"The BBC Trust is carrying out its first Public Value Test (PVT) – a new procedure that must be applied when the Trust considers applications from BBC management for the approval of new BBC services.

The first PVT concerns the BBC’s proposed on-demand services.

Here you can find out how to take part in the public consultation on the BBC Trust’s provisional conclusions."

Imitating A Scanner Darkly

http://www.illustratortechniques.com/imitating-a-scanner-darkly.html
"Using Illustrator's pencil tool and shapes of solid color, you can imitate the graphic novel styling of A Scanner Darkly. An animator from the film shows us how."

iPhonica Vol 2 (Icon set)

http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/iph2
Artist Kate England releases Volume 2 of her series of icons based on the upcoming GUI of Apple's new iPhone. (From the Iconfactory).

Treesquirrel: Photography of Jen Schuetz

http://www.treesquirrel.org/
"Jen Schuetz fell into photography after taking an intro course to pass her summer days in St. Louis. This new love came at a time when she found herself with a waning interest in her intended major and an approaching semester overseas."

Tingelets

http://www.tingelets.com/
"tingelets are a set of bookmarklets that you can place in your browsers bookmark bar. When clicked, they highlight a certain tag or set of tags in a specific color or background tile. They are very handy for quickly looking at web layouts in different browsers. You can either highlight tags directly or type in a tag, id or class name to highlight the matching element(s)."

Tutorials Round-Up: Ajax, CSS, PHP and More

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/26/tutorials-round-up-ajax-css-javascript-php-mysql-and-more/
"Coding or designing a page, it’s always nice to have some basic templates you can quickly modify or adapt to your needs. However, at least once you have to know, how to create this “universal” template. In this case tutorials prove to be an ultimate solution, particularly if you just want to get an idea how something works and where to start from. In fact, you don’t have to re-invent the wheel all the time - you can use existing solutions, modify and improve them and publish them as well - just the way other people did it for you.

In this post we’ve covered over 200 Ajax, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, RSS, XML as well as ASP, C++, Perl, Python and Java tutorials. You can also check out our list of Photoshop tutorials we’ve published before."

"Get Humanized"

http://humanized.com/
"There are a lot of choices in today's computing world – what's worse, most of them are too complicated. Hundreds of features, dozens of user preferences, unresponsive programs, inscrutable error messages, crowded toolbars, merciless disrespect for the safety of your data; all of these are problems that plague most of today's software."

Making a Good Favicon

http://snook.ca/archives/design/making_a_good_favicon/
"If ever there was a pet peeve of mine, missing or crappy favicons probably ranks pretty high (undoubtedly, higher than it should).

"A favicon (short for "favorites icon"), also known as a page icon, is an icon associated with a particular website or webpage. " ~ Wikipedia

Tied into my usual rants about personal branding, having a favicon is yet another way to establish your brand. The icons are used for bookmarks, appear in tabs making it easier to pick a site out in a sea of tabs, appear in the address bar, and are often snatched for use on other sites in blogrolls. Creating a favicon, even a basic one, is easy."

n.design studio

http://www.ndesign-studio.com/
"Hello everyone, my name is Nick La and I am based in Toronto. As you can see, I’m a graphic/web designer. Most of the skills and knowlege I have are self-taught, but I did attend Humber College for a two year Advertising and Graphic Design program. There, I learned about Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress, typography, advertising, and color theory."

How to Grok Web Standards (A List Apart)

http://alistapart.com/articles/grokwebstandards
"Many web designers, myself included, come to the web with a background in the graphic arts. We think in pictures, not in code. When we first begin designing for the web, we’ll use HTML and CSS crudely, as a means to an end—a method of arranging pretty boxes in space—without grasping the true nature of the box itself or what it contains. Altering that strictly visual mentality is the highest hurdle to overcome when a graphic designer first dives into semantics and web standards. For the visual designer, really understanding web standards means you’ll have to change the way you think about design."

An Interview with Doug Bowman

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/douglas_bowman2/
"I first met Douglas Bowman in person in 2004, when he very kindly took up an offer to come and speak at the first conference I helped organize, Web Essentials ‘04, in Sydney, Australia. We hit it off right away—so much so that Douglas and I spent a few days snowboarding in New Zealand after the conference. One windy day, we drove right across the south island, and despite boring Douglas senseless for hours covering the basics of the rules of cricket (hey, he did ask), we also talked a good deal about the present and future of the web. It really reinforced for me just how big- and forward-thinking Douglas is, as did his comments on a South by Southwest panel I organized in 2005, and his return appearance at Web Essentials ‘05 in Sydney later that year."

Raincity Studios

http://www.raincitystudios.com/
"Our Designs Are As Unique As You Are. At Raincity Studios, we design with your brand in mind. We examine your identity, your goals and your market before a single pixel hits the screen."
"Our cross-functional team of designers, developers, project managers, and sales and web marketers is a strong, cohesive, happy unit. We love what we do: working hard, playing hard, and making you look good. Get to know us a little better and connect with us through our social software online communities:"
Studio that did the web design for Ask A Ninja, among others.

iTheatre Mac Media Center

http://www.itheaterproject.com/media.php
A free Mac media center that can play video files, DVD discs, music, photos, and can be controlled via wii controller or apple remote.

Friday, February 2, 2007

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/03/adobe-illustrator-tutorials/
As a vector-based drawing program Adobe Illustrator has nowadays become the standard for illustration design. This tendency can be noticed in the Web as well as in Print Design. Few weeks ago we’ve selected some of the best Adobe Photoshop tutorials we’ve found on the Web so far; now it’s time for Adobe Illustrator. Below you’ll find a list of hand-picked Illustrator tutorials you can use to achieve some special visual effects in your designs.

Ten Tell-Tale Signs of a Lazy Webmaster/Designer

http://forum.programming-designs.com/viewtopic.php?id=870
"Through my years of browsing websites and coding them I have seen many things in common between them -- both the good and the bad. So as something that others may feel they are on common ground with, I present 10 tell-tale signs of a lazy webmaster/web designer (and I must admit, I've even fallen susceptible to some of these). Note that these aren't in any particular order, but define a lazy coder."

Kev Smith's Flickr Photos

From Clerks Fame...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72876423@N00/

Digg Labs Update

http://labs.digg.com/
BigSpy release and Swarm update.

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Blog + Widget = Blidget

http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/31/blog-widget-blidget/
Widgetbox, a marketplace for Web widgets, now lets you quickly and easily build a widget for your blog.

http://www.widgetbox.com/
Widgetbox is a directory and syndication platform for web widgets for blogs and other web pages. Our widgets work with TypePad, WordPress, Blogger, MySpace as well as most other blogs, sidebars or websites. No plug-ins are needed, and they're free!

Getting/Staying Organized: my Moleskine PDA

http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/
Organization comes unnaturally to me. I've experimented with almost everything, both electronic (Palm Pilot, various software apps), and plain old paper. So far, the one that's helped me the most is my low-tech, high-use Moleskine PDA. Supplies include a pen, a notebook, post-it tabs, and some (optional) 3 x 5 cards.

PigPogPDA - A Moleskine Hacked into a Complete System: http://pigpog.com/node/1030

"After Web 2.0, follow the rise from the simple search to Search Engine 2.0"

http://www.our-picks.com/archives/2007/01/31/after-web-20-follow-the-rise-from-the-simple-search-to-search-engine-20/

" “Web 2.0″. You hear it everywhere, from blogs and websites to TV shows and newspaper articles. Wikipedia describes it as refering to “perceived or proposed second generation of Internet-based services—such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies—that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.” To simplify it a bit, it represents what we are experiencing nowadays all over the Internet: blogs, widgets, social networking websites, and so on."