AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 10/04/2008

Found some good stuff to keep your weekend prosperous and busy with tutorials and new services to check out Enjoy.

Web Services/Social Networks

• Where is Your Username registered
  Creepy, and eerily accurate username checker. Find out if your favorite username is registered on tons of different social networks. You can even stalk your friends! or steal a popular one before someone else does!
  (tags: web online socialmedia tools resource reference personal search web2.0 internet socialnetworking service user webapp todo cool free utilities social tool stalking names name check identity usernames username)
• In.com
  Another Social Network? Are you IN? bahaha.
  (tags: design community portal email web2.0 Inspiration news via:mento.info networking socialnetworking internet social online download games websites in.com general songs webmail mail india music)
• Viewzi — What are you looking for?
  Will this search engine have what it takes to compete with Google? Its pretty slick I must admit. What do you think?
  (tags: cool design Video gallery tool web tools search online information searchengines searchengine visual viewzi flash inspiration search.engine interface engine busca visualization 3d reference web2.0 aggregator application internet image photos graphics)
• SocialText 3.0 blends Facebook, Twitter, and the Enterprise
  exciting developments in social networking mashups!
  (tags: web2.0 socialtext twitter socialnetwork enterprise2.0 mashup community Facebook wiki ideas)

Design Portfolio Exposure

• Jeff Fisher LogoMotives: Marketing logo design efforts with online resources
  Good list of online resources you can use to give exposure to your own logo design efforts. Each of the Internet portfolio, or gallery, options can result in potential logo design clients coming your way. Must See List for Freelancers.
  (tags: design Resources marketing online logo reference)

U.S. Economy News

• Congress OKs historic bailout bill – Yahoo! News
  With the economy on the brink and elections looming, Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday and sent it to President Bush for his certain signature.
  (tags: ping.fm House Republican Leader John Boehner Speaker Nancy Pelosi Great Depression President Bush Wall Street Business AP)

Twitter!

• Twittad Let Your Ad Meet Tweets
  Great business model for making Twitter an Ad covered place
  (tags: ads tweetmarks twittad ad publicité adsense socialmedia networking tools ping.fm web2.0 microblogging media business advertising marketing tweet online money twitter)

3d Modeling and Game Programming Tutorial

• CGArena : Exporting Animated Models with Biped from 3ds max to XNA
  Cool tutorial on importing your 3d models from 3dsMAX to Microsofts XNA Framework. I gotta try it out
  (tags: xna microsoft game dev games development programming 3dsmax 3d models renders)

Tutorial Site

• iDoTutorials / Creating Quality Photoshop Tutorials
  New Site with a good collection of photoshop tutorials, so many resources on the net!
  (tags: design Tutorials tutorial Resources photoshop tutoriais ui)

Laugh of the Day

• xkcd – A Webcomic – Flash Games
  Its funny, because its true.
  (tags: ping.fm)

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