The long weekend is coming to a close, but I am ready for Christmas now! The Nerdy Links are back in full force! So check them out and pass them on! Bless you all!

Freelance/Business/Marketing

• Construct your own ‘Top 10 Must Follow’ List as it relates to your own Niche
  Top 10 Must Follow lists are popular! Everyone can play this game however!
  (tags: twitter todo tweetmarks)
• Secrecy or Transparency? One Startup's Experience – ReadWriteWeb
  Startups – Should you be Transparent? Or keep it to yourself?
  (tags: development blog entrepreneurship web2.0 top feedback business followup marketing strategy startup transparency roadmap secrecy)

Web Developer/Designer Inspirations

• 40+ Stunning Black And White Photographs :: Elite By Design
  Stunning and inspirational Black and White Photography!
  (tags: design inspiration photography photo b&w)
• Best of the Week #41 | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  Another Great Best of the week roundup! Last week was awesome!
• Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 11/29/2008 – Design Float
  Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 11/29/2008 – Dead Tired from Black Friday shopping. Put up a Christmas Tree! Now, for a day of rest..NOT! The Nerdy Links are back in full force! So check them out and pass them on! Bless you all!
  (tags: ping.fm design development resources dev web)
• Radical Retro Web Design | Inspiredology
  Awesome Retro Web Designs!
  (tags: webdesign paper まとめ inspiration gallery links 2008 trends open Retro)
• Daily Inspiration #56 | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  Another Round of Inspiration Please.
• The ‘O’ in Obama – Campaign Stops Blog – NYTimes.com
  Insights from the creators of the Obama logo. pretty interesting interview!
  (tags: design graphicdesign interview President obama politics project inspiration 2008 art logo news history graphic cool branding article designer logos identity brand campaign usa election barackobama nyt graphic_design election08 nytimes democrat)
• Coke Holiday Packaging | The DesignO'Blog
  Great collection of Coke Holiday Packaging!
• The Bottom 10: The Web's Most Useless Sites – MSN Tech & Gadgets – Products
  Worst sites on the web. Dang, Digg made the cut!
• 20+ 8-Bit Inspirations – Web Design, Graphic Design, Gadgets and Items Inspired by Retro 8-Bit Graphics | AndySowards.co – Design Float
  20+ 8-Bit Inspirations – Web Design, Graphic Design, Gadgets and Items Inspired by Retro 8-Bit Graphics | AndySowards.co – Even though we have smooth graphics and amazing resolution images these days, Its still nice to look back on the good old 80’s 8-bit graphics for inspiration.
  (tags: ping.fm web design 8bit inspiration dev)
• 2007: More Web Design Trends & Cliches
  A Look back into 2007's Web Design Trends.
  (tags: design webdev marketing 2.0 gallery Web_Design CSS web webdesign graphics ideas trends advice image list Resources reference inspiration art web-design trend articles internet blog blogs web2.0 article creativity 2007 cliches)
• 8-bit Retro T-shirts | 8-bit Gifts | Sipsearch
  Check out these T-Shirts inspired by the Good Ole 8-bit days!

Tiny URL Old?

• One Year Later, Too Many People Are Still Using TinyURL – ReadWriteWeb
  Are we still using TinyURL because its Easy to use?
  (tags: web trends www analytics web2.0 tools reference analysis url article tinyurl shortcuts internet Browser service comparison short)

Python

• Pyjamas: Build AJAX Apps in Python – ReadWriteWeb
  Getting really interested in Python lately, This looks interesting if you are too!

Sad Black Friday News

• Wal-Mart Employee Killed In Black Friday Stampede – G4tv.com
  Damn, that is crazy.
  (tags: ping.fm)

Social Media

• Cafe-Shaped Conversations | chrisbrogan.com
  Thinking about cafe-shaped conversations and how this social media stuff might not fit everyone. Very Insightful Post!

PHP – OOP

• Real-World OOP With PHP and MySQL – NETTUTS
  PHP OOP For the Real World.
  (tags: web php framework dev development webdevelopment mysql OOP sql plugin tutorial webdev Tutorials guide howto nettuts database programming class crud)

Photoshop

• 30 Awesome Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials
  Amazing Text Effects done in Photoshop! Great List!
  (tags: design graphics typography text effects effect style photography tips list web webdesign howto Resources photoshop graphicdesign tipografia tutoriais psdtuts adobe resource art inspiration tutorial graphic Tutorials type font logo texture)