AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 10/22/2008

Now that the week is in full motion, there is no stopping the resources! I have a whole new batch of knowledge and enlightenment in my Link Bag today. Hope you guys enjoy them! The Gmail hacks are especially useful. Gmail rocks!

GIMP tutorial

• 30+ Exceptional GIMP Tutorials and Resources | Noupe
  Photoshop out of reach? Try GIMP! GIMP is a freely distributed GNU Image Manipulation Program. Available for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It’s always fun to experiment different techniques and learn how to work with various aspects of GIMP to spice up boring pictures and make them into works of arts and masterpieces. Here are some great tutes to get you started!
  (tags: howto design images Linux editor computer graphics webdesign tools free photography ubuntu list tips tutorial Tutorials photoshop photos opensource art Resources software reference graphic photo image freesoftware editing editors gimp)

2Advanced is Amazing…

• PLAT4M – The Official Blog of 2Advanced Studios
  What the hell, How is it even possible that they are this badass?? Extreme Conference Table.

Funny Ads

• New Mac ad swipes at Microsoft ad-spend | News | TechRadar UK
  LOL Love Mac Commercials.
  (tags: mac commercial owned windows microsoft apple love hilarious funny joke)

Gmail Tips and Tricks!

• 40 brilliant Gmail hints, hacks and secrets | News | TechRadar UK
  Love your Gmail? Pimp it out and use it as Google meant for it to be used! Or not.
  (tags: web apps tutorial information application Resources news tricks email gmail technology reference howto hacks mail check hack tech cool productivity tips google lifehack hints)

Project Management Resource

• Project Management Apps / Creative Freelance Series | Fuel Your Creativity
  Get your projects Managed!
  (tags: project management software web freelance)

Popular Typography

• 18 Creative Examples of Typography & Paragraphs » DivitoDesign
  Some good examples of typography usage, use others technique to inspire change in your own work
  (tags: design typo webdesign inspiration CSS typography fonts showcase paragraph)
• 21 Most Used Fonts By Professional Designers | instantShift
  Great Fonts that are used Most Often by Designers around the world on a daily basis. You know you’ve seen them around.
  (tags: design graphics font designers text graphicdesign most tipografia fuentes diseño lists statistics type Resources fonts article blog typography webdev resource inspiration art webdesign photoshop list web used professional 21)

Flash Tutorial

• Weekly Flash tutorial roundup #4 | Flash tutorials
  Love flash, good roundup of tutorials. Going to master flash soon. Join me?
  (tags: design tutorial Tutorials webdesign flash adobe actionscript)
• How to Make a Dubstep-Style Wobble Bass in FL Studio 8 – AUDIOTUTS
  You can do some amazing things in flash, Never thought of audio that much tho!

MMO stands for Money

• Fresh Look At IMVU, Mini-MMO With Big Numbers – GigaOM
  I Love MMO’s, or at least I did when I had tons of free time. Apparently I need to start MAKING them. sheesh. $1 million a month comes from this!?
  (tags: web research cool games business marketing interesting competition chat advertising socialnetworking virtualworlds worlds virtual-goods secondlife mmo imvu virtual)

Twitter Analytics

• TweetStats :: Graphin’ Your Stats
  Twitter Analytics? YUSS!!!
  (tags: web community tools geek analytics analysis graph visualization web2.0 graphics applications apps twitter internet blogging social tool traffic mashup microblogging socialmedia statistics stats communication graphs tweetstats data charts chart metrics)

PHP Framework

• Getting Started With CakePHP
  Don’t want to spend a lot of time learning PHP? Get some cake then.
  (tags: web webdesign php development webdev tutorial Tutorials rails framework nettuts cms website programming web-development cakephp mvc cake beginner)

Top Web Developers Skillset

• 10 Most Sought-after Skills in Web Development
  Top 10 Web Dev Skillz. You got em?
  (tags: web development freelance skillset economy survival)