AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 12/02/2008

December is here! Getting the swing back at work? Christmas is Around the corner guys! Hope everyone has a great week! The Nerdy Links are back in full force! So check them out and pass them on! Bless you all!

Freelance/Business/Marketing

• Addicted to Mediocrity | this is aaron's life
  Are you Addicted to Mediocrity?
• A List Apart: Articles: Starting a Business: Advice from the Trenches
  Advice from the Best, Starting a Business!
  (tags: design howto articles entrepreneurship business web webdesign productivity blogs inspiration article blog reference list tutorial freelance marketing ideas work advice career startup management entrepreneur finance startups plan businessplan a starting)
• So you’ve got a business idea… Now what? » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp
  More great Startup tips and Advice!
  (tags: blog entrepreneurship idea reference howto read business entrepreneur ideas startup advice ecommerce startups article 4hww tips)
• The Affiliate Networks Need to Get Global | The Blog Herald
  Affiliate Networks need to expand! Mucho Money to be made, Makes you wonder why you aren't an affiliate marketer

Freebies

• 100 Free High-Quality XHTML/CSS Templates | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
  Some NICE! High Quality XHTML/CSS Templates for FREE!
  (tags: templates CSS)
• Freebies – Abstract Textures Pack 1 | Arbenting
  Nice Freebie Textures!

Twitter Stuff

• 6 Tips for Using Your Twitter Profile to Get New Followers
  Get Moar Followers using your Twitter Profile!
  (tags: design marketing followers social-media ideas tutorial Tutorials web guide background howto tips blogging profile backgrounds twitter)

Web Developer/Designer Resources

• The Harsh Future Of Web Design? :: Elite By Design
  What is our Future in Web Design? Harsh?
• Google Reader: Helvetireader Facelifts Google Reader
  Nice Facelift of Google Reader!
• Cthulhu and other crazies :: -Five reasons a developer should avoid Adobe AIR
  Reasons to avoid Adobe AIR! and I thought it was a good idea!
• 40+ Useful Cheat Sheets for Designers – Six Revisions
  Really nice Cheat Sheets!
  (tags: resources sheets fireworks indesign sheet recursos design web photoshop webdesign software print designers lists cheatsheet designer adobe cheat cheatsheets useful banner tips list graphics illustrator webdev)
• 10 Dirty Little Web Development Tricks › Yongfook – Web Producer
  Nice Dirty Tricks!
  (tags: design reference code web-development php webdevelopment 10 float list web webdesign tips howto development programming jQuery productivity javascript tools blog webdev html AJAX framework tricks cssreset practices yongfook svn css)

Web Developer/Designer Inspiration

• Rotatecanvas – Inspiration for digital designers » AndySowards.com/blog
  AndySowards.com Featured at RotateCanvas.com! Check it out and vote for me! 😉
• Before Photoshop There Was AcidDraw | 6b Design
  More 8-Bit Art!
• The 75 Hottest Business Card Designs You’ve Ever Seen! | Ever-Real Web 2.0 Design Advice Blog
  Hottest Business Cards Ever!
  (tags: design marketing career business-cards identity tarjetas visita business-card cartões business.cards businesscard visitenkarten designs gallery inspiration graphicdesign graphics photoshop art ideas business graphic print diseño card cards businesscards showcase list)
• T-Shirt Design Election | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  Awesome T-Shirts, Vote for your favorite!
• 10 Creative Designers of the Month November – [ Random inspiration ]
  Designers of the Month for November 2008! Great Inspiration!
  (tags: design portfolios inspiration graphics creative portfolio lists showcase)
• The Ultimate List of the Top Best Logo Design Resources
  Best Logo Design Resources Period!
• Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 12/01/2008 – Design Float
  Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 12/01/2008 – First Nerdy Links of December! Christmas is Around the corner guys! Hope everyone has a great week! The Nerdy Links are back in full force! So check them out and pass them on! Bless you all!
  (tags: ping.fm web design development resources dev)
• Some make it some don’t… | On.eTi.me
  Some amazing posts inside this Large post! Are these posts Digg Worthy? Vote for mine 😉
  (tags: design graphicdesign Resources web-design inspiration career blog marketing graphics)
• 40 plus Colorful logos | Kreative Garden
  Tons of Colorful logo's to inspire!
• What constitutes good design? | The Design Cubicle
  Measurements of Good Design.
  (tags: design business freelancer)

Web 2.0 News

• Pownce Deadpooled, Team Moves To Six Apart
  Twitter rival Pounce acquired by Six Apart!
• Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web – NYTimes.com
  Facebooks Reach is Extending! World Domination?

PHP

• Create a Custom RSS Feed Button With Your Readers Number – CssLeak | CSS Gallery, Showcase of beautiful Web Design
  Quick and Easy way to create a Custom RSS Feed button with Reader Numbers using PHP! Nice!
  (tags: webdesign wordpress webdevelopment blog development php 2008 Tutorials CSS tutorial api feedburner blogging rss)

Social Media

• When Social Media Marketing Goes Completely Wrong | Social Media Marketing by Mike Smith
  Awesome.

Laugh of the Day

• Ask.com Has Top Searches Too; They’re Just Really Boring
  Hilarious Ask.com Top Searches report.

Frameworks

• Top 12 CSS Frameworks and How to Understand Them : Speckyboy – Web Design, Web Development and Graphic Design Resources
  Need help picking a CSS Framework? Or Deciding if its even right for you?
  (tags: design tools programming templates grids framework resource blog web webdev webdesign Resources tutorial inspiration reference CSS wordpress developer html list library style article code Tutorials development howto layout frameworks layouts)

Photoshop Tutorials/Templates

• How a Simple Layout Can Be Mixed ‘n’ Matched with Patterns, Photos and Backgrounds – PSDTUTS
  Mix and Match your Simple Layouts!
• Web Design Week on PSDTUTS + You Can Now Sell Photoshop Templates via ThemeForest – PSDTUTS
  Sell PSD Templates via Theme Forest! Nice!
  (tags: webdev tutorial)