Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 2/26/2009 – Best Of Roundups Edition!

Its Thursday! We are so close to the TGIF we have all been waiting for! But today will go by fast, because I have compiled a great list of links for you today! A WHOLE Lot of posts that round up THE BEST OF other posts! Hope you enjoy! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• 50+ Sites to Promote your Portfolio, Web Design, Blog | Desizn Tech
  Great sites to promote your portfolio or web design blog!
  (tags: business links submission promotion web-design resource inspiration)
• The 20 Most Practical and Creative Uses of jQuery – NETTUTS
  Very good roundup of practical jQuery Uses – Creative!!
  (tags: webdev web_design howto tutorials tutorial ui userinterface javascript jquery webdesign)
• Viral Marketing Techniques That Can Increase Traffic | Spyre Studios
  Great read about viral marketing techniques that can increase your traffic!
  (tags: blogging traffic viral viralmarketing webdevelopment)
• XHTML Valid
  useful CSS Tab tutorial – Expandable
  (tags: tutorial menu code css tutorials)
• dave cross online: Update to Photoshop CS4
  CS4 Photoshop update released – Details here
• 7 Ways to Keep Fresh Content Flowing On Your Blog
  Keep the good content rolling!
• Design a Retro Futurism Space Scene
  Nice Retro look achieved in this tutorial
  (tags: design retro tutoriais photoshop tutorial)
• 12 Of The Best Photoshop Web Design Tutorials | Creative Nerds
  BEST OF PHOTOSHOP WEB DESIGN TUTORIALS! Good roundsup today
  (tags: webdesign education tutorial tutorials portfolios list layout photoshop)
• 12 CSS Tools and Tutorials for Beautiful Web Typography | Web Design Ledger
  Awesome CSS Tools and Tutorials that make beautiful TYPOGRAPHY!
  (tags: programming font tool typography photoshop tutorial webdev resources inspiration web tips tutorials reference to-read help tipografia webdevelopment css list)
• Webdesign und Webentwicklung im Webstandard-Blog – Best of jQuery-Tutorials
  BEST OF jQUERY TUTORIALS!
  (tags: tutorial internet scripts howto tutorials navigation framework js blogging webdesign blog webdev design)
• Educating New Clients: 4 Options to Make Your Work Easier – FreelanceSwitch – The Freelance Blog
  Educate those clients – Makes work easier
  (tags: contracts clients business work management make freelanceswitch freelancer freelance)
• Let’s Make a Playful Yet Robust 3D Letter Design – VECTORTUTS
  Awesome 3D Typography design tutorial
  (tags: illustrator vectors vector webdesign tutorials fonts typography)
• The River Current – 23 Essential Resources for Business Card Design
  ESSENTIAL Resources for Business Card Designs
  (tags: amazing businesscards tutorial businesscard resources inspiration photoshop)
• SitePoint » The 5 Most Under-Used HTML Tags
  Do you UNDER-USE These HTML Tags?
  (tags: webdesign sitepoint tips webdevelopment webdev resources reference accessibility)
• Simple jQuery Dropdowns
  Nice and simple. – jQuery Drop down
  (tags: js javascript programming webdesign)
• Create a Slick Flickr Gallery with SimplePie – NETTUTS
  Slick flickr gallery tutorial!
  (tags: nettuts photos photography feed webdev imagenes photo webdesign)
• Twitturly – Real-time Link Tracking on Twitter
  Track the links on twitter in real time!
  (tags: analysis aggregation buzz mashup web web2.0)
• The Workstations of Popular Websites | Webdesigner Depot
  Inspirational Workstation roundup!!
  (tags: business workspace interior showcase inspiration desktop workplace hardware photography blog)
• 8 WordPress Plugins for Page Management
  Manage WP Pages with these plugins!
  (tags: page resources wordpress-plugins extension reference webdevelopment blogs wordpress)
• Google gives Safari a kick in the pants | Mac Word | Macworld
  Safari like chrome?
  (tags: google osx safari)
• Open Thoughts on Software, Business, Life: Programming Language Popularity
  Good read about the popularity of programming languages
• 10 reasons to buy a Kindle 2… and 10 reasons not to
  Reasons for kindle – yay and nay
  (tags: reference ebooks techcrunch reading e-book review literature amazon)
• Worst Photoshop Mistakes and Disasters : Graphic Design Blog & Graphics News Blog
  PHOTOSHOP FAILS! LOL
  (tags: graphic funny mistakes)
• Top Tools To Use When Starting A Web Business (Part 2)
  Starting a web business – GOOD READ – Part 2
  (tags: freeware tools software freelance marketing business)
• Top Tools To Use When Starting A Web Business (Part 1)
  Starting a web business – GOOD READ – Part 1
  (tags: gtd tools productivity startup freeware)
• 20 Of The Best CSS Navigation Menu Techniques | Social CMS Buzz
  Navigation Menu Techniques – BEST OF CSS MENUS
  (tags: tutorials examples menu ajax inspiration webdesign resource article)
• xkcd – A Webcomic – Kindle
  This is what I have been saying about kindle all along! LOL
  (tags: design technology funny)
• First impressions: Apple Safari 4 beta | The Toybox
  Safari 4 is here! Check it out
  (tags: apple safari)
• Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job
  Need a job? Find one with Social MEDIA!
  (tags: socialnetworking linkedin networking howto mashable bestof employment networks research business)
• 15 Beautiful Web Designs Empowered With Ajax Techniques – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
  Great collection of sites running off AJAX
  (tags: webdesign web inspiration)
• Twitter SMS Will Come With a Huge Price Tag for Canadian Users
  Twitter SMS for Canada will COST
  (tags: twitter hate)
• Flash-Based Galleries For Your Images | Graphics | Smashing Magazine
  Flashy photo galleries! Nice!
  (tags: design opensource photography image web2.0 webdesign blog)
• 28 Incredible Photoshop Image Manipulation Techniques and Tutorials : Speckyboy Design Magazine
  AWESOME Image Manipulation techniques and tutes!
  (tags: design resources photography tutorials web inspiration)
• What's with the attitude? : Boagworld web design podcast
  GREAT READ as always – Are we getting an attitude as designers?
  (tags: webdesign web inspiration blog clients industry)
• big swirl brushes by ~evionn on deviantART
  Great Mac and PC Brushes – Big Swirls!
  (tags: photoshop plugin brushes)
• Gardening Tips That Can Grow Your Freelance Business | Freelance Folder
  Grow your Freelance business!
  (tags: freelance freelancing)
• Design Resource | 15 Sites to download Free PSD files
  Sweet sites to download FREE PSD FILES!
  (tags: graphics selection blogs resources resource adobe freebies photoshop design webdesign inspiration)
• 40+ Creative and Colorful Postcard Designs | Graphic Fetish
  Awesome Postcard Designs!!
  (tags: design inspiration twitchboard print)
• Design Blurb » Picking Colors for your Design
  Great look at picking colors for designs!
  (tags: design adobe color webdesign inspiration palette tips tutorials photoshop)
• 33 Drop-Dead Gorgeous Catalog and Booklet Designs | Graphic Fetish
  STUNNING Catalog and Booklet Designs!
  (tags: design inspiration print)
• Graphic-ExchanGE – a selection of graphic projects – Kerry Ropper
  Awesome Business Card Roundup! Creative!
  (tags: business-cards graphicdesign cool graphic typography businesscard business_cards ideas graphics)
• Logo inspiration from Spin | Logo Design Love
  Great Logo Inspiration from Spin!
  (tags: logo branding logodesign logos inspiration)
• Hitwise Intelligence – Heather Hopkins – US: Perez Hilton #1 Traffic Source Facebook
  Interesting stats for Perez Hiltons blog
• Amazon Exposes 1 Terabyte of Public Data to Developers – ReadWriteWeb
  DANG thats a lot of public Data
  (tags: database awesome information blog development)
• 39 Twitter Backgrounds | Inspiredology
  More great Twitter BG's!
  (tags: inspiration twitter)
• 5 Business Tips for Young Entrepreneurs
  GREAT Business Tips for the Young Entrepreneurs!
  (tags: business entrepreneurship)
• 100 Free, Time-Saving Apps for Web Writers
  TIME SAVERS! for web writers
  (tags: applications creativity webdev webapp writing)
• eightface.com — flickrRSS for WordPress
  Good way to pull in flickr into your WP blog with RSS – Plugin!
  (tags: flickr photos webdev wordpress blogging development gallery blogs photography)
• How to Make an Impressive Animated Landscape Header with jQuery | Build Internet!
  THIS is a NICE Tutorial for jQuery Animation effect!
  (tags: javascript web_design landscape animation webdev inspiration tutorials design)
• Run IE8/IE7/IE6, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera from the web
  Run ANY Browser from the web? Amazing.
  (tags: webdevelopment testing explorer compatibility windows webdev development design)
• Ryanair: RyanAir Employee Calls Blogger "Idiot," And Their Spokesperson Publicly Agrees
  LOL Company backs up employee calling bloggers idiots
  (tags: article funny customerservice)
• Three Keys to Leveraging Your Content | The Marketing Technology Blog, Indianapolis
  Leverage your content, good tips!
• 70+ Top Quality FREE WordPress Theme Resource – Espreson
  Awesome Free Top Quality WP Themes!
  (tags: wp-themes inspiration wordpress themes theme)
• Creative Wisdom » I’ve lost my logo – now what?
  Lost your logo? Heres what you do.
  (tags: vector)
• How to Use Twitter Without Twitter Owning You – 5 Tips
  Don't let twitter PWN you
  (tags: productivity web tools ping.fm extensions status)
• CSS Count – We Count CSS Websites! Be inspired and counted!
  AWESOME Icon Resources!!
  (tags: webdesign resources icons)
• HOW TO: Deal With Social Media Conflict
  Good tips for dealing with conflict online
  (tags: socialmedia blogging social-media resolution mashable lists web howto business)
• 5 Ways to Collaborate on Documents Online in Real Time
  Great sources for Online Document Collab!
  (tags: enterprise2.0 writing productivity office collaborative document herramientas sharing google online)
• Exclusive: The $99 iPhone Specs Revealed – Okay, Not Really | Mac|Life
  $99 iPhone! Not really.
  (tags: funny tech apple joke iphone)
• HOW TO: Organize a Successful Tweetup
  Organize a Tweet-up that doesn't Suck. Great tips!
  (tags: tips organize tutorials socialnetworking socialmedia twitter howto)
• jQuery for Beginners, Part 1. :: Learn it! Screencasts
  Good screencast for jQuery Novices!
• 21 Reasons Why Readers Don’t Like Your Blog | instantShift
  People don't like your blog? Heres why.
• ::: COLORSTROLOGY :::
  This is just awesome 🙂 Flashy goodness
  (tags: graphic design webdesign reference interesting colors diseño flash web inspiration tools web2.0)
• CSS Optimization Tips – Optimizing Style Sheets – CSS Optimization Tutorial
  Awesome tips to streamline your css!
  (tags: webdev tutorial programming optimization)
• 45 Really Fantastic Desktop Wallpapers
  Freaking FANTASTIC Wallpapers!
  (tags: design background image awesome graphicdesign photoshop technology resources inspiration fun)
• 5 Easy Ways to Turn Inspiration into Imagination – Superluminal
  Awesome inspiration article!
  (tags: inspiration)
• Grabbing Hex Codes for Colors
  Need colors? Use these tools!
  (tags: design webdesign colors)
• 10 Amazing Free Stock Photography Sites | Presidia Creative
  Great stock photography sites!
  (tags: design resource images photography resources web)
• 13 Delicious Apple Birthday Cakes – Happy Birthday Steve! | Mr.Gadget
  AWESOMELY NERDY Apple Cakes!
  (tags: ping.fm apple iphone ipod gadgets cake)
• Why you should bill for everything…. » – Web Design Marketing Podcast & Blog
  Great motto – BILL FOR EVERYTHING
  (tags: webdesign freelance tip work)
• Design A Fresh Blog Theme On The 960 Grid | My Ink Blog
  Awesome 960 Grid tutorial!