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My Favorite Design Links of the Week

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:48:44 +0000

This week I’ve tried cutting back on my feed reading and relying more on Twitter – particularly Twitter lists, for tracking great design links. I have my own list of creatives, but also closely follow two other great lists: the Smashing Network list and Roger Byrne’s list (which includes yours truly). So here’s what I found…

Become Social Networking Guru With 45 Handy Twitter Tools http://bit.ly/bFduPR
12 Ways to Make Your Blog Posts more Credible http://bit.ly/95Fe1Z
9 Usability And UX Pitfalls: Learn How To Avoid Them http://bit.ly/b30A3L
My Favorite Web Applications for Designers http://bt.io/FSqM
35+ Inspirational Photos of Nature http://post.ly/k2om
WordPress 3.0 – Thelonious Features http://bit.ly/cwPe4o
10 Web Design Bloggers You Should Followhttp://ow.ly/20CUr
Exploring Your Brand Identity http://bit.ly/bZ2UHY
50 Fresh Logo Designs for Design Inspirationhttp://post.ly/k1yR
Best of Breadcrumbs and How They Enhance Your Websitehttp://post.ly/k1xU
Inspiration: 40 Unique Footer Designs http://post.ly/k1xG
The Current State of Twitter [Infographic] - http://bit.ly/a7jrZx
26 Free Progressive and Experimental Fontshttp://post.ly/jsww
Let the Music Play – Logos Inspired by Music http://bit.ly/9KmaCD
6 Tips for Avoiding Website Roadblocks:http://bit.ly/aEP69C
Top 10 Beautiful Minimalist Icon Setshttp://post.ly/jqqW
7 Important Steps for Designing Great Logos → http://bit.ly/awCam2
Design Better And Faster With Rapid Prototyping - http://su.pr/1tX7ME
40 Splendid Ice Sculptures for Inspiration http://bit.ly/d7qV1p
A Complete Guide to CSS pseudo-classes - http://bit.ly/d1dmTX
Getting Started With Twitter (Whatever Twitter Is!)http://ow.ly/1Znlj
50 Power Twitter Tips http://bit.ly/b5ATbA
10 Common Mistakes Made by Novice Web Designershttp://ow.ly/1YUAB
Spicing Up Your Website With jQuery Goodnesshttp://ow.ly/1YNbr
48 Examples of Excellent Layout in Web Designhttp://post.ly/jTqa

My Favorite Design Links of the Week

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:39:31 +0000

Here are some of the best design links from the past week or so from my Twitter stream…

Subfolio: An innovative online portfolio solution http://ow.ly/1XIyS
25 Type-Based Logos for Inspiration http://is.gd/cNdtw
Guide to Blogging for Freelance Designers http://is.gd/cE0qB
5 Uncreative Ways to Unlock Your Creative Juices! http://ow.ly/1XGXa
5 Tips For Being YOU On Twitter http://ow.ly/1XwrJ
The 5 Steps To Follow When Starting a Blog! – http://bit.ly/a4Osee
22 Traits of Successful and Happy Bloggers – http://bit.ly/axKeif
45 Free Wood Textures http://bit.ly/biVfpG
Twitter Personal Branding Q and A #7 http://ow.ly/1Xlb5
Six Cool Sites for Keeping Up With the Blogosphere http://fuel.bz/Fum
Avoiding Design Burnout http://bit.ly/99Ywl8
13 Truths About Social Media Measurement http://ow.ly/1WZlp
Complete Guide to Blog Advertising http://bit.ly/bINts7
50 New Useful CSS Techniques, Tools and Tutorials http://ow.ly/1WQV2
Sixteen Reasons Why Your Social Media Isn’t Working at http://biznik.com/h/a4vr
A Beginner’s Guide to the Business Side of Freelancing http://bit.ly/bbisvB
7 Signs of an A-List Blogger in the Making http://j.mp/cQZzkc
The Best Addition to Your Blog Is a Community! http://fuel.bz/Kdy
The Principles Of Cross-Browser CSS Coding http://ow.ly/1V7lW
Web Designs that Use Textures Beautifully http://post.ly/ieLm

As usual, what did I miss? Feel free to plug something in the comments!

My Favorite Design Links of the Week

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:27:38 +0000

Even though it’s only been eleven months since my last favorite links post, I’m going to pile another one on (and try to get back into the habit). Enjoy this mixture of inspiration and innovation selected from my Twitter stream…

Is Social Media Killing Authenticity? http://bit.ly/d5l4rX
45 Mobile Web Designs To Show You One Of Future Trends http://j.mp/9VC5Jk
Posterous Adds Pages for Static Content http://ow.ly/1UiL6
Cross-Browser Testing: A Detailed Review Of Tools And Services http://ow.ly/1UeUV
WordPress 3.0 for Web Designers http://bit.ly/cTDSLv
How to Make Twitter More Useful for Your Business http://bit.ly/96geYw
Don’t just blog – Create an Experience! http://bit.ly/a3v70c
12 Tips for Formatting Better Blog Posts http://bit.ly/duNTlc
6 Ways to Constantly Produce Quality Blog Content http://ow.ly/1TVeY
35 Fresh FreeFonts for Designers and Developers http://bit.ly/9xvcB5
35 Unique Examples of Vintage Design http://post.ly/iNVw
Entrepreneurs and Personal Branding http://bit.ly/bWRqVY
25 Characteristics of Highly Effective Social Media Campaigns http://ow.ly/1TOju
7 Ways to Market Your Business on Facebook http://bit.ly/avtOk2
Getting Ready for a Website Redesign: Advice, Resources and More http://ow.ly/1TNTg
50 Websites You Won’t Believe Are Using WordPress http://ow.ly/1TCxL
10 Church Branding Myths – via @SteveFogg http://ow.ly/1TChV
5 Simple Rules for a Better Blog Design http://bit.ly/dvqG5p
Nice showcase of Websites with a lot of colour to them – http://bsa.ly/12c
How to Pitch Your Blog to Potential Advertisers http://fuel.bz/Mkf
Getting Started: How Wufoo Went from Concept to Launch http://bit.ly/bFKH0u
Getting Started With E-Commerce: Your Options When Selling Online http://tinyurl.com/2wcflx6
How to Build an Awesome Online Presence http://bit.ly/b9uo2k
12 Portable Apps for Web Designers http://bit.ly/ckbvvn
12 Reasons to Use Social Media to Grow Your Business http://ow.ly/1SJ7G
How to Dominate Your Niche Without Apology http://bit.ly/9mnVKe
Profiting From Other People’s Content http://bit.ly/c9syqT
4 Reasons to Add a Podcast to Your Blog http://bit.ly/cCYyjn
Robb Sutton Lists 30 of the Most Influential Bloggers of 2010 http://bit.ly/atmc2w
A Guide to Google Font API http://bit.ly/bHycoW
92 Essential Social Media Resources http://bit.ly/9BRDLq
60 Excellent Examples of Illustration in Web Design http://post.ly/i11g
25 Simple Ways To Earn Trust http://bit.ly/8Z8gY1
Vlogging + Design = Future? http://is.gd/cwQYh

Did I miss your awesome resource? Add a link in the comments!

A Ginourmous List of WordPress Stuff

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:50:09 +0000

Over at my other design blog, Creative Cox, I’ve published a list of WordPress resources. Pass along or add to the stack yourself. Enjoy!

My Favorite Design Links of the (Rest of the) Week

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:11:28 +0000

There were too many links this week to include in one post, so I did an early post of midweek design inspiration. So here’s the Thursday through Sunday edition…

19 Best Resources For Free Blogger Templates

Ten Simple Rules for Choosing the Perfect CMS + Excellent Options

Create a WordPress Theme: The Ultimate Tutorial

30 Light and Sleek Web Designs for Inspiration

16 Different Clones You Can Build with Drupal

Effective Logos Using Negative Space

FriendFeed – Follow List for Creatives and Social Nerds

Web Design: Awesome Magazine Style Sites

Sketch Style: Ten Fonts and Ten Design Elements

Top 15 Logo Design Inspiration Galleries

Kohana: The Swift PHP Framework

50 Creative and Inspirational Personal Portfolio Website

25 Incredibly Useful WordPress Cheat Sheets & Checklists

Web Design Tutorials: The Ultimate Roundup

Midweek Creative Design Inspiration

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:00:28 +0000

The web has been hopping this week with all kinds of awesome creative design inspiration! Normally, I post my weekly favorites on Sunday night or Monday morning, but I’ve collected more than usual this week, so I’m going to post today and again over the weekend. So… enjoy!

Jaw-Dropping Examples of Beautiful Contact Page Designs

20+ High-Quality Free Fonts for Retro and Vintage Design

17 beautiful Designer Portfolios

Great Designers Steal?

15 Stunning Typography Portraits

38 Business Cards of Top Graphic Designers

80 Corporate Website Designs For Design Inspiration

25 Exceptional Examples of Long Exposure

35 Beautiful Minimal Websites

30 Beautiful Wood Inspired Websites and 200+ “Woody” Resources

15 Must-see Architectural Design Photos

60+ Free Fonts for Big, Bold and Beautiful Headlines

Logo Design RoundUp Part 9 - How Designers Promote & Brand Themselves

Claire Morgan | Awesome Hanging Sculptures!

40 Free Calligraphy Fonts

Great Vintage Advertising and Propaganda

50 Awesome Twitter Profiles – Part 1

25 Totally Immersive Web Experiences

50+ Tools to Make You a Better, Faster, & More Collective Designer

34 Dark Websites

Free Typographic XHTML/CSS-Layouts For Your Designs

Design Your Own Icons – 25 Tutorials and Articles Designers MUST Have

The Ultimate Drupal Showcase

StumbleUpon FAQ, Guides, Tools, Addons And Scripts

20 great WordPress Footer Designs for Inspiration

80 Creative and Well-designed Logos

21 Mindblowing Premium-Like Free WordPress Themes

100 Thoughts on Marketing

4 Tips and 17 Examples for Spectacular Login

My Web Design Toolbox – 25 Tools

The Top 10 jQuery Lightbox Plugins

20 Promising Open Source PHP Content Management Systems

My Favorite Design Links of the Week

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:20:43 +0000

My Favorite Design Links of the Week

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:52:51 +0000

7 Rich & Creative User Interfaces and How to Create Your Own

The Best Sources Of Logo Design Inspiration

A – Z Twitter Creative Elite to Follow (I’m included!)

My Favorite Design Links of the Week

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:05:14 +0000

25 Amazing Retro Web Sites for Your Inspiration

22 Mixed Quality WordPress Hacks

42+ Social Media Marketing Tools

35 Creative Paper Inspired Website Design (I’m included!)

Logo Inspiration With Clever Typography

60 Awesome Sites for Free Fonts

Showcase Of 50 Stunning Portfolio Website Designs

15 Creatively Cut Business Cards

50 Ways to Become a Better Designer

Nice Collection of Vintage Websites

15 Sites to Visit for Logo Inspiration

15 Coolest Minimalist WebDesigns Using Photograph as Background

Niche Showcase Galleries

The “Designers Rock” Twitter Uberlist (I’m included!)

88 Single Page Website Designs For Inspiration

13 Websites With Inspirational Typography

The Minimalist Guide To Making Minimalist Websites

100 Awesome Designers and Developers to Follow on Twitter

50+ Designers on Twitter

37 Beautiful Letterpress Business Cards

Retro Futurism At Its Best: Designs and Tutorials

The Best RSS Feeds for Designers and Developers from A to Z

Other little things that inspire me, such as quotes, photos, designs, and links, can be found at my tumblog: whatinspires.brandonacox.com.

My Favorite Design Links of the Week

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:03:45 +0000

60+ Really awesome Typography Showcases

Being a Freelancer Logo Designer – Its in the Small Print

70+ Marvelous Typography Designs

InDesign 101

Elements of Great Web Design: The Polish

The Art of the Corporate Avatar

25 Design Portfolios that will Melt Your Face Off!

30 Sites Every Freelancer Should Visit and Utilize

50 Beautiful Hand-Drawn Web Design

Design Showcase: Minimalist Approach To Website Design

50 Beautiful Website Designs For your Inspiration

Insider Logo Design Tips: Mike Erickson (Logomotive)

35 Amazing Light Grunge Website Designs

40 of the Best Non-Profit Websites

The Biggest Ever List of Graphic Design Blogs?

45+ Beautiful Logo Design Tutorials and Resources for Designers

15 Slick Logos from Logopond that Really Inspire Me

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:58:25 +0000

If you haven’t visited LogoPond, you should, and you should bookmark it and subscribe to their feed. This goes for potential clients too, so that you can understand why your logo designer doesn’t want a 3d rotating rainbow in your logo. Here are some of my recent favorites…

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