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Web Discoveries for December 13th

These are my del.icio.us links for December 13th

The Number 4 Blog –
A well-produced blog administered by my younger sister Laura, soon to be an intern at Vogue.
The Millennials – Pew Research Center –
The Pew Research Center begin a yearlong series of original reports that explore the behaviors, values and opinions of today’s teens and twenty-somethings.
Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe – Telegraph –
Meant to be funny, but there’s actually some useful stuff here!
13 Ways to Promote Your Next Blog Post –
Some great advice for noobs and pros alike.
Twitter Guide Book – How To, Tips and Instructions by Mashable –
Great for clients looking to break into Twitter – very concise info.

These are my del.icio.us links for November 16th

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die…in Spotify –
This guy has found 785 of the 1001 albums we’re all meant to hear before we die (according to a recent book), as Spotify links. Awesome.
thiscyborglife – Gizmodo –
This week, Gizmodo is exploring the enhanced human future in a segment we call This Cyborg Life. It’s about what happens when we treat our body less as a sacred object and more as what it is: Nature’s ultimate machine.
Joomla Developer’s Toolbox – Smashing Magazine –
My new hobby, and once again Smashing Mag has the ultimate article on how it all works.
Ultimate Round-Up Of 60 Excellent Gimp Tutorials | Tutorials | instantShift –
I’m hoping to get a laptop soon, that’ll only run Open Source software. This list will come in handy.
Color Scheme Designer 3 –
Mmmm – colour schemes! Useful for an upcoming project.

These are my del.icio.us links for October 5th

Things you didn’t know VLC media player can do – ElaKiri Community –
My favourite media player has some secret special moves, and here’s a list of them.
How to Write a Facebook Application in 5 Minutes – Facebook Apps Tutorial for Non-Developers –
Oooh – interesting! Might have a go at this.
ignore the code –
Some excellent learnings here into how users read & write comments. Lots of other usability findings. Numberlicious.
Touch | Interaction with RFID and NFC –
An amazing resource for those interested in this space.
Let Me Google That For You –
Neat little tool that creates videos of the search queries your lazy friends really should have done first before asking you.

These are my del.icio.us links for September 2nd

Hack This Site! –
A brave concept – education through civil disobedience. These brave people train hackers by inviting them to hack their own site!
Designing for Social Traction (slide deck) – Bokardo –
Definitely worth a read if you're a developer or have clients looking to launch a new online service.
TwitterKeys: Enhance your Twitter conversations – The Next Web –
A handy reference guide to putting nice images in your tweets.
Dropular – Media Bookmarking –
My new favourite source of inspiration. I urge you to check it out now.
TutorialMagazine.com – Photoshop Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide –
Man, this article reminded me how much I miss Photoshop. I need to fix my computer.

These are my del.icio.us links for August 11th

Facebook Developers | Facebook Connect –
Information and documentation on Facebook Connect. Something we’ll be using on plenty of upcoming activity.
Innovation : Idea Hub : American Express OPEN Forum –
Really well-executed bundle of branded content, that is genuinely useful to new businesses and entrepreneurs.
11 Free Web Apps for your Daily Work –
A rundown of some great tools for online collaboration and enterprise, many of which are new to me.
Design Sojourn | Strategic Industrial Design Blog » 5 Steps to a Better Design Brief –
Neat little rundown of considerations for developing a fresh online property.
The complete guide to creating widgets in WordPress 2.8 –
An excellent article from Justin Tadlock, a WP Demi-God.