2009 is almost hear, and that means it’s time for the last monthly roundup in 2008. This month’s edition includes links to a wide variety of design and development-related blog posts, and some inspirational resources as well. if you’re looking for a good roundup of all of the best content from the past year, see Noupe’s 2008 Most Popular Design Posts, Tutorials and Resources.
Web Design and Development:
10 Ways to Cut Down Web Development Time - Six Revisions
How to Make Your WordPress Title Tag SEO Friendly - WP Recipes
8 Useful WordPress SQL Hacks - Smashing Magazine
Top 29 Free UX Tools and Extensions - UX Booth
Keeping Conventions: When Being Unique is a Bad Thing - UX Booth
Blurry Background Effect - CSS-Tricks
50 Extremely Useful and Powerful CSS Tools - Smashing Magazine
5 Easy Ways to Tackle IE6’s Transparency Issues - NETTUTS
Mastering Your WordPress 2.7 Theme & Admin Area: Tips and Tricks - Noupe
Flex Developer’s Toolbox - Noupe
Web Design Trends: Call to Action Buttons - Lee Munroe
Beautiful and Inspiring Designers Quotes - designworkplan
Graphic Design:
Visual Guide to Layer Blending Modes in Photoshop - Fudge Graphics
The Ultimate List of the Best Logo Design Resources - Just Creative Design
The Reality of Logo Design Contests - Logo Design Love
Tutorials:
Track Outgoing Clicks in Google Analytics with jQuery - CSS-Tricks
Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator - Blog.SpoonGraphics
Prototyping with the Grid 960 CSS Framework - NETTUTS
How a Simple Layout Can Be Mixed and Matched with Patterns, Photos and Backgrounds - PSDTUTS
Five Looks, One Layout: How to Develop a Library of Web Design Stylesat Your Fingertips - PSDTUTS
Design Inspiration:
40 Inspirational Non-Profit Websites - DesignM.ag
Typography Inspiration Showcase - DesignM.ag
Inspiration: Surreal Art - Abduzeedo
10 Amazing Typography Artists - Abduzeedo
40 Excellent Blog Designs - Six Revisions
15 Incredible WordPress Theme Customizations - Freelance Folder
Interface Design Inspiration: 36 Clean Comment Form Designs - DZine Blog
Articles I Wrote for Other Blogs:
10 Steps to Improve Your Photoshop Skills - PSDTUTS
Online Advertising and its Impact on Web Design - Smashing Magazine
10 Signs of a User-Focused Design - Web Design Ledger
10 Characteristics of Excellent Portfolio Sites - Webdesigner Depot
13 Characteristics of Outstanding Blog Design - Webdesigner Depot
December 28th, 2008
Thanks so much for the mention of UX Booth. The UX Panel is very excited with the positive feedback we’ve gotten from the community and look forward to a great new year! Best of luck to you, great posts you wrote too :).
December 29th, 2008
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December 29th, 2008
really nice list thanks a lot..
December 29th, 2008
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December 29th, 2008
Hey Steven, thanks for including a couple of my posts among those great resources
January 2nd, 2009
nice post Steven. thanks a lot for it.
January 4th, 2009
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January 9th, 2009
I liked the list very much. I’ve just spent a lot of time going over many of the sites there and have already found ideas to address some of the design issues I was thinking about.
thanks.
January 17th, 2009
A good compilation of tutorials and articles in web design. Thanks!
January 21st, 2009
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