Dan Eden is a prodigious young brit working for Dropbox who has already contributed a large amount to the web design world. He's got a blog that's admittedly not updated often - but what's there is worth your time.
Visit DanEden.meFor those of you familiar with Swift, Apple's new programming language, it's been an exciting few weeks. Apple, as promised open-sourced Swift, and in response, IBM introduced a cool Swift toy.
Visit the Swift SandboxSo it seems that we're all after a great solution for smoothly and progressively loaded, large images. There hasn't been a perfect solution presented yet, but this one at CSS Tricks comes close!
Visit CSS TricksJerry King is great - and he does an awesome web comic for WebDesignerDepot every week.
Visit WebDesignerDepotWhile perusing another advent calendar (24ways) I stumbled across an in-progress website that is pretty epic. The guys at Rally Interactive are seriously impressive.
Visit Their Beta SiteOne of the most integral pieces of a freelance business is your billing. I've been using Hiveage since it was called Curdbee, and love it. It's not as ubiquitous as it should be, but you should definitely check it out.
Visit HiveageWhile there are a slew of full-featured, easy-to-use CMS options out there, my personal preference is a lesser known one called MODX. If you take the time to get into it, you can do almost anything you want with relative ease.
Visit MODX.comTo aid in my CMS suggestion from yesterday, one of the best MODX resources is MODX.today. You should give it a look!
Visit MODX.todayJon Duckett has a fantastic series of books on the basic technology involved in front-end web design. Here's the first.
Buy Javascript & jQuery: Interactive Front-EndJon Duckett has a fantastic series of books on the basic technology involved in front-end web design. Here's the second.
Buy HTML and CSS: Design and Build WebsitesUI-Patterns.com is a fantastic resource for learning and practicing UI design. You should really check it out, even if you don't consider yourself a dyed-in-the-wool UI designer.
Visit UI-Designs.comIf you're just beginning in web design, I've shared a few resources already that should help you build up your fundamentals—but no resource is more effective than Treehouse. They do a fantastic job at making complex concepts easy to understand, and their wealth of material covers much more than just web design.
Visit Team TreehouseMost of the things I'm sharing on here are related to web design, but haven't you always wondered what happened to Kevin Mccallister of Home Alone fame? Well, now we know—and it ain't good.
Watch on YouTubeYou should check out the 60 Minutes segment with Charlie Rose tonight. He's peeking inside of Jony Ive's secret design studio.
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