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Download Camtasia Studio with Registration Key for Free
Looking to download Camtasia Studio Retail version for free ? Read this..
Camtasia Studio is by far the best screencasting software - its currently available only for Windows though a Mac version of Camtasia is under development.
Related: Review of Camtasia Studio
Now a full retail version of Camtasia Studio 5 costs $300 but you can have Camtasia for free.
The only catch is that this offer is available for Camtasia Studio 3. Download the demo of Camtasia Studio 3 here and then request a registration key from Techsmith here to convert that demo into a full licensed version.
Update: Download Free SnagIt Screen Capture
Though you may miss some of the new features like Auto Pan and Zoom, Camtasia Studio 3 will still solve most of your screencasting problems - also includes quizzing, titles, PIP and support for recording PPT presentations.
Camtasia Studio is by far the best screencasting software - its currently available only for Windows though a Mac version of Camtasia is under development.
Related: Review of Camtasia Studio
Now a full retail version of Camtasia Studio 5 costs $300 but you can have Camtasia for free.
The only catch is that this offer is available for Camtasia Studio 3. Download the demo of Camtasia Studio 3 here and then request a registration key from Techsmith here to convert that demo into a full licensed version.
Update: Download Free SnagIt Screen Capture
Though you may miss some of the new features like Auto Pan and Zoom, Camtasia Studio 3 will still solve most of your screencasting problems - also includes quizzing, titles, PIP and support for recording PPT presentations.
Google Experimenting With Digg Style Voting On Search Results
If you saw this one coming, give yourself a very large prize. Google is experimenting with Digg style voting features on search results that allow users to vote up or bury search results they see.
The program, part of Google Labs, works like this:
This experiment lets you influence your search experience by adding, moving, and removing search results. When you search for the same keywords again, you’ll continue to see those changes. If you later want to revert your changes, you can undo any modifications you’ve made.
At the moment the results of the program will only be stored per user and not applied to the general search index, so that sites buried (”I don’t like”) will not appear in future results for the user, where as sites voted up will stay up. Google Labs notes that “this is an experimental feature and may be available for only a few weeks,” still, who would have thought that Google would even experiment with Digg style social voting.
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The program, part of Google Labs, works like this:
This experiment lets you influence your search experience by adding, moving, and removing search results. When you search for the same keywords again, you’ll continue to see those changes. If you later want to revert your changes, you can undo any modifications you’ve made.
At the moment the results of the program will only be stored per user and not applied to the general search index, so that sites buried (”I don’t like”) will not appear in future results for the user, where as sites voted up will stay up. Google Labs notes that “this is an experimental feature and may be available for only a few weeks,” still, who would have thought that Google would even experiment with Digg style social voting.
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Do Blog Rankings Matter?
There are a lot of different ranking systems currently being used for blogs. Google’s PageRank has been the subject of more than its share of blog discussions recently. In addition to PageRank, there’s always Technorati and Alexa rankings, and recently IZEA (the parent company of PayPerPost) has decided to move away from PageRank and create its own RealRank. (For information on RealRank, see Courtney Tuttle’s Real Rank Doesn’t Solve Anything for Bloggers.Other ranking systems have been developed by individuals for specific blogging niches. Mark at 45n5 has created a lot of buzz and plenty of inbound links with his list of the Top 100 Make Money Online Blogs, and Marco Richter has created a similar list of the top blogs about blogging. Many blogs being sold recently have used rankings as a selling point to potential buyers.
Personally, I don’t think any of these rankings have that much significance, but aside from PageRank and RealRank I do check them regularly. Although I don’t think high rankings indicate success or poor rankings indicate failure, I am motivated by rankings and it gives me a clear indication that I’m moving forward. This evidence of growth (along with subscriber counts) helps to keep me going.
I know some of you are a part of the 45n5 rankings and/or Marco Richter’s list, and all blogs can be tracked by Technorati rank and Alexa rank. What impact do these rankings have on you?
My Thoughts on Blog Rankings:
1. Don’t let others (including me) tell you what is important and what determines your success. Your success is measured against whatever it is that you set out to achieve. If you have poor rankings but are accomplishing what you want as a blogger, don’t be discouraged.
2. Find some type of measurement or ranking that is relevant to you and use it as motivation. Especially if you’re a naturally competitive person, rankings can be really helpful.
3. Don’t worry about rankings that don’t affect you. If you’re not selling ads, why does PageRank matter? Likewise, if you’re selling products or services from your blog, aren’t sales a more valid measurement than your Technorati rank?
4. Rankings can help to indicate if you are achieving your goals, but high rankings themselves should not be your primary goals. If you are trying to grow your blog’s audience (and who isn’t), increasing rankings can indicate that you’re on the right path, but ultimately there are other things that are more important than your rankings.
Why Rankings Matter:
1. They are based on statistics and are intended to be factual representations.
2. People who see them may be influenced. Example, the top blogs on 45n5’s list have gained a lot of targeted readers that know they are an authority on the subject.
2. People who see them may be influenced. Example, the top blogs on 45n5’s list have gained a lot of targeted readers that know they are an authority on the subject.
3. Motivation.
4. Blog sales and advertising revenue can be influenced by rankings.
Why Rankings Don’t Matter:
4. Blog sales and advertising revenue can be influenced by rankings.
Why Rankings Don’t Matter:
1. They can be manipulated. Example, link trains that are created primarily to game Technorati’s ranking system.
2. High rankings don’t always equal achievement of goals.
3. Ranking systems may be flawed.
What are your thoughts on rankings and how do they impact you?
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What are your thoughts on rankings and how do they impact you?
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10 Awesome Javascript CSS Menus
Every web designer tries to be creative when it comes to designing the main navigation of the website. Now we present you with 10 awesome Javascript CSS menus that will be very handy and easy to modify to suit your needs.
Lets take a look at recent examples of these …
1) Sexy Sliding Menu - Andrew Sellick decided to use mootools due to the smoothness of their effects, however, he developed a sliding menu using script.aculo.us .
Demo: Mootols Version
Demo: Script.aculo.usVersion
2) FastFind Menu Script - This script allows for nested menus, based on dynamic "AJAX" responses. The menu can also be dragged/dropped thanks to the jQuery Interface Library.
Demo: FastFind Menu
3) Webber 2.0 Dock Menu - Great example of a dock type navigation.
Demo: Webber 2.0 Dock Menu
4) Phatfusion- Image Menu - Image menu using javascript, onClick event keeps selected item open and to close it again.
Demo: Phatfusion- Image Menu Demo: Mootools version with XML parser
5) Drag and Drop ordering in a TreePanel - This example shows basic drag and drop node moving in a tree. In this implementation there are no restrictions and anything can be dropped anywhere except appending to nodes marked "leaf" (the files).
Demo: Drag and Drop ordering in a TreePanel
6) Custom Menu Events This is a combination of animation and custom events where Think Vitamin team show us how menu items sliding into view and firing off subscribable events using Yahoo! UI.One-time effect that shows off the menu opening up and firing an event.
Demo: Custom Menu Events ThinkVitamin.com
7) Context Menu Functionality This is a combination of animation and custom events where Think Vitamin team show us how menu items sliding into view and firing off subscribable events using Yahoo! UI.
Demo: Context Menu Functionality
Another demo was suggested by one of our commentators Daniel Niquet:Another Context Menu
8 ) LavaLamp jQuery Sliding Menu It is a jQuery sliding nifty effect menu with light weight code and extra two more interface styles. This effect was originally written by Guillermo Rauch using mootools javascript library.
Demo: LavaLamp jQuery Sliding MenuDemo: Mootools Fancy Menu
9 ) Slashdot Menu- Dynamic DriveThis is a stylish collapsible menu modelled after the navigational menu found on Slashdot.
Demo: Slashdot Menu
10 ) Mootools menu with Accordeon and EffectsThis cool menu has a neat effect by hovering over the links, and opens a 2 level submenu with an accordeon.
Demo: Mootools menu with Accordeon and Effects
Lets take a look at recent examples of these …
1) Sexy Sliding Menu - Andrew Sellick decided to use mootools due to the smoothness of their effects, however, he developed a sliding menu using script.aculo.us .
Demo: Mootols Version
Demo: Script.aculo.usVersion
2) FastFind Menu Script - This script allows for nested menus, based on dynamic "AJAX" responses. The menu can also be dragged/dropped thanks to the jQuery Interface Library.
Demo: FastFind Menu
3) Webber 2.0 Dock Menu - Great example of a dock type navigation.
Demo: Webber 2.0 Dock Menu
4) Phatfusion- Image Menu - Image menu using javascript, onClick event keeps selected item open and to close it again.
Demo: Phatfusion- Image Menu Demo: Mootools version with XML parser
5) Drag and Drop ordering in a TreePanel - This example shows basic drag and drop node moving in a tree. In this implementation there are no restrictions and anything can be dropped anywhere except appending to nodes marked "leaf" (the files).
Demo: Drag and Drop ordering in a TreePanel
6) Custom Menu Events This is a combination of animation and custom events where Think Vitamin team show us how menu items sliding into view and firing off subscribable events using Yahoo! UI.One-time effect that shows off the menu opening up and firing an event.
Demo: Custom Menu Events ThinkVitamin.com
7) Context Menu Functionality This is a combination of animation and custom events where Think Vitamin team show us how menu items sliding into view and firing off subscribable events using Yahoo! UI.
Demo: Context Menu Functionality
Another demo was suggested by one of our commentators Daniel Niquet:Another Context Menu
8 ) LavaLamp jQuery Sliding Menu It is a jQuery sliding nifty effect menu with light weight code and extra two more interface styles. This effect was originally written by Guillermo Rauch using mootools javascript library.
Demo: LavaLamp jQuery Sliding MenuDemo: Mootools Fancy Menu
9 ) Slashdot Menu- Dynamic DriveThis is a stylish collapsible menu modelled after the navigational menu found on Slashdot.
Demo: Slashdot Menu
10 ) Mootools menu with Accordeon and EffectsThis cool menu has a neat effect by hovering over the links, and opens a 2 level submenu with an accordeon.
Demo: Mootools menu with Accordeon and Effects
Cool Websites and Tips (edition #3)
DesktopNexus - huge gallery of free desktop wallpapers.
eBookSearchr JustFreeBooks - two comprehensive ebook search engines.
Panjea - create and share your own broadcast channel featuring your fav. web videos in customized video player.
Perian (Mac OSX) - handy Quicktime addon that integrates support for many popular video formats: AVI, FLV, MKV,MPEG4 , DivX, subtitle support (SSA, SRT) and lots more.
Stopwatch - online stopwatch and count-down timer. Also available as a widget (Mac Dashboard, Vista Sidebar) or a stand-alone program.
TXTdrop - send free Mobile text messages to anywhere in US or Canada. Extras: get it as widget (Mac, Win), add it to your blog or Myspace profile.
Voki - free service for creating customized talking avatars that can be added to your blog or web-profile. More features to come.
Wis.dm - fun website where you can ask users whatever YES/NO style questions you have, stir discussions and get dozens of quick replies within the first hour.
YotubeRemixer - easy-to-use video editing tool from Youtube. Let’s you keep an original file and assemble a new video in a drag’n drop timeline. Mix videos, add photos, background music, graphic effects, transitions, etc.
World’s biggest mouse cursor.
eBookSearchr JustFreeBooks - two comprehensive ebook search engines.
Panjea - create and share your own broadcast channel featuring your fav. web videos in customized video player.
Perian (Mac OSX) - handy Quicktime addon that integrates support for many popular video formats: AVI, FLV, MKV,MPEG4 , DivX, subtitle support (SSA, SRT) and lots more.
Stopwatch - online stopwatch and count-down timer. Also available as a widget (Mac Dashboard, Vista Sidebar) or a stand-alone program.
TXTdrop - send free Mobile text messages to anywhere in US or Canada. Extras: get it as widget (Mac, Win), add it to your blog or Myspace profile.
Voki - free service for creating customized talking avatars that can be added to your blog or web-profile. More features to come.
Wis.dm - fun website where you can ask users whatever YES/NO style questions you have, stir discussions and get dozens of quick replies within the first hour.
YotubeRemixer - easy-to-use video editing tool from Youtube. Let’s you keep an original file and assemble a new video in a drag’n drop timeline. Mix videos, add photos, background music, graphic effects, transitions, etc.
World’s biggest mouse cursor.
Weekly Links - November 24th
Blogtrepreneur is for sale. Adnan has been building a very strong blog for almost two years and now he’s moving on to pursue other interests. If anyone is looking to buy a profitable blog, contact Adnan.
The Art of Differentiation: Standing Out In a Sea of Mediocrity from Performancing.
The #1 Reason Why You Will Fail at Blogging from Super Blogging
After Blogging Success: 5 New Frontiers from SEO 2.0
RealRank Doesn’t Solve Anything for bloggers from Courtney Tuttle
The Art of Differentiation: Standing Out In a Sea of Mediocrity from Performancing.
The #1 Reason Why You Will Fail at Blogging from Super Blogging
After Blogging Success: 5 New Frontiers from SEO 2.0
RealRank Doesn’t Solve Anything for bloggers from Courtney Tuttle
How to Meet Deadlines and Boost Performance from Freelance Folder
Don’t Let Mirror Spammers Hijack Your Traffic from Muhammad Saleem
7 Guaranteed Ways to Waste Your Day from TheWritersManifesto
11 Tried and Tested Strategies to Market Your Ebook from Blogging Bits
Windows Live Writer: A Fantastic Tool for Bloggers from TechnoMoney
Social Media: The Natural Choice for Inorganic Traffic from Blah, Blah! Technology
Truth About Viral And Social Marketing?
Over at TechCrunch a guest poster, Dan Acker Greenburg, has revealed how the company he works for creates viral videos on YouTube. Go and read the details, but it basically boils down to marketing tricks, and less to do with the content itself.
Wait — that doesn’t do it justice.
It basically boils down to manipulating structures within a social system to promote videos that are seemingly popular through an organic (i.e. “real”) sense of popularity.
Wait — that doesn’t really do it justice, either.
It basically boils down to manipulating structures within a social system to promote videos that are seemingly popular through an organic (i.e. “real”) sense of popularity.
Wait — that doesn’t really do it justice, either.
What it *really* boils down to is creating multiple puppet accounts, creating fake controversy to pump up the pageviews, and under-the-table renting of popular bloggers opinions on given videos, and / or the bribery of certain email list owners to pimp said videos.
Yeah, that’s about it.
Yeah, that’s about it.
Right now, the post is absolutely burning up TechCrunch with almost 200 comments, and you can bet there will probably be more. Mike Arrington himself seems a bit taken aback by how honest the post is, but is anyone *really* shocked?
Are your (or anyone’s) sensibilities *really* that delicate?
I mean, its been a year now since the Edelman Wal-Mart fake-blogger fiasco. And around the same time I was posting / ranting regularly about how Digg might or might not be manipulated.
In fact, one of my last thoughts on the topic was that the best marketers are going to be gaming Digg in a way that is not visible to most people; that Jay Adelson’s rhetoric about not having any submissions being manipulated were total hubris as well.
Bottom line is that this post pulls the curtain back on a phenomenon that any rational thinking individual would already suspect.
That is, when there is financial incentive and opportunity to game a system — even when that system has the appearance of being “open”, “transparent”, and built upon the goodwill and trust of its users (how typically quaint!) — someone will do it.
And the best of them will do it in such a way that no one else will even *know*.
I mean, its been a year now since the Edelman Wal-Mart fake-blogger fiasco. And around the same time I was posting / ranting regularly about how Digg might or might not be manipulated.
In fact, one of my last thoughts on the topic was that the best marketers are going to be gaming Digg in a way that is not visible to most people; that Jay Adelson’s rhetoric about not having any submissions being manipulated were total hubris as well.
Bottom line is that this post pulls the curtain back on a phenomenon that any rational thinking individual would already suspect.
That is, when there is financial incentive and opportunity to game a system — even when that system has the appearance of being “open”, “transparent”, and built upon the goodwill and trust of its users (how typically quaint!) — someone will do it.
And the best of them will do it in such a way that no one else will even *know*.
At times like this I almost feel bad for Ted Murphy, one of the guys behind PayPerPost. Not just because I met him and he seems like a nice guy. But rather that he tried to build a business that was attempting to do something in a fairly open and transparent way, and with the new Google PageRank adjustment is getting burned for it.
Whereas guys like Dan Greenburg? They’re paying bloggers and list owners under the table where Google will _never_, *ever* be able to tell, and they’re making out like bandits. And that’s besides the practice of creating puppet accounts to pimp their “viral” marketing tactics.
Again, am I surprised and shocked? Not really.
But I think we should all take anything that seems viral and organic with a grain of salt these days. Because no matter how “real” something popular seems, there just might be a marketing or PR firm behind it.
There’s nothing intrinsically good or bad about it (but, really, mostly bad), but clearly in an age of “social media” and “user generated” content
Whereas guys like Dan Greenburg? They’re paying bloggers and list owners under the table where Google will _never_, *ever* be able to tell, and they’re making out like bandits. And that’s besides the practice of creating puppet accounts to pimp their “viral” marketing tactics.
Again, am I surprised and shocked? Not really.
But I think we should all take anything that seems viral and organic with a grain of salt these days. Because no matter how “real” something popular seems, there just might be a marketing or PR firm behind it.
There’s nothing intrinsically good or bad about it (but, really, mostly bad), but clearly in an age of “social media” and “user generated” content
6 Unique Web Communities That You Won’t Forget
You may be well familiar with biggies like Youtube, Digg, Wikipedia, and StumbleUpon. They are all big and 100% user-powered websites. However, what about the smaller ones, focused on a single aspect and still able to attract a huge user base. So here you go, six really cool and fast growing communy-powered websites that you should definitely see.
1. Instructables - Extremely useful, entertaining and rather addictive online community where people share what they do and how they do it. Here you can find hundreds of excellent home-made DIY (Do It Yourself) guides detailing how to turn some of the garage junk into cool stuf, like invisible book shelf, hairspray-powered potato cannon or even making a wallet (from an old keyboard). See pic below.
2. Scribd - The best way to define Scribd would be to call it a Youtube for documents. It is an online document library where users can search, browse, rate, upload, and share all kind of documents: jokes, facts, stories, document templates, presentations, and even amazon bestsellers.
3. UrbanDictionary - UrbanDictionary is basically a community-powered dictionary for slangs and all kinds of sayings and jargons that you won’t find in traditional dictionaries. Basically anything people use in daily talk.
Dude: A word that americans use to address each other. Particularly stoners, surfers and skaters.
Geek: The people you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult.
4. eHow / wikiHow - HowTo manuals for the everyday life. Lots of useful stuff here, everything from computer fixes and tips to personal finance and health tips. You will also find some not so usual but still essential tips, like how to take a punch or ungoogle yourself. In case the stuff you’re looking for isn’t there and you’re too lazy to digg for it on the web than ask it on Yahoo Answers.:-)
5. Sidereel - The aim of Sidereel is to create an ultimate directory for Movies and TV shows. Here you can submit or edit episode reviews, follow-up on favorite TV shows release dates, get links to watch episodes online (both free and paid), get personalized ‘to watch’ recommendations.
6. 43things - Active web community where people can set, track, discuss and share their goals. It can be something as simple as ‘watch all Simpson episodes’ or more serious stuff like ‘pay off my credit card debts’ and ‘climb mount Everest’. It’s also a place to discover like-minded people and learn from the experience of others on how to achieve your goals.
1. Instructables - Extremely useful, entertaining and rather addictive online community where people share what they do and how they do it. Here you can find hundreds of excellent home-made DIY (Do It Yourself) guides detailing how to turn some of the garage junk into cool stuf, like invisible book shelf, hairspray-powered potato cannon or even making a wallet (from an old keyboard). See pic below.
2. Scribd - The best way to define Scribd would be to call it a Youtube for documents. It is an online document library where users can search, browse, rate, upload, and share all kind of documents: jokes, facts, stories, document templates, presentations, and even amazon bestsellers.
3. UrbanDictionary - UrbanDictionary is basically a community-powered dictionary for slangs and all kinds of sayings and jargons that you won’t find in traditional dictionaries. Basically anything people use in daily talk.
Dude: A word that americans use to address each other. Particularly stoners, surfers and skaters.
Geek: The people you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult.
4. eHow / wikiHow - HowTo manuals for the everyday life. Lots of useful stuff here, everything from computer fixes and tips to personal finance and health tips. You will also find some not so usual but still essential tips, like how to take a punch or ungoogle yourself. In case the stuff you’re looking for isn’t there and you’re too lazy to digg for it on the web than ask it on Yahoo Answers.:-)
5. Sidereel - The aim of Sidereel is to create an ultimate directory for Movies and TV shows. Here you can submit or edit episode reviews, follow-up on favorite TV shows release dates, get links to watch episodes online (both free and paid), get personalized ‘to watch’ recommendations.
6. 43things - Active web community where people can set, track, discuss and share their goals. It can be something as simple as ‘watch all Simpson episodes’ or more serious stuff like ‘pay off my credit card debts’ and ‘climb mount Everest’. It’s also a place to discover like-minded people and learn from the experience of others on how to achieve your goals.
40 WordPress Resources for Theme Designers
One of the reasons WordPress is the most popular blogging platform is its theme system. WordPress allows its users with almost unlimited design options when modifying or designing themes. This is a collection of 40 resources that every theme designer can appreciate.
Starting Points:
Blank Themes - If you’re creating your own WordPress themes, these blank themes are a great starting point. They’ll save you time by giving you the bare-bones structure and still allow you the creative freedom to design whatever you want.
Color Tools:
A great deal of your theme’s success will depend on the color choices you make. Here are some helpful tools for deciding on the right colors.
Color Schemer Gallery
COLOURlovers
Website Color Picker
I Like Your Colors
Codex Info:
Starting Points:
Blank Themes - If you’re creating your own WordPress themes, these blank themes are a great starting point. They’ll save you time by giving you the bare-bones structure and still allow you the creative freedom to design whatever you want.
Color Tools:
A great deal of your theme’s success will depend on the color choices you make. Here are some helpful tools for deciding on the right colors.
Color Schemer Gallery
COLOURlovers
Website Color Picker
I Like Your Colors
Codex Info:
If you have much experience at all with WordPress, you’ve probably at some point referred to their Codex (a source of information on all things WordPress). Here are some of the Codex articles that are most relevant to theme designers.
Theme Development
FAQ on Layout and Design
The WordPress Loop
Anatomy of a Template Tag
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
Accessibility
Photoblogs and Galleries
Developer Documentation
Icons:
Almost every blog uses icons in one form or another. Here are 4 high-quality sets of icons that are great for your blogging needs.
RSS Icons - Most blog readers now recognize the common, orange RSS icon. Using the icon is a good way to draw attention to your subscription link.
Mini Icons from Brand Spanking New - A free set of greyscale icons that includes such icons as speech bubbles that can be used on blog themes.
Blog Icon Pack from graphicPUSH - Some icons that are commonly used on blogs.
Web 2.0 Icons from Utombox - A number of icons for popular web 2.0 sites like Technorati, Flickr, FeedBurner and more.
Articles and Tutorials:
Theme Development
FAQ on Layout and Design
The WordPress Loop
Anatomy of a Template Tag
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
Accessibility
Photoblogs and Galleries
Developer Documentation
Icons:
Almost every blog uses icons in one form or another. Here are 4 high-quality sets of icons that are great for your blogging needs.
RSS Icons - Most blog readers now recognize the common, orange RSS icon. Using the icon is a good way to draw attention to your subscription link.
Mini Icons from Brand Spanking New - A free set of greyscale icons that includes such icons as speech bubbles that can be used on blog themes.
Blog Icon Pack from graphicPUSH - Some icons that are commonly used on blogs.
Web 2.0 Icons from Utombox - A number of icons for popular web 2.0 sites like Technorati, Flickr, FeedBurner and more.
Articles and Tutorials:
Here are some of the best articles available for helping you to learn more about all aspects of WordPress themes.
Customize Your Own WordPress Theme
WordPress and SEO
Optimize WordPress for Search Engines
Blog Design 101: Creating Your Own WordPress Theme
Secrets of WP Theming - Part 1
How to Create a WordPress Template or Theme
Photos:
Customize Your Own WordPress Theme
WordPress and SEO
Optimize WordPress for Search Engines
Blog Design 101: Creating Your Own WordPress Theme
Secrets of WP Theming - Part 1
How to Create a WordPress Template or Theme
Photos:
Pictures and images can make a huge difference for a theme. The resources below will provide free or low-cost images. Be sure to check the restrictions if you are distributing the theme. Many of the photos will be limited to your own use and prevent distribution. If you find a photo that you really like you can always contact the photographer and ask them for permission.
Stock.xchang
iStockphoto
Stockxpert
flickr Creative Commons
Theme Galleries and Places to Distribute:
All of these sites list themes that are available for download. It’s not easy to get a theme listed, but it can really help to get more exposure and downloads.
WordPress Theme Viewer
WPThemesFree.com
Weblog Tools Collection
CSS Galleries:
You’ve worked hard creating a beautiful design. CSS galleries are a great way to get some exposure for your designs.
CSS Vault
CSS Based
CSS Beauty
Support:
You’ll probably experience some difficulties along the way. Most of your questions are already answered in the forums and you can always post new ones.
WordPress Forums
Validators:
If you’re going to distribute your theme you’ll probably want to make sure it validates.
HTML
CSS
RSS/Atom
Browser Testing:
Your visitors will be using many different browsers, which requires testing on your part.
BrowserShots - Get screen shots of your site in a number of different browsers.
BrowserCam - A paid service for testing a site.
Stock.xchang
iStockphoto
Stockxpert
flickr Creative Commons
Theme Galleries and Places to Distribute:
All of these sites list themes that are available for download. It’s not easy to get a theme listed, but it can really help to get more exposure and downloads.
WordPress Theme Viewer
WPThemesFree.com
Weblog Tools Collection
CSS Galleries:
You’ve worked hard creating a beautiful design. CSS galleries are a great way to get some exposure for your designs.
CSS Vault
CSS Based
CSS Beauty
Support:
You’ll probably experience some difficulties along the way. Most of your questions are already answered in the forums and you can always post new ones.
WordPress Forums
Validators:
If you’re going to distribute your theme you’ll probably want to make sure it validates.
HTML
CSS
RSS/Atom
Browser Testing:
Your visitors will be using many different browsers, which requires testing on your part.
BrowserShots - Get screen shots of your site in a number of different browsers.
BrowserCam - A paid service for testing a site.
Source: vandelaydesign
Cool Websites and Tips (edition #2)
Check out some of the latest discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets.
(1) CompleTorrent - Search on over 100 major torrent directories simultaneously
(2) FeedCrier - Setup notification alerts for favorite feeds and get them delivered to your messenger program.
(3) Fixya - User-powered service for troubleshooting and fixing your gadgets online: post problems, find user manuals, browse ‘HowTo’ troubleshooting guides, etc.
(4) Pinger - Lets you send free voice messages to any mobile phone. It’s like audio text messaging. Quite handy in cases when it’s too early or late to call, or when you just don’t want to have a conversation.
(5) PipeBytes - Private P2P file sharing service that works directly via your browser. Exchange files of any size with anyone you want.
(6) Snopes - Tags itself as an ‘Urban Legends Reference Pages’, and that’s exactly what it is: thousands of entertaining stories, urban legends, myths, old wife’s tales, odd news stories, gossip, rumors and so on.
(7) Songza - Really cool music search engine (Youtube-powered) and online music player. Find and play favorite tracks, embed tracks on your profile pages, add tracks to playlist
(8)uShip - Marketplace for shippers (people requiring shipment) and shipping service providers. In case you ever need to ship some oversized goods (i.e Piano, Motorcycle, etc) or something that won’t be accepted by standard package carriers than uShip is the place to go.
(9) WebSnapr - Free website thumbnail generator that lets you capture and display thumbnail screenshots for almost any website.
(10) WebMarkers - Cool windows (XP only) application that allows you to print (store as PDF) any document or webpage directly to your WebMarks web account.
(1) CompleTorrent - Search on over 100 major torrent directories simultaneously
(2) FeedCrier - Setup notification alerts for favorite feeds and get them delivered to your messenger program.
(3) Fixya - User-powered service for troubleshooting and fixing your gadgets online: post problems, find user manuals, browse ‘HowTo’ troubleshooting guides, etc.
(4) Pinger - Lets you send free voice messages to any mobile phone. It’s like audio text messaging. Quite handy in cases when it’s too early or late to call, or when you just don’t want to have a conversation.
(5) PipeBytes - Private P2P file sharing service that works directly via your browser. Exchange files of any size with anyone you want.
(6) Snopes - Tags itself as an ‘Urban Legends Reference Pages’, and that’s exactly what it is: thousands of entertaining stories, urban legends, myths, old wife’s tales, odd news stories, gossip, rumors and so on.
(7) Songza - Really cool music search engine (Youtube-powered) and online music player. Find and play favorite tracks, embed tracks on your profile pages, add tracks to playlist
(8)uShip - Marketplace for shippers (people requiring shipment) and shipping service providers. In case you ever need to ship some oversized goods (i.e Piano, Motorcycle, etc) or something that won’t be accepted by standard package carriers than uShip is the place to go.
(9) WebSnapr - Free website thumbnail generator that lets you capture and display thumbnail screenshots for almost any website.
(10) WebMarkers - Cool windows (XP only) application that allows you to print (store as PDF) any document or webpage directly to your WebMarks web account.
Cool Websites and Tips (edition #1)
Check out some of the latest discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets.
(1) ADrive - Massive online storage and backup service. Store, manage and share up to 50 GB of files online.
(2) BookBump - Intuitive web-based book cataloging application that lets you organize books in iTunes-like book manager. Catalog and categorize books, find and rate book reviews, rate books.
(3) FotoCrib - Online photo enhancement application with a bunch of excellent additional features, i.e. on demand photo encryption, image converter, fotomail, and fotopuzle.
(4) Instructables - Entertaining and rather addictive online community where passionate people share what they do and how they do it. Hundreds of fun and useful DIY (Do It Yourself) videos and ‘How To’ guides.
(5) LocateTV (US / UK) - Excellent search engine for local TV listings, in particular for TV shows and Movies. Find out when your favorite shows or movies are shown on TV, see whether they are available online (both free and paid), and see where you can get them on DVD.
(6) MediaMaster - Store and access your music online from any web-enabled PC. Create playlists, share your library with friends, browse through 1000s of community shared playlists, and more.
(7) ReminderFeed - Quick and simple way to schedule and send reminders to your feed reader. Just fill-in the reminder form, set start and end dates, and press ‘create’ button to generate custom feed for your reminder.
(8) RescueTime - Free time management tool that helps you understand how and where you spend time while working on you computer. Find out what programs and websites take most of your time (Digg, Wikipedia, Word, Gmail, Dreamweaver …).
(9) Rondee (US only) - Conference calls with as many people as you want. You can think of it as a virtual meeting space where you can invite and talk to a group of people using any phone.
(10) SleepingInAirports - Budget traveler’s guide to sleeping in the airports. Over 5000 airport reviews submitted by real travelers.
(1) ADrive - Massive online storage and backup service. Store, manage and share up to 50 GB of files online.
(2) BookBump - Intuitive web-based book cataloging application that lets you organize books in iTunes-like book manager. Catalog and categorize books, find and rate book reviews, rate books.
(3) FotoCrib - Online photo enhancement application with a bunch of excellent additional features, i.e. on demand photo encryption, image converter, fotomail, and fotopuzle.
(4) Instructables - Entertaining and rather addictive online community where passionate people share what they do and how they do it. Hundreds of fun and useful DIY (Do It Yourself) videos and ‘How To’ guides.
(5) LocateTV (US / UK) - Excellent search engine for local TV listings, in particular for TV shows and Movies. Find out when your favorite shows or movies are shown on TV, see whether they are available online (both free and paid), and see where you can get them on DVD.
(6) MediaMaster - Store and access your music online from any web-enabled PC. Create playlists, share your library with friends, browse through 1000s of community shared playlists, and more.
(7) ReminderFeed - Quick and simple way to schedule and send reminders to your feed reader. Just fill-in the reminder form, set start and end dates, and press ‘create’ button to generate custom feed for your reminder.
(8) RescueTime - Free time management tool that helps you understand how and where you spend time while working on you computer. Find out what programs and websites take most of your time (Digg, Wikipedia, Word, Gmail, Dreamweaver …).
(9) Rondee (US only) - Conference calls with as many people as you want. You can think of it as a virtual meeting space where you can invite and talk to a group of people using any phone.
(10) SleepingInAirports - Budget traveler’s guide to sleeping in the airports. Over 5000 airport reviews submitted by real travelers.
3 Excellent Sites to Get Free Document Templates
Once in a while we all need some kind of document, it may be a business plan presentation, rental contract, non-disclosure agreement, or even a name change request form. In most cases, Googling the document may ultimately get you what you need, but it’s both time consuming and frustrating. Below, I want to go through 3 excellent resources that can provide you with any professional document or form template for free.
(1) Docstoc - Extremely useful community-powered service for sharing all kinds of business document templates. If you need a professional document, Docstoc is the first place to check out. Whether it’s a legal document, a business form or whatever is out there. Docstoc was launched just recently but already counts over 65.000 user-submitted documents, covering legal, business, financial, technology, and education areas.
For all Docstoc features and video demo check out Docstoc profile here.
(2) Gazhoo - Unlike Docstoc, Gazhoo is a marketplace for legal, financial and business documents, case studies and research papers. Mainly it’s a place to buy and sell professional documents. However, with the exception of few scarce document types (i.e. market research papers) most of the listed documents are free. So, it’s a pretty good resource as well.
(3) Scribd - Scribd has the biggest document collection, but it’s not focused on professional documents alone. It’s more like a virtual document library, where anyone can freely upload and share any kind of text documents (jokes, facts, stories, legal, presentations, etc.). Although, there is a good deal of useless stuff, it still has lots of legal forms and document templates.
Are you aware of any other similar websites? Share them in comments
complete list of web design galleries
Bellow is a list of almost every web design gallery around. Feel free to use it for inspiration, or to submit your web sites :
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- webdigity web design gallery
- alvit
- anjo.dekiteharu
- beautifully-webdesign
- bestwebgallery
- brdcast
- ceeses
- coolsitecollection
- creative-pakistan
- css-demo
- css-design-yorkshire
- css-galleries
- css-gallery
- css-website
- css11
- cssbased
- cssbeauty
- cssblast
- cssbrain
- cssclip
- csscollection
- csscontainer
- csscool
- cssdesign
- cssdrive
- csselite
- cssexchange
- cssfill
- cssflavor
- cssgalaxy
- cssgalerie.net
- cssgalerie.com
- cssgallery
- cssglobe
- cssgreen
- csshardcore
- csshazard
- cssheaven
- cssimport
- cssimpress
- cssinsert
- cssliquid
- csslove
- cssmania
- cssmess
- csspinoy
- cssprincess
- cssreboot
- cssremix
- cssshowcase
- csssmoothoperator
- csstux
- cssvault
- csszengarden
- dailyslurp
- designbeauty.wordpress
- designlinkdatabase
- designmeltdown
- designscreme
- designshack
- designsnack
- devhome
- e-motionaldesign
- edustyle
- galerie.crooco
- inspirace.dobrestranky
- inspirationking
- lightondark
- moderniweb
- mostinspired
- najdizajn
- netzfruehling
- onepixelarmy
- per.fectio
- piepmatzel
- plasticpilots
- refreshlinks
- screenalicious
- screenfluent
- showcase
- standardsreboot
- stylecrunch
- stylegala
- stylegrind
- styletheweb
- submitcss
- tagacloud
- thebestdesigns
- thehorizontalway
- thesis.veracon
- unmatchedstyle
- w3csites
- wakeupgallery
- webcreme
- webdesign-inspiration
- webgallery.dimix
- webtest
- welldonesites
- withstyle
If we missed anyone please leave a comment. Enjoy 
Weekend Media: The Century of the Self (Influencing Minds in a Consumer Society)
Imagine you were in America during the 1920s, a time when it was still taboo for women to smoke in public.
How could one encourage an entire nation of women to start buying and smoking cigarettes regularly? Edward Bernays, the father of the Public Relations industry, knew just what to do.
Bernays hired a group of young female models to march in a New York City parade and tipped off the press, telling them that a few women’s rights advocates would be lighting ‘Torches of Freedom‘ in protest.
The models lit up Lucky Strike cigarettes and strolled down the streets. Journalists took pictures eagerly and they were published in the front page of newspapers.
This legendary stunt and the clever association of ‘freedom’ (a concept) with cigarettes made women desire to pick up smoking. As irrational as it is, smoking became an act of empowerment for women and a gesture of protest for absolute equality with men. Sales went up for the American Tobacco Company.
Psychology and advertising became gradually intertwined in the early 20th century as Bernays and others applied Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories of the unconscious in the realm of business, politics and public relations.
These topics are covered in The Century of the Self, a brilliant 2002 documentary by filmmaker Adam Curtis. This four part documentary examines how governments, politicians and businesses have used Freud’s theories to ‘try to control the dangerous crowd in a age of mass democracy“.
I watched the series a while ago and it was very interesting to me at that time. I recently came across it on Google Video and re-watched the first episode, which talks about Edward Bernays and the rise of PR industry.
This is a fascinating documentary and if you have some time this weekend, be sure to check it out. You’ll come to understand how important it is to sell ideas and associations on top of every product or service you provide.
Sometimes its not all about your product or service’s actual features but rather the strategic marketing of ideas which resonate with your target audience. Watch all four parts of The Century of the Self at this Google Video link or download the entire series from The Internet Archive.
How could one encourage an entire nation of women to start buying and smoking cigarettes regularly? Edward Bernays, the father of the Public Relations industry, knew just what to do.
Bernays hired a group of young female models to march in a New York City parade and tipped off the press, telling them that a few women’s rights advocates would be lighting ‘Torches of Freedom‘ in protest.
The models lit up Lucky Strike cigarettes and strolled down the streets. Journalists took pictures eagerly and they were published in the front page of newspapers.
This legendary stunt and the clever association of ‘freedom’ (a concept) with cigarettes made women desire to pick up smoking. As irrational as it is, smoking became an act of empowerment for women and a gesture of protest for absolute equality with men. Sales went up for the American Tobacco Company.
Psychology and advertising became gradually intertwined in the early 20th century as Bernays and others applied Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories of the unconscious in the realm of business, politics and public relations.
These topics are covered in The Century of the Self, a brilliant 2002 documentary by filmmaker Adam Curtis. This four part documentary examines how governments, politicians and businesses have used Freud’s theories to ‘try to control the dangerous crowd in a age of mass democracy“.
To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really?
The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?
By introducing a technique to probe the unconscious mind, Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society’s belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man’s ultimate goal.
I watched the series a while ago and it was very interesting to me at that time. I recently came across it on Google Video and re-watched the first episode, which talks about Edward Bernays and the rise of PR industry.
This is a fascinating documentary and if you have some time this weekend, be sure to check it out. You’ll come to understand how important it is to sell ideas and associations on top of every product or service you provide.
Sometimes its not all about your product or service’s actual features but rather the strategic marketing of ideas which resonate with your target audience. Watch all four parts of The Century of the Self at this Google Video link or download the entire series from The Internet Archive.
99 Useful Resources for Graphic Designers
I have used every one of these resources as a graphic designer and website developer and have hand picked all of these resources based on their usefulness and overall quality. I hope you find these resources as useful as I do! Enjoy!
Organizations
1. http://www.gag.org/The Graphic Artists Guild promotes and protects its members and is committed to improving conditions for all graphic designers and the whole industry. They also produce the well known Graphic Artists Guild Handbook which is an essential part of any designers library.
2. http://www.aiga.org/AIGA, the professional association for design is dedicated to protecting and advancing design and its importance to society. AIGA now represents more than 19,000 designers through national activities and local programs developed by more than 55 chapters and 200 student groups.
Design Tournaments
3. http://www.cutandpaste.com/events/Cut&Paste is a world wide live digital design tournament that goes on every year in multiple locations award prizes to the worlds best anonymous designers.
Generally Useful
4. http://www.lipsum.com/This is a pretty famous site within the design community; you can generate dummy text on this site to put into your designs until the real copy is available.
5. http://www.alexa.com/Alexa is a traffic ranking site that is widely used to research other sites. It’s not the most accurate tool but it has become common place and your Alexa rank is often a variable when determining advertising costs or site popularity.
6. http://www.csstype.com/An incredibly useful site that shows you exactly how web fonts will look on your screen.
Organizations
1. http://www.gag.org/The Graphic Artists Guild promotes and protects its members and is committed to improving conditions for all graphic designers and the whole industry. They also produce the well known Graphic Artists Guild Handbook which is an essential part of any designers library.
2. http://www.aiga.org/AIGA, the professional association for design is dedicated to protecting and advancing design and its importance to society. AIGA now represents more than 19,000 designers through national activities and local programs developed by more than 55 chapters and 200 student groups.
Design Tournaments
3. http://www.cutandpaste.com/events/Cut&Paste is a world wide live digital design tournament that goes on every year in multiple locations award prizes to the worlds best anonymous designers.
Generally Useful
4. http://www.lipsum.com/This is a pretty famous site within the design community; you can generate dummy text on this site to put into your designs until the real copy is available.
5. http://www.alexa.com/Alexa is a traffic ranking site that is widely used to research other sites. It’s not the most accurate tool but it has become common place and your Alexa rank is often a variable when determining advertising costs or site popularity.
6. http://www.csstype.com/An incredibly useful site that shows you exactly how web fonts will look on your screen.
7. http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/This is the ultimate branding library with thousands of the worlds most famous and popular logos. Great for researching corporate identity.
8. http://blogsearch.google.com/An easy way to weed out site and just find blog on the topics you are interested in.
9. http://www.digg.com/Digg.com is a great place for offbeat news and can be in indispensable weapon in your arsenal of traffic getting tools. You can submit well written articles to dig and if it is dugg a lot and becomes popular it can bring in a substantial amount of traffic to your website for free.
8. http://blogsearch.google.com/An easy way to weed out site and just find blog on the topics you are interested in.
9. http://www.digg.com/Digg.com is a great place for offbeat news and can be in indispensable weapon in your arsenal of traffic getting tools. You can submit well written articles to dig and if it is dugg a lot and becomes popular it can bring in a substantial amount of traffic to your website for free.
10. http://www.bloglines.com/Bloglines is a great way to organize all the blogs you read into one place instead of having to visit a bunch of different websites and is a good time saver.
11. www.mozilla.com/en-US/Arguably the best web browser out right now. I use it for most of my web browsing but don’t forget the other browsers when it comes to optimizing your website. Not everyone uses the same browser.
12. www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/This is my favorite email client to use. It’s simple, efficient, and easy to use with solid email alert features. Very handy if you get important emails often.
13. http://www.adobe.com/Home to the well known design software we all know and love. Good site to check out once in a while for updates and help regarding software such as Photoshop and illustrator.
Networking & Freelance Work
11. www.mozilla.com/en-US/Arguably the best web browser out right now. I use it for most of my web browsing but don’t forget the other browsers when it comes to optimizing your website. Not everyone uses the same browser.
12. www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/This is my favorite email client to use. It’s simple, efficient, and easy to use with solid email alert features. Very handy if you get important emails often.
13. http://www.adobe.com/Home to the well known design software we all know and love. Good site to check out once in a while for updates and help regarding software such as Photoshop and illustrator.
Networking & Freelance Work
14. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/about/cities.htmlCraigslist is one of my favorite forums to use. There are tons of new design jobs and gigs added every day but the competition is stiff so bring your “A” Game.
15. http://www.getafreelancer.com/If you are looking for an affordable but professional coder this is the place to go. Freelancers bid on projects you post.
16. http://www.facebook.com/Facebook is growing incredibly fast and is a great way to network with other people and advertising your design services. Many professionals are moving to facebook over other social networking sites.
17. http://www.myspace.com/Myspace has tons of potential when it comes to snagging freelance gigs or networking. They have a decently active classifieds section that you can use to market your work.
15. http://www.getafreelancer.com/If you are looking for an affordable but professional coder this is the place to go. Freelancers bid on projects you post.
16. http://www.facebook.com/Facebook is growing incredibly fast and is a great way to network with other people and advertising your design services. Many professionals are moving to facebook over other social networking sites.
17. http://www.myspace.com/Myspace has tons of potential when it comes to snagging freelance gigs or networking. They have a decently active classifieds section that you can use to market your work.
18. http://www.linkedin.com/Linkedin is a very popular site for professionals and is a valuable networking tool.
19. http://www.krop.com/Krop.com has a database of jobs for designers, artists, and developers with an instant and easy to use search feature.
20. http://www.coroflot.com/Corofloat.com is a site where you can promote and host your design portfolio, search for jobs and post to hire some one.
Stock Photography
21. http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php?view=fullThis stock photography site has incredible photographers and even better prices for illustrations and photos. It will make your life way easier as a designer and has many other benefits such as making money selling your illustrations and photography, networking with other design professionals, promoting your portfolio site, access to active forums and much more!
22. http://pro.corbis.com/Corbis is one of the leading stock photography sites with millions of images online, featuring historical, fine art, business, technology, celebrity, travel, sports and nature photography.
23. http://www.shutterstock.com/Shutter Shock is a subscription based stock photography site with over two million royalty-free stock photos available.
24. http://www.bigstockphoto.com/Big Stock Photo lets you upload and download low-cost digital stock photography. They have well over a million photos organized into categories.
25. http://www.gettyimages.com/Home.aspxGetty Images offers a large searchable collection of rights-managed or royalty-free images and films. Getty Images is a great site if you are looking for current event and public figure related photography.
Color & Charts
26. kuler.adobe.comKuler is a useful site to go to find color themes for your projects. Users can submit their own themes to be rated and you can search for many type of color themes.
27. http://www.colourlovers.com/Colour Lovers is a great site with user submitted color palettes and even cooler is their blog that creates color palettes based on each blog posts at the end of every post.
28. http://www.logoorange.com/color/color-codes-chart.php
Nice chart that converts PMS colors to CMYK and RGB color codes for you.
29. http://www.ideo.com/visualizer.htmlThis extremely useful but simple web safe color chart lets you easily see exactly how different colors will look on your screen.
Inspirational Sites
30. http://www.cssbeauty.com/CSS Beauty provides its users with a database of well designed CSS designed sites, as well as news and happenings related to the CSS Community.
31. http://www.thecoolhunter.net/The cool hunter looks for the coolest and craziest stuff from around the world. Be sure to check out the design and art sections on the site.
32. http://logopond.com/The Logo Pond is a great site to go to if you are looking for inspiration while designing a logo. You can even submit your own logo designs to be voted on and reviewed. Good way to get exposure for your studio or freelancing portfolio.
23. http://www.shutterstock.com/Shutter Shock is a subscription based stock photography site with over two million royalty-free stock photos available.
24. http://www.bigstockphoto.com/Big Stock Photo lets you upload and download low-cost digital stock photography. They have well over a million photos organized into categories.
25. http://www.gettyimages.com/Home.aspxGetty Images offers a large searchable collection of rights-managed or royalty-free images and films. Getty Images is a great site if you are looking for current event and public figure related photography.
Color & Charts
26. kuler.adobe.comKuler is a useful site to go to find color themes for your projects. Users can submit their own themes to be rated and you can search for many type of color themes.
27. http://www.colourlovers.com/Colour Lovers is a great site with user submitted color palettes and even cooler is their blog that creates color palettes based on each blog posts at the end of every post.
28. http://www.logoorange.com/color/color-codes-chart.php
Nice chart that converts PMS colors to CMYK and RGB color codes for you.
29. http://www.ideo.com/visualizer.htmlThis extremely useful but simple web safe color chart lets you easily see exactly how different colors will look on your screen.
Inspirational Sites
30. http://www.cssbeauty.com/CSS Beauty provides its users with a database of well designed CSS designed sites, as well as news and happenings related to the CSS Community.
31. http://www.thecoolhunter.net/The cool hunter looks for the coolest and craziest stuff from around the world. Be sure to check out the design and art sections on the site.
32. http://logopond.com/The Logo Pond is a great site to go to if you are looking for inspiration while designing a logo. You can even submit your own logo designs to be voted on and reviewed. Good way to get exposure for your studio or freelancing portfolio.
33. http://www.go2web20.net/The Web 2.0 Design style is the big thing right now and many websites are redesigning their look to get with the times. This awesome site has a massive collection of all the new web 2.0 logos and links the websites.
34. http://cssvault.com/CSS Vault has a collection of spectacular CSS websites and resources including: Articles, Demos, Layouts, Tutorials, and more.
35. http://www.stumbleupon.com/After selecting topics of interest you can stumble upon quality sites related to those topics. I have found countless amazing sites doing this and not only is it great for finding new sites but it can be a killer way to promote and drive traffic to your own portfolio site or blog.
Portfolio Sites
36. http://altpick.com/Altpic.com is a great portfolio website for artists and designers where many people come searching for the best oif the best. It is a great place to showcase your designs and talent.
37. http://www.portfolios.com/Portfolios.com is a portfolio search site where viewers can easily browse through thousands of free artist and designer portfolios.
38. http://www.deviantart.com/DeviantART is a large community of artists and designers who share their work with each other via an online portfolio. Many digital artists and illustrator flock to this site and you can even buy prints of your favorite artwork.
Design Magazines
39. http://www.printmag.com/PRINT magazine is a very famous bimonthly magazine about visual culture and design.
40. http://www.howdesign.com/HOW Magazine covers many areas of design such as the business aspect, new technologies, up and coming designers and is a place for creative inspiration.
41. http://www.idonline.com/I.D. magazine is an International design magazine that covers products, graphics, environments, interactive media and other design related areas.
42. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/Computer Arts is an informative site with free downloads, tutorials, galleries, competitions, a published magazine and much more.
43. http://www.maclife.com/MacLife.com provides news and analysis of the popular Apple products and also has daily blogs from Mac Life magazine editors and a nice selection of articles to read.
44. http://www.pcmag.com/This magazine is definitely handy for any designer. The hardware we use is the back bone of most of our work and PC Magazine has solid reviews of the leading equipment. I always look up products on their website before I buy anything.
45. http://www.pcworld.com/PC World is a great place for Computer and Internet news and information, Resources, how-tos, downloads, products and more.
Fonts
46. http://www.dafont.com/Dafont is an easy to use free font site with a large collection of fonts to download it. It has been around a while and is updated often with new fonts.
47. http://www.urbanfonts.com/Urban Fonts is new to the font world but has quickly established itself as a leader in the free font community. It has an excellent design and is right up there with dafont.com in my book.
48. http://www.fontshop.com/Font Shop offers great font collections on CD, free fonts, downloadable fonts, typography tips and more.
49. http://www.linotype.com/Linotype has a massive collection of the most popular and well known fonts available for download. They also have a font lounge with many interesting font related
resources.
40. http://www.howdesign.com/HOW Magazine covers many areas of design such as the business aspect, new technologies, up and coming designers and is a place for creative inspiration.
41. http://www.idonline.com/I.D. magazine is an International design magazine that covers products, graphics, environments, interactive media and other design related areas.
42. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/Computer Arts is an informative site with free downloads, tutorials, galleries, competitions, a published magazine and much more.
43. http://www.maclife.com/MacLife.com provides news and analysis of the popular Apple products and also has daily blogs from Mac Life magazine editors and a nice selection of articles to read.
44. http://www.pcmag.com/This magazine is definitely handy for any designer. The hardware we use is the back bone of most of our work and PC Magazine has solid reviews of the leading equipment. I always look up products on their website before I buy anything.
45. http://www.pcworld.com/PC World is a great place for Computer and Internet news and information, Resources, how-tos, downloads, products and more.
Fonts
46. http://www.dafont.com/Dafont is an easy to use free font site with a large collection of fonts to download it. It has been around a while and is updated often with new fonts.
47. http://www.urbanfonts.com/Urban Fonts is new to the font world but has quickly established itself as a leader in the free font community. It has an excellent design and is right up there with dafont.com in my book.
48. http://www.fontshop.com/Font Shop offers great font collections on CD, free fonts, downloadable fonts, typography tips and more.
49. http://www.linotype.com/Linotype has a massive collection of the most popular and well known fonts available for download. They also have a font lounge with many interesting font related
resources.
Tutorials
50. http://www.pixel2life.com/Pixel2life is one of the largest tutorial search engines on the internet providing great tutorials to graphic designers and programmers.
51. http://www.good-tutorials.com/Good Tutorials is a massive tutorial website with tens of thousands of tutorials for Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, and more.
52. http://www.w3schools.com/If you need to brush up on your coding skills then this is the place to go. The information is accurate and up to date and its def worth taking all the tutorials.
53. http://youthedesigner.com/2007/09/27/www.tutorialoutpost.comTutorial Outpost has a vast collection of thousands of tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, 3D Studio Max, and more!
Photoshop Brushes
54. http://www.brusheezy.com/Brusheezy is a very useful site with lots of great sets of free brushes varying in style.
55. http://www.psbrushes.net/PS Brushes is home to over 500 Photoshop brushes that are all free to download and categorized for easy searching.
50. http://www.pixel2life.com/Pixel2life is one of the largest tutorial search engines on the internet providing great tutorials to graphic designers and programmers.
51. http://www.good-tutorials.com/Good Tutorials is a massive tutorial website with tens of thousands of tutorials for Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, and more.
52. http://www.w3schools.com/If you need to brush up on your coding skills then this is the place to go. The information is accurate and up to date and its def worth taking all the tutorials.
53. http://youthedesigner.com/2007/09/27/www.tutorialoutpost.comTutorial Outpost has a vast collection of thousands of tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, 3D Studio Max, and more!
Photoshop Brushes
54. http://www.brusheezy.com/Brusheezy is a very useful site with lots of great sets of free brushes varying in style.
55. http://www.psbrushes.net/PS Brushes is home to over 500 Photoshop brushes that are all free to download and categorized for easy searching.
56. http://getbrushes.com/Get Brushes has sets of Photoshop brushes made up of various swirls, ornamental designs, and flourishes. flowers, dots, circles, and various other ornamentations.
Printers
57. http://www.4over4.com/4over4 is a good balance between quality and affordability and can handle most of the print jobs you would require.
58. http://www.modernpostcard.com/Modern postcard is known for its quality printing but can be a bit pricey compared to other sites. If you are looking for top notch printing though look no further.
59. http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/ns/default.aspx?xnav=welcomebackVista Print provides custom full color printing services. You can print business cards, Christmas cards, stationery, postcards, magnets, brochures, address labels, and even more.
60. http://www.clubflyers.com/Club Flyers is an easy to use online printing service with many options available and fast shipping times.
61. http://www.alocalprinter.com/If you are looking for a way to help the environment as a graphic designer then check out the new age of eco friendly printing.
Blog Hosts
62. http://wordpress.com/Wordpress is my blog host of choice. It’s free and easy to set up on a server and there are tons of great themes and widgets available to use. I use Wordpress for all my blogs.
63. https://www.blogger.com/startBlogger is another very popular blog host. It has many of the same features Wordpress offers.
64. http://twitter.com/Twitter is a surprisingly fun, easy to use and useful site when it comes to letting people know what you are up too.
65. http://www.squidoo.com/Squidoo is an easy way to put up a quick and free website page about any topic you want. It is very popular in the affiliate marketing industry.
66. http://www.tumblr.com/Tumblr is another super easy blogging tool that is very similar to Squidoo and twitter and just as good as both of them.
Blogs
67. http://www.designobserver.com/Design Observer is a well respected site in the design community that features writings related to all aspects of design and culture.
68. http://www.lifehack.org/This great site is dedicated to hacking your life by providing you with tips and tricks to get things done quickly by automating, organizing and increasing your productivity.
69. http://ilovetypography.com/I Love Typography is a great web site devoted to typography, type, fonts and typefaces of all kinds. If you love typography you will enjoy this site.
Web Hosting
70. http://www.hostgator.com/Host Gator is a well known, reliable and affordable web hosting company. They have a wide range of hosting services to take care of all your websites bandwidth needs.
71. http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.aspGo Daddy is one of the biggest and most affordable web hosting and domain registration services. They have excellent customer service and quality servers. It is also very easy to mange you domain names and this is important if you have a lot of them.
Web Design Forums
72. forums.digitalpoint.com
This is one of the biggest and most popular programming forums around; there are many thread topics raging from coding and servers to search engine optimization and graphic design.
It’s a great place to ask questions, find help or promote your services.
73. http://www.webmasterworld.com/This is a very active and informative forum on the world of web design. It is a great place to learn and have questions answered.
Graphic Design Forums
74. http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/This is a discussion forum dedicated to all topics related to graphic design.
75. http://www.graphic-design-forum.com/This is another active design forum that allows you to chat about graphic design and post designs for a review.
76. http://www.steeldolphin-forums.com/This is a fine art and graphic design forum where many users showcase their work and discuss fine art and graphic design with fellow community members.
Keyword Research
77. http://www.freekeywords.wordtracker.com/This is an extremely important free tool for keyword research. If you don’t use this tool before you launch a site or blog then your missing out. They also have a more extensive paid version.
78. http://www.wordze.com/This is another powerful keyword research tool.
79. www.google.com/trendsGoogle Trends is another good way to research keywords. Some keywords tend to be seasonal so you can check to see if certain keywords tend to fluctuate traffic wise at certain times of the year.
Search Engine Optimization
80. http://www.seomoz.org/SEOmoz serves as a central hub for search engine marketers worldwide, providing education, tools, resources and paid services related to search engine optimization and marketing.
Web Design Forums
72. forums.digitalpoint.com
This is one of the biggest and most popular programming forums around; there are many thread topics raging from coding and servers to search engine optimization and graphic design.
It’s a great place to ask questions, find help or promote your services.
73. http://www.webmasterworld.com/This is a very active and informative forum on the world of web design. It is a great place to learn and have questions answered.
Graphic Design Forums
74. http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/This is a discussion forum dedicated to all topics related to graphic design.
75. http://www.graphic-design-forum.com/This is another active design forum that allows you to chat about graphic design and post designs for a review.
76. http://www.steeldolphin-forums.com/This is a fine art and graphic design forum where many users showcase their work and discuss fine art and graphic design with fellow community members.
Keyword Research
77. http://www.freekeywords.wordtracker.com/This is an extremely important free tool for keyword research. If you don’t use this tool before you launch a site or blog then your missing out. They also have a more extensive paid version.
78. http://www.wordze.com/This is another powerful keyword research tool.
79. www.google.com/trendsGoogle Trends is another good way to research keywords. Some keywords tend to be seasonal so you can check to see if certain keywords tend to fluctuate traffic wise at certain times of the year.
Search Engine Optimization
80. http://www.seomoz.org/SEOmoz serves as a central hub for search engine marketers worldwide, providing education, tools, resources and paid services related to search engine optimization and marketing.
81. http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/This is probably one of the most informative sites I have ever come across in terms of search engine optimization. It literally changed my life.
82. http://www.seroundtable.com/SEO Roundtable reports on interesting threads taking place at the SEM (Search Engine Marketing) forums. They also write many articles on the topic of search engine optimization and marketing.
Advertising
82. http://www.seroundtable.com/SEO Roundtable reports on interesting threads taking place at the SEM (Search Engine Marketing) forums. They also write many articles on the topic of search engine optimization and marketing.
Advertising
83. https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/Google Adsense is a powerhouse in the advertising industry. If you are looking for an easy way to monetize our website or blog then you will definitely want to check this site out.
84. http://www.adbrite.com/Adbrite is a popular and easy to use text link advertising website where you can buy text link spots or make money by selling advertisement space on your site.
85. http://www.adengage.com/A place to buy and sell text link ads on popular websites related to your website or blog.
86. http://www.text-link-ads.com/This is another very popular and easy to use text link advertising site where people can easily purchase advertising space on your blog or website.
Computers & Electronics
87. http://www.apple.com/Apple computers are a standard in the design industry and they are a great choice if you are looking for an alternative to personal computers.
85. http://www.adengage.com/A place to buy and sell text link ads on popular websites related to your website or blog.
86. http://www.text-link-ads.com/This is another very popular and easy to use text link advertising site where people can easily purchase advertising space on your blog or website.
Computers & Electronics
87. http://www.apple.com/Apple computers are a standard in the design industry and they are a great choice if you are looking for an alternative to personal computers.
88. http://www.newegg.com/I love checking new egg for products because of their fair prices and customer reviews.
89. http://www.tigerdirect.com/Another great site if you are shopping for anything electronic. They have affordable prices and a wide selection of products to choose from.
90. http://www.amazon.com/Amazon is fast and reliable and is my favorite online store to buy books from. Delivery is always top notch.
Art Supplies
91. http://www.dickblick.com/Dick Blick Art Materials has been providing artists with the best supplies since 1911. They have a huge selection of merchandise and good prices.
92. http://www.pearlpaint.com/Pearl Paint is one of the world’s largest discount art suppliers and has a vast selection of art supplies at very affordable prices.
93. http://www.aifriedman.com/A.I. Friedman is another great business that has been serving the artist community for over 70 years. Their products range from basic art supplies to studio equipment and furniture.
89. http://www.tigerdirect.com/Another great site if you are shopping for anything electronic. They have affordable prices and a wide selection of products to choose from.
90. http://www.amazon.com/Amazon is fast and reliable and is my favorite online store to buy books from. Delivery is always top notch.
Art Supplies
91. http://www.dickblick.com/Dick Blick Art Materials has been providing artists with the best supplies since 1911. They have a huge selection of merchandise and good prices.
92. http://www.pearlpaint.com/Pearl Paint is one of the world’s largest discount art suppliers and has a vast selection of art supplies at very affordable prices.
93. http://www.aifriedman.com/A.I. Friedman is another great business that has been serving the artist community for over 70 years. Their products range from basic art supplies to studio equipment and furniture.
Graphic and Web Design Books
94. How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul By Adrian Shaughnessy
95. Thinking with TypeBy Ellen Lupton
96. About Face: Reviving The Rules Of TypographyBy David Jury
94. How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul By Adrian Shaughnessy
95. Thinking with TypeBy Ellen Lupton
96. About Face: Reviving The Rules Of TypographyBy David Jury
97. Graphic Artists Guild HandbookBy Graphic Artists Guild
99. Bulletproof Web DesignBy Dan Cederholm
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Academy for Educational Development, in the US, promotes ICT for bridging the digital divide.
Active Worlds is an educational environment dedicated to exploring educational technological applications.
The Advanced VR Research Centre aims to develop new interfaces for computing applications.
The Advanced Knowledge Technology Consortium brings together Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Open University, Sheffield and Southampton Universities to explore the uses of new technologies for educational purposes.
Advanced Distributed Learning is an American organisation to promote distributed learning including SCORM standards.
Asia-Pacific Programme on ICT and education at UNESCO
Association for ICT in education provides an information service.
Association of Learning Technology provides a journal for learning technology and organises conferences across the UK.
The BETT awards are held annually to highlight best practice in educational technology.
Birkbeck, University of London, web site provides details about Birkbeck’s courses and lectures.
British Aerospace Virtual University is one of the new industrial universities that offers in-house specialised training with accreditation.
British Army Training provides high quality training for the Armed Forces.
The British Broadcasting Corporation provides education as one of its three central pillars. BBC Online Education provides a valuable learning resource for schools and colleges.
The British Educational and Communications Technology Agency provides advise and funding for infrastructure, content and practice in the ICT field.
British Government Home Office is a good source for legislative changes in the UK.
BSI is the world’s oldest standards organisation; set up in 1901 it is famous for its kitemark and was
instrumental with helping to set up the International Standards Organization.
BT Exact is the new name for the BT research labs. It is exploring the new uses of communications technologies.
CARET is a University of Cambridge organisation that is exploring online education.
The Center for Innovative Learning Technologies in the States provides a national resource for providing quality research on innovative, technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 learning.
The Centre for Educational Research and Innovation is a resource for educational technology.
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development is an organisation to promote personnel development.
Cisco Networking Academy Program is a collaboration between Cisco, governments, educational institutions, non-governmental organisations and industry to teach students how to design, build and maintain networks.
Citscapes Project was commissioned by JISC to investigate literacy in further and higher education.
Coalescent Technologies is an American engineering firm that provides services and products for the US Department of Defense.
The Commonwealth of Learning is an intergovernmental organisation to develop and encourage the sharing of resources on open learning and distance learning. It works with the Commonwealth countries to improve access to quality education and training.
Corporate Universities Xchange Inc. offers research and consulting resources for corporate universities and a database of 1,600 corporate universities.
The Creation of Study Environments (COSE) is a learning environment developed by Mark Stiles at the University of Staffordshire.
Cyberspace Policy Institute at George Washington University promotes policy that relates to computer technology.
Deliberations is a teaching and learning resource.
Department for Education and Skills
is a UK governmental department for education.
Department for Education and Skills e-learning Strategy Unit supports eLearning strategy development across the UK.
Defence Procurement Agency is department in the Ministry of Defence.
The Dinkel Institute at the University of Twente is the Development Institute for Knowledge, Education and Learning, which supports students, lecturers and teachers.
DIVERSE evaluates the use of video for learning across higher education.
Educause is a not-for-profit organisation, which promotes ICT and education in higher education.
Educnet explores ICT and education in higher education in France.
e-Government unit is a UK governmental advisory body to encourage take up of online activity and promote e-commerce.
E-Learning is a section of the European Commission’s web site concerning eLearning.
Epic Group PLC is the largest provider of eLearning in the UK.
European Network for Intelligent Information Interfaces is a group that investigated interfaces.
European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics provides a resource for researchers including a review.
Ennis is an Information town in Ireland that aims to provide an online focus for its community.
The European Computer Driving Licence is a standard European IT qualification.
The European Research Overview provides information on research in vocational education and training and is a strand of CEDEFOP.
European Telework Online is an Internet portal for teleworking and telecommunications.
Eurydice is a European Commission organisation providing key data on education in Europe.
The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) is part of the Social Science Research Unit (SSRU), Institute of Education, University of London.
Firearms Training Incorporated is an American based system providing simulators for military training.
Further Education Colleges listed.
Further Education Resources for Learning (FERL)
.
Game On was a UK exhibition about the history of computer games at the London Barbican.
Giunti Labs is part of Giunti Publishing Group, Italy’s leading educational publisher.
Granada Learning is a UK multimedia publisher.
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is the funding body for higher education in the UK.
Higher Education Institutions listed.
Higher Education Statistics Agency provides statistics about higher education.
Human Interface Technology Lab is based in Washington D.C.
Imparta Ltd is a UK company that develops simulations for business training.
Industrial Development Corporation provides a resource for research including the impact of IT upon industry.
Infopoll is an online survey resource.
Information Commissioner enforces and oversees Data Protection Act (1998) and the Freedom of Information Act (2000).
Insead is a global business school based in France and delivers eLearning.
The Institute for Computer Based Learning is based at Heriot Watt University and uses learning technology to provide solutions for higher education and industry.
The Institute of Education, University of London provides postgraduate research and educational policy development for the UK.
Interactions is an online journal based at the University of Warwick exploring issues of pedagogy in the context of distance learning and learning technologies.
The Joint Information Systems Committee promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and information technology in further and higher education across the UK.
The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks is an online journal exploring online learning.
Kingston University web site provides a focus for Kingston’s activity including press releases, course information and listings.
Language, Learning and Technology is a journal exploring learning technologies for second and foreign language educators.
learndirect is an initiative by the University for Industry which provides quality online learning courses for the UK.
Learning and Skills Council is responsible for
funding education and training for post-16 learners.
Learning and Skills Development Agency is a
strategic national resource for the development of policy and practice in post-16 education and training.
Learning and Skills Research Centre is a research centre set up for the learning and skills sector.
The Learning Schools Programme brings together Open University and RM plc to provide teachers and school librarians with professional development to improve teaching in schools.
Learning to Teach Online Learning is an award winning online course developed in the UK and based at Sheffield College.
The London Knowledge Lab is a collaboration between the School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck, and the Institute of Education, University of London to explore digital learning technologies.
Masie Center is an e-lab and think tank based in New York.
MIMAS is the Manchester Information and Associated Services and is supported by JISC. It provides a national data service for higher and further education and the research community for the purposes of teaching and learning.
National Information and Learning Technologies Association seeks to promote ILT with all staff through lifelong learning.
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education is an organisation which explores the issues surrounding adult continuing education.
National Statistics is the UK official statistics web site, for educational statistics.
The National Grid for Learning is the UK gateway for educational resources.
NESTA Futurelab is a lab set up to explore blue skies research into educational technology.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory is exploring constructivist models of teaching and learning.
Online Collaborative Learning in Higher Education is a research resource at Central Queensland University.
Proacte supports European education and training research and development.
Prometeus href="http://www.prometeus.org/">(Promoting Multimedia in education and training in the European Society) is an open forum, which supports a shared approach to e-learning technologies and content.
Radical Pedagogy is a peer-reviewed journal exploring teaching and learning.
ScotCIT is the Communication and Information Technology Programme of the Scottish Higher Education Education Funding Council.
Shell Global
Solutions provides training for those in the oil, pas and petro-chemical industries through its Shell Open University.
SourceOECDhref="http://www.sourceoecd.org/content/html/index.htm"> is a resource for periodicals and journals.
The Teaching and Learning Technology Group is a US based not-for-profit organisation that helps other organisations to use IT more effectively.
Technology and Standards Watch was set up by the JISC and follows new technological developments.
Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL) is based at Oxford University and create online learning courses.
TERC was set up in 1965; it is a not-for-profit organisation, which examines education research and development.
Training Reference is a resource centre for the management of personal, team and organisational development and includes information about e-learning.
Twenty-First Century Learning Initiative is an Israeli organisation set up to promote ICT in education.
United Kingdom Data Archive is the UK’s largest digital archive in the humanities and social sciences.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) promotes the use of ICT to improve world poverty.
University of Cambridge, Programme for Industry promotes workplace learning.
The University of Colorado at Denver, School of Education provides a list of useful references for learning environments.
United Nations Development Programme developing ICT use in education abroad.
Virtual Chemistry is a web site supported by Oxford University that provides online experiments.
World Bank Group: Gender and digital divide highlights the role of ICT in developing countries to help bridge the gender and poverty divide.
Active Worlds is an educational environment dedicated to exploring educational technological applications.
The Advanced VR Research Centre aims to develop new interfaces for computing applications.
The Advanced Knowledge Technology Consortium brings together Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Open University, Sheffield and Southampton Universities to explore the uses of new technologies for educational purposes.
Advanced Distributed Learning is an American organisation to promote distributed learning including SCORM standards.
Asia-Pacific Programme on ICT and education at UNESCO
Association for ICT in education provides an information service.
Association of Learning Technology provides a journal for learning technology and organises conferences across the UK.
The BETT awards are held annually to highlight best practice in educational technology.
Birkbeck, University of London, web site provides details about Birkbeck’s courses and lectures.
British Aerospace Virtual University is one of the new industrial universities that offers in-house specialised training with accreditation.
British Army Training provides high quality training for the Armed Forces.
The British Broadcasting Corporation provides education as one of its three central pillars. BBC Online Education provides a valuable learning resource for schools and colleges.
The British Educational and Communications Technology Agency provides advise and funding for infrastructure, content and practice in the ICT field.
British Government Home Office is a good source for legislative changes in the UK.
BSI is the world’s oldest standards organisation; set up in 1901 it is famous for its kitemark and was
instrumental with helping to set up the International Standards Organization.
BT Exact is the new name for the BT research labs. It is exploring the new uses of communications technologies.
CARET is a University of Cambridge organisation that is exploring online education.
The Center for Innovative Learning Technologies in the States provides a national resource for providing quality research on innovative, technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 learning.
The Centre for Educational Research and Innovation is a resource for educational technology.
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development is an organisation to promote personnel development.
Cisco Networking Academy Program is a collaboration between Cisco, governments, educational institutions, non-governmental organisations and industry to teach students how to design, build and maintain networks.
Citscapes Project was commissioned by JISC to investigate literacy in further and higher education.
Coalescent Technologies is an American engineering firm that provides services and products for the US Department of Defense.
The Commonwealth of Learning is an intergovernmental organisation to develop and encourage the sharing of resources on open learning and distance learning. It works with the Commonwealth countries to improve access to quality education and training.
Corporate Universities Xchange Inc. offers research and consulting resources for corporate universities and a database of 1,600 corporate universities.
The Creation of Study Environments (COSE) is a learning environment developed by Mark Stiles at the University of Staffordshire.
Cyberspace Policy Institute at George Washington University promotes policy that relates to computer technology.
Deliberations is a teaching and learning resource.
Department for Education and Skills
is a UK governmental department for education.
Department for Education and Skills e-learning Strategy Unit supports eLearning strategy development across the UK.
Defence Procurement Agency is department in the Ministry of Defence.
The Dinkel Institute at the University of Twente is the Development Institute for Knowledge, Education and Learning, which supports students, lecturers and teachers.
DIVERSE evaluates the use of video for learning across higher education.
Educause is a not-for-profit organisation, which promotes ICT and education in higher education.
Educnet explores ICT and education in higher education in France.
e-Government unit is a UK governmental advisory body to encourage take up of online activity and promote e-commerce.
E-Learning is a section of the European Commission’s web site concerning eLearning.
Epic Group PLC is the largest provider of eLearning in the UK.
European Network for Intelligent Information Interfaces is a group that investigated interfaces.
European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics provides a resource for researchers including a review.
Ennis is an Information town in Ireland that aims to provide an online focus for its community.
The European Computer Driving Licence is a standard European IT qualification.
The European Research Overview provides information on research in vocational education and training and is a strand of CEDEFOP.
European Telework Online is an Internet portal for teleworking and telecommunications.
Eurydice is a European Commission organisation providing key data on education in Europe.
The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) is part of the Social Science Research Unit (SSRU), Institute of Education, University of London.
Firearms Training Incorporated is an American based system providing simulators for military training.
Further Education Colleges listed.
Further Education Resources for Learning (FERL)
.
Game On was a UK exhibition about the history of computer games at the London Barbican.
Giunti Labs is part of Giunti Publishing Group, Italy’s leading educational publisher.
Granada Learning is a UK multimedia publisher.
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is the funding body for higher education in the UK.
Higher Education Institutions listed.
Higher Education Statistics Agency provides statistics about higher education.
Human Interface Technology Lab is based in Washington D.C.
Imparta Ltd is a UK company that develops simulations for business training.
Industrial Development Corporation provides a resource for research including the impact of IT upon industry.
Infopoll is an online survey resource.
Information Commissioner enforces and oversees Data Protection Act (1998) and the Freedom of Information Act (2000).
Insead is a global business school based in France and delivers eLearning.
The Institute for Computer Based Learning is based at Heriot Watt University and uses learning technology to provide solutions for higher education and industry.
The Institute of Education, University of London provides postgraduate research and educational policy development for the UK.
Interactions is an online journal based at the University of Warwick exploring issues of pedagogy in the context of distance learning and learning technologies.
The Joint Information Systems Committee promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and information technology in further and higher education across the UK.
The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks is an online journal exploring online learning.
Kingston University web site provides a focus for Kingston’s activity including press releases, course information and listings.
Language, Learning and Technology is a journal exploring learning technologies for second and foreign language educators.
learndirect is an initiative by the University for Industry which provides quality online learning courses for the UK.
Learning and Skills Council is responsible for
funding education and training for post-16 learners.
Learning and Skills Development Agency is a
strategic national resource for the development of policy and practice in post-16 education and training.
Learning and Skills Research Centre is a research centre set up for the learning and skills sector.
The Learning Schools Programme brings together Open University and RM plc to provide teachers and school librarians with professional development to improve teaching in schools.
Learning to Teach Online Learning is an award winning online course developed in the UK and based at Sheffield College.
The London Knowledge Lab is a collaboration between the School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck, and the Institute of Education, University of London to explore digital learning technologies.
Masie Center is an e-lab and think tank based in New York.
MIMAS is the Manchester Information and Associated Services and is supported by JISC. It provides a national data service for higher and further education and the research community for the purposes of teaching and learning.
National Information and Learning Technologies Association seeks to promote ILT with all staff through lifelong learning.
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education is an organisation which explores the issues surrounding adult continuing education.
National Statistics is the UK official statistics web site, for educational statistics.
The National Grid for Learning is the UK gateway for educational resources.
NESTA Futurelab is a lab set up to explore blue skies research into educational technology.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory is exploring constructivist models of teaching and learning.
Online Collaborative Learning in Higher Education is a research resource at Central Queensland University.
Proacte supports European education and training research and development.
Prometeus href="http://www.prometeus.org/">(Promoting Multimedia in education and training in the European Society) is an open forum, which supports a shared approach to e-learning technologies and content.
Radical Pedagogy is a peer-reviewed journal exploring teaching and learning.
ScotCIT is the Communication and Information Technology Programme of the Scottish Higher Education Education Funding Council.
Shell Global
Solutions provides training for those in the oil, pas and petro-chemical industries through its Shell Open University.
SourceOECDhref="http://www.sourceoecd.org/content/html/index.htm"> is a resource for periodicals and journals.
The Teaching and Learning Technology Group is a US based not-for-profit organisation that helps other organisations to use IT more effectively.
Technology and Standards Watch was set up by the JISC and follows new technological developments.
Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL) is based at Oxford University and create online learning courses.
TERC was set up in 1965; it is a not-for-profit organisation, which examines education research and development.
Training Reference is a resource centre for the management of personal, team and organisational development and includes information about e-learning.
Twenty-First Century Learning Initiative is an Israeli organisation set up to promote ICT in education.
United Kingdom Data Archive is the UK’s largest digital archive in the humanities and social sciences.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) promotes the use of ICT to improve world poverty.
University of Cambridge, Programme for Industry promotes workplace learning.
The University of Colorado at Denver, School of Education provides a list of useful references for learning environments.
United Nations Development Programme developing ICT use in education abroad.
Virtual Chemistry is a web site supported by Oxford University that provides online experiments.
World Bank Group: Gender and digital divide highlights the role of ICT in developing countries to help bridge the gender and poverty divide.
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