Designs of the Week

Clean designs are my favourite, and I think that todays list are especially nice. The last in the list, Omnitech is very “AJAX” heavy, which I am not a fan of, but both its dark and light incarnation are fairly beautiful to look at.

When creating a “simple” looking design, typography, element placements, and colours are even more important than in a design that has much more in the way of graphics, images and content types to work with.

Social Media Weekly

Design – Emersian
No, there is no specific post I want you to see, but instead the whole site. Written by Paul Scrivens, the site takes a hard look at design without being too snobby. I highly recommend reading it, as it is very interesting and honest.

Design – How to Blog Design Style Guide
A great list of inspiration when planning a blog design with some tips, tricks and information included. They start from the header and work their way down. Very nice list, though it only helps to remind me of my own incompetence as a designer.

Programming – What Makes a Great Developer?
Developers, be they web, server, mainframe, or desktop are a different breed, with an interesting way of looking at things. I Love Jack Daniels breaks down the personality of a great developer.

Programming – No CSS Reset
Jonathan Snook doesn’t use no stinkin’ CSS reset code when developing sites, and he talks about why in a recent post.

Programming – 3 SEO Tools Worth Your Time
Stop paying an arm and a leg for horrible SEO, and learn to do it yourself. Some great starting applications that will help you with the basics of SEO on your site or blog.