HMK Links: 10/1/06

Photoshop Links

A collection of other places on the internet you should visit.

National Association of Photoshop Professionals
World's Most Complete Resource for Adobe Photoshop Training, Education and News

Planet Photoshop
Online Photoshop News, Tips and Tutorials

Layers Magazine
The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe

Twisting Pixels
Leading developer of Photoshop filters and plug-ins.

MediaLab
Indispensable tools for digital media professionals

Big Stock Photo
Great Resource for Royalty-Free Stock Photography

DaTutorials.com
Free Web Resource for Photoshop, ASP, PHP, Javascript, VB Script And More Tutorials and References.

Netcubo.com
Free Tutorials and Templates

Dreamhost
My monster of a hosting company. Great services and customer service.

Scream Design
The One-Stop Design Shop

WNV2
The webmaster resource.

Free Photoshop Brushes
A growing list of 400 free Photoshop 7+ brushes.

Photoshop Tutorials
PSD-Tutorials - an endless amount of effects possible with Adobe Photoshop.

PhotoshopSupport.com
Links to free Adobe Photoshop tutorials, brushes and plugins.

CoolHomepages
Still the only known cure for designer's block.

PSLover
Photoshop tutorials listing site. You can find some of my tutorials on there.

Design Directory
International design links database.

PhotoshopCafe
CS2 Tutorials, Tips and Forums

Photoshop Presets
A collection of free Photoshop Presets

Vision.To Design
Web Applications Beyond Your Imagination

Good Tutorials
Another Photoshop tutorials listing site.

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Web Reference

Best Practices in Redirecting Pages

Using good 301 redirects instead of HTML and Javascript redirects which search engines do not like.

Color Schemer

Upload and browse color schemes. Very inspiring.

From Points to Pixels

A great chart detailing the approximate conversion from points to pixels. An essential link for developers.

Instant Domain Search

Find available domains instantly as you type.

Rank By Design

Information on SEO with a focus on Google and Movable Type.

SEO Case Studies and Tools

A collection of case studies and free optimization tools.

Skills for Access

A brilliant website dedicated to accessibility for websites and beyond.

Your Total Site

A huge library of articles and links on web development, with a focus on standards, accessibility and content.

Design Related

Adactio: Technology, design and more.
Airbag: Smart, well-designed blog from Greg Storey that covers life, design and more.
All in the Head: Drew McLellan's site, with writings on code, web applications and general development stuff.
Andy Budd: Andy Budd: Blogography is all about everything: life, design and more. A personal favorite.
Anil Dash: The blog of Movable Type founder Anil Dash. Covers much more than MT.
Assemble Me: Excellent blog on information design and visualization.
Asterisk: The frequently updated site of D. Keith Robinson, a design and information architect. An excellent site.
Brookelyn: The site of Brooke Gwen, freelance designer, photographer and retail worker.
Bryan Bell: Excellent writing on icon design, web development and other digital design topics.
CreativeBits: Tons of great tips for Photoshop, Firefox and Mac OS X.
Daring Fireball: Mac nerdery bordering on the obsessive. Excellent, thoughtful writing.
graphicPUSH: You are here.
I'm the Boss of Me: Dawn Pederson's blog about freelancing. Updated frequently with some nice content and linkage.
kottke.org: The thoughts and links from Jason Kottke, NYC resident.
Mark Simonson: Excellent reading from an excellent designer. Focuses on typography with a bit of photography and design.
Mayhem Studios: Personal portfolio site of Calvin Lee.
Mezzoblue: Dave Shea's popular blog on all things web. Great design and good writing.
PlasticBag.org: Tom Coates' blog that is a rich resource for links and thoughts on current culture.
Printing University: A print-oriented blog that covers the ins and outs of printing. Geared toward designers.
Ryan Brill: Excellent blog about design and coding. Ryan often has some excellent business tips.
Signal vs. Noise: The blog of 37signals, usability and software gurus.
SimpleBits: Home of Dan Cederholm, mastermind behind several high-profile site designs.
Squidfingers: Amazing site from Travis Beckham. Famous for its royalty-free patterns, but also a great place for JavasScript and PHP snippets.
Stopdesign: The site of Doug Bowman, designer of Wired, Blogger and more.
Website Design San Francisco: Creative-Ops is a San Jose based web designing firm providing web designing services in San Jose, San Francisco & Bay Area.
What Do I Know: Thoughtful site of Todd Dominey, head of Dominey Design in Atlanta.
Zeldman: Jeffrey Zeldman pioneered the web standards movement and literally wrote the book on the subject. This is his site.

CoreFX

Nice resource site with tutorials (Photoshop and web coding), wallpapers, fonts and more.

CSS Monster

Search for web development jobs in the XHTML/CSS universe.

Design Talk Board

A nice forum where all things design are discussed.

Iconshock: Professional icons

iconshock offers more than 45.000 high quality icons in XP, Vista & MAC design styles for web and software applications.

Kaliber10000

You've never known so much information could be packed into one page.

Speak Up

An incredible and ever-evolving source of news, articles and discussion about graphic design.

Spoono

An excellent resource for web design and digital illustration. Tons of tutorials and an active community support this affiliate of Tutorials Forums and Absolute Cross.

Studio Produce

A growing resource for freelance design and illustration businesses.

Titan Icons

Professionally designed royalty free digital icons, logos, web templates, and graphics, suitable for all of your on and offline application needs.

Vexatomic

Nice site with Photoshop and web design tutorials, plus articles, news and contests