Helpful Resources
If you’re a web designer or developer working on government sites, it’s very important that you keep up with the latest web design trends and development techniques. Our field evolves at a fast pace because of new technologies as well as tips and tricks to get more out of what we already possess, whether it’s a tool or a technique. The best way to learn is through reading helpful blogs and reference sites to get informed and inspired.
In this post we’re going to share some of our favorite sites. We hope you find them useful.
Design
Graphics
- Abduzeedo – rss
- Psdtuts – rss
- Web Designer Depot – rss
- Tutorial 9 – rss
- Photoshop Lady – rss
- PSDFan – rss
- Web Designer Wall – rss
Typography
Logo & Branding
Infographics
Inspiration
- A List Apart – rss
- Carsonified – rss
- For a Beautiful Web
- Substraction – rss
- Authentic Boredom – rss
- Jason Santa Maria – rss
Showcase
Development
Front-End
- World Web Web Consortium (W3C)
- Web Devout by David Hammond – rss
- SitePoint CSS/HTML/JavaScript Reference by Tommy Olsson and Paul O’Brien
- CSS Globe – rss
- CSS Tricks – rss
- Centricle: CSS Filters (CSS Hacks) (use with caution)
- Janko At Warpspeed – rss
- Web Dev & Design by Soh Tanaka – rss
- CSS Drive Community News – rss
- Nettuts – rss
- Script & Style – rss
- Opera: Web Standards Curriculum
- When can I use… – rss
- YUI Theater – rss
Q & A and Directory
Usability & IA
Accessibility
- 456 Berea St – rss
- Section 508
- W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
- John F. Croston III – rss
- Joe Clark
- Jim Thatcher – rss
- WebAIM: Web Accessibility In Mind – rss
- Juicy Studio by Gez Lemon – rss
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Oooh, there’s a few goodies in there I hadn’t stumbled over before, thanks for the list..
and a massive thanks for the mention, made my night!
Good “catch all” resource. If you plan to update this regularly, consider maybe putting a link to this next to the Archives link at the top of page? I’d like to come back to this particular post pretty easily from any PC/location.
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@Alex, thank you and you’re welcome. I really enjoyed reading your well thought-out and researched articles. Looking forward to the new ones!
@Bob, great suggestion. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m going to do. There will be a Resource Page on the top nav soon, as this is something we’ll be updating regularly.
Excellent list of resources, great to see usability&IA in the list! There is one more blog on usability that is worth putting in the list goodusability.co.uk
Thanks for including warp speed :)