useful resources

  • A List Apart - Fantastic site for web design articles. Great way to follow trends in the industry.
  • 24 Ways - Very cool articles site. Helpful, informative, and envelope-pushing.
  • Zeldman - Get the latest right from the man that championed the fight for web standards everywhere.
  • W3C - The people who lay the ground rules and framework.
  • SimpleBits - Always interesting, insightful, and helpful.
  • Meyerweb - CSS is yummy. Thank Eric.
  • Max Design - Australian web design firm that does a wonderful job compiling data and presenting it simply.

diversions

  • Daring Fireball - Gruber can be a bit of an agitator, but he always has a solid point.
  • Coudal Partners' Layer Tennis - Probably my favorite thing on the web ever. I participated in a knock-off Layer Tennis tourney once with about a dozen or so colleages and it was one of the most fun things I've done in recent memory. (p.s. I claimed first!)
  • Seth Godin - Very influential marketing opinion-maker. I've been following his web-centric marketing theories since college.
  • iso50 - A design superstar's personal blog.
  • Jason Santa Maria - One of the greats in the field today. Good source of inspiration.
  • The Oatmeal - Often tasteless, but never boring, the Oatmeal is simply hilarious.
  • Andrew Gaken - I've worked with Andrew for a little under two years. He's a talented designer who turned me onto a lot of sources and figureheads I should have known about all along. I can't thank him enough.
  • Flaming Buffalo - Andrew's personal blog site.
  • Tim St. Martin - Tim is an exceptional web developer who cuts through the BS and delivers. We are currently starting up a firm together. Stay tuned for more.
  • Mark Thibodeaux - Mark is one of the most genuinely kind and likable human beings I've ever had the pleasure to know and work with. When the zombie apocalypse hits, I'm sure you all will know him well.