The year of 2007 is ending, traditionally this is time for a retrospective. I selected the most relevant articles, books, tutorials, plugins, and other publications I read in 2007. Covering topics of your interest, such as web design, development, usability, information architecture,… here is the list of 2007 (random order):
- A List Apart - Understanding Web Design
- Web Designer Wall - Vector Polishing Techniques
- Veerle - What Is Graphic Design?
- Mezzoblue - Icon Design Anti-Alising
- 456 Berea Street - Accessible, Expanding/Collapsing Menu
- Garrett Dimon - The Hidden Interface
- A List Apart - White Space
- Snook - What Does Accessibility Mean?
- Subtraction - This Way to Web, Print Designers!
- North X East - The Secret to Getting Other to Talk About You
- Boxes and Arrows - Information Architecture as Change Agent
- A List Apart - Never Use a Warning When You Mean Undo
- Bartelme - Dark Theme for Wordpress
- Digital Web Magazine - Corporate Web Standards
- 24 Ways - Diagnostic CSS Styling
- Luke W - Primary & Secondary Actions in Web Forms
- AIGA - Foolproof Technique for Fooling Around
- Ping Mag - Infosthetics Form Follows Data
- A List Apart - Staying Motivated
- Freelance Switch - 101 Essential Freelancing Resources
- Rob Goodlatte - Syncotype Your Baselines
- Computer Arts - 50 Ways to Become a Better Designer
- Skellie - Five Hard Questions You Should Answer Before Starting a New Project
- Smashing Magazine - 80 Beautiful Typefaces
- Think Vitamin - 7 Surefire Styles that Work
- Jeff Croft - Do We Need the Return of Browser Wars?
- Andy Clarke - CSS Unworking Group
- Daring Fireball - Leopard
- Cameron Moll - Mobile Web Design Book
Tools, tips, extensions, and tweaks of 2007: Firebug, NoScript, jQuery, Quick Look Inside Zip Folders, Hacking Leopard - Terminal Codes, Anxiety Task Manager, Stacks Overlays, Time Machine,… and many more.
Happy new year of 2008!
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MaurícioJanuary 3rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
Feliz 2008 (=
nice links!
Web design - SegaFebruary 5th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Very useful, thanks!
ErinMarch 5th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Hi
Do you have any tutorials on how to make backgrounds? I’m using one of your desktop backgrounds now for a class project, but I’m inspired and would like to make my own.
RickMarch 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
hi Erin, check this out: http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/chroma-wallpapers/
BrajenduApril 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 am
Hi Rick,
Great inspiration for all designers and standardolics!… This is indeed a big list. Can you just indicate which links are for Usability, information architecture,…?
LucíaMay 24th, 2008 at 12:16 am
Really useful links, thanks for sharing!