There is a wealth of information out there on the internet. There is a lot of good information, and there is a ridiculous amount of bad and out dated information. And in this field, that just won’t do. You need to know that the information you are reading reflects current technology, trends and legislation. Whew. How do you know that blog you stumbled upon with a hack to make WordPress do what you want is really going about it in the best possible way? Well you hope you know enough to spot a hack, or you take them at their word.
We thought we could help point you in the direction of some good folks who know what they are talking about.
Smashing Magazine
I would say they are one of the leading authorities on the internet well, on the internet. With articles covering everything from WordPress to CSS to HTML 5 to Design Inspiration they are a good reference for all designers and developers out there.
Build Internet
This blog is only about a year old, but they have some handy tutorials and excellent tips. There are series of “5 minute upgrades” and “Website Anatomy” which are great reads. I particularly like their color inspirations.
Webitect
I recently discovered this blog and am enjoying discovering articles on it. There is a wide range of tutorials and design inspiration and it is the second blog on the list written by a college student. (Sure makes us feel old!)
Web Designer Depot
The illustration on this one just mezmirizes me. But it is a good source of tutorials, web design trends and general articles.
jQuery for Designers
Everyone should know some javascript, it makes your website do a little pop. And this is a great resource for someone just starting out with jQuery (it is our preferred javascripting method).
Blog.SpoonGraphics
Freebies. High quality design tutorials. The kind of stuff you actually want to reproduce.
BittBox
An excellent repository of freebies. There is an amazing collection of free Photoshop brushes on the blog and he gives out new free textures every Tuesday.
Net.Tutsplus
A great place for tutorials on some more complicated web stuff. PHP frameworks, interacting with the twitter API and OOP are all covered here.
Fuel your Creativity
This blog is written by an ever growing community of writers. Topics are as varied as the writers and has everything from tutorials to
Purpleurbia – We couldn’t leave out ourselves! This fledgling blog will continue to bring you 3-5 articles a week including tutorials, roundups and freebies.
