Web resources

When I first got into web design I didn’t know were to start. With so many tutorials, blogs, and tools out there it was hard to pick the right one. Through the years I have filtered through a mass of information only to find that good advice is hard to come by. To help with [...]

When I first got into web design I didn’t know were to start. With so many tutorials, blogs, and tools out there it was hard to pick the right one.

Through the years I have filtered through a mass of information only to find that good advice is hard to come by. To help with this problem I have compiled a list of the best stuff out there I have found.

Books

• Don’t Make Me Think, by Steve Krug
• Designing with web standards, by Jeffery Zeldman *
• DOM Scripting, by Jeremy Keith
• Designing for the Web, by Mark Boulton

Blogs and Magazines

• A List Apart *
• Think Vitamin
• Web Designer Wall

Websites

• w3schools.com
• sitepoint.com
• thegridsystem.org
• quirksmode.org
• colorschemedesigner.com
• interact.webstandards.org *

Conferences

• Future of Web Design
• An Event Apart
• South by South West: Interactive *

Podcasts

• Boagworld *
• Sitepoint

Tools

• Evernote
• Dropbox *
• em calculator
• Notepad++
• FileZilla
• Firefox
  • Firebug *
  • Web Developer Toolbar
• ColorPix
• Microsoft SuperPreview *
• WAMP – Windows
• MAMP – Mac

Adobe AIR

• Boks
• EM Calculator
• Snippely

Favelets

• x-ray
• Grid
• More Favelets

Inspiration

• Best Web Gallery *
• I Love Typography

As time passes I will update this post with more recent content. If you feel you can add to this list I will review comments for links, and perhaps add them to the list.