Web Design Resources and Inspiration...

Tutorial9 – 101 Best Absolutely Breathtaking Infrared Photographs

http://www.tutorial9.net/resources/101-absolutely-breathtaking-infrared-photographs/

Tutorial9 made a collection of beautiful IR shots from all overthe web. I’m inspired to mod my 20D for IR photography. All the more reason then to get a 50D. 

webdesignerdepot.com – 10 Tips to Design Usable Shopping Carts

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/10-tips-to-design-usable-shopping-carts/

Being the designer and usability person of a semi-large e-commerce site, one must constantly be in touch as to what strategies work the best and most popular on the net. There has been too many times when i’ve pulled my hair in frustration trying to get a misbehaving div to move 1 pixel to the left | right | top | bottom. Here is a set of e-commerce related usability topics and design ideas.

Vandelaydesign.com: 20+ tutorials for working with photoshop tools

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshops-tools-tutorials/

All around resource for getting the most out of your CS4 purchase.

Tutorial9.net: Chidrens Book Illustration Showcase

http://www.tutorial9.net/resources/children-book-illustrations-showcase/

Children’ book illustrations are on the forefront of creative design. A great illustration must be able to capture and motivate a child’s wandering inquisitive mind.

webdesignerledger: Resource for webdesign and inspiration

http://webdesignledger.com/

Crisis of Credit – A Visual Animation of the...

If you’re trying to understand what is happening to the economy and how it started then visit “The Crisis of Credit“. It a simplification of how the economy got so bad and what/who caused it.

I liked the visual representation of the story. Great animation.

Resources for the modern web designer – part...

These links includes a portal for design inspiration, a design and implementation collection, icons from a pixel and Ruby Tuesdays website – i like the layout and the food pictures are very inviting.

smashingmagazine.com – We smash you with information that will make your life easier. Really.

pixelgirl.com – Customize your style with pixelgirl presents.

bestwebgallery.com – Best Web Gallery is a showcase gallery that features all the best design Flash and CSS websites on the web.

rubytuesday.com – good clean css design.

coolshowcase.com – because we love art.

Resources for the modern web designer – part...

Smashing Apps – A resource for “the best of…” and other collections.

Web Designer Interviews - Movers and shakers in the design world.

Iconfinder.net - Looking for that icon for your website. This is a search engine that does just that.

killephp.com - If your PHP4 or 3 skills are rusting and you have not made a connection string in so long because of Dreamweaver, well then what are you waiting for — Get updated with PHP5.

Note: I was at Barnes and Nobles the other day, and found a PHP6 book.

Find this on Stefan Mischook’s website killerphp.com.
An very good introduction to PHP Object oriented programming.