Twitter Link Roundup #23 – Design, Small Business, Social Media And More
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
Free Fonts Roundup – Websites to Download Free Fonts – http://bit.ly/8gWwAe
50 First-class & New Downloadable Fonts For Professional Designs – http://bit.ly/4TDAcR
50 Awesome High-Quality Free Fonts to Enhance your #Design – http://bit.ly/5wQ4yV
How to Stay Sane When Freelancing From Home – http://bit.ly/7ZHbAO
70+ Promising Resources and Tutorials Especially For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web – http://bit.ly/7P0MgS
CSS Properties Index – http://bit.ly/22E38T
How to Discuss “the Fold” with a Client – http://bit.ly/7luFjP
90+ Exceptionally useful Logo Tutorials, Tips & Resources – http://bit.ly/7dGXxo
Free Wireframing, Sketching & Design Resources for Designers – http://bit.ly/76wdLf
Creative Billboard Advertising Campaigns – http://j.mp/5sEOUC
Creative and Unusual Layouts and Navigation Designs – http://bit.ly/7LEK2p
A Basic Guide to Photoshop’s 3D Tools – http://bit.ly/8Q7X1v
20 logos with clever use of imagination – http://bit.ly/5wqlar
24 UX Articles to Start 2010 – http://bit.ly/7last6
Seeing Double: Two Color Inspiration – http://tinyurl.com/ybp6cjs
Designing & Selecting Components for UIs – http://bit.ly/8vNPUN
The Clear War: about designer’s responsibility to stand up – http://bit.ly/7UxM52
JavaScript Best Practices – http://bit.ly/4poMMK
Magic lighting effect in photoshop – http://bit.ly/hEcWT
The Case Against Vertical Navigatio – http://bit.ly/80Sn8f
In Defense of Vertical Navigation – http://bit.ly/7qjbJh
10 Excellent Free Fonts You simply Can’t Keep Your Hands Off – http://bit.ly/64YcAB
90 Creative Coming Soon Page Designs and Resources – http://bit.ly/6Mia0m
4 Simple Design Elements Behind a Good Call to Action – http://bit.ly/4FUqiB
Photoshop tutorial: high contrast texture – http://bit.ly/7Ucfpb
Must Have Resources for the Web Developer’s Toolbox – http://bit.ly/8PCRHc
100+ Seamless Patterns Great for Creating Website Backgrounds – http://bit.ly/4OXzBQ
500+ hearts brushes for your Valentine designs – http://bit.ly/4Kfl23
23 Extremely Helpful WordPress Help Sheets And Resources – http://bit.ly/MJEPQ
When Clients Take Too Much Design Control – http://bit.ly/5Ig3Ld
30+ Handy Blank Templates for Designers – http://bit.ly/6cYiSW
Drop-Shadows and Gradients: Be Consistent in Your Visual Metaphors – http://bit.ly/8EBTgQ
Modern Art Movements To Inspire Your Logo Design – http://bit.ly/7dmWpu
Collaboration Tips for Designers Working with Developers – http://bit.ly/4ZQrB5
10 Techniques for a Fantastic Footer – http://bit.ly/4o2dtf
Pictodeck Icon Set: Over 700 Free Pictograms for Keynote – http://bit.ly/6CAWQe
Showcase Of 50 Best Inspiring Gaming Websites – http://bit.ly/71K2Ih
Why We Should Teach Design Early – http://bit.ly/7kqJc6
Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – http://bit.ly/1ySfi
Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – http://bit.ly/XTLkS
What Numbers Should Be Important To Startups And Small Businesses? – http://bit.ly/4n38bc
How I Stay Efficient – My Three Hour Rule – http://bit.ly/8vGetE
Getting Things Done: How I Set Priorities – http://bit.ly/8jUNAP
Startup Tip: Don’t Chase Your Own Tail – http://bit.ly/6WMbAS
Small business and startup tip: managing bookkeepers, accountants, and the end-of-year mishegoss – http://bit.ly/6mKGls
“Get the culture right and all else follows,” HT @zappos Tony Hsieh – http://bit.ly/89SrMp
The Danger of Entrepreneurial Passion – http://bit.ly/7SOVHm
Startup Tip: Selecting Software Technologies for your startup – http://bit.ly/85z6Gg
Startup Tip: What To Do If Your Existing Software Technology Just Isn’t Good Enough – http://bit.ly/87MDzR
For Many Entrepreneurs, Running the Show is Stressful – http://bit.ly/7zVzON
Startup Tip: Three Highest Priorities – http://bit.ly/5ejyMS
Startup Tip: Importance of Transparency – http://bit.ly/780cdT
10 C’s of Employee Engagement – http://ow.ly/UTQ2
“Sometimes the smartest vision you can have is a clear one of the people in front of you.” – http://bit.ly/8W73xg
Startup Tip – What I Would Have Wanted To Know About Data Migration – http://bit.ly/8FZsqE
How People Perform Is Influenced By Their Perception – http://bit.ly/7br0s5
Startup Tip: Focus First On A Problem, Not A Solution – http://bit.ly/7AecCz
Startup Tip: Importance of Information & Pace When Things Go Wrong – http://bit.ly/6Z9AgY
Is What You Say And What You Communicate Consistent? – http://bit.ly/4R0ByK
Startup Tip: Dealing With Pressure – http://bit.ly/6pYTiX
Startup Tip: Firing Employees – http://bit.ly/62CTnD
What Numbers Should Be Important To Startups And Small Businesses? – http://bit.ly/4n38bc
Small business and startup tip: managing bookkeepers, accountants, and the end-of-year mishegoss – http://bit.ly/6mKGls
2010 Rural Small Business Trend – http://bit.ly/7JNDgl
How I Stay Efficient – My Three Hour Rule – http://bit.ly/8vGetE
Getting Things Done: How I Set Priorities – http://bit.ly/8jUNAP
Startup Tip: Selecting Software Technologies for your startup – http://bit.ly/85z6Gg
Startup Tip: What To Do If Your Existing Software Technology Just Isn’t Good Enough – http://bit.ly/87MDzR
10 C’s of Employee Engagement – http://ow.ly/UTQ2
Is What You Say And What You Communicate Consistent? – http://bit.ly/4R0ByK
How People Perform Is Influenced By Their Perception – http://bit.ly/7br0s5
Is What You Say And What You Communicate Consistent? – http://bit.ly/4R0ByK
The 10 Stages of Social Media Business Integration – http://bit.ly/6nTwWC
Outsourced thinking is today’s biggest problem – http://ow.ly/TdIz
Getting your small business started with social media (interview w/ @ducttape) – http://bit.ly/8ZqnNP
You Probably Mistreat Your Best Clients – http://bit.ly/8ULmgN
Do we live in a bribery economy? – http://bit.ly/4TxE7K
Harvard Teams Up With Foursquare For Collegiate Check-Ins – http://bit.ly/5naTE4
The World Really is Flat – Crowd Sourced Design Rules – http://bit.ly/5DeNvQ
crowdSPRING: Creative Solutions Platform or ‘Spec Work’ Enabler? – http://bit.ly/6ez7mC
Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s – http://bit.ly/5Dmbdk
Five Suggestions About Improving Root Cause Analysis – http://bit.ly/4YBYF7
Competing isn’t a strategy. great post on Microsoft – http://bit.ly/6PHJFq
New Study: The Market for Open Innovation (crowdSPRING mentioned) – http://bit.ly/7fuRio
The importance of knowing what you don’t want to be – http://bit.ly/4ZINbm
Queued Storage Backend for Django – http://bit.ly/53Ofn5
Anti-piracy agency’s logo broke copyright – http://goo.gl/hQqD
Impressed to see such a bold move by Google on China. Not every company has such balls – http://bit.ly/7Qhkdb
A very cool writeup about the science behind the movie Avatar – geeky, but great read – http://bit.ly/4K0r4H
How James Cameron’s Innovative New 3D Tech Created Avatar – http://bit.ly/5msDz5
Think you are innovative? Watch this TED video – http://bit.ly/5g9LVA
There are NO excuses – http://bit.ly/70Yi4f
I hope you enjoy these links! If you can spare a minute, please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
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