Social Media: IFTTT IFTTT uses the programming concept of “If this then that”. With IFTTT you can create ‘recipes’ using a variety of social media platforms. For example, you can create a recipe that tells Twitter to tweet every time you publish something on your blog. There are a lot of fun user created recipes… Read more »
Wishbone.org Wishbone is a non-profit that asks you to help ambitious students looking to attend educational programs outside of school. The homepage features information presented as interactive infographics. (Did you know 7,000 students will drop out of high school today?) You can view students in need of donations based on their location and interests. More… Read more »
Maki App Bookmarklet Maki App… My long lost web design helper. I lost the link for this but recently rediscovered it. If you are coding a website based on a design that was originally built in Photoshop, Maki App is a must-have tool. The old school way of marking up code to match a JPG… Read more »
PBS’s Off Book features a great 6 minute introduction to web design featuring Whitney Hess, Jason Santa Maria and Jeffrey Zeldman. I’m really impressed with how much information they are able to pack into these short videos. Also of note: The Effect of Color, Typography and Visual Culture Online (Memes!)