1. Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine covers the best of Design / Web Development / Marketing and all sorts of other areas, each post is written in such detail its crazy they aren’t charging for it! Smashing Magazine just released their 2nd book, the 1st of which i’ve bought and have read cover to cover. Smashing Magazine often give away great WordPress Themes and graphics for free on a regular basis… Well worth checking out
2. Mashable
Pete Cashmore and his team have become the No.1 source for Social Media news, if your doing anything on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter then its worth reading this regularly to see developments. The blog has now expanded to cover Tech News, Design, Business & Marketing and Mobile. There’s also an awesome (free) iPhone app
3. Web Designer Wall
If your a Web Designer / Developer like me, then i’ve found this to be a good source of inspiration, tutorials and news related to the field of Web Design, even if your just looking to get a website designed then this is packed full of ideas. Some of the recent posts have been excellent for example ‘Best of Design 2010‘ has been a great summary of some incredible web design over the last year.
Covering topics such as Productivity, Self Management, Organization and getting inspiration.. This blog from the awesome Behance Network is aimed at freelancers and buisness owners looking for tips and strategy in all sorts of areas. A good introduction to this blog would be the recent post “It’s Time To Kill Multi-Tasking” i’ve learnt a few good tips and strategies from this blog which i’ve incorporated into my own worth ethic.
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5. FFFFOUND!
Essential for inspiration, this lesser know blog is a collection of random designs / photos / sketches i.e anything visual – if your short of ideas you’ll be sure to find something in here to fire your imagination. There’s also a free iphone app available