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Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post a ton of fun links pertaining to logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! However, due to the fast-paced nature of microblogging, these links become buried within a few hours. So, here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

Design Related:

Contracts For Designers Who Hate Contracts – http://bit.ly/contracts

18 Creative Examples of Typography in Motion – http://bit.ly/Afd63

Using Adobe Kuler to Enhance Your Photoshop Color Workflow – http://bit.ly/jIFUQ

Design inspiration: Beautiful Personal Portfolios – http://bit.ly/132AoE

What Makes a Good Photograph? – http://bit.ly/2FURMY

11 essential iPhone apps for designers – http://bit.ly/gkrdD

15 Cool Snowboard Designs – http://bit.ly/rBKwa

30 Logo Designs Using Gradient 3D Effects – Inspiration:Part 3 – http://bit.ly/14XJpa

The Evolution of Cell Phone Design Between 1983-2009 – http://bit.ly/IRmOW

9 Insane Portfolio Designs to Make You Drool – http://bit.ly/6vPqX

5 Disciplines of Successful Design – http://bit.ly/23RNya

50 Websites to follow if you’re into Web Design – http://tinyurl.com/krv659

Top 50 Stunning Text Effect Photoshop Tutorials – http://bit.ly/W4WeS

9 Common Usability Mistakes In Web Design – http://bit.ly/1I1SW

25 Beautiful Examples Of Typography Portraits – http://bit.ly/dWrS0

50 Stunning Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials – http://bit.ly/2CLgCr

Excellent step-by-step tutorial about a logo design process for a client – http://bit.ly/WafMl

25+ Striking Photoshop Retouching Tutorials – http://bit.ly/OlBNK

70 Excellent Logo Design Tutorials and Resources – http://bit.ly/ioPgT

30+ principles to a better web page design – http://bit.ly/3ip8MJ

14 Brilliant Tools for Evaluating Your Design’s Colors – http://bit.ly/9Xk1Q

The design history of 12 famous brands – http://om.ly/?CRJn

Startups/Entrepreneurship/Leadership:

10 Entrepreneurship Lessons Venture Capitalist Nicholas Chan Taught Me – http://bit.ly/NzSY4 and http://bit.ly/N1leR

The 10 commandments for entrepreneurs – http://bit.ly/164nW9

The Entrepreneur’s Startup Checklist – w/ downloadable forms! – http://bit.ly/pbP7H

Top 5 Things an Entrepreneur can Learn from Michael Scott, Dunder Mifflin – http://bit.ly/jf0XW

Not in the Valley? At Least Compete With It – http://bit.ly/8sqdg

You can better manage your time during the day if you spend just 18 minutes organizing – http://bit.ly/RVVgY

How a Little ‘Friction’ Can Change a Competitive Landscape – http://bit.ly/wRXNt

Why management by consensus is killing innovation – http://bit.ly/1428rV

Good post about evaluating risk in deciding whether to work for a big company or a startup – http://bit.ly/iwGD5

The best leaders shouldn’t be afraid to hire smart people – http://bit.ly/3wKtP8

5 women who are breaking the digital glass ceiling – http://om.ly/?CRIf

Small Business:

10 things companies should do before they tweet or facebook – http://bit.ly/2EBf1u

Eyes Wide Open: Embracing Uncertainty through Scenario Planning – http://bit.ly/1SLbYR

Social Media/Marketing:

Top Ten Viralsourcing Campaigns – http://bit.ly/LDDI9

Are We Becoming A Little Less Human Online? – http://bit.ly/NRz8M

The Downsides of Branding – http://bit.ly/3w1jj8

How to Get Good Testimonials (to promote your work) – http://bit.ly/queUK

Making Myths: Public Relations On Social Media – http://ow.ly/hQ1v

Three Instantly Effective Social Media Strategies – http://bit.ly/fY83H

16 Things You Can Do Yourself to Create Word-of-Mouth for Your Business – http://bit.ly/Wzvzk

How Knowledge Can Hurt Innovation – http://bit.ly/cjOXP

It’s impressive how granular we’re getting at measuring attention to advertising online – http://bit.ly/caFEn

Other:

Digital Nomads Ditch Cubes For Diners and Pool Decks – http://bit.ly/kcVtL

Interesting article on company culture/personality – http://bit.ly/2zEPf

Is Google killing us with unevilness? – http://su.pr/7fBbdS

Good interview by Crain’s Chicago Business with @jasonfried about venture capital – http://bit.ly/MxvP0

Random Fun:

God, Guns and Pickup Trucks – God Bless America! Freggin hilarious interview – http://bit.ly/3Sc3Gn

Twitter Job Description by Date Joined – http://post.ly/1VTs

140 characters is too much for you? Try 26 chars instead – http://tr.im/u1CL

Love Bacon? Need Soap? Now There’s Reddit Bacon Soap: Yes, you read that title right – http://bit.ly/fyOft

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.