Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More Ross | April 13th, 2010
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!
5 Photoshop & CSS Tricks for Killer Web Designs – http://bit.ly/9I3Q4h
The Dying Art Of Design – http://j.mp/a3ABbY
Outstanding post by @TheLogoFactory about the harm caused by “Logo Raiding” – http://bit.ly/9VITgG
30+ Excellent Photoshop Web layout Design Tutorials – http://bit.ly/cakfJy
Opinion Column: The Sad State Of The Web Design Community – http://bit.ly/dnHYzT
Introducing the Web Safe Font Cheat Sheet – http://bit.ly/d7QgWu
Fun & Amazing Vintage Print Ads Roundup for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/9a8o4c
Vector freebies and premium: floral, wings and t-shirts – http://bit.ly/95aGpz
117 Funniest Creative Job and Recruitment Ads – http://j.mp/bjVLQu
Dealing With Clients Who Refuse To Pay – http://bit.ly/bIn8L2
The Ten Commandments Of User Experience – http://slidesha.re/9kWABa
15+ Useful CSS Grid Systems – http://bit.ly/9TjQcQ
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface – http://bit.ly/bGSIFy
Web design conferences: just expensive blog posts? – http://bit.ly/9E4W8E
Holistic Web Browsing: Trends Of The Future – http://bit.ly/b16FrS
Creative Ads Inspired by our Favorite Fairy Tales – http://bit.ly/bP8nDz
Design is playing increasingly more important role in selling products – http://bit.ly/bjeHjo
A Showcase of Inspiring Business Card Illustration Designs – http://bit.ly/9USBRf
“These results suggest that [developers rely] on stereotype & instinct to understanding user needs” – http://bit.ly/9wYjej
Inspiration – Beautiful Book Cover Designs – http://bit.ly/dwLlKi
90 Creative Advertisements You Will Listen To – http://bit.ly/aSjtqL
The Myth of Design Limitations – http://bit.ly/9aUh2B
Great collection of free online photoshop & photography classes – http://bit.ly/clKAlf
Web Forms for People – http://bit.ly/9fp6L9
Mind-Blowing Typography in 3D – http://bit.ly/2JdxLW
25 Fun and Time Saving PhotoShop Actions Tutorials – http://bit.ly/bcQ9uZ
The Basics of Business Card Design – http://bit.ly/alyIma
20+ Inspirational Wet Web Designs making Heavy Use of Water – http://bit.ly/9aRQlu
“Print designers are going to have to face up to reality and learn how to design for real users” – http://bit.ly/c1zQyQ
A Showcase of Impressed Print Designs – http://bit.ly/bZ6N64
How to Create an Incredible Typographic Illustration – Part 1 – http://bit.ly/dmMdFt
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
3 Internet Tools To Market Your Books Better and Faster – http://bit.ly/9KAv0o
Twelve Cool Tools for Writers and Others – http://bit.ly/ast11b
Cut Your Words: 5 Articles on Concise Writing – http://bit.ly/bi8W3W
Journalism School of the future: Thoughts from Richard Edelman – http://bit.ly/ded4Tu
Writer 2.0 is a new web magazine about how wordsmiths will survive in the 21st century – http://bit.ly/amjVuy
5 Warning Signs You Might be a Blogcrastinator – http://bit.ly/bRGCWV
PR for Startups – http://bit.ly/cC3eD3
How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. Great article on focus – http://bit.ly/9ZGK39
The Need To Refocus From Time To Time – http://bit.ly/aeZxTn
Understanding Salespeople at Startups – http://bit.ly/9a7Wph
Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – http://bit.ly/cwC5GJ
Why you should have a co-founder – http://bit.ly/dpOWUn
Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – http://bit.ly/aZnwNW
Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – http://bit.ly/bjwpPN
Interesting perspective from @jasonfried about laziness – “Driven to Distraction” – http://bit.ly/9Bq8VB
If you need to lie as an entrepreneur, you’re heading down the wrong path – Should Entrepreneurs Lie? – http://bit.ly/9kgv1g
The Dangers Of Tying Your Business To Another – http://bit.ly/dCQSPa
Small business and customer service: 3 tips for creating a virtuous loop – http://bit.ly/9w9X1R
The Need To Refocus From Time To Time – http://bit.ly/aeZxTn
Build a technology company without a tech cofounder (by @BeckyMcCray) – http://bit.ly/cwC5GJ
How to run a software business on 5 hrs a week. Great article on focus – http://bit.ly/9ZGK39
Six Questions to Ask for Powerful Testimonials – http://bit.ly/cAEM7v
Interesting perspective from @jasonfried about laziness – “Driven to Distraction” – http://bit.ly/9Bq8VB
Why 9 out of 10 Small Businesses Fail – http://bit.ly/aO0uPO
The Dangers Of Tying Your Business To Another – http://bit.ly/dCQSPa
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: GoHuman.com – http://bit.ly/cn8yAV
35 great social media info-graphics – http://bit.ly/9DsQpH
Thoughts on Twitter’s ad model and suggestions for brands – http://bit.ly/8ZvcO
PSFK list of most relevant brands of 2010. foursquare already up to number 6 – http://bit.ly/c4CpjK
Advice on optimizing your profile pic – http://bit.ly/d1bffq
Interesting report on men and social media – http://bit.ly/c8gqe5
Good analysis by @msuster about Twitter’s acquisition of Tweetie & what Twitter should do at Chirp – http://bit.ly/cCn9cE
There are no firm answers in social media – http://bit.ly/aa3bUR
The Edelman 2010 Trust Barometer – http://sto.ly/aoiJce
Success Is Made Of Little Victories – http://bit.ly/a1x5XS
Good question: Where are the ‘vertical’ social media specialists? – http://bit.ly/bMaJis
Digital & Social Media Tools For Nonprofits – http://bit.ly/chg7oJ
Design is playing increasingly more important role in selling products – http://bit.ly/bjeHjo
Journalism School of the future: Thoughts from Richard Edelman – http://bit.ly/ded4Tu
News Sites Rethink Anonymous Online Comments – http://nyti.ms/daMvna
Six Questions to Ask for Powerful Testimonials – http://bit.ly/cAEM7v
Creative Ads Inspired by our Favorite Fairy Tales – http://bit.ly/bP8nDz
PR for Startups – http://bit.ly/cC3eD3
US Marketers Overlook User-driven Innovations in Mobile – http://bit.ly/aFKuli
Agree with @davemcclure about Foursquare, Gowalla, etc. bubble – http://bit.ly/cHbINJ
The Path To Advertising Nirvana – http://bit.ly/btiK8z
Twitter acquires Tweetie – http://bit.ly/btV8Vs
Forbes covers the *secret* meetings today by Twitter developer community, a Groundswell surge vs Twitter – http://bit.ly/8YnnvD
Interview with a crowdSPRING Designer – 12 Questions: Meet Jeff Quigley (Canada) – http://bit.ly/ckG0R6
Crowdsourcing: Opportunity or Time Suck? – http://bit.ly/dbuzxI
How crowdSPRING has scaled its customer support – http://bit.ly/btcgSw
Innovate or die, bitches (about the Adobe/Apple brawl) – http://bit.ly/aRDzNp
Good post by @jtwinsor about the cultural shift in marketing (& embrace of crowdsourcing) – http://bit.ly/9GTluB
U.S. Government Continues To Embrace Crowdsourcing – http://bit.ly/duuq3a
iPad, the tablet shift, and what this means for the laptop – http://bit.ly/ccgbUj
5 Investment Tips From Billionaire Warren Buffett – http://bit.ly/aOIRIt
“These results suggest that [developers rely] on stereotype & instinct to understanding user needs” – http://bit.ly/9wYjej
M. Dowd’s enlightened piece on repressive aspects of Islam & Catholicism – http://nyti.ms/ahBahw
BW sees 5 steps for Gooogle to compete with iPad – http://bit.ly/aj7Lwv
How fast do people upgrade to new browsers – http://bit.ly/ct0IuO
Tend to agree with @gruber that Apple’s 3.3.1 changes are on balance good for iPhone users – http://bit.ly/9Md8ed
Web design conferences: just expensive blog posts? – http://bit.ly/9E4W8E
The Ten Commandments Of User Experience – http://slidesha.re/9kWABa
Very cool new word cloud app: use photos, docs, websites, shapes, images etc. – http://bit.ly/bqyD1p
Air Force Reformer: Time to “Crowdsource” Weapons Design – http://bit.ly/bUH0sv
Dealing With Clients Who Refuse To Pay – http://bit.ly/bIn8L2
Amazing tragedy as Poland’s entire leadership dies in plane crash – http://nyti.ms/9sphDP
Holistic Web Browsing: Trends Of The Future – http://bit.ly/b16FrS
Of all the people in human history who ever reached the age of 65, half are alive now – http://bit.ly/d4Hu9a
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: GoHuman.com – http://bit.ly/cn8yAV
The snuggie is old news. The rage these days: wearable towels – http://bit.ly/8YrASu
McDonald’s Happy Meal survives one year, doesn’t decompose – http://bit.ly/b9FSIC
117 Funniest Creative Job and Recruitment Ads – http://j.mp/bjVLQu
This is so hilarious, it’s not even funny – http://bit.ly/aFrxWI
Awesome! A proposed tax form for freelancers… from the NY Times Op-Art/designer Sam Potts – http://nyti.ms/9wjqyA
10 Earliest Known Musical Instruments – http://ki.am/bZ6uii
Creative and nicely done – New York is destroyed by 8 bit invaders – http://bit.ly/alejrn
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.
