Twitter Link Roundup #56 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More Ross | October 14th, 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!
image credit: papalars
The image on the left is “The Bean” in Chicago – photographed in HDR.
Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts – http://bit.ly/c5dPUv
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Penn Brewery – http://bit.ly/aneDfT
Small Innovations Are a Big Deal – http://bit.ly/90T9PM
Strategy is Not a To Do List – http://kiss.ly/buz41c
Tips, Tricks and Inspiration for Creating Great Screencasts – http://bit.ly/bBvlA7
Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts – http://bit.ly/c5dPUv
The VC Market: An Adaptive System – http://bit.ly/d2T6Jr
Strategy is Not a To Do List – http://kiss.ly/buz41c
Beware the Nile perch – http://bit.ly/bAEm4Y
Lean Startup 101 for Developers – http://ow.ly/2Qa8p
Silicon Valley’s Disruption Deficit Disorder – http://bit.ly/b5Ix3y
Steve Jobs’s Strategy? “Get Rid of the Crappy Stuff” – http://bit.ly/b5pYkc
Men and Women Entrepreneurs: Not That Different – http://tcrn.ch/cz3lfF
Startup Sales – Why Hiring Seasoned Sales Reps May Not Work – http://bit.ly/cas02p
Future M Start-Up Marketing Boot Camp Recap – http://bit.ly/bZTXrK
“Some of the smartest people you work with don’t think like you at all.” – http://vh.co/97DgSM
Acquisitions: Pulling Back the Covers – http://bit.ly/cFBQee
What Startups Can Learn From Watching “The Social Network” – http://bit.ly/bzsEOd
Small Innovations Are a Big Deal – http://bit.ly/90T9PM
Tips, Tricks and Inspiration for Creating Great Screencasts – http://bit.ly/bBvlA7
What is holding back social media investment? – http://bit.ly/cJNG6k
Social media critics keep getting it wrong – http://bit.ly/9vAaU1
12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – http://bit.ly/cKStxh
40 Creative Advertisement for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/aG7Tq6
Lessons to be learnt from the Gap logo debacle – http://bbc.in/dq7PnA
Internet Advertising Hits New Revenue Record – http://bit.ly/aNgQXL
What Can You Learn from 7 Awesome Corporate Blogs? – http://bit.ly/d5Qfi7
Crowdsourcing Effective Advertising – http://s.hbr.org/dnwtVj
Online sharing leading to more sharing offline – http://rww.to/azzgPM
Keynote Speech Scott Klososky Social Technologies 12 Step Process – http://bit.ly/9pdJG6
Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts – http://bit.ly/c5dPUv
Inspiration: Vintage Packaging & Labels – http://bit.ly/c5zgNA
Payments, Contracts, & Invoices – How to get clients to pay – http://bit.ly/c7c83Q
50+ Easy to Follow Photoshop Poster Tutorials – http://bit.ly/cSJwyC
Clothing Hang Tag Design: 12 Trendy Examples – http://bit.ly/cjNvHh
Comprehensive Guides For Understanding The Basic Fundamentals Of Illustrator – http://bit.ly/9lxlc6
A Handy Guide to Image Resolutions in Print Design – http://ow.ly/2NLI6
40 Creative Advertisement for Inspiration – http://bit.ly/aG7Tq6
Super Cute Save-the-Date Cards – http://bit.ly/9FIrOo
crowdSPRING’s interview with a designer – 12 Questions: Meet Tin Ba?i? (Croatia) – http://bit.ly/bnHc0z
25 Excellent Sets of Free Adobe Illustrator Brushes – http://bit.ly/crrYps
60 Exclusive Free Icons: “Childish” – http://bit.ly/8YR1dV
The Science Behind Design Color Theory – http://bit.ly/aIBtUx
Color Blendy: tool that lets you generate & preview transitions between colors – http://bit.ly/dvj1ky
40 Amazing Music Inspired Artworks – http://bit.ly/9RmSLg
More on avoiding risk aversion when designing – http://is.gd/fToTD
12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – http://bit.ly/cKStxh
Showcase of Minimalism in Movie Posters From 1967 to 2010 – http://bit.ly/aIOZFr
50+ Really Amazing Digital Art of Mermaids – http://bit.ly/dqhGgL
The Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator Tool – http://ow.ly/2QSRn
Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco 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
If you love the new GAP logo (are you nuts?), you can get one for your business! – http://bit.ly/9PEU0O
50 Best Designed Logos With Punctuation Marks – http://bit.ly/92Ikm1
50 Clever and Cool Logos – http://bit.ly/cTx7ZM
The Science Behind Design Color Theory – http://bit.ly/aIBtUx
Five Useful Design Techniques and Coding Solutions For Web Designers – http://bit.ly/axMdq3
The Science Behind Design Color Theory – http://bit.ly/aIBtUx
5 Biggest Copyright Pitfalls for Web Designers – http://bit.ly/d5sJHU
Dos and Don’ts of Website Design – http://ow.ly/2PD0e
25+ Web Designs with TyPoGrApHy as a Dominating Design Element – http://bit.ly/cNcUie
50 New Useful CSS Techniques, Tutorials and Tools – http://bit.ly/a9ejuv
40 Must See Cool Short Animation Websites – http://ow.ly/2NLIl
30 Auto Completion Scripts for Better User Experience – http://bit.ly/cDqrYF
60 Exclusive Free Icons: “Childish” – http://bit.ly/8YR1dV
40 Fresh Examples of Minimal Web Design – http://bit.ly/chUQyc
150 best jQuery effects for web designers and developers – http://bit.ly/cS0Qbj
Test Usability By Embracing Other Viewpoints – http://bit.ly/aNt2Gh
The Difference Between UI and UX – http://sto.ly/cp43j9
30 Auto Completion Scripts for Better User Experience – http://bit.ly/cDqrYF
A very useful collection – Usability Resources to Win Arguments – http://bit.ly/bV5V5p
The right way to tell time: http://www.qlocktwo.com
Concept Cars: 60+ Kick-Ass Automobile Designs – http://bit.ly/d2nSwe
7 Tips for an Authentic and Productive Writing Process – http://bit.ly/aXwhSu
20 Awesome WordPress Typography Themes for Writers – http://bit.ly/bdUFAj
Great talk by Jonathan Zittrain: “Minds for Sale” (video) – http://youtu.be/Dw3h-rae3uo
“7 Trends to Watch, In An Age of Info Overload” – http://bit.ly/c9D9BL
Very inspiring to see innovation like this (allowing paralyzed people to walk) – http://bit.ly/97tX3M
16 Interesting Facts About Sleep – http://bit.ly/dcT390
Gap reverting to their old logo – http://bit.ly/9s9ZeC
“Kindle Singles” is exactly the right idea at the right time – http://bit.ly/ay3KZX
Tips, Tricks and Inspiration for Creating Great Screencasts – http://bit.ly/bBvlA7
Motion Graphic Inspiration: Imaginary Forces – http://bit.ly/buRkv2
You Name It: The Biggest [Blanks] in the World! – http://bit.ly/9LKgP0
Scientists say three-course meal in a single stick of gum is now a possibility – http://bit.ly/a7IXu3
Top 10 Largest Photographs in the World – http://bit.ly/biLsT5
A Realization About Japanese and American Superheroes – http://bit.ly/c0eEFN
Best video of all time – http://youtu.be/pc0mxOXbWIU
State of the art of self-driving cars on road today – http://scoble.it/axauXi
I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.
