The week in links 12/06/09
Graphic Design, Portfolios & Career
Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy (booooooom.com)
Winner of D&ADs new new blood award.
Degree Or No Degree? (gomediazine.com)
Well I’m enjoying mine, but I don’t know if I really need it.
40 Really Awesome Resources For Design Inspiration (blog.themeforest.net)
Go get inspired.
10 Inspiring Portfolios (daily.creattica.com)
Nice collection.
45 Superb Light Effects (abduzeedo.com)
Super shiny, super bright light effects.
Left-Brained Vs. Right-Brained (myinkblog.com)
I was definitely left brained during school, don’t know about now.
5 Tips For College Freelancers (freelanceswitch.com)
Some useful tips while you’re at College.
Web Design, Browsers & SEO
50 Beautiful Flash Websites (smashingmagazine.com)
Not always a fan but these are really nice designs.
Flash #Fail (nikibrown.com)
Having said that, not all Flash sites are that great.
25 Stylish Examples Of Web Forms (sixrevisions.com)
A focus on the lesser noticed parts of a website.
50 Alluring Typography And Grid Focused Websites (thedesigncubicle.com)
Nice bit of website design.
When Someone Googles Your Name, What Do You Want To Happen? (hellomynameisscott.blogspot.com)
Good ideas to be found here.
Demo: Firefox 3.5 Treats Videos Like Web Pages (techcrunch.com)
Interesting development, now if Google can put this in Chrome I’d be happy.
Taking Typography Seriously (redswish.co.uk)
Typography is important, take it seriously.
Tutorials & Resources
Retro Futurism At Its Best: Designs And Tutorials (smashingmagazine.com)
Some good old fashioned futuristic retro. Err, what.
60+ Awesome Grunge Fonts That Every Designer Should Collect (webdesignbooth.com)
Useful for the next tutorial perhaps?
Design A Cartoon Grunge Web Site Layout (psd.tutsplus.com)
I really like the end result.
Other
It’s Official: Futurama Is Reborn! (ausiellofiles.ew.com)
Best news ever in the whole world, 26 new episodes of Futurama in 2010.
Facebook Username (facebook.com)
You ready to get your Facebook vanity URL?
Apple’s Cool Matrix-Style App Wall (techcrunch.com)
One of the best things about this year’s WWDC.
Newton Virus (troika.uk.com)
It’s finally out, the most stylish virus you can get.
IncSpring Becomes Brandstack (pitchengine.com)
New name to include new things to sell.
Google Vs. Bing: The Blind Taste Test (mashable.com)
They all seem the same to me, Google is just more accessible.
10 Creative And Unusual Camping Tents (toxel.com)
Going camping this summer? Check out these tents.
Fuel Your Apps (fuelyourapps.com)
A new Fuel brand network website launches.
App For That (appft.com)
Little bit of humour.