Beautiful Simplicity

My AZ BFF sent me this website because she thought it was unique and beautifully done.

I have to agree – I like the artistic simplicity.

http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com

15 sites web developers and designers should know

Some new tools and resources I hadn’t seen before:

http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/15-sites-web-developers-and-designers-should-know

accordian css menus, no javascript

This has been my latest goal, my nemesis…. I think I have a good, workable solution and then it doesn’t work in IE6 (which it MUST for my work – mandated). Originally I wanted this menu to be horizontal but am having more luck finding vertical examples.

but I should have know CSS Play would save the day again.

I want Stu’s brain… seriously.

http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/vertical_slide.html

Cross-blogination

Posted this at my non-techie blog in the hopes that my friends new to twitter would read   Just call me a Twittervangelist.

http://niellemc.blogspot.com/2009/04/hey-twitter-i-aint-no-quitter.html

all types of design links

from free icons, to css tutorials, cheat sheets, to anything else you’d need for web design:

http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/user-links

101 CSS Techniques

Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be more helpful links, I find one with hundreds more subsequent links! The interwebz abound with helpful stuff.

http://www.noupe.com/design/101-css-techniques-of-all-time-part-1.html

CSS-based forms

My new assignment is to become an expert on styling forms, so I’m getting lots of help from the various links here:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/11/11/css-based-forms-modern-solutions/

textures

What a find for designers!

http://zentextures.com

Here’s another good one: http://desizntech.info/2009/04/15-free-high-res-textures/

women in technology

I’ve been struck by 3 amazing women in the tech field but for privacy sake, I won’t blog in detail about them. All possess a lifetime’s worth of knowledge about many topics within IT and carry out their jobs with grace and humility. They taught me a lot about how to effectively communicate and about their particular fields.
We’ve come a long way baby! Thanks to pioneers like Ada.

http://www.pledgebank.com/AdaLovelaceDay

pass it on!

related – Women in IT Scorecard:

http://www.intellectuk.org/content/view/4956/47/

site of the day ~ like

http://www.megcabot.com/megsbio.php

This site is just pretty – it’s well done, easy to use, clean, unique.

my only gripe is the scrolling, which should prompt them to use an anchor tag to the top or include bottom navigation.