June 05, 2003

My Favorite Places...

At yesterday's final Simple Steps event for the year, we spent some time brainstorming ideas for future events. Someone (I forget who) mentioned that it would be useful to share favorite resources. We all have sites that we turn to on a regular basis, and it would be useful to spread the word about these places.

As an example, Isaac Conver from Kent School District mentioned that he liked Blooberry.com's HTML reference. The site has a ton of info on each and every HTML element.

So, in that spirit, I thought I'd start a short list of the sites I value:


  • The 60+ RSS subscriptions I read through NetNewsWire. Granted, this isn't really a "site," but I've really come to depend on it. Its come to the point where if a site doesn't have an RSS feed, I'm much less likely to return.

  • Boxes and Arrows. This "magazine" has frequent high-quality articles on all things information architecture-related.

  • Digital Web. Another online magazine. They publish about 5 articles a month on web design issues.

  • Zeldman. Author and web-standards guru Jeffery Zeldman publishes an almost daily weblog of useful commentary and links on web design issues.

  • IA Slash. IA Slash is a "group weblog" focused on information architecture.

  • WebWord. WebWord is a usability-themed weblog.

  • Evolt. Evolt publishes short articles by its members on a variety of (mostly technical) topics. I just wish they had an RSS feed.

As you can see, my reading tends toward the "softer" side of web development (IA, usability, etc). At this point, I have a pretty decent grasp on most of the technical things I need to do. When I need a resource, its usually a specific resource, not something I need to look at frequently.

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