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Turn your own handwriting into a font! — Fontifier
How to listen to the user and hear the experience — Usability Post
Australian businesses are missing out on the internet’s untapped potential — BRW
15 essential issues for the creative community — Inspired Magazine
Apple vs Microsoft: a website usability study — [...]

The problem with poorly designed websites might not be incompetent user-experience and graphic designers, but a stifling corporate culture.
This is what blogger Dustin Curtis discovered when he wrote an open letter on his blog to the team behind the American Airlines website.
In his letter, he spoke of the dissatisfying experience he had booking a flight [...]

Web design industry jargon glossary and resources — Smashing Magazine
20 Facebook tips you might not know — Hongkiat
AudioBoo is new talk of the net — The Guardian
11 striking findings from an eye tracking study — Problogger
Using Google Earth to visualise the toll of war — Google Lat Long Blog
50 excellent circular logos — Web Designer [...]

One of the beauties of being alive in the Information Age is the way technology can transform the way we do business & live our lives.
As companies embracing Web 2.0 technology can prove, it is incredibly easy to empower staff with the freedom to work from anywhere – and be more productive!  We’ve been testing it & getting great [...]

Hugh Jackman will see Oprah on Friday… PM Kevin Rudd says the Dawn Service was very moving… How come I know? My little birdie told me! No way! I am not their friend or on their staff. I know this because I have been following them on Twitter!

If you still haven’t quite got your [...]

The future of the computer desktop?

In defense of eye candy — A List Apart
How long will you continue support for Internet Explorer 6? — For the Lose
6 reasons to consider a microsite strategy — William Web Design
Economy be damned: Apple posts its best second quarter earnings ever — TechCrunch
CSS tip: checking for cross browser issues [...]

Recently I was amazed to discover that a friend of mine Jenny* a BDM at a large company was spending the first half of her day researching prospective clients to call on.
This research consisted of googling companies in certain suburbs or buildings and then manually entering in the company, contact name, phone number & address [...]

1. Shrink O’Matic
Resize your images quickly and easily

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2. GIMP
Like Photoshop, but free

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3. Wufoo
Free HTML form builder

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4. Pic Markr
Place watermarks on your photos

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5. BG Patterns
Create your own patterned background tile

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6. smush.it!
Optimise your images for the web

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7. Color Scheme Designer
Put together a colour scheme that works for your web project

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8. Dot TK
Free “.tk” domains

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9. Toddle
DIY free email [...]

The Webby Award nominees have been announced — Webby Awards
Top 10 moments caught on Google Maps Street View — URLesque
6 tips to help you get the most out of Google Docs — Six Revisions
Is self-centred web copy hurting your website? — Web Designer Depot
8 characteristics of successful user interfaces — Usability Post
Facebook-like inputs with JQuery [...]

Happy Easter!
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10 useful flash components for graphing data — Six Revisions
8 simple ways to improve typography in your design — Smashing Magazine
9 information design tips to make you a better web designer — PSD Tuts +
The top free 500 free fonts from around the world — Fonts 500
How to find an effective personal [...]