Curtis Carmichael

Industry Relevant – Cool and Noteworthy Articles

• Yahoo! Developer Network’s article on “Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site”
  http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html

Industry Relevant – Tools of the Trade

• 4Templates – http://browse.deviantart.com/designs/web/ – creative web design insight
• Google AdPlanner – https://www.google.com/adplanner – a free media planning tool, currently in BETA.
• Website Grader by HubSpot – “Marketing Reports for 400,000 URLs and Counting…” – http://www.websitegrader.com/
• Quantcast – http://www.quantcast.com – free demographics and audience measurement data for your web site.
• Firebug – a great plug-in/extension for web developers to use with Firefox – http://www.getfirebug.com/
• Chris Pederick’s Web Developer plugin for Firefox – http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/

Social Media – Sites of Interest

• TalkShoe Community Call Voice Chat, Group Calling, Teleconference Calling – http://www.talkshoe.com/
• RingSurf – create your own web ring!

Industry Relevant – Publications

• Adobe Edge Newsletter – http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/
• DMNews – http://www.dmnews.com/
  • DMNews Search Marketing – http://www.dmnews.com/Search-Marketing/section/230/
  • DMNews Search Engine Optimization (SEO) 101 Web Cast – http://whitepapers.dmnews.com/whitepaper2419/
• eMarketing and Commerce (eM+C) – http://www.emarketingandcommerce.com/
• FOLIO Magazine – http://www.foliomag.com/
• Google’s AdSense Blog – http://adsense.blogspot.com/
• Google’s main blog web site (SEO tips, etc.) – http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
• Layers Magazine – http://www.layersmagazine.com/
• MarketingSherpa – http://www.marketingsherpa.com/
• Mequoda Daily – http://daily.mequoda.com/
• National Association of Photoshop Users (NAPP) – http://www.photoshopuser.com/
• SEO Chat – http://www.seochat.com/
• Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA) – http://www.sipaonline.com/
• Stock.XCHNG – http://www.sxc.hu/
• Universal McCann – view the research reports on right-hand side of web site – great info – http://www.universalmccann.com/
• WebProNews – http://www.webpronews.com/

Other Noteworthy Sites – Cool and Interesting Reading for Tech-Saavy Readers

• /commentable – “things geeks should know” by Dinarius Computers – http://www.dinarius.com/commentable/
• Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows – http://www.winsupersite.com/
  Personally, I’m not a big fan of Micro$oft products, but I always enjoy learning more about new and emerging products/technologies.
• New and emerging technologies for the web, etc.:
  • Google Labs – http://labs.google.com/
  • next.yahoo – http://next.yahoo.net/
  • Yahoo! Research – http://research.yahoo.com/
  • Microsoft Live Labs – http://livelabs.com/
  • Microsoft Research – http://research.microsoft.com/
  • Mozilla Labs – http://labs.mozilla.com/
  • Adobe Labs – http://labs.adobe.com/