Resources for Web design

You have an website that has grown over time, and while it is very useful, much of the content is out of date or inaccurate, it’s hard to find things, updating the site is complex, the appearance may be dated and you’ve lost track of the pages on the site.

How a CMS overcomes these issues:

Content-Management-Systems.pdf

all the best!

Have just been show a fantastic new resource provided by the makers of the Opera web browser. This is a proposed curriculum to provide a foundation to learning about web design.

http://www.opera.com/company/education/curriculum/

May well try to develop courses around this curriculum.

My portfolio, under the moniker Many Artists Who Do One Thing.

I love keyboard shortcuts. This is a great list of Photoshop keyboard shortcuts. Quite long though.

PSCS3_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Mac.pdf

I love keyboard shortcuts. This is quite a detailed/long list of those for Photoshop CS3; for Mac.

PSCS3_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Mac.pdf

This is a fantastic little book about information design, a fantastic primer for anyone wanting to get started with it. (Via Thriving.)

It's a very happy day at Everything HQ today. We had a picnic in the park at lunchtime, AND we've just been told that School of Everything has been selected as an Official Honoree for the Education category in The 13th Annual Webby Awards. This is a big deal people!

Fantastic one-page guides to using YouTube, Twitter and many other online tools.

Great presentation from Erika Hall at Web 2.0 Expo (via Matt Locke) on how to write copy for web 2.0 applications. Key message: write less, and write for action.

Nice post from David Meerman Scott about online PR here:
http://www.webinknow.com/2008/05/top-ten-pr-tips.html

I don't know David, but I liked his statement: "I realized that sometimes there is value to top-of-mind ideas. Nuggets of value may be lost when you obsess over getting every detail perfect." Couldn't agree more.

Here's his list:

1. The old ways to get noticed were to buy expensive advertising and beg the media to write about you and your products. The best way to get noticed today is to publish great content online.

Great article (via @guykawasaki) on how the expectations of the next generation are reshaping the businesses they work for. 12 points about how the new workplace will need to reflect the principles of the social web.

Here are my favourites:
* All ideas compete on an equal footing.
* Leaders serve rather than preside.
* Resources get attracted, not allocated.

Really good set of practical tips for everyone looking to get online and get started with 'web 2.0'.

Just so we know what we're all talking about, here's a definition piece from the guy who coined this infamous term.

One of the things I really like about Folksy.com (the UK-based crafts marketplace) is the cool stuff they make to promote the site. Looking through their Flickr stream, there are plenty of other examples of them getting involved with the community of people who make and sell stuff through the site.

There's lots of inspiration there for us at School of Everything - and for any other startup that's trying to find playful ways to spread the word about a useful service.

An old observation of mine that seems to be becoming more and more significant - as anyone who has had to add their boss as a Facebook friend will be all too aware...

Here's the presentation I gave at the NCVO yesterday, now with added Zappa.