Links:
Here are some links to some of my favourite blogs and design reference sites, some of them also that inspired me and helped me on my way. Hope you find them useful!
Accessibility and Usability
Design - type and images
Friends
Knowledge Management
Non-profit Technology
- Amy Sample Ward's version of Nptech
- Beth Kanter's Blog
- e-riders - global network of techonology supporters
- Idealist - Connecting communities and action
- nfp 2.0 - Steve Bridgers tech and non profit blog
- NTEN - Non-Profit Technology Network
- The Bamboo Project - Blog of Michele Martin
- The Nonprofit Blog Exchange - news about non profit technology and blogging
- Tim Davies' blog on social change, nptech and youth participation
Open Source (FOSS)
- Cyberduck - open source ftp for mac
- Linuxalt - lists open source applications
- M6-IT - a social enterprise to support the voluntary and education sectors with sustainable IT solutions
- Miro - open source video and internet tv player
- Modx - my favourite content management framework
- NOSI - NonProfit Open Source Initiative
Social Media
- Chris Brogan - a conversation with a community about digital relationships
- Common Craft - excellent social media online videos in plain english
- David Wilcox - Designing for a Civil Society
- Jenny-Bee.net
- Jing - instant screencasting and screencapture - Easy to use!
- Podnosh - high fibre podcasting
- Scrapblog - creating an online scrapbook for your pictures
- Slideshare - share your presentations online
- SplashCast - make your online channel
- VoiceThread - capture pictures and voices
- Wiki-spaces - web spaces to share
Social Networking
Some of the Tools I Use
- CSS Edit - CSS editor for Mac
- Cyberduck - open source ftp for mac
- GIMP - image manipulation software
- Inkscape - illustration tool
- Miro - open source video and internet tv player
- Modx - my favourite content management framework
- Netvibes - excellent RSS feeder
- Scribus - Open Source publishing software
- Skedit - Text Editor for the Web
Voluntary Sector ICT
- Bristol Wireless - Open Source technology for communities
- ICT Hub
- IT4Communities - Volunteer IT professionals for charities in the UK
- London ICT Champion
- Louise Brown's blog from the ICT Hub - Making the links
- M6-IT - a social enterprise to support the voluntary and education sectors with sustainable IT solutions
- South West Regional ICT Champion
- Susie's Blog - winning hearts and minds over to FOSS
- Watford Gap - Paul Webster's Blog
Web design
- A List Apart - Essential articles for design
- CSS Play
- CSS Zengarden - CSS showcase site
- Dave Shea's Blog site - a weblog about the web and design
- Eric Meyer's Blog - CSS and more
- HTML Tidy
- Jakob Nielsens site on Usable Information Technology
- Modx - my favourite content management framework
- Veerle's Blog - blog, tutorials and news on graphic and web design
- Web Standards Checklist from Max Design
- Web Standards Project
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