All I have to say about today is: Star Trek.

Design

• Simplifying Website Usability: The 3 Step Approach: Several site examples that break down everything into 3 step processes.
• 20 Cool RSS and Twitter Icons: Really good list for inspiration. Ours is also included.
• Why Does Clean Markup Matter in Web Design: A really good explanation of why you should write with standards in mind.

Development

• Four Ways Ruby on Rails Can Help You: Rails is my favorite language for App Building so I’m biased and love this article.
• How to Create a Twitter-style Alert with jQuery, CSS, and PHP: Really good tutorial

Business & Freelance

• 20+ Online Invoicing Services to Help You Get Paid: We use Freshbooks here but its good to take a look at all your options.
• 40 Places Where Freelancers Can Learn More About Business: I can’t tell you enough how reading has helped us.
• 7 Networking Opportunities for Freelancers: We actually have found several clients through some of these.

Nerdy Geeky Entertaining

• Cheat Codes for Everday Life, and How to Use Them: Every now and then, a cheat code is necessary.
• The 50 Most significant moments of Internet History: A lot of interesting details that I didn’t even know about.
• 12 Amazing Chewing Gum Sculptures: Some people just have waaaaaay too much time on their hands.
• 106 Historical Scenes Rendered Hilariously Inaccurate by Technology: Jimi Hendrix one is awesome! And same with the Constitution.
• Lego Torture Scenes Protest Media Censorship: Its amazing the things you can do with legos.

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