My Top 15 Web Design and Development Websites

Being a good Web Developer or Web Designer requires a person to be able to stay on the top of current happenings and be aware of new technologies in the web sphere. I have compiled a list of websites that help me to accomplish that goal of mine. I visit most if these websites on a daily basis. Enjoy! If you know of other sites that you think should be included in this list, please leave me a comment. We can all learn from each other.

1. Smashing Magazine - this is a great site that is filled with interesting content and I believe everyone should visit that site at least once. I visit it almost daily.

   

2. A List Apart - is a site that publishes two web related articles bi-weekly.

   

3. Sitepoint - contains news articles and fresh content for web designers and web developers. It also has its own blog, contests, marketplace, and forums with a load of different topics ranging from PHP to Flash.

   

4. Accessify

   

5. CSS Mania - this site gallery is a place where I enjoy spending time while looking for inspiration.

   

6. 456 Berea Street - this site created by Roger Johansson features a long list of great Accessibility, Web Standards and Usability articles.

   

7. Veerle - this site is a personal journal and an online source for topics ranging from XHTML/CSS to graphic design tips of a web designer and a graphic designer based in Belgium.

   

8. Bloglines - RSS reader is a must have for those who read blogs on a daily basis. There are a great number of various RSS Readers, and this one happens to be the one I use daily.

   

9. Vitamin - a resource for web designers, developers and entrepreneurs that contains a magnitude of articles on various development and design topics.

   

10. Web Appers - this site showcases open source web applications daily.

    

11. Digg

    

12. Authentic Jobs - this is site is for those who is looking for a freelance gig or a full-time position in a web development/design sphere.

    

13. Forums at Digital Point

    

14. 43 Folders - this is a site where I can always find tons of new and useful productivity tips and advices.

    

15. Max Design

    

Are you a Code Ninja?

Started by Golgotha over at Search This

Ninjutsu is a discipline within the Bujinkan martial arts and is a collection of survivalist techniques. Ninja clans used these techniques in Japan to ensure their survival in a time of violent political turmoil. These techniques included methods of gathering information, non-detection, avoidance, and misdirection. Ninjutsu can also involve training in disguise, escape, concealment, archery, medicine, explosives, and poisons. The literal translation of Bujinkan is “Hall of the Divine Warrior.”

According to Bujinkan members, the eighteen disciplines were first stated in the scrolls of Togakure Ryu, and according to the Bujinkan, they became definitive for all Ninjutsu schools, providing a complete training of the warrior in various fighting arts and complementary disciplines.

Today the modern code ninja also studies many different disciplines to ensure their survival. There are many different paths that you can choose to follow; below are the disciplines that I have chosen to learn and my level of mastery of each. See the legend below for a breakdown of the different colors: