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18 sites to kickstart logo design from OpenJason – plus much more

jonathansoroko — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:03:49 +0000

18 Sites to help you create your logo from OpenJason, a developer, who, when he lists, he rules. Lots of smart and helpful stuff in diverse categories – here are a few that I thought were useful (thus exposing the weaknesses in my skill sets)

13 Alerting Sites (as in “watchdog,” or “infobot” – not as in “scary,” or “alarming”
25 Start Pages to Get You Started
Knowledge is Power – Here’s 200 sites that give you power.
50 Content Management Systems
100 Twitter Tools
36 TV Media Websites to watch anything you want
32 Time Tracking Tools for Freelancers and businesses.

OpenJason is also the proprietor of Daynger Interactive, a soup-to-nuts kind of web presence creation outfit which is either the most persuasive website I’ve seen in months or is using IP mind-control to make me write this.

(If there’s an OpenJason, shouldn’t there also be OpenArgonauts?)

Randa Clay delivers the goods

jonathansoroko — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:08:26 +0000

Randa Clay, an excellent designer, is also an apparently infinite source of freebies, and useful advice. A few of her recent offerings:

Randa’s 10 favorite free fonts
The Ultimate Premium Theme (I’m not telling – and it’s a complicated answer, anyway)
If you need some inspiration – check out Randa’s portfolio

RandaClay.com

Check out Bing Design: Matt Langford’s other venture

jonathansoroko — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:47:18 +0000

Yesterday we posted about Matt Langford’s MattFlies, and his 100 resources for Thesis Theme users.

We neglected to mention Bing Web Design, which itself is very well-designed, and where Mr. Langford appears to be gainfully employed with co-conspirators Sarah Thibodeaux and Wayne Bunner. Their current portfolio is light, I think, on live client links, but I suspect that will change over time. Look at what they’ve designed for themselves, however, and their design/code/business chops are apparent.

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Alex Denning/WPShout.com: Biblioteca theme

jonathansoroko — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:37:42 +0000

Alex Denning of WPShout released the theme Biblioteca a few weeks back; and has also recently released InstantWordPress, a theme framework or system.

Here’s a screenshot.However, given the number of configuration options available, this may not be a “typical” front page – perhaps here isn’t even a single “typical” style for the front page. mber configuration options available. Dashboard screenshots after the jump. And – we hope in short order- we’ll test Biblioteca here on WordPressBlue.

Denning’s theme NomeBlog is bears examination, as do his posts/tutorials/hacks. Some examples:

And – while it’s bound to be controversial – looks like a well-reasoned hypothsis to me Free WordPress Themes? Forget it. It’s Over.

And here’s more of the inside of Biblioteca – which suggests some of its flexibility.

And the SEO page:

More on Alex Denning, WP Shout and his other work when time permits.

A Way Back – the weblog of Amrinder Sandhu

jonathansoroko — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:38:33 +0000

I found these sites via WPEngineer. amd MakeBetterWebSites.com – which took me to “A Way Back,” the blog of of Amrinder Sandhu, a freelance web designer from Punjab.

A Way Back is quite beautiful and simple, using only a single color (other than black and white) – and that only for headings. His portfolio is at Design by Anaami, which I’m guessing is just the business name or the designer’s nickname.

From the Portfolio of Amrinder Sandhu.For MaggentoCommerce.com.

More after the jump. And a few more:

Gurbakhsh Singh website/blog by Amrinder Sandhua

And even the direct pitch is beautiful:

"Your Project" by Amrinder Sandhu

Amrinder Sandhu. Portfolio on this site, DesignbyAnaami.com.