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  • Creative Commons SearchesCreative Commons Searches
    Mashable has a big list of sites which let you search through their archives for content with a Creative Commons license. Most of those works can be included in your content free or with minimal credit to the original author. Cool beans.
  • Free Fonts for Graphic DesignersFree Fonts for Graphic Designers
    Few things make me happier than getting something for nothing. This site has a collection of amazing fonts. Check the included licenses to make sure you can use these for commercial projects, some free stuff isn't as free as it seems.
  • Portfolio InspirationPortfolio Inspiration
    Here's a great site that focuses on creative artist portfolios for design inspiration.
  • KaleidoscopeKaleidoscope
    This freaky kaleidoscope flash app is quite addicting. You place a series of shapes in a circle and the program creates a kaleidoscope based on the shapes. Gotta see it to believe it.
  • Fave Up
    A veritable cornucopia of design inspiration. Fave up is divided into a few excellent categories: Logos, Business Cards and even Flash sites. Sweet.
  • Cool wallpapersCool wallpapers
    Everybody needs somebody...and a good wallpaper. So even if you're still looking your perfect mate, head on over to Desktopography and get yourself a cool background for your machine.
  • Domain Name BrainstormingDomain Name Brainstorming
    It's hard to find a good domain name nowadays...it seems most of the good ones are taken, and some domain name finding tools are lame. This is one of the most innovative interfaces for finding cool domains names...written with rails and very web 2.0ish, the site makes it easy to find new options.
  • The monster list of freelancing sitesThe monster list of freelancing sites
    Freelance Switch...one of my favorite new blogs has a...well, the name speaks for itself. The list has a ton of resources for those of use looking to fill our free *cough cough* time with even more projects.
  • Good (Great) TutorialsGood (Great) Tutorials
    Whether you're trying to learn Photoshop, Flash or PHP tips, this site has you covered. A repository of tutorials, this site can also help if you're trying to drive traffic to a tutorial you've written.
  • Brainstorming Visual OutlinerBrainstorming Visual Outliner
    The slickest visual outliner I've seen. It's also an extremely sweet flash app you gotta check out. It's can work as an excellent brainstorming tool
  • Advertising ResearchAdvertising Research
    From the reputable Double Click company. Research on online trends as they relate to advertising. Several PDF files worth of important reading material.
  • Ten TipsTen Tips
    An article with tips about getting your site to show up at the top of search results. Some very good stuff in there.
  • Master IllustrationsMaster Illustrations
    If you've got a couple thousand hours to burn, here's a tutorial on creating extremely detailed illustrations. Very complicated, time consuming stuff...but visually stunning.
  • A List Apart GraphicsA List Apart Graphics
    A tutorial on how ALAP's excellent illustrations come together. A nice monocrhomatic style. It's more about the process of coming up the illustrations than the techniques.
  • Traditional Art TutorialTraditional Art Tutorial
    An interesting tutorial on how to put together some very strange artwork. I love the old-style projector he uses.
  • Podcasting DirectoriesPodcasting Directories
    If you build it, they will come, but unless you promote, they will do so sparingly. This page shows a list of podcasting directory resources. If you have a podcast, it's a good idea to submit it to some of these.
  • AjaxianAjaxian
    Ajax is the hottest thing on the web right now. A lot of google stuff including their mapping, gmail and calendar projects use it. This is an excellent blog that keeps on top of new developments in the Ajax field.
  • Fake Model PhotographyFake Model Photography
    This tutorial shows you how to use photoshop to convert a photograph into something that resembles a picture that you created with miniature models. Pretty neat effect.
  • Max DesignMax Design
    A Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) resource page that's one of the easiest to follow. Most tutorial sites show 30-50 lines of code in a single page and try to explain it all at once. This site uses starts with a small sample of code and adds one or two lines per page, explaining things as you follow along.