at some point I’ll make this a real list. for now, it’s a collection of everything i use.
MY RAD LIST OF ALL THINGS INTERNET
WEB DEVELOPMENT
FlowCharts
lucid chart
Web Server
Apache http server – defacto standard
LIGHTTP – super fast, smaller footprint.
SQL Database
MySQL
OpenBase SQL
DB Admin
MySQL Workbench – Application
SQL Buddy – Web Based
http://www.sqlbuddy.com/
Web Application Languages
PHP – Use it for everything now. Why not? It’s open source, free, flexible, rapid, fast, millions of free lines of code out there.
WebOjbects / Java
Development IDE / Editor
CODA – this editor is so nice. built in FTP, SVN, code completion, code sharing, etc…
http://www.panic.com/coda/
CODA add-ons
jquery syntax highlighter
http://digitalsandbox.net/index.php/project/category/jquery_syntax_mode
wordpress syntax highlighter
http://pradador.com/code/coda/wordpressmode/
Eclipse
CMS – Content Management System
bitSPROCKET – i wrote it… I spent 10 years writing a CMS. Everytime a client needed something new I would write it in bitSPROCKET. 100k+ lines of code.
WORDPRESS -
Cheat Sheets – how do i do that jQuery, CSS, HTML5 thing?
http://www.cheat-sheets.org/
WORDPRESS STUFF
Themes:
Elegant Themes
Theme Forest
WordPress Plugins
Social Share Facebook, Twitter, Stumble, dig button
Tweet, Like, Google +1 and Share http://letusbuzz.com/tweet-share-like-plusone/
1-click retweet/share/like
social sharing toolkit
WordPress SEO
http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/
WordPress Backup
wpTimeMachine – http://wptimemachine.com/
simple easy to use backs up EVERYTHING to dropbox, amazon s3 or FTP account!
WordPress Mailing List:
Newsletter
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/newsletter/
Newsletter is real simple to use and setup. My clients are really happy with this solution!
WordPress eCommerce
WordPress e-Commerce – http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce/
simple and easy to use
eShop – http://quirm.net/eshop-2/
Event Calendar
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/event-calendar-scheduler/installation/
http://docs.dhtmlx.com/doku.php?id=dhtmlxscheduler:external_plugin:wordpress
Shopify
eShop
cart66
shopp
Jigoshop
http://jigoshop.com/
paid extensions for Paypal integration and SEO
ecwid
HOSTING
Hosting Cloud
Softlayer.com
Hosting Web LAMP
HostGator.com
1and1.com switched to gator
Web Admin Control Panel:
Plesk
cPanel
SMTP Checking
MXToolbox – checking mail MX records
Domain Registration
GoDaddy.com – they’re the wal-mart of domain registration. I wish I had a better solution but this is what I use.
Going to be switching everything from GoDaddy because of their early writing and support of SOPA.
ONLINE BACKUP
Crashplan: $5/month unlimited space – THIS IS WHAT I USE. Other alternatives;
Backblaze: $5/month of $50/year unlimited mac/pc
Carbonite: $59/year month mac/pc
Dropbox: $9.99/month 100gb
SpiderOak: $10/month $100/year mac/pc/linux
Google PageSpeed Optimizer
http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com/
CSS
http://sprawsm.com/uni-form/
http://www.rmsjr.com/blog/web-design/rmsforms-a-flexible-tableless-css-forms-framework/
http://code.google.com/p/formy-css-framework/
http://vesess.com/labs/forms-markup-and-css/
CSS frameworks
http://blueprint.org – been using blueprint for years. great and simle.
http://baselinecss.com/
Forms:
http://www.formee.org/
Bandwidth Throttle
loband
http://www.loband.org/loband/simulator.jsp
speedlimit
http://mschrag.github.com/
Code SVN – SO GOOD!!!
srpingloops - http://springloops.com
integrates with Coda real easy.
JS minifier
http://fmarcia.info/jsmin/test.html
jQUERY – wow, super rad!
jQuery Plugins, Widgets, Helpers
jQuery help site
http://jqueryfordesigners.com/
jQuery Slider
http://slidesjs.com/
simple, clean, small code, easy to setup and use
jQuery Scroll To Top plugin
http://www.mattvarone.com/web-design/uitotop-jquery-plugin/
really easy to use scroll to top plugin. just add it to your site and voila
SEO
Google Analytics
i could probably get a BS in Google Analytics. there is so much to look at.
Search Engine Monitoring
Authority Labs
I started out with authority labs. the pricing is a little much and not totally stoked on the UI.
SEScout.com
ended up going with SEScout.com. really easy to use, comprehensive, NICE UI and good price
SEMRush.com
didn’t really check this out. great plugin. but UI looked hack.
File Sharing:
Dropbox.com
ShareSprocket.com
HTML Purifier
http://htmlpurifier.org/
HTML Purifier is a standards-compliant HTML filter library written in PHP.
TML Purifier will not only remove all malicious code (better known as XSS)
BUSINESS
Document Editing / Sharing
Google Docs
LifeSaver
water purifier
http://www.lifesaverusa.com/
MONEY
Investing:
Sharebuilder.com
makes investing easy
Taxes
TurboTax – http://turbotax.com
turbo tax saves me money and hours of time every year!
Money Management
Mint – http://mint.com
wow, this site takes care of you and your money!
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ART
Vector Source
Vecteezy – online vector art
http://www.vecteezy.com
Stock Photos
iStockPhoto – http://www.istockphoto.com
Color
Colour Lovers – http://ColourLovers.com
great source for all things color
Password Storage
LastPass – This saves so much time allowing me to use 1 secure password and access all my accounts; banking, eBay, Facebook, payola, etc…
http://lastpass.com
Operating Systems
Mac OSX
Linux Ubuntu
Computer History
http://www.computerhistory.org/
Body Language
http://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/book_of_body_language/toc.html
You have to set three goals. Goal 1 should be achieved fairly easily. Goal 2 should be a solid stretch. Goal 3? That should only happen if the stars align and Jesus pops out of the ground to aid you personally.” – My Employer
Goal 1 – Cat 3 in Cross
Goal 2 – Cat 3 Cross Nats
Goal 3 – Top 20 in Cross Nats
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Of Interest
head eeg motion sensor
http://www.emotiv.com/index.php
beardyman
http://www.beardyman.co.uk/
Air Swimmers
http://airswimmers.com/
look at “flitter fairies”
