Meryl's Notes Blog

Originally posted at InformIT.

The Internet has an overwhelming number of great resources for Web design-related information, tutorials, tips, and applications. These are my go to resources covering general Web design topics rather than specific areas:

• A List Apart
• Digital-Web
• Web Design References
• Webmonkey
• Webreference and its newsletter
• WebsiteTips

And, of course, we’re working to build InformIT to become a resource for Web design. You can also stay on top of InformIT’s Web design resource by subscribing to the newsletter - you can review an example here. Another newsletter for Web developer is Lockergnome’s Web developer newsletter, which focuses more on programming than mark up.

A great mailing list, the ultimate for Web designers, is Webdesign-L. It’s a busy list, but full of valuable exchanges.

I’ve got numerous resources in my bookmarks, but hardly touch them because I go straight to these resources, use a feed reader to scan for articles from many places, or use Google to quickly get what I need. Between these resources, Web design references are well covered.

I subscribe to many Web design feeds so I can quickly scan the latest news. There are online feed readers as well as downloads. Lockergnome has a long list of what’s available so you can determine which you like best. It also has a help page explaining how to use a reader. There is no “best” product because it’s like tennis shoes… you know what is most comfortable to you.