Faith and Web

• Test your web design in different browsers – Browsershots

  (tags: browsers)

• The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More

  Recommended by Church Marketing Sucks ($24.95)

  (tags: books-to-read)

• phplist.com

  An open source newsletter manager recommended by Scott Wells

  (tags: email PHP)

• VnTutor: 10 GIMP Video Lessons online

  (tags: photos software)

• The power of search: Making your blog content relevant | Vanessa Fox. Nude.

  Includes excellent keyword research tips; relevant to websites in general

  (tags: search)

• FileZilla Homepage – Index

  My favorite free Windows FTP/SFTP client

  (tags: software)

• Cyberduck

  My favorite free Mac FTP/SFTP client

  (tags: OSX software)

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• The Dilbert Blog: Career Advice

  Dilbert’s Scott Adams offers sound and simple advice on how to achieve the extraordinary

  (tags: jobs)

• the power of search: driving traffic to your blog (a BlogHer recap) | Vanessa Fox. Nude.

  Includes great examples, some of which apply to websites in general (not just blogs)

  (tags: google search)

• Gratefulness.org – A Network for Grateful Living

  A tech resource for living with gratitude; try lighting on online candle or looking at the messages on some of the close to 4M that have already been lit

  (tags: spiritual-tech)

• SEOmoz | A Complete Glossary of Essential SEO Jargon

  Defining “Google juice,” “keyword cannibalization,” “link love” and much more

  (tags: search)

• 45 Best Freeware Design Programs

  First up (drum roll) — the GIMP

  (tags: graphics software)

• XRAY :: for web developers

  A wonderful bookmarklet for web designers; I’m putting it on all my browsers (except IE, where it doesn’t yet work)

  (tags: CSS layout bookmarklets)

• The best websites are useful and ugly: Gerry McGovern

  While I must, of course, dispute the “and ugly” in this title, he makes a point

  (tags: usability)

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• Time-Savers: Code Beautifier And Formatter
  More great tools for those of us who code like girls
  (tags: CSS PHP HTML)
• eduwebbuzz.com Blog » Microformats, yes they are that easy
  (tags: microformats)
• A Word of Caution About Google Calendar – Security Fix
  Security concerns with public Google calendars
  (tags: google)
• Google Offers New Search Feature for Smaller Web Sites | TechSoup Blog
  Google’s new Custom Search Business Edition at $100/yr
  (tags: google)
• IT Manager’s Journal :: Google opening up online office suite to nonprofits
  (tags: google)
• Ensure Your Web Site Is Accessible
  TechSoup’s 13 page step-by-step guide in PDF format
  (tags: accessibility)
• Top 20 Church Logos | churchrelevance.com
  (tags: logos)

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• Athena Unbound: The Advancement of Women in Science and Technology
  Why are women scientists marginalized? Includes women in computing. (2004, $32.99)
  (tags: womenintech books-to-read)
• Women in computing – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (tags: womenintech)
• Ask Blows it Again
  Jennifer Laycock nails my thinking about Ask; I was playing with the new search engine on the block and then saw the ad; back to Google
  (tags: womenintech)
• Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success: Books: Penelope Trunk
  “For example, they say report sexual harassment/I say don’t.” ($22.99)
  (tags: womenintech books-to-read)
• Stanford CS Taking Steps to Reverse Female Brain Drain
  13% Stanford computer science undergrads are female, down from 24 percent in the 1999/2000
  (tags: womenintech)
• Burningbird » Women Evidently Don’t Program
  Looks at ratio of women to men authoring new O’Reilly book “Beautiful Code”
  (tags: womenintech)
• Let’s All Evolve Past This: The Barriers Women Face in Tech Communities – DevChix – Blog Archive
  Article getting a lot of attention around the blogosphere
  (tags: womenintech)
• BlogHer | Where the women bloggers are
  (tags: womenintech blogging)
• Ada Lovelace: Founder of Scientific Computing
  (tags: womenintech)
• Ada Lovelace – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (tags: womenintech)

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• PoducateMe | Practical Solutions for Podcasting in Education
  Free HTML version of 186 page book about podcasting (or buy the PDF for $19.95)
  (tags: podcasting)
• Rule The Web on Squidoo
  A book that will make your friends as smart as you ($14.95)
  (tags: books-to-read)
• Apple Developer Connection – Web Development for iPhone
  (tags: iPhone)
• Social Networking: A Beginner’s Guide To Facebook – Robin Good’s Latest News
  (tags: socialnetworking)
• Analytics Toolbox: 50+ Ways to Track Website Traffic
  (tags: analytics)
• A Primer for Nonprofits: Using Google Analytics
  A helpful 16 minute video screencast by Beth Kanter
  (tags: analytics)
• Poynter Online – Fifty Writing Tools
  A great amalgamation of techniques to improve your writing
  (tags: writing)
• Google Makes FeedBurner’s TotalStats & MyBrand Free
  (tags: blogging analytics)
• Websites: designed by dogs, managed by cats: Gerry McGovern
  (tags: web-general)

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• 21 Fresh, Usable and Elegant WordPress Themes (Smashing Magazine)
  (tags: blogging WordPress)
• Blogging Toolbox: 120+ Resources for Bloggers
  Clearly arranged by type of blog and resources
  (tags: blogging)
• Marketcircle: iPhoney
  A free iPhone web simulator for web designers; requires Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later
  (tags: cell-phones browsers)
• The Laws of Simplicity
  $20.00
  (tags: books-to-read)
• Make Your PDFs SEO-Friendly
  (tags: search pdf)
• Can Google Analytics Be Evil?
  Data privacy issues vs. ease of use and quality of analysis
  (tags: google analytics)
• Web Analytics: An Hour a Day
  Recommended by Seth Godin 6/18/07; author Avinash Kaushik is Analytics Evangelist for Google ($29.99)
  (tags: books-to-read analytics)

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• Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home
  $19.95
  (tags: books-to-read)
• “Interview: Can blogging really help businesses?” from The Intuitive Life Business Blog
  Straightforward ideas, many of which can be easily translated to church blogs, e.g. “If you are willing to share your experience, expertise and insight … you will gain readers and fans, and they will spread the word.”
  (tags: blogging)
• Essential HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and miscellaneous cheatsheets
  (tags: HTML CSS PHP JavaScript)
• 5 ways iPhone will change the wireless biz
  GigaOM
  (tags: cell-phones)
• The Ultimate RSS Toolbox – 120+ RSS Resources
  (tags: RSS)
• Maximum Exposure for your Business or Blog – lifehack.org
  A press release strategy to gain exposure for your blog or business
  (tags: marketing)
• “Robin Hood rules” for nonprofit marketing: Part one of MMC’s Interview with Katya Andresen
  Ministry Marketing Coach ($24.95)
  (tags: books-to-read)

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• Color & Design Blog / Colorful Beauty in Nature: Butterflies by COLOURlovers
  Lovely palettes based on butterfly photos
  (tags: color)
• Count on me: Introduction to web analytics by Sean McManus
  Written 3 years ago, but still a very helpful overview
  (tags: analytics)
• Webmaster Help Center – Webmaster Guidelines
  Google has just improved the documentation
  (tags: google)
• Bulletproof Ajax (Book review) | 456 Berea Street
  $34.99
  (tags: books-to-read)
• Jitterbug: Because Cell Phones Scare Old People
  (tags: cell-phones)
• How to Use English Punctuation Correctly – wikiHow
  Concise summary of the rules of English punctuation writing
  (tags: punctuation)

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• The Effects of Line Length on Reading Online News (uiGarden.net)
  A study examining the effects of line length on reading performance; reading rates were found to be fastest at 95 cpl.
  (tags: usability)
• Format CSS Online
  For cleaning up already valid CSS code
  (tags: CSS)
• Aaron Wall’s SEO Book.com
  Recommended by seoish.com
  (tags: books-to-read)
• The Bootstrapper Bible
  A manifesto Seth Godin based on the book he wrote a few years ago
  (tags: marketing)
• The Sermon Blog/Podcast Lives
  Includes helpful suggestions, particularly on how to structure a sermon podcast
  (tags: blogging podcasting)
• Reinvigorate Tracks Web Site Traffic (Web Worker Daily)
  A new set of analytical tools initially aimed at the blogging market but suitable for any web site.
  (tags: analytics)
• killerphp.com: PHP Video Tutorial for Web Designers
  A beginners website/course on PHP created for web designers who have little to no programming experience.
  (tags: PHP)

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• Free Vectors by Vecteezy!
  Fabulous resource for free vector (as opposed to bitmap photo-type) graphics to use on a website
  (tags: graphics)
• The Showcase – Accessites.org
  Beautiful websites with an accessibility seal-of-approval (much rarer than valid sites)
  (tags: accessibility inspirations)
• 60 Elegant and Visually Appealing Designs | Smashing Magazine
  (tags: inspirations)
• Web Development Solutions (Godbit Project)
  Recommended for those starting out in web development; covers many topics, including WordPress, Microformats, Ajax and APIs ($34.99)
  (tags: books-to-read)
• 50 Web Usability Tips that Help You Attract and Retain Web Visitors
  Excellent summary of usability to-dos
  (tags: accessibility usability)

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