Resources for websites

My favorite sources for web design:

url purchases and management: http://namecheap.com
hosting: http://bluehost.com
templates: http://www.metamorphozis.com/
Dreamweaver:   http://adobe.com
ftp transfer:   http://filezilla-project.org/
tutorials:  http://www.lynda.com
Photoshop (CS4 but Elements works as well):  http://adobe.com

spoongraphics grunge

So why are so many very cool and "hip" designers from the UK? Here's a great design blog -- with free stuff on Tuesdays. Quite a bit of grunge that's a great look.

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/

Vector designs

Very cool vector designs to buy -- I really like the floral designs. On sale for another hour and 15 minutes tonight...?

http://www.designious.com/

Podcast software

Camtasia: Software to put together a video podcast:
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

And a video that used it:
http://8weekstoprofits.com/blog/blogvideo3/

Graphic Design Sources

Adobe offers some visual design curriculum for use by schools -- some Photoshop related, some using other software:
http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/visualdesign.html

Here's a graphic design class syllabus with some resources, assignments, etc.
http://finearts.fontbonne.edu/115/115syl.html

A Graphic Design website to explore further:
http://gdbasics.com/index.php?s=pointlineplane

DogPile Search Engine terms

Dogpile is another search engine -- but the fun part is this option of seeing what people are typing in as search keywords -- important thing to study before creating your own key words.
http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/searchspy/results.htm?filter=1

Website useability including homepage destruction

useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website: All sorts of articles about website usability/design
http://www.useit.com/