Design

espite its privacy issues, Facebook clearly has a key role in global Internet activity. It has become a kind of universal social network, being used for both personal and business needs. For many individuals, companies and organizations, Facebook has become an integral part of their branding strategy and promotional campaigns.

The content management system you choose can really make a huge difference in how much time you (or your clients) spend keeping a site updated and maintained. There’s a huge variety out there—some estimates put the number at around 1700 different options. Some are great…some, not so much.

This is Web Design Dev’s top 50 best web design blog posts in 2009 list. There has been some breathtaking content from many web design blogs this year, but only so much content can make the list. Compiled here are tutorials, articles, inspiration, web design guides, compilations and much more!

Folks at visualswirl compiled a Best of List of all the Best of Lists for Web Design in 2009. It’s your one stop for looking back on what was great in the design community in 2009!

Here is a look at ten of the most creative styles in use in web design today with examples of some of the best websites that utilise them.

Fresh free picks of the week, from fonts, brushes, patterns, and textures, to contests, giveaways, and tutorials. Roundup for this week is provided by YouTheDesigner.com!

Now that we're down to the end of 2009, what were some of the best web development and design tutorials and articles from the year?

Read some great articles on web usability (always good to be able to effectively communicate why you made a particular design choice to a client), Wordpress and jQuery, as well as a few others.

If you find a way to hook them in the first sentence and reel them in on the second sentence, you have a good chance that they will read the third. They may even read the entire article.

Graphic designers are always in a battle to create the best looking results in the least amount of time. Constantly trying to make these gorgeous, polished designs without spending an eternity creating them usually requires using some pre-built elements — things like photoshop brushes, illustrator patterns, textures, etc…
Check out this list, where you'll find some of the best brushes, patterns, textures, fonts, and vectors that will help make your graphic design life a bit easier.