It’s been another 2 weeks (plus holiday weekend), so here is another wrap up of the tools, links, and other sites that came across my various readers, etc… It could be a good resource, an interesting blog post, or anything I found useful since the last Web Tools Tips and Talk, #8.

NOTE: If you find these useful please note this is not my full list of links, tools and news. As I come across links for use, I add them all to my Effective Development Delicious.com page.
Sometimes I come across a quick link that I don’t want to wait for the Wrap-Up. Those links I send out as I find them on my Twitter account.
Finally, you can always follow my RSS Feed and check out the Tools Tips and Talk Archive.

Feel free to suggest other links in the comments.

Web Tools

• Colabolo Team Collaboration – I do not use this product but I believe strongly in collaboration software, and I also believe in having choices, so here is one you might want to check out.
• ICSI Netalyzr – Having trouble with your internet connection? This tool will help you deduce if you are having a firewall problem, or blocked port, etc…
• pingdom – This site was famous for pinging a site of your choice, and emailing you if it was down. Now they have opened their full site monitoring for free for one site. Great feature at a great deal.

Web Talk/Blogs

• Google changes PageRank flow: Why you should use an iframe in blog comments – Short discussion about Google’s new PageRank algorithm, and how it may affect your comments and nofollow code. If you have comments that allow users to post links, research this and see if it affects you.
• 10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To – Guide to common User Interface design patterns and a discussion about why they should be important to you. Usability is very important, and this is a pretty detailed read.
• 5 things I wish some people wouldn’t install on their PCs – Fun rant about some of the extras people install on their PCs ultimately slowing them down, or making them unusable. You must know someone who has 20 toolbars installed on their web browser?… or maybe you!
• How to adapt Basecamp to an agile methodology – Case study of an actual development shop using BaseCamp for their SCRUM/Agile team.
• CSS Image Replacement, what’s up Matt? – Article and video discussing using CSS to replace text with images. Discusses why you would want to try this, including SEO benefits.

Web Tips/Resources

• 10+ useful jQuery Plugins for web development – Exactly what it says. A good list for jQuery, tips demos, and code. Always good to have in your code toolbox.
• 7 Firefox Add-ons that make Web Development Easier – I’ve posted similar lists before, but if you don’t have these tools installed, you should. /li>
• 50 Fresh JavaScript Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow – More tools for your toolbox if you are a JavaScript programmer.
• LESS – Leaner CSS – Tutorial and examples for producing cleaner CSS code.
• 35 CSS-Lifesavers For Efficient Web Design – Much more in the lines of CSS tips and tricks.

Enjoy, and have a good week.
Post any good resources or links you use in the comments.

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