“Please start from the beginning” is a Podcast that interviews individuals about their jobs.  This podcast interviews individuals working with the web and goes through how they got to where they are today, what they do, and what their job title means.

It’s interesting to hear about how people got their start and what led up to where they are today 🙂  There may even be a few pearls of wisdom here and there throughout the interviews.

http://psftb.ryanhavoctaylor.com/

Subtle Patterns is a lovely site featured some really great seamless patterns.  Best of all they’re commercial free so no worries about plugging these into your designs 🙂

The patterns are all fairly muted.  Nothing really crazy.  They’re very well made and look professional.  I was really happy to find this site, and I’m planning on using some of their textures in future designs.  Light textures like these are a great way to add a little more interest and depth to a piece of design without going overboard.

Plus patterns are “in” right now, and it’s always fun to be trendy 😉

http://subtlepatterns.com/

Ever come across a website and wish you could save it for later?  For offline reading on an iPod – or just to save it for prosperity?  The you’re in luck 🙂  When I wanted to save a copy of an online tutorial I looked up the site Web 2 PDF.  It was easy to use and only took a few seconds to turn an entire web page into a PDF.  I was impressed by how close it looked to the original and it kept all of the text selectable.

If you’re lucky enough to have a full version of Acrobat you can even combine all the PDFs together to make your very own DRM free eBook 🙂

http://www.web2pdfconvert.com/

I’ve been on the lookout for a designer/developer podcast to help me keep up with new trends and improve my knowledge of the industry.  While trying out the Sitepoint Podcast they had Paul Boag as a guest on one of their older episodes and he spoke about his own Podcast, Boagworld, so I thought I’d mosey on over there and give it a try.

This podcast first started as your normal weekly deal, but recently the format has been completely re-hauled to be “season” based.  Where it has a group of episodes all revolving around one main topic.  Currently they are Podcasting the entire process of redesigning the website.  I love how transparent they’re being about the process, and it’s really great to learn about each step  in detail.  I’d highly recommend giving it a listen 🙂

http://boagworld.com/

On occasion I’ve been handed work where I needed to replace some text in an image without any the original files.  It can be very time consuming to try and dig up the original font – or at least find a font that’s close enough.  That’s where My Fonts “What the Font?” can come in handy.

You can upload an image of some text, then designate which parts of the image are what letters and the application will give you a list of fonts that are similar to the one in the picture.  A definite time saver 🙂

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/