Time Magazine 50 coolest sites 2006

http://www.time.com/time/2006/50coolest/index.html

Search podcasts

This tool searches audio and video:
www.podzinger.com

Neat!

Sample web layouts and navigation schemes

This is kind of a cookbook for different types of web layouts and navigation schemes. I like the examples and the succinct analyses.

www.welie.com/patterns

iTunes U

From the National Post:

No more classes, no more books?
Podcasting lectures an American trend coming to Canada

The 2006 Bloggies

The Bloggie Awards:
http://2006.bloggies.com/

Logo Design Trends 2005

www.gdusa.com/issue_2005/04_apr/feature/feat_01.php
from Graphic Design USA

Sharing, tagging and the users' web

So far we can:

• share photos at www.flickr.com
• share bookmarks at del.icio.us
• search and track the blogosphere with www.technorati.com
• share music interests and broadcast songs with www.last.fm
  
• network with friends and bands at www.myspace.com
  

And now we tell each other where we are and about our locations at Plazes:

• http://beta.plazes.com

Good for stalking...

Tagging

NYTimes article on folksonomy (must login to read):
Folksonomy is a lonely word

Checklists

Basic (for non-webbies):
http://www.tcnj.edu/~it/usability/checklist.html

Advanced:
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/checklist.cfm