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	<title>Tommi Tawast. Design blog and a personal portfolio.</title>
	<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog</link>
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		<title>Very good SEO guide for designers</title>
		<description> 

There's a very good article on SEO on WebDesignerWall.

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/general/seo-guide-for-designers/  </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/08/26/very-good-seo-guide-for-designers/</link>
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		<title>Cross-browser compatibility is one of the most time consuming tasks. This makes it a lot easier!!</title>
		<description>http://anthonyshort.com.au/blog/comments/how-to-get-cross-browser-compatibility-everytime/ </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/06/19/cross-browser-compatibility-is-one-of-the-most-time-consuming-tasks-this-makes-it-a-lot-easier/</link>
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		<title>Super easy favicon tool</title>
		<description>Just found out about this online tool.
It seems to be very helpful. 

http://www.genfavicon.com/

A favicon (short for 'favorites icon'), are litle icons associated with a particular website or webpage, shown next to the site's name in the URL bar of most browsers. The most common sizes for favicons are: 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, ...</description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/04/13/super-easy-favicon-tool/</link>
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		<title>Web design resources: techniques and inspiration</title>
		<description>Good list of resources. Didn't really have the time to go through it yet, but I'm sure there's at least a couple of very useful links.

http://www.designinterviews.com/?p=692  </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/03/31/web-design-resources-techniques-and-inspiration/</link>
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		<title>Stupid name. Cool brushes!</title>
		<description> 

This site is updated every day with new Brushes for Photoshop.

http://www.brusheezy.com/  </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/02/16/stupid-name-cool-brushes/</link>
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		<title>VW Touran tv-spot</title>
		<description> 

Super funny and clever Touran Park Assist tv-spot from VW. Great use of music in this ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tYnj_1dbTU </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/02/15/vw-touran-tv-spot/</link>
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		<title>Showcases for inspiration</title>
		<description> 

Here's links to some of the best showcases for inspiration.

http://www.thefwa.com/

http://www.faveup.com/

http://www.behance.net/

http://www.netdiver.net/

Adobe showcases

Ja Suomesta Internet-sivustoja:

http://www.rekaksois.com/liukuhihna/  </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/02/08/showcases-for-inspiration/</link>
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		<title>Useful color theme resources</title>
		<description> 

Here's links to some color theme sites. I find these very useful when designing a website.

Adobe Kuler
http://kuler.adobe.com/

Wellstyled.com color schemes generator 2
http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html

Colour lovers
http://www.colourlovers.com/

Color hunter 
http://www.colorhunter.com/ </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/01/14/useful-color-theme-resources/</link>
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		<title>Best of 2007 collection. Tutorials, showcases, articles, etc.</title>
		<description>Here's some links to very useful resources:
(i'll be adding more in next two weeks)

the-50-most-popular-web-design-blog-posts-resources-cheat-sheets-of-2007
http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/the-50-most-popular-web-design-blog-posts-resources-cheat-sheets-of-2007-114.aspx  </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/01/12/best-of-2007-collection-tutorials-showcases-articles-etc/</link>
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		<title>Preview fonts in Finder</title>
		<description>Great feature in Leopard:

Using Cover Flow in Finder you get a great preview of fonts and with Quick Look (just hit space-bar) you get a full-alphabet-preview.



Mac OS X Tips &#38; Tricks:

http://www.macosxhints.com/

http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/ </description>
		<link>http://www.tommitawast.com/blog/2008/01/11/preview-fonts-in-finder/</link>
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