Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds

Wordle makes nice-looking tag clouds. Requires Java.

Cartography with Photoshop

While looking for mapmaking resources for the iPhone game I'm working on, I stumbled upon a nice series of Photoshop tutorials called Fantasy Cartography with Adobe Photoshop (link goes to the first episode). Basically, it's a video series showing a lot of cartography tips and tricks for fantasy RPG games, but the tips and tricks are applicable to many other pursuits with Photoshop, as well.

In particular, I learned a lot about adjustment layers and working with Photoshop to achieve maximal flexibility without relying on the undo history. The adjustment layer and masking tools were introduced after I first began using Photoshop, and I hadn't taken the time to delve into them. These tutorials really drove home how to integrate them easily into your Photoshop work and how flexible they make your Photoshop documents down the road.

11 Free And Useful Open-Source Alternatives For Designers - Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers

11 Free And Useful Open-Source Alternatives For Designers - Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers: "11 Free And Useful Open-Source Alternatives For Designers in which most of them are cross-platform."

Cameron Moll on Conference Speaking

Cameron Moll just blogged 20 tips for better conference speaking.

'80s Flashback With 'Retro Game Challenge

Retro Game Challenge' for the Nintendo DS, a collection of new games designed to mimic and parody those of the 1980s

http://www.wired.com/video/latest-videos/latest/1815816633/80s-flashback-with-retro-game-challenge/13389089001

Ben Balistreri's Blog

Ben Balistreri

It is really awesome.

Creating a Necromancer for Castle Crashers

Dan Paladin of The Behemoth continues his Flash videos, this time showing how he created the Necromancer level and boss. Be sure to check out his other video for creating the Frost King!

http://www.vimeo.com/3170624