Today, I’m sharing my resource list with you. The sites below are communities we lean on to do our jobs at Rounded. If you’ve done reading about startups before, you’ll likely recognize many of these if not all. The goal, however, was not to give you a bunch of obscurities. The goal was to answer the question: Where do I go for great answers to good questions?
DESIGN
www.dribbble.com – a closed designer community. Go here for inspiration and if you’re good enough to join up.
www.smashingmagazine.com – is somehow a website name? Go for the tutorials, newest design standards and CSS tricks.
www.blog.frankchimero.com/ – design at a more abstract level. This is the 50,000 ft understanding. He’s very, very good.
MENTORSHIP & ESSAYS
http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html – this is unlike any RSS feed you subscribe to. Go to read, not browse. He’s a good essayist and an opinionated guru.
http://creativemornings.com/ – this is a series of talks given by a wide range of designers and companies. It’s a great way to start a Friday.
NEWEST TECHNOLOGY
http://news.ycombinator.com/ – if you’re not here on a daily basis, you will miss something in technology. It’s an incredible community. Poke around, there’s something for everyone.
PROGRAMMING
http://stackoverflow.com – I posted my first question a while back. In less than 48 hours they answered it and cleaned my code. I’m still in shock.
http://www.codecademy.com/ – JavaScript is changing the internet. If you’re interested in being a part of that change, make sure you know the basics. This is a get-your-hands-dirty-in-the-first-5-minutes website.
We’ve got a slew of other resources but I didn’t want to go overboard. Let me know in the comments if you find these resources useful, or share your personal favorites.