Daniel Mall puts on a boot camp at the Future of Web Design 2010 conference in NYC. Lots of imagery used in this deck make it slightly content lean but I am assuming he did a nice job of telling the story instead of just letting users read the screen. I dig the theme of the deck and the mash-up of bodies is pretty entertaining as well. Nice work, Dan.

This guide is especially handy if you haven’t done a lot of webdesign yet or if you are involved in webdesign but don’t do any of the real work. I hope to shed some light on some common interface elements and mistakes people often make with them.

A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web aims to teach you techniques for designing your website using the principles of graphic design.

Can you imagine a classic coke can in any other colour? How about the golden arches of McDonald’s – can you see them in blue? The essense of the brand is expressed through that single colour. Consumers rely on that colour recognition to make a choice about a brand. One of my favourite branding stories is about colour.  Michael Wolff, of the famous branding consultancy Wolff Olins, was invited to pitch for the original rebranding of British Petroleum (BP). There was tough competition from some of the brightest branding companies on the planet.

If you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have what you need to develop your own iPhone apps. With this book, you’ll learn how to use these open source web technologies to design and build apps for both the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Design patterns are reusable solutions to commonly occurring problems in software development and are a very useful tool to have at your disposal. Addy Osmani wrote this mini-book because he felt that patterns were an area a lot of new and intermediate JavaScript developers may not have had a chance to explore just yet and I’m hopeful my book will encourage you to check them out as they can be quite powerful.

20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web is a short guide for anyone who’s curious about the basics of browsers and the web. Here’s what you’ll find here: