Great Resources For Startups
Great Resources For Startups
Great Resources For Startups
Google, Microsoft, Facebook And Others Launch Web Platform Docs, A Web
Standards Documentation Site - TechCrunch
http://m.techcrunch.com/2012/10/08/google-microsoft-facebook-and-others-launch-webplatform-docs-a-web-standards-documentation-site/
Version 1.0 of Bolt, our "Sophisticated, lightweight & simple CMS", has been released.
http://bolt.cm/newsitem/bolt-10-stable-released
The Death of SEO: The Rise of Social, PR, and Real Content, can I say it was f#%$&*^
% time?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenkrogue/2012/07/20/the-death-of-seo-the-rise-of-social-prand-real-content/
Running A Blog: 0 to 20,000 visitors/month - what I did wrong and right on the
journey.
http://antjanus.com/blog/seo/running-a-blog-what-i-did-wrong-and-right-in-2012/
2. Python/Django Tools
Scrapy is a high-level screen scraping and web crawling framework, used to crawl
websites and extract structured data from their pages.
http://scrapy.org/
sashka/flask-googleauth - GitHub
https://github.com/sashka/flask-googleauth/
Developers @ Shift
http://tech.shift.com/post/39516330935/implementing-a-python-oauth-2-0-provider-part-1
facebewk | SredzkistraBe
http://ventolin.org/2012/09/facebewk/
Escaping The Walled Garden of Enterprise Analytics: Using R and Pythong for data
Analysis
http://www.marginhound.com/escaping-the-walled-garden-of-enterprise-analytics-usingr-and-python-for-data-analysis/
jabbalaci/Jabba-Webkit - GitHub
https://github.com/jabbalaci/Jabba-Webkit
litl/rauth - GitHub
https://github.com/litl/rauth/#readme
A great blog covering various interesting aspects of / things you can do with Python
matplotlib (amongst other Python-related things)
http://jakevdp.github.com/
nryoung/algorithms - GitHub
https://github.com/nryoung/algorithms
PyPDF2 updates PyPdf: PyPDF2 is an open source Python-based PDF toolkit with
years of commercial use, now first made public
http://knowah.github.com/PyPDF2/
kennethreitz/inbox.py - GitHub
https://github.com/kennethreitz/inbox.py
A gallery of interesting IPython Notebooks - ipython/ipython Wiki - GitHub
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/A-gallery-of-interesting-IPython-Notebooks
Favorite tools in your Python toolbox?
http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/zq1o5/favorite_tools_in_your_python_toolbox
/
davidhalter/jedi - GitHub
https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi
CheckIO
http://www.checkio.org/
EncosiaCripple the Google CDN's caching with a single character >> Encosia
http://encosia.com/cripple-the-google-cdns-caching-with-a-single-character/
Crunch: the LESS editor and compiler that almost makes it too easy
http://crunchapp.net/
AA new layout library, called Packery, from the maker of Masonry and Isotype looks
promising
http://metafizzy.co/blog/packery-preview/
Every now and then, I discover a really cool service which doesn't seem to be getting
enough attention
http://theindustry.cc/2012/09/18/bitrix24-a-well-designed-delightful-intranet/
3. Web Design
daylerees/colour-schemes GitHub
https://github.com/daylerees/colour-schemes
CSS Filters
http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/css/filters/index.html
What are some sites you consider "perfect"? Just all-around spot on in terms of
graphics/UI/ux/content/typography/etc.
http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/125zad/what_are_some_sites_you_consider_
perfect_just/
CSS 3D Clouds
http://www.clicktorelease.com/code/css3dclouds/
More CSS
http://morecss.org/
Dave Olverson
http://blog.daveolverson.com/post/37803046239/its-not-that-vain-make-a-personalwebsite
Css2Less
http://css2less.cc/
Font Awesome, the iconic font designed for use with Twitter Bootstrap
http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/
Really easy way to compile images and generate CSS for sprites
http://spritepad.wearekiss.com
Death to pagination
http://codinghorror.com/blog/2012/03/the-end-of-pagination.html
http://css-tricks.com/snippets/
CSS Generators:
http://css3generator.com/
http://prefixr.com/index.php
http://procssor.com/
http://nicolasgallagher.com/lab/css3-social-signin-buttons/
Site44: turn Dropbox folders into websites (freemium static hosting, great for sharing
designs)
http://www.site44.com
3D Thumbnail Hover Effects - Adding some perspective with CSS3 and jQuery (best
viewed in WebKit)
http://tympanus.net/Tutorials/3DHoverEffects/
Font Awesome 3.0 Released (30 new icons, all icons now optimized for 14px)
https://twitter.com/fortaweso_me/status/286508038658080768
Font Awesome. 150+ web icons as a boostrap-compatible font. Scale, color, shadow,
etc... entirely in CSS
http://fortaweso.me/font-awesome/
9 Free tools to amp up your designs and make your life easier
http://blog.dh42.com/free-tools/
How to make text look amazing, just by tweaking font sizes and spacing
http://blog.typekit.com/2011/03/17/type-study-typographic-hierarchy/
Chrome inspector adds rulers to make designing easier. What do you think?
http://imgur.com/nKFLd
All The Cheat Sheets An Up To Date Web Designer Needs: CSS3, HTML5, and jQuery
http://designresourcebox.com/all-the-cheat-sheets-an-up-to-date-web-designer-needscss3-html5-and-jquery/
I created 85 CSS3 icons / glyphs that you can use for free
http://cssdeck.com/labs/css3-monochrome-icon-set
The "tick-tock" gif from yesterday seemed like a great placeholder for my site during
construction. I took a crack at sprucing it up using only CSS. What do you think?
http://jasonpolito.com/
Cheatsheets 2.0
http://www.spectrumsolutionsep.com/blog/web-treasures/cheatsheets-2-0.html
http://webdesign.maratz.com/lab/responsivetypography/realtime/
4. Web Development
Divshot - The interface builder for web apps. Rapid HTML5 prototyping.
http://www.divshot.com/
How Github increased their diff page's rendering speed by 37% by optimizing their
CSS and HTML
https://speakerdeck.com/jonrohan/githubs-css-performance
Select2 3.3.1
http://ivaynberg.github.com/select2/
Brackets: Open Source Code Editor for the Web built with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
http://blog.brackets.io/2012/06/25/brackets-open-source-code-editor/
jQuery.Shapeshift Demo
http://mcpants.github.com/jquery.shapeshift/
Brackets
http://brackets.io/
DeLorean Ipsum
http://www.deloreanipsum.com/
MailCatcher
http://mailcatcher.me/
9 uses for cURL worth knowing | httpkit | Tools for hacking on HTTP
https://httpkit.com/resources/HTTP-from-the-Command-Line/
JQuery 2.0 Drops Support for IE6/7/8; API-Compatible with jQuery 1.9
http://blog.jquery.com/2012/06/28/jquery-core-version-1-9-and-beyond/
Responsive Web Design (device independent rendering and shit like that) : webdev
http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/mpfzl/responsive_web_design_device_indep
endent/
What Every Programmer Absolutely, Positively Needs to Know About Encodings and
Character Sets to Work With Text
http://kunststube.net/encoding/
Repo.js
http://darcyclarke.me/dev/repojs/
Chatting with Obama For Americas Director of Frontend Development: Daniel Ryan
http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/interviews/chatting-with-obama-for-americas-director-offrontend-development-daniel-ryan/
namanyayg/sympl GitHub
https://github.com/namanyayg/sympl
twitter/flight GitHub
https://github.com/twitter/flight
guillaumepotier/Parsley.js GitHub
https://github.com/guillaumepotier/Parsley.jsParsley.js
Cutting down on social widget bloat with Social Count, 309KB to 2.84KB pageload
cost
https://github.com/filamentgroup/SocialCount
Tired of re-writing code over and over again at your web design job? Yee... so I built
this (custom useful code only pls)
http://www.snippetrepo.com
Microsoft Launces Modern.IE to Help Developers Test Their Web Apps for Legacy and
Modern Versions of IE
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/31/microsoft-launches-modern-ie-to-help-developers-testtheir-web-apps-for-legacy-and-modern-versions-of-ie/
Two resources that demystified grid-based web design and helped me get started
http://www.reddit.com/r/web_design/comments/yvbgu/two_resources_that_demystified_
gridbased_web/
Unheap: a (very useful) collection of jQuery plug-ins for front-end design and
development
http://www.unheap.com/
r/web-design, let's put together a list of free online tools for web development
http://www.reddit.com/r/web_design/comments/qlowz/rwebdesign_lets_put_together_a_l
ist_of_free/
Pasteboard - HTML5 + Node.js Web App for Quick and Easy Image Sharing (Open
Source)
http://pasteboard.co/
[Microsoft] Free ebook: Programming WIndows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and
JavaScript (Second Preview)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/08/20/free-ebook-programmingwindows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-preview.aspx
Emmet (previous known as Zen Coding) -- the essential toolkit for web-developers
http://docs.emmet.io/
MessagePack is like JSON. But unlike JSON, it is very fast and small
http://msgpack.org/
HTML5 web application Fluid UI is launched. Android and iOS mobile prototype
evolved. give it a try!
https://www.fluidui.com/editor/live
Is there a nice and comprehensive list of things you need to know as a web developer
in 2012?
http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/rk61n/is_there_a_nice_and_comprehensive_l
ist_of_things/
Chrome Dev Tools tip: select an element and use ctrl+up/down to move it in the
document
http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/14qbe9/chrome_dev_tools_tip_select_an_ele
ment_and_use/
Nice wee easter egg using Javascript and data attributes: go to the page and type
brains
http://websiteni.com/about.php
Good article: Fron-end performance for web designers and front-end developers
http://csswizardry.com/2013/01/front-end-performance-for-web-designers-and-front-enddevelopers/
http://foundation.zurb.com/
5. Graphic Design
http://blog.isotoma.com/2012/04/photoshop-guidelines/
6. Python Feature Packages
jquery-notification
http://marcojetson.github.com/jquery-notification/
I made a demo: Pause the uploading process - even close your browser, you can
resume. Only JS and PHP used, no flash...
http://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/wan1u/i_made_a_demo_pause_the_uploadin
g_process_even/
Google Drive Has APIs. Now this could get interesting -- even if it's only for web apps
for now.
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/google-drive-sdk-announced-but-apisare-only-accesible-to-web-apps-for-now.ars
Invite Friends - Google contacts api friend finder - Python / Djano Code Pack
http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/706/
gmaps.js -- Google Maps API with less pain and more fun
http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples.html
ess/
7. Development Education
100 Ivy League Business & Entrepreneurship Courses You can Take for Free
http://www.bschool.com/blog/2008/brain-trust-100-ivy-league-businessentrepreneurship-courses-you-can-take-for-free/
Startup Engineering
https://www.coursera.org/course/startup
Discrete Optimization
https://www.coursera.org/course/optimization
Statistics One
https://www.coursera.org/course/stats1
Algorithms, Part II
https://www.coursera.org/course/algs4partII
Cryptography I
https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto
Computational Neuroscience
https://www.coursera.org/course/compneuro
Scientific Computing
https://www.coursera.org/course/scientificcomp
Gamification
https://www.coursera.org/course/gamification
Startup Engineering
https://www.coursera.org/course/startup
Introduction to Logic
https://www.coursera.org/course/intrologic
Cryptography II
https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto2
Machine Learning
https://www.coursera.org/course/ml
Treehouse - Learn to design and develop for the web and iOS.
http://teamtreehouse.com/
Learn to Code with Harvards Intro to Computer Science Course And Other Free Tech
Classes | Open Culture
http://www.openculture.com/2013/02/learn_to_code_with_harvards_intro_to_computer_s
cience_course_and_other_free_tech_classes_.html
http://youtu.be/bRnm8f6Wavk
Let the party begin: Windows 8 allows developers to build and deploy fully native
Windows apps using Javascript, HTML, and CSS!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/windows/apps/hh852650#Build_apps_using_what_you_know
Building websites in Python with Flask | Tech & startup blog by maximebf
http://maximebf.com/blog/2012/10/building-websites-in-python-withflask/#.US4SzWJMHFp
About 6.00x
https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/6.00x/2012_Fall/about
Awesome video about Adobe Shadow and LiveReload and improving workflow for
devs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cSLvRlr1iM
eBooks about Responsive Web Design, HTML5, and Web Design Trends free for 3
days. Get your copy now!
http://1stwebdesigner.com/ebooks
http://youtu.be/R-BX4N8egEc
8. SEO
Search Engine Land The most well respected search engine and SEO news
website.
http://searchengineland.com/
Search Engine Roundtable They literally try to cover everything in the search space.
http://www.seroundtable.com/
Matt Cutts This is a blog by the head of Googles Web Spam team.
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/
SEO Black Hat If you want to learn about the dark side of SEO, this blog should do
the trick.
http://seoblackhat.com/
SEO FAQ When you first get started you are going to have questions.
http://www.highrankings.com/seo-faq
SEO Pyramid Make sure you start off with a strong base and build your way up.
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-the-seo-fundamentals-pyramid
SpyFu If you are interested in learning what search terms your competition is ranked
for.
http://www.spyfu.com/
SEOmozs Tools Although these tools cost money, they are worth it.
http://www.seomoz.org/tools
Wordtracker You dont have to wonder how popular keywords and phrases are.
http://www.wordtracker.com/
Anchor Text Analyzer Find out what anchor text people are linking to you.
http://www.webconfs.com/anchor-text-analysis.php
SEO Chat Tools They have a lot of good tools such as a spider simulator.
http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/
Backlink Checker See how many people link to your website VS your competition.
http://www.iwebtool.com/backlink_checker
http://www.iwebtool.com/google_datacenter_search
9. iOS & Android Dev Mobile Tools
Crashlytics Powerful and lightweight crash reporting for iOS and Android.
http://try.crashlytics.com/
Crittercism Stop worrying and start building. Mobile app performance monitoring.
https://www.crittercism.com/
Ooomf Create a beautiful landing page for your iPhone app in minutes.
http://ooomf.com/home
Appafolio 100% native apps, content caching for offline viewing and more.
http://appafolio.com/
AppMakr Point and click solution for building rich content based apps.
http://www.appmakr.com/
Kendo UI Mobile Build HTML5 apps that look native on any device.
http://www.kendoui.com/mobile.aspx
Android GUI Set Free Android GUI set including Photoshop files.
http://www.webdesignshock.com/free-photoshop-android-interface-gui/
https://www.stackmob.com/
10. Web Analytics Tools
UserMetrics - Analytics to help you understand how users use your software.
http://usermetrix.com/
http://www.translatekarate.com/
11. Web Customer Support & Engagement Tools
WalkMe Easily create multiple interactive on-screen walk-thrus to help users get it.
http://www.walkme.com/
Olark Live chat with your customers for sales and support.
http://www.olark.com/
Interstate Turn potential tire-kickers into loyal users. Open project management.
http://interstateapp.com/
Interstate Turn potential tire-kickers into loyal users. Open project management.
http://interstateapp.com/
https://lingohub.com/
12. Project Management, Productivity & Dev Tools
Dropbox
http://dropbox.com
SourceTree A free Mac client for Git and Mercurial version control systems.
http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/
Flowdock - Team inbox with chat. Collaboration web app for technical teams.
https://www.flowdock.com/
http://codenow.com/
13. Hosting & Infrastructure Tools
CircleCi - Continuous integration for web apps. Easy, fast, automated testing.
https://circleci.com/
https://www.cloudassault.com/
14. Business Strategy Education
Gamification
https://www.coursera.org/course/gamification
Competitive Strategy
https://www.coursera.org/course/compstrategy
Social Psychology
https://www.coursera.org/course/socialpsychology
Organizational Analysis
https://www.coursera.org/course/organalysis
Corporate Finance
https://www.coursera.org/course/finance
Model Thinking
https://www.coursera.org/course/modelthinking
Game Theory
https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory
Introduction to Finance
https://www.coursera.org/course/introfinance
http://www.udacity.com/
15. Development Resources & Code Packs
TechScratch - Focus on what you are good at and get help with the rest.
http://www.techscratch.com/
http://coderbounty.com/
16.Startup PR, Marketing & Pitching Resources & Tools
List of influential tech blogs/ news sites in the space and how to get in contact with
them.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?
key=0ArOGmc7KGnfrdHo2SUJ3OHJJX0RPbk0wODVUcWxfNWc&hl=en_GB#gid=0
http://www.younoodle.com/
17.Mobile Startup PR Resources & Tools
App.net - Market your mobile apps with beauty, strength and intelligence.
https://join.app.net/
http://www.buzzdoes.com/portal/index.aspx
18. Incubators & Accelerators
NYC SeedStart Focused on advertising, ecommerce, digital and mobile (12 weeks,
NYC).
http://www.nycseedstart.com/
Dreamit Ventures Helping build great companies (NYC, Philly, Israel, Summer & Fall).
http://www.dreamitventures.com/
InnoSpring - Start in Silicon Valley, grow in the US and China (Santa Clara, ?)
http://www.innospring.net/
Media Camp - Startup academy camp for media innovations (12 weeks, San
Francisco).
http://www.mediacamp.com/
500 Co
http://500.co
Angel Pad
http://angelpad.org
Awesome Inc
http://awesomeinc.org/the-awesome-experience
Berkeley Ventures
http://berkeleyventures.com
Bizdom
http://bizdom.com
Boom Startup
http://boomstartup.com
Fi Co
http://fi.co
Founder Scoop
http://founderscoop.com
Gang Plank HQ
http://gangplankhq.com
HCP
http://hcp.com/summer/
Joystick Labs
http://joysticklabs.com
Jumpstart Foundry
http://jumpstartfoundry.com
Launch Pad
http://launchpad.la
Light Bank
http://lightbank.com
Lightspeed VP
http://lightspeedvp.com/summergrants.aspx
Momentum Mi
http://momentum-mi.com
Next Start
http://nextstart.org
Shotput Ventures
http://shotputventures.com
Sprout Box
http://sproutbox.com
http://techranchaustin.com
19. Building a Startup Team & Hiring
The Whos Hiring List - An Ask HN, turned excel spreadsheet with startups that are
currently hiring
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?
key=0At7Zl0IkSUKrdGl4RE1YS1B0Yk5hcGZxWXgxNkhzc3c&hl=en#gid=1
List of people looking for start-up co-founders including skills, looking for, location,
interests.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?
key=0AgCvDTyBjHdOdDFfMENqeWVGNVFxTXdnaDZBRkd0cUE&hl=en#gid=9
List of entrepreneurs looking for help on start-ups and projects. Includes skills
required and contact info.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?
authkey=CNz61JoJ&key=0Ao3RpZe396VZdDR2VUVFcjdETm45SElNZnFjOXJxS2c&hl=en
&authkey=CNz61JoJ#gid=0
http://branchout.com/
20. Startup Inspiration, Creativity & Ideas
Tictrac - Track all of your activities and discover what makes you tick.
http://www.tictrac.com/
Creative Applications Network - Innovation at the intersection of art, media and tech.
http://www.creativeapplications.net/