TGIF: #followfriday & design finds

So, it’s that day again. The weather is great, you are looking forward to the weekend. It’s also the time for the usual TGIF series post! As usual, I am gonna give you some links to awesome Twitter profiles and some design or other interesting snacks for the weekend. Ready? Here we go!

#followfriday recommendations

@ISO50

If you’re a fan of good design and was not living under the rock for few last years, you probably heard about ISO50, the blog and website of a designer and artist, Scott Hansen. This, my friends, is his Twitter profile. Updated way more recently than the blog, it’s a goldmine of links to check. Warning – if you have problems focusing with distractions around (you shouldn’t use Twitter, then, durr!), it’s a productivity killer!

@MadysonDesigns

Sarah Whinnem, the founder and owner of Madyson Designs, self-proclaimed Miss Awesome of Twitter. If you use Twitter not only to share things like a robot, but you also appreciate good chat in your free time, you might want to follow Sarah. Not only sharing awesome things, but also very friendly and helpful, highly recommended follow.

@sharebrain

Official profile of Thomas Ulbricht, the brain behind the Sharebrain and other random popular design and webdevelopment projects around the web. If you’re into webdesign and webdevelopment and need some inspiration or help, Thomas is the person to follow, really.

@Creativest

Just found recently by a mutual follow (they followed me, I followed back), Creative In Links is a great resource of design news and links – if you like to keep up on what’s cool and what’s on top in design, this is another user worth following.

That would be all when it comes to #followfriday recommendations for this week. Now, we shall progress to the second part of the usual TGIF post, which is…

Weekend finds

First of all, regular readers of my blog probably noticed that I changed the name from “Design finds” to “Weekend finds”. Mostly because I plan to share wider variety of links, including funny and interesting stuff found in the chaotic plains that we usually call The Web. Here we go…

• 10 Simple Steps to Better Photoshop Performance via Smashing Magazine
• Libelle Font Sweepstakes – win free 5CPU license of Libelle font from Linotype!
• 5 Facts You Don’t Know About IKEA via Mental Floss
• The Smashing Book – Pre-order and save 20% via Smashing Magazine
• Google Chrome is now available for Mac (Intel-only)
• Design Magazine Overview via ISO50
• Awesome illustrations by Matthieu Bessudo (Mcbess)

And, well, we’re done! If you’d like to get more information, more cool links and more Twitter love, feel free to follow me at @dotmariusz. Hope you liked the post and – once again – have a great weekend!