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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
@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
@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
@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
@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.

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Shelf surfing: Books I own (and you should, too)

As you might or might not know, I do not have a design degree currently. I plan to get one some day, but at the moment, I just finished my university with a degree in a totally different matter (computer science. And even though it was not the best choice considering my current work, I think having background in more tech side like programming, servers, databases etc. helps, when you work with the web). Everything I’ve learnt about design comes from books, magazines, blogs, websites, local design communities like Digart and trial & error.

The following is a list of books that helped me learn what I know now, with my comments. Hope you will find it useful, and if you do – please drop me a line in comments or Twitter. Anyway, here we go!

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