 well im actually writing my weekly round up on time this week guess it helps to actually keep up with my feeds here are a couple of items from last week that i didnt get a chance to read until this week 10 principles of effective web design nice overview of 10 principles to make designs usable remember web design is all about the user stay on target some examples of how to use the css3 pseudo selector target if only browsers could keep up now for the items from this week that i found interesting why being an average freelancer might just be enough i feel like i am an average freelancer and i am perfectly happy with it my design ability is not amazing but its not bad either thats not saying i dont want to improve it is obama a mac and clinton a pc i love obamas website it does feel very mac y the principles of beautiful html email this most important part is simplicity this is my favorite section an email is not a web page cinematic web design i love the analogy no child left behind is leaving designers behind i agree totally i wish i would have received more design training im trying on my own though jquery ui and jquery enchant alpha versions released today more jquery coolness i love the demos calls to action click here calls to action such an important part of turning visitors into conversions anatomy of a comment interesting discussion breaking down the different parts of a comment and what popular sites display which pieces we need girlfriends ok so i think im really late with this but this show is hilarious started out as an online show and now cbs bought the show the episodes take a long time to download from the site so i would also recommend checking them out on youtube 