Your Bestest Creative, Geeky Posts of 2008 - Part 2

Posted: December 22, 2008 at 8.31 pm
Posted by Graham Smith in creativity

Finally…

So here we are, just about a week from when I posted the ’shout out’ for Give Me your best creative post of 2008, here are the posts submitted by, not me, but you. I did not choose any of these posts myself, so this is not a Best Post Ever list based on my questionable ideals, these are without bias. At least from my perspective. So I can sleep easy on that one.

Huge thanks to those below that submitted. For those that are not on here, then this probably meant you didn’t give me a description of why you decided to submit the one you did. I don’t really want to just add a link, a description is useful. So sorry.

The submission cover a wide spectrum of creativity and geekery, which is awesome. The following posts are in alphabetical order of personal or website name.

Your Bestest Creative, Geeky Posts of 2008 - Part 2

10, 000 Words

30 Amazing photoblogs (and a few tips for creating one)

The best ideas are the simplest. 30 Amazing photoblogs (and a few tips for creating one)

Andrew Kelsall

How to get a design job using tinned meat

My post about using tins of empty Spam as part of a marketing campaign, which was dedicated to Blog Action Day Poverty Fund.

Judy-Anne Goldman

Residents of Santa Teresita celebrate Christmas

I work for a nonprofit org (cfcausa.org) and LOVE our latest blog post (it’s also received the most launch hits of our posts to date). It’s a video produced by our Guatemalan staff, showing the Las Posadas Christmas tradition. During the video, the community makes tamales, then we also have a text story AND the tamale recipe! I find the video to be an intimate look inside another culture, and love the added value of the extra elements. Thanks for checking it out!

Aaron Irizarry

Value your Design

Got some really great feedback and community interaction for this one.

Broadcasting Brain - Mark Dykeman

22 Ultra Inspiring Blogs About Creativity and Idea Generation

I am Mark Dykeman, writer/editor/publisher of Broadcasting Brain. I think this is a useful resource list for people who like to do creative work and who need additional resources.

ColorBurned

127 RSS Feeds That All Designers Should Subscribe To

It was by far the biggest post that I’ve had on my site and tripled the number of my site’s RSS subscribers. In addition to that it also had a similar effect on most of the other blogs that were listed.

Darren Jones

Your Mug Shots

Mug Shots! This shows the coffee mugs of designers, had some really great entries.

Design Shard

300 Hi resolution textures you have never seen before

Id say this was one of the most enjoyable posts I did, taking and finding all the images and it got a really good response, so thanks to the people who downloaded and used them.

Design for Users - Kristi Colvin

Web2.0 is not a Brand

What I DO know, and in this area thankfully, I have some expertise, is what Web 2.0 is NOT. And Web 2.0 is not a brand. And this post I tried to, well, explain stuff. :)

Emil Wisch

Twitter Good Follows: 10 at a Time

This was my first of Twitter follow lists called Twitter Good Follows: 10 at a Time. It includes marketing folk, tech, design and more. I was very inspired when I made it up and tried to include good info on each. Did I mention the one and only @imjustcreative made the list?

Essential Keystrokes

13 More Beautiful Pink for October Designs.

My favorite post of the year was a follow up one: 13 More Beautiful Pink for October Designs. It helped highlight a good cause and some very nice designs too.

Fudge Graphics -  Franz Jeitz

Free High Resolution Plain and Grunge Paper Textures

These resources got the most traffic and even 3 months later still generate Stumble Upon visits. Many articles link back to it and many visitors left a comment saying how much they like the textures. I believe the reason for this is that the paper textures can be used in many different ways. Grunge style is very hot right now and this resources make an excellent background or overlay to give your design a more organic feel.

Adelle Charles - Fuel Your Creativity

50+ Kick Ass Logos for Inspiration

Some posts just become, THE post. It’s a only a list I guess, but it’s a list of a subject that is totally popular with a lot of people. And I assume the name of the post helps in this case. Totally kick ass. :)

IamPaddy

Web 2.0 Origami

I redesigned the web 2.0 family’s logos in an Origami style to illustrate their fragility, which received a huge amount of traffic, being picked up my Smashing Magazine and 37 Signals.

Khayyan Wakil

http://is.gd/cVTF -  http://is.gd/cVUv -  http://is.gd/cVUE -  http://is.gd/cVUI -  http://is.gd/cVUN -  http://is.gd/cVUT -  http://is.gd/8LTg -  http://is.gd/9bRI

I know you asked for a ‘post’ and the Hot, Buttered Soul is just that with lots of different versions ;)

Lee Munroe

15 Web Apps web web designers should have in their dock

Got a lot of feedback from this post about various Mac apps, which as a relatively new Mac newcomer was very beneficial.

Marnieb

7 big beefs with web design

I was pretty proud of that post at the time and it got some really good feedback, both from people reading my blog and from clients who received it in our monthly newsletter.

Calvin Lee - Mayhem Studios

On-line Copyright Infringement: 4 Ways To Remove Your Stolen Work

One of my best and favorite blog post of 2008. On-line Copyright Infringement: 4 Ways To Remove Your Stolen Work.

Most creatives don’t know what to do when their work is ripped off. It’s easier to resolve then they think. It happens often and most don’t do anything about it.

My blog post help creatives get stolen work taken down in 4 easy steps.

Shonika Proctor

2 Brilliant Ideas Don’t Make No Better One…Tips for Hiring a Graphics Designer

This blog post is from a layperson’s and small business owner’s perspective (hence, I am not a designer–BY ANY MEANS, lol ;-)). Vendors, clients and people in general often comment on the quality and ingenuity of my marketing collateral (online & offline) for my business. The post points out 1. How I do it 2. Why small biz owners need to invest in themselves now to get a better return later and 3. Why the CLIENT needs to stay out of the ‘design & creative process’ esp. if they want really ingenius and the designer’s highest quality work

Robert Basic

Starting with Zend Framework

Here’s a post on which I spent the most time for research and preparation - Starting with Zend Framework: I know it’s not what you designer dudes are looking for, but hey! Got me nice traffic and what’s most important for me some really big names in the PHP/ZF world are/were at my blog xD

Selene M Bowlby

http://www.idesignstudios.com/blog/web-design/wordpress-as-cms/

This was best/most popular post this year. All about how to use and customize WordPress as a CMS.

I should correct myself, LOL - the post above was my best on my own blog. At the risk of sounding greedy by listing two posts:

http://freelancefolder.com/15-top-site-elements/

(ED: Yes you are being greedy, but cheeky also and I like that), lol - I wrote a few guest posts for Freelance Folder, one of which was by far my most popular post ever (thanks to some Twitter love getting it on the front pg of Digg - and to that I say THANK YOU twitter friends!) :)

Chris Spooner - Spoon Graphics

The Ultimate Guide to Designing with Black

A post from Blog.SpoonGraphics I’d like to put forward is The Ultimate Guide to Designing with Black. This post proved pretty popular and hopefully helped a few people out!

Swizec

The mind of a wondering software poet

This post didn’t take off at all, but it redefined the way I brand myself online. In fact, it started off my personal branding. That’s why I believe it to be the most creative - it created the most.

TJ Mapes

CSS Scoop New Project

I added this because it details my latest creation Css Scoop, which I have put some time and TLC into building. Thanks!

Tracey Grady

Steps to choosing a successful colour scheme

This post received great feedback and discussion with some interesting ideas put forward by readers. For me, that’s a successful blog post.

David Perel

The Ten Pixel Method

I think we coined a term with the 10 pixel method. It basically describes one of our methods of design when in a rush.