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Weekly Web Roundup: The Google Edition #24

The major news of the week was the launch of Twitters new feature – Lists which are an innovative way to organize the people you’re following on Twitter, or to find new people. They are basically a type of ‘group’ feature that applications such as TweetDeck already use. You can create both public and private lists and are also able to follow other peoples lists.

Personally while I realise how useful they can be, I’m slightly concerned they will be used and abused by those already obsessed with numbers.

I’ve called this the Google edition after the first link which was my favorite of the week as it is a fantastic bookmarkable list of the best Google hacks, tips and tricks to speed up searches and research.

• 100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School
  These are fantastic tricks for just about anyone whose time is at a premium. From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and more, this is a must bookmark.
• 80+ Typography Related Twitter Accounts To Follow
  This list contains only typography related Twitter users. Some are typeface designers, others represent type foundries and some exist to share news about typography and other related topics.
• Design checklist: What clients should provide their designer
  This is a superb checklist of things that clients should provide their designer at the outset. To follow this list will ensure the client and designer are dealing professionally as well as creating an efficient workflow.
• Work Smarter, Not Harder – 8 Important Tips for Designers
  A look at 8 important tips that we can start applying in our work and businesses today for future success tomorrow.
• 40 fresh websites for daily visual inspiration
  This is the result of a one-month research on the best new & hot websites that could light up the visual inspiration: a collection of must read websites, RSS Feeds and Twitter accounts.
• 10 tips to maximize efficiency in Photoshop
  We all have to do a lot of things, so every split second you may save by not having to drag that mouse across the table, in fact, counts. Read this and save time!
• 101 invaluable questions to build your Web Design Client Questionnaire
  With these 101 invaluable questions, you’ll be able to build an awesome questionnaire template and adapt it to the client in order to gather all the information you need.
• eCSS Tender
  Extensions built with eCSStender greatly simplify the design process because you can author modern CSS using advanced selectors and rest assured that your design will work… even in IE6.

That’s a wrap up of the twenty-fourth edition. Were there any links you thought deserved a mention? If so drop a link in the comments so we can check them out.

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Grace Smith is owner of the small but perfectly formed web design studio Postscript5, in Northern Ireland. To keep up to date with the latest designalicious content, then please consider subscribing.