Resources

Here are some of my favorite people, places, and things on the Internet.

Backup & Security

1Password (Password manager for Mac)
Backblaze (Online backup)
LastPass (Online password manager)
SuperDuper (Fully bootable Mac backups)
VaultPress (Backup/security for Wordpress)

Business Tools

Balsamiq Mockups (Rapid wireframing)
Flywheel (WordPress Managed Hosting)
Freshbooks (Online invoicing, accounting, billing software)
Hootsuite (Social media management)
Mailchimp (Email newsletter service)
Namecheap (Domain name registration)
Siteground (Shared website hosting)

Collaborators

Charles Riffenburg (Graphic designer/illustrator)
Deidre Rienzo (Writer/editor)
Design Language (Infographics, branding, print design)
Educo (Web design and Drupal development)
Krista Seidl (Logo & print designer)
Lidia Varesco (Logo & print designer)
Sandra Mars (Logo, print, web designer)

Design

A List Apart (Online magazine for people who make websites)
Brad Frost (The latest Responsive Design techniques and best practices)
Dan Reisinger (Gorgeous poster/graphic design)
Don’t Make Me Think! (A common sense approach to web usability)
ISO50 (Scott Hansen's design blog)
Smashing Magazine (Online design magazine)
Swiss Miss (Design blog/studio)

Just for Fun

Adventures in Meditating (Meditation for the rest of us)
BookCrossing (Fun with books)
Homestarrunner (Hilarious animation team)
Kitchen Table, Illinois (Thoroughly pleasant music)
Orisinal (Cute flash games)
Storywoods (The magical world of Hank)
The Wiggly Tendrils (Custom song requests)

Photography

Becca Dilley (Wedding photography in Minneapolis, MN)
Emily Sterne Photography (Portrait photographer in Boston, MA)
Gail Reich (Wedding/portrait photographer in Chicago, IL)
Maggie Russo Photography (Weddings and family portraits in the Chicago/Northwest Indiana area.)
PicMonkey (Free photo editor)
Rodger Ruzanka (Art/fashion photographer in Chicago, IL)

Productivity

Alfred (Productivity app for Mac)
Day One (Online journaling)
Doodle (Easy online scheduling)
Dropbox (Easy file sharing)
Evernote (Note taking and organization)
OmniOutliner (My favorite outlining/notetaking software for Mac)
TeuxDeux (Minimalistic online to-do list)

Reading on the Web

Pocket (Save articles to read later)