Our favorite tweets of 2014: January 1 – June 30

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

In case you’ve missed some of our tweets from the past year, here’s a list of the best or most interesting tweet from each week. Stay tuned next week for part two, covering the second half of the year.

To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot

An interesting concept for success: Ratio Thinking http://depot.ly/seJfi /@joelgascoigne

Awesome interview with Invisible Creature on The @greatdiscontent – http://depot.ly/ssso2

Why “Her” Will Dominate #UI Design Even More Than “Minority Report” http://depot.ly/sx2hQ via @Wired_Design

Daniel Gies is killing it with sick After Effects rigs. Check out the video here: http://depot.ly/sPH7d

Ten lessons from a maker http://depot.ly/t4Fst *Very nice read

Essays on mysteries of time http://depot.ly/tldzb via @jankowarpspeed @NautilusMag

WE <3 designers http://weheartdesigners.com

2014 – the year of parallax? http://depot.ly/tHAoQ

Iconic Brand Packaging Simplified & Abstracted to Dots by Silas Amos http://depot.ly/u5Myj

Fake UI: A Tumblr blog cataloging fake user interfaces seen in movies and TV – http://depot.ly/uaLVj

Meet the Ipsums http://meettheipsums.com

The ultimate guide to writing ultimate guides — http://depot.ly/uHsY2

Responsive Email Patterns: A collection of patterns & modules for responsive emails http://depot.ly/vqgmU

How emoji conquered the world: the story of the smiley face from the man who invented it http://depot.ly/vDOx8 via @verge

Get it Done: 35 Habits of the Most Productive People [Infographic] http://depot.ly/vEBzJ via @EntMagazine

Gamification: How to Raise the Bar on Blog Production http://depot.ly/w1fgC

The art of “Creative Sleep”: Stephen King’s lesson on creativ(itiy)e writing http://depot.ly/woX7H via @brainpicker

You have more reach than you think http://depot.ly/wFts0

Bored with Lorem Ipsum? This is one of the funniest alternatives: http://www.picksumipsum.co.uk

Killer advice from the man building 12 startups in 12 months http://depot.ly/xb1ur

Mystic photographs of Iceland captured through infrared lens http://depot.ly/xqwwh

40 maps that explain the internet http://depot.ly/xyVgG *Interesting read

The Anatomy of a $300,000 Kickstarter Campaign: A look at how @TryGhost was funded http://bit.ly/1oRGsdX via @imrogb @JohnONolan

Spotify’s Design Lead on Why Side Projects Should Be Stupid http://bit.ly/1q8QTto

How I tricked TechCrunch into writing about my startup http://bit.ly/1nka3d7

Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman is a freelance writer and designer from New England. You can visit her site or follow her on Twitter.