Our favorite tweets of the week: August 18, 2014 – August 24, 2014

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.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

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

Ways to avoid overwhelming users: lessons learned from my high-school teachers http://bit.ly/1q103cq via @smashingmag

Cool series of tributes to different typefaces http://bit.ly/1kgACDu /@HILOBROW

Quick tutorial via @CreativeBloq: How to use the Type Mask Tool in Photoshop http://bit.ly/1BHrMUG

Old coders: When programming is a second career http://on.mash.to/YFbfS6 via @mashable

“Integrity comes at a price. And it’s worth it” by @karenmcgrane: https://the-pastry-box-project.net/karen-mcgrane/2013-december-8 via @bokardo

A very detailed guide on everything you need to know about favicons, touch icons and tile icons http://css-tricks.com/favicon-quiz/ via @smashingmag

Two screenshots that prove Marissa Mayer is fulfilling her promise to make Flickr awesome again http://bit.ly/VA41fY via @PetaPixel

How to design for the ‘internet of things’ http://bit.ly/1pKL86w via @CreativeBloq

Stop making apps! New study shows why you can’t make money off developing anymore http://bit.ly/1l8o5Np

How to Quote Correctly on Client Projects http://bit.ly/1pKVLWJ

The evolution of Amazon’s Kindle in one GIF http://mashable.com/2014/08/11/amazon-kindle-in-one-gif/

The Biggest Lesson I Learned as an Apple Designer http://www.inc.com/mark-kawano/lessons-from-my-time-at-apple-ship-something-you-re-proud-of.html

Design Details: Foursquare for iOS http://blog.brianlovin.com/design-details-foursquare-for-ios/

Tips for mastering a programming language using spaced repetition http://bit.ly/1lf6cSN via @smashingmag

Building your portfolio: custom website or online service? http://designm.ag/design/custom-website-or-online-service-portfolio/

A peek into the typographical pod at Medium’s offices http://bit.ly/1vSe7tC

These high school students just created a search engine that may take out Google http://bit.ly/1Aq1gxI

TemplateShock: Huge pack of 600 free printing templates (logos, biz cards, posters, menus etc) http://templateshock.com

Check out these cheat sheets for designers http://bit.ly/1v80rXb

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Cameron Chapman

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