Behance has a great community around it, there are a lot of great professionals, and it doesn’t have the teen-like feel to it that Deviantart has. I’ve even gotten works and united with others that I’ve found around the internet on Behance. Behance has a great collection of typographic works especially, it seems to be one of their strongest points. It also showcases some great infographics, so be sure to check it out, showcase your stuff, make some connections and have fun.
Another good web design site is Dribbl. Where Twitter wants to know the answer to the question “Whats on your mind”, Dribble wants to know “What are you working on”. You can be working on many thigns and post the whole lot of them on dribble. If you’re a website developer, you can post your designer’s designs and claim the functionality (given that he/she give you permission! Play nice.).
Another newer one is Cargo Collective. It seems to have a more ‘closed’ crowd in the sense that a lot of the designers hold similarity. Not to generalize. Of course there’s variety, but from what I’ve seen not as much as Behance has. Cargo often has phenomenal stuff, and it’s a closed network so not just anyone can get in. I think you can request invites though.
Often I find the state of the blogosphere lacks humor. There’s a kajillion web blogs and a monotonous narration in the text. I understand that many are businesses that want to give a professional tone; but hey! It’s nice to get to know the people that are running the blogs too and have some personality, humor, and character in the strips.
I found these comics to counter that:
Take that PC’s!
I think of this all the time now when clearing my cache
Ah yes. I started PremiumWPFramework as a way to escape client work, and this is exactly what I think of when I hear the word “client”. You’re sitting there with your headphones on trying to debug some AJAX loader you’re making, and then the client asks you to make the loading bar a rotating trampoline in their wives/husbands favorite color. You have the urge to go back to them and request they wear one of those howling wolf sweaters because of how epic they are:
The client thinks that’s ridiculous and irrelevant, but you think – sorry – KNOW that web element is irrelevant!
But overall, we love you clients. You put food on our table and keep us busy 
I started a thread on the Behance open forum about what music people code to. It seems that there was a ton of diversity. Here’s what you can listen to depending on the type of day:
- Dubstep / House / Electro
This one was a popular result. When you’re trying to meet a tight deadline, pump up some electro or dubstep, grab a coffee, and feel the adrenaline flow. Some people say this can even speed up their coding more than using a coding framework!
- Hip Hop
Nothing like listening to a little Big Pun while coding. You got your code, your expensive macbook pro. Yeah. You got swagga.
- Rock
Rock is always great to listen to during the long days. It’s such a broad genre and can range in sound so much. Good ol’ rock and roll for vintage-styled websites, or when doing a cutting-edge technology website, you can enjoy modern rock
- Noise
The end of music. This will completely deconstruct any code that you assembled and reassemble it once the music is turned off.
What do you like to listen to while coding?
