An interesting article from Economist.com

“Online advertising: New ad-targeting systems, which determine users’ interests by monitoring which websites they visit, are proving controversial”

“You don’t need to apologize for calling it Web 3.0″

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/semantic_web_11_things_to_know.php

CSS Heaven is all about Fresh and innovative CSS / XHTML web designs submitted by web designers from around the world.

At CSS heaven we have one objective to provide you with a central resource to view a wide range of eye catching and innovative web designs plus inspire you to create new and exciting web designs.

http://www.cssheaven.com

Yes an article on ‘web 2.0′ Lots of great advice and visuals hints that really are worth a quick look see. Screen grabs of design styles which are great to reference including flashes, gradient use, specular highlights.

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/current-style.cfm

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-2.0-design-style-guide.cfm#simplicity

Tips on good practice when designing for the web. Talk about: precedence, navigation, build, typography, usability, clarity and lots more!

This site also has some good links out to similar articles and great site designs.

http://psdtuts.com/designing-tutorials/9-essential-principles-for-good-web-design/

AIGA, the professional association for design, is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.

http://www.aiga.org/

Although downloads aren’t available for MACs (yet) the BBC iPlayer website looks rather nice…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

This is a blog written by a guy who helps professionals in the creative sector maximise their creative time by more effectively managing other important tasks encountered in the work day. It’s a really great, easily accessible site with a 32 page downloadable guide that takes no time to read. What’s also a real bonus is that the guy writing works in the UK, so nothing’s lost in translation like it sometimes can be in an American article.
Visit Wishful Thinking.

Here’s a list of sites for your viewing pleasure

http://mobilemarketingmagazine.co.uk/

http://www.moconews.net/

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/

http://www.chinwag.com/blogs/mobile

Clean functional designers site

pentagram.com