Design Hacks for the Pragmatic Minded

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A lot of developers think they either can’t or don’t need to design. But that’s just a myth — everyone can benefit from a few simple design concepts. Learn some simple design hacks you can apply to your documentation, presentations and products to make them just a little bit prettier.

References

Stock Icons & Photography

Stock Xchange - A lot of free(ish) stock photography.
iStock - Huge stock resource.
Helveticons - Hundreds of Helvetic-inspired icons (Many, many formats)
Pictos - Hundreds of simple icons in many formats (including a @font-face compatible font)

Grids & Text Templates

960.gs - Grid framework
Baseline - CSS framework for using a baseline

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