Damn You Art School

DRAWING & SKETCHING

Penultimate

Penultimate gives you the fast, tactile gratification of writing on paper, with digital power and flexibility. Take notes, keep sketches, or share your next breakthrough idea -- in the office, on the go, or home on the sofa.

evernote.com/penultimate

Paper

Mobile design tool to capture your ideas as sketches, diagrams, illustrations, notes or drawings and share them across the web.

fiftythree.com

Sketchbook Mobile

Professional-grade paint and drawing application to digitally capture your ideas as napkin sketches or produce artwork on-the-go.

play.google.com

COLLABORATIVE TOOLS

Notable

Notable lets you take any webpage screenshot, sketch or wireframe and exchange notes on specific details with your team. You can quickly reply, vote or suggest a better idea. Notable helps you arrive at the best solution in the shortest amount of time.

notableapp.com

Conceptboard

Collaboratively mark up and comment on documents to generate group discussion to reach desired outcome. Conference features available.

conceptboard.com

Bounce

Grab snapshots of any website or upload your own images to mark up and comment. Share with others through a unique link that lets others comment too; watch the comments bounce.

bounceapp.com

FILE COLLABORATION

Google Docs

Google Docs lets users create and share word documents, spreadsheets, and more to be edited collaboratively, with built-in functionality for revision history and comments.

google.com/docs

Dropbox

Store, sync and share your files across multiple computers and your mobile device by dragging and dropping into the dropbox file. Users can also upload and access files through a web browser. Sharing and access is controlled by folders, with the bonus of an online revision log to recover any accidentally-deleted files.

dropbox.com

Onehub

Onehub provides cloud content management and secure file sharing that helps businesses store, organize, and share information. Role-based conditions give you granular control; mobile and desktop application allow for easy accessibility through multiple devices.

onehub.com

TO-DO

TeuxDeux

A minimalistic to-do app that is both browser and mobile based, TeuxDeux lets you view tasks on a weekly basis to have more control over day-to-day duties. Plan for the future with the "Someday" section, for whatever crosses your mind but lacks a defined due-date.

teuxdeux.com

Things

Things is an iOS exclusive to-do app. Enter and check off tasks, which can also be sorted into lists and projects. View tasks in time-based categories of "today", "next scheduled" and "someday". Notifications are clearly displayed on the app icon for a quick sense of priority and accomplishment.

culturedcode.com/things

Remember the Milk

A to-do app featuring sorted tabs that is available across web, iOS and Android platforms. Compatible with a number of existing apps, enhance your experience by merging your to-do list with your favourite web services such as Gmail, Twitter and even Microsoft Outlook.

rememberthemilk.com

MEMOS

Evernote

A family of apps to make organizing content for memory and reference easy by allowing search by keyword, tag or even printed and handwritten text inside images. Clip and save content from anywhere on the web or with your mobile phone and its camera.

evernote.com

Wunderlist 2

Easiest way to manage and share your daily to-do lists, whether you're planning an overseas adventure, sharing a shopping list with a loved one, or simply keeping track of your daily to-dos. Wunderlist uses invisible syncing and helpful in-app reminders, so you have more free time to check off the tasks on your list.

6wunderkinder.com/w...

Simplenote

Take notes across web and mobile and easily track them with tags and sharing options, with access to multiple backups (just in case). Individual Windows and Mac clients are available, as well as many extensions to enhance the app's function.

simplenoteapp.com

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Flow

Flow is a project management system that allows you to create tasks for yourself, assign or delegate to others, and share multiple task sets across a variety of platforms.

getflow.com

Basecamp

Basecamp is the ultimate combination of to-do lists, web-based text documents, file sharing, and time tracking, with an added messaging system - everything you need to stay on task, no matter what the task may be.

basecamp.com

Asana

Asana is a collaborative information manager used to create or assign tasks. Tasks can then be further sorted into tags and workspaces to stay organized, with hot-key shortcuts for speed optimization.

asana.com

COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS

Notable

Notable lets you take any webpage screenshot, sketch or wireframe and exchange notes on specific details with your team. You can quickly reply, vote or suggest a better idea. Notable helps you arrive at the best solution in the shortest amount of time.

notableapp.com

Conceptboard

Collaboratively mark up and comment on documents to generate group discussion to reach a desired outcome. Conference-capability and real-time editing features available.

conceptboard.com

Bounce

Grab snapshots of any website or upload your own images to mark up and comment. Share with others through a unique link that lets others comment too - then sit back and watch the ideas bounce off one another.

bounceapp.com

TIME MANAGEMENT / INVOICING

Harvest

Harvest lets you track the time you spend on a task, analyze trends and accurately bill clients for the amount of work you have completed.

getharvest.com

FreshBooks

Track time, organize expenses or invoice your clients for easy book-keeping and tax filing. Invoicing is provided globally across all currencies and is compatible with online payment and automated follow-ups.

freshbooks.com

Blinksale

Invoice clients with the added features of customizable css, collaborative documents, and automated sending and reminders - and the option to sync all of your clients right from Basecamp.

blinksale.com

EMAIL

Campaign Monitor

Create email marketing campaigns using one of Campaign Monitor's beautiful templates, and track its progress with built-in analytics. Features include a customizable interface, sub-accounts and multiple user access.

campaignmonitor.com

Mail Chimp

Create email newsletters that are sent from your chosen address. Customize layouts and content with an interactive and easy to use interface, and learn how to use all these features with MailChimp's handy guides for novices, designers, and developers.

mailchimp.com

Boomerang for Gmail

A Chrome/Firefox plug-in for Gmail that allows you to schedule when emails are sent or received to your inbox.

boomeranggmail.com

PHONE / FAX

Skype

Voice or video call over the internet to one or multiple contacts free of charge. With a subscription, enjoy unlimited calls to landlines and mobile numbers. Or simply use it to chat via text. Additional features include voicemail, call forwarding, screen sharing, skype wifi and more.

skype.com

Grasshopper

Create a professional phone line for yourself or a group of people by creating a local or toll free number on your phone. Take control of logistics by setting up extensions, a call directory, pre-recorded greetings and unlimited call handling.

grasshopper.com

Hello Fax

Go paperless - send fax via the Internet by uploading a document and entering your contact number. Includes integration with Google drive, Dropbox, and a number of other platforms.

hellofax.com

SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS

Social Mention

A real time search engine across multiple social platforms on the internet, including Twitter and Facebook. Great for finding trending sources and contacting others.

socialmention.com

HootSuite

An aggregate dashboard for all your social profiles. HootSuite allows you to track your social conversations and measure campaign results with analytics and insights.

hootsuite.com

Buffer

Queue updates to your social network such as twitter and facebook based on a analysis of your follower activity. Compatibility with bit.ly and built in analytics for your queued posts are also included.

bufferapp.com

WEB TOOLS

bit.ly

Shorten links from across the internet as bitmarks which can then be posted to your social profiles and tracked for click through analysis.

bitly.com

Google Analytics

Google Analytics not only lets you measure sales and conversions, but also gives you fresh insights into how visitors use your site, how they arrived on your site, and how you can keep them coming back.

google.com/analytics

Open Site Explorer

Search any website's link metrics and compare up to 5 sites. Open Site Explorer lets you search who got to your site and how - exactly the information you need to raise your SEO.

opensiteexplorer.org

ONLINE BACKUP

Google Cloud Drive

Store and sync your files by dragging and dropping to cloud drive. Share and collaborate as you would with google docs.

drive.google.com

Dropbox

Store, sync and share your files across multiple computers and on your mobile device by dragging and dropping into the dropbox file. Users can also upload and access files through a web browser. Sharing and access is controlled by folder, with the bonus of a revision log online to recover any accidentally deleted files.

dropbox.com

Mozy

Back up your files to the cloud with real time support and secure data encryption.

mozy.com

ACCOUNTING

Xero

An online accounting software that also features bank reconciliation, invoicing and a large range of add-ons to support everything from online payments to time tracking.

xero.com

FreshBooks

Track time, organize expenses or invoice your clients for easy book-keeping and tax filing. Invoicing is provided globally across all currencies and is compatible with online payment and automated follow-ups.

freshbooks.com

PROFESSIONAL ONLINE PRESENCE

Format

Build a beautiful online portfolio that is optimized for web and mobile devices. Choose from a gallery of effective and highly customizable themes and edit with easy drag and drop access. Customization and SEO are made easy with a simple user dialogue box that allows you to change style elements and connect your social profiles.

format.com

LinkedIn

World's largest professional network to stay informed about your contacts and industry, find the people & knowledge you need to achieve your goals, and control your professional identity online.

linkedin.com

UTILITIES

Instapaper

Save articles on the web to reader later both online and on your mobile device. Articles pre-load so that no network connection is required to read while on-the-go.

instapaper.com

HelloSign

Scan, edit and legally sign a document from your iPhone or iPad.

hellosign.com

NEWS TOOLS

Flipboard

An aggregate feed of your selected social networks and content feeds. The namesake likens to realistic paper- flipping transition between pages.

flipboard.com

Pulse

One-stop aggregator of your favorite blogs, magazines and newspapers.

pulse.me

Summly

Allows you to browse news fast, easily and beautifully through concise summaries of the most relevant pieces of news based on the topics, keywords and new sources you prefer.

summly.com

REFERENCE

Lynda

A vast online library of high-quality, current, and engaging video tutorials that helps anyone learn software, design, and business skills to achieve their personal and professional goals.

lynda.com

WEB TESTING

FontFriend

This bookmarklet lets you preview any webfont on any page.

somadesign.ca

Netrenderer

Allows you to check how a website is rendered by Internet Explorer 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 or 5.5.

netrenderer.com

Cross Browser Testing

Cross Browser Testing lets you test the interactivity of your website in over 1000 combinations of browsers/OS/plugins that also includes mobile platforms. Also included in your monthly plan are automated screenshots, side by side layout comparisons, and so much more.

crossbrowsertesting.com

BRAND KNOWLEDGE

Brand Colors

Quick access to major online brand colors.

brandcolors.net

Brands of the World

Library of freely downloadable brand vector logos, yearly logo awards celebrating the best identities and a logo critique community.

brandsoftheworld.com

COLOR

Pictaculous

Generate a color palette from any image uploaded either on the web or on your mobile device.

pictaculous.com

Kuler

Adobe's well-known color picking tool for palette theme inspiration.

kuler.adobe.com

COLOURlovers

A creative community where people from around the world create and share colors, palettes and patterns, discuss the latest trends and explore colorful articles.

colourlovers.com

ICON RESOURCES

The Noun Project

Free pictograms for many, many things.

thenounproject.com

Icon Monstr

Free simple icons to use or inspire your next project.

iconmonstr.com

INSPIRATION & SHARING

Pinterest

Lets you organize and share anything from interests to project plans by "pinning" it to an online board.

pinterest.com

Dropmark

Upload and share your favorite content right from your desktop and the web. Just drag and drop.

dropmark.com

Murally

Discuss ideas using online whiteboards - "Google docs, for visual people."

beta.mural.ly

WIREFRAMING

Balsamiq

Wireframing tool to reproduce the experience of sketching mockups on a whiteboard to share modify and get feedback on, but on a digital medium.

balsamiq.com

Moqups

Used to create wireframes, mockups, UI concepts, or prototypes.

moqups.com

Blokk

BLOKK is a font for quick mock-ups and wireframing for clients who do not understand Latin.

blokkfont.com

INDUSTRY RESOURCES

Design Observer

Design Observer publishes over 300 essays, reviews, interviews, photo essays and more. Everything you need to know about design, photography, illustration, architecture, urbanism, sustainability, social innovation and visual culture.

designobserver.com

I Love Typography

A site that makes the subject of typography more accessible to the masses by exploring where our letters originate, why they look the way they do, and what makes for good type and typography.

ilovetypography.com

Nylllon

A collection of curated, useful links in the fields of digital design and development.

nylllon.com

E-COMMERCE

Shopify

E-commerce platform for selling goods online with customizable templates and on-hand support staff.

shopify.com

Big Cartel

Provides clothing designers, bands, jewelry makers, crafters, and other artists with their own customizable store to sell their stuff online - without the typical transaction or selling fees.

bigcartel.com

Etsy

A marketplace for crafters, artists and collectors to sell their handmade creations, vintage goods, and both handmade / non-handmade ("commercial") crafting supplies.

etsy.com

FONT REFERENCE

WhatTheFont

Shazam for fonts. Identify the fonts in a photo or web graphic.

myfonts.com/whatthefont

WordMark.it

Display a word in every font you have on your system.

workmark.it

Ffffallback

Quickly compare multiple fallback font choices.

ffffallback.com

CLIENT COMMUNICATION

ConceptShare

ConceptShare makes it easy to share, communicate and collaborate on creative work through online proofing, markups, and discussion - helping creative teams and their clients work together to deliver assets on time, on spec.

conceptshare.com

Highrise

An easy-to-use app for small businesses that keeps track of your contacts, clients, leads, deals, and tasks.

highrisehq.com

Boomerang for Gmail

Boomerang for Gmail is a Firefox / Chrome plugin that lets you take control of when you send and receive email messages.

boomeranggmail.com

FONT FINDER

FontShop

Online font sales that lets you browse by name, designer or foundry. Also provides custom creation and conversions, weblog and magazine.

fontshop.com

MyFonts

World's largest collection of fonts used to find fonts for your project, identify fonts you've seen, try fonts before buying and organize fonts you like.

myfonts.com

Linotype

Fonts from classic to cool. Find and download over 10,500 high quality fonts.

linotype.com

STOCK & VECTOR IMAGES

Getty Images

Find millions of high resolution royalty free images, stock photos, vector art illustrations, and stock photography.

gettyimages.com

iStockphoto

Royalty free stock photos, vector art illustrations, stock footage and audio for print and use on websites and presentations.

istockphoto.com

Veer

Provides creative with a reliable and affordable selection of creative stock photography, stock illustrations, and fonts.

veer.com

COMMUNICATION TOOLKIT

Penultimate

Penultimate

Paper

Paper

Sketchbook Mobile

Sketchbook Mobile

Notable

Notable

Conceptboard

Conceptboard

Bounce

Bounce

Google Docs

Google Docs

Dropbox

Dropbox

Onehub

Onehub

TeuxDeux

TeuxDeux

Things

Things

Remember the Milk

Remember the Milk

Evernote

Evernote

Wunderlist 2

Wunderlist 2

Simplenote

Simplenote

Flow

Flow

Basecamp

Basecamp

Asana

Asana

Notable

Notable

Conceptboard

Conceptboard

Bounce

Bounce

Harvest

Harvest

FreshBooks

FreshBooks

Blinksale

Blinksale

Campaign Monitor

Campaign Monitor

Mail Chimp

Mail Chimp

Boomerang for Gmail

Boomerang for Gmail

Skype

Skype

Grasshopper

Grasshopper

Hello Fax

Hello Fax

Social Mention

Social Mention

HootSuite

HootSuite

Buffer

Buffer

bit.ly

bit.ly

Google Analytics

Google Analytics

Open Site Explorer

Open Site Explorer

Google Cloud Drive

Google Cloud Drive

Dropbox

Dropbox

Mozy

Mozy

Xero