Our favorite tweets of the week: December 17 — December 23, 2012

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

Tim Cook’s Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks http://​depot​.ly/​g9U3Q *Very interesting read

Web Discussions: Flat by Design http://​depot​.ly/​ga1pR *Nice article by @codinghorror

“Menagerie” by Laura Bifano: a series of paintings inspired by nature and classic video games http://​depot​.ly/​ga1O3

Google Zeitgeist shares the top searches of 2012 http://​depot​.ly/​gbO3D

Must-see: Most @contagious viral trends of 2012 http://​depot​.ly/​gbR4e

Why ​‘The Daily’ Failed http://​depot​.ly/​gbRUb *A good analysis by John @Gruber

Nielsen and Twitter Establish Social TV Rating http://​depot​.ly/​gbZ6k

It’s not Twitter — this is just the way the news works now http://​depot​.ly/​gc1Z6  — Nice read via @GigaOM

Cool! Interactive Guide to Blog Typography http://​depot​.ly/​gdVJ9

The awesomeness of CSS calc http://​depot​.ly/​gdV6M

Brilliant website (yes, it exists!) http://​www​.howmanypeo​plearein​spac​erightnow​.com/ How many people are in space right now

Culture Shock: A Technical Writer’s Viewpoint http://​depot​.ly/​gfWHC *Very nice article

Step-By-Step: How To Download All Your Tweets With The New Twitter Archive Service http://​depot​.ly/​ggkuO Super nice!

These are so much fun: 10 Moments Of Pop Music History, As 8‑Bit Animated GIFs http://​depot​.ly/​ggrDA

Amazing inspiration: Woodblock prints by Tugboat Printshop http://​depot​.ly/​ggszU

.@copyblogger argues that 2013 is the year of the online writer http://​depot​.ly/​ggsp4

Christmassy tips: How to Add Santa Claus on your WordPress Website http://​depot​.ly/​ggAiE

Music icons as earbuds by Welcomm for Sony http://​depot​.ly/​ggsHc *Really cool!

Beautiful inspiration: The Top 10 Vintage Magazine Covers of 2012 http://​depot​.ly/​ggzJG

Another nice article about 2013 predictions http://​depot​.ly/​ggATP Six Social-Digital Trends for 2013

How to Backup iPhone SMS to Your Computer http://​depot​.ly/​ggAm9 *Good tips

For Your Inspiration: Glassmaking meets Lovemaking — a wonderful video collection http://​depot​.ly/​ggAqG

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