Our favorite tweets of 2014: January 1 — June 30

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. In case you’ve missed some of our tweets from the past year, here’s a list of the best or most interesting tweet from each week. Stay tuned next week for part two, covering the second half of the year. To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot An interesting concept for success: Ratio Thinking http://​depot​.ly/​seJfi /​@joelgascoigne Awesome interview with Invisible Creature on The @greatdiscontent – http://​depot​.ly/​ssso2 Why ​“Her” Will Dominate #UI Design Even More Than ​“Minority Report” http://​depot​.ly/​sx2hQ via @Wired_Design Daniel Gies is killing it with sick After Effects rigs. Check out the video here: http://​depot​.ly/​sPH7d Ten lessons from a maker http://​depot​.ly/​t4Fst *Very nice read Essays on mysteries of time http://​depot​.ly/​tldzb via @jankowarpspeed @NautilusMag WE <3 designers http://​weheartdesigners​.com 2014 – the year of parallax? http://​depot​.ly/​tHAoQ Iconic Brand Packaging Simplified & Abstracted to Dots by Silas Amos http://​depot​.ly/​u5Myj Fake UI: A Tumblr blog cataloging fake user interfaces seen in movies and TV – http://​depot​.ly/​uaLVj Meet the Ipsums http://​meettheipsums​.com The ultimate guide to writing ultimate guides — http://​depot​.ly/​uHsY2 Responsive Email Patterns: A collection of patterns & modules for responsive emails http://​depot​.ly/​vqgmU How emoji conquered the world: the story of the smiley face from the man who invented it http://​depot​.ly/​vDOx8 via @verge Get it Done: 35 Habits of the Most Productive People [Infographic] http://​depot​.ly/​vEBzJ via @EntMagazine Gamification: How to Raise the Bar on Blog Production http://​depot​.ly/​w1fgC The art of ​“Creative Sleep”: Stephen King’s lesson on creativ(itiy)e writing http://​depot​.ly/​woX7H via @brainpicker You have more reach than you think http://​depot​.ly/​wFts0 Bored with Lorem Ipsum? This is one of the funniest alternatives: http://​www​.picksumipsum​.co​.uk Killer advice from the man building 12 startups in 12 months http://​depot​.ly/​xb1ur Mystic photographs of Iceland captured through infrared lens http://​depot​.ly/​xqwwh 40 maps that explain the internet http://​depot​.ly/​xyVgG *Interesting read The Anatomy of a $300,000 Kickstarter Campaign: A look at how @TryGhost was funded http://​bit​.ly/​1​o​RGsdX via @imrogb @JohnONolan Spotify’s Design Lead on Why Side Projects Should Be Stupid http://​bit​.ly/​1​q​8QTto How I tricked TechCrunch into writing about my startup http://​bit​.ly/​1​n​ka3d7