WebLinks

This topic is intended as an open directory of useful and interesting web links. Feel Free to add new links and catagories of links.

Business and Organizational Development

OD Tools and Processes

• PlanOnline.org - "A service of the Center for Strategic Planning." Great resource for basic planning guidelines and templates.
• Free Management Library - Huge collection of resources on every aspect of organizational development management. Mostly targeted to non-profit organizations but most of it is equally relevant to for-profit businesses.
• Innovation Management Toolbox - A nice set of tools for creativity, problem solving, etc.

Marketing & PR

• How to Write a Press Release - Good how-to with examples and more resources listed.
• the power of pr: turn readers to revenue five tips from an expert - Good, basic article on PR.

Community & Regional Development

Planning Web Sites

• Planners Web - Plannering Commissioners Journal - City & Regional Planning Resources
• Links for Planners
• Cyburbia - "The Urban Planning Portal"
• PLANetizen Top 50 Websites 2003

General Resources

• Knowledge: Urban and Regional Planning - Directory
• Community and Economic Development Toolbox - Excellent listing of articles about basic regional planning processes and tools.
• Partnerships and Participation in Planning - Guidelines for public participation in planning.

Networking strategies & tools

• What Intermediaries Do - Very good overview of the basic roles, processes, and tools that are involved in serving in role of NetworkBroker^?.

Rural Development

• RUPRI - Rural Policy Research Institute - Good resource about rural development.

Progressive/Innovative Planning Models

• Smart Growth Online
• Patterns of a Conservation Economy - Provides a pattern language for a regional conservation-based economy. Here's the Pattern Map that displays the pattern language graphically.
• Vital Communities Toolbox - A quasi-pattern language for a healthy county. From Tompkins County, NY.

Business Incubators

General Information & Best Practices

• National Business Incubation Association
  • Principles & Best Practices
  • 10 Keys to Incubation Success
• Incubator Resource Page from UNC - Lots of good info and links
• Conclusions And Recommendations Of The Expert Meeting On Best Practice In Business Incubation - International focus
• Best Practices for Managing Incubators - Word Doc

Case Studies & Similar documents

• Indiaco (Pune, India) - Private For-profit Business Incubator: Success Story
• New Hampshire Biotechnology Business Incubator Feasibility Study   —  May 15, 2002
• Does Technology Incubation Work? A Critical Review - pdf doc
• European Commission: Incubators add to the economy – Report - summary report
  • Benchmarking the management of incubators - The full report

Computer and software links

Collaborative Software (aka "Groupware")

• dmoz.groupware - Open Directory list of groupware.
• opensourceCMS.com - Extensive list and demos of php-based, open source CMS packages
• Collaborative Groupware Software - Extensive list of groupware by fellow TWiki-fan, TWiki:Main.GrantBow

Miscellaneous Software

• FileMaker Pro
  • afilemakeraffliction - A collection of articles on Filemaker tips and techniques.
  • FileMaker Forums - Large user community.

Web site design

• Websitetips.com - A large web design portal.
• Usable Web - 1261 links about web usability
• Usability News

Writing for the web

• Sun Microsystems Style Guide - by Jakob Nielsen
• Writing for the Web - Nielsen's links on writing.

Web-based Software

• Script sources:
  • CGI Resource Index
  • Hotscripts.com
  • AllTheScripts
  • Free-Scripts.net
  • ScriptSearch.com
• http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html - Very cool java-based software that graphically displays the network of links associated with a particular web site.

Technical reference information & help

• W3Schools - Full Web Building Tutorials - All Free - Great tutorials and reference on all aspects of web development.

HTML

• HTML Code Tutorial
  • HTML Quick List
• The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
• Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi
• Web Forms - Very usable summary of html rules for creating forms. Useful reference for creating TWikiApplications.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

• http://www.w3schools.com/ - Excellent CSS and HTML tutorials and references. CSS examples show code and results side by side. GREAT!
• Cascading Style Sheets Reference
• Rich In Style - CSS tutorials and resources.
  • CSS2 tutorial - The best basic CSS guide I've seen.
• CCS Basics
• css / edge - Very interesting css techniques from a css master (Meyers).
• Cascading Style Sheets : Introduction
• the complete CSS guide
• The css-discuss Wiki -
• style master - A good cross-platform css editor
• Selectoracle - Interprets css examples for you
• CSS Pointers Group - CSS tips and articles

Unix/Linux Server Administration

• Linux Tutorial - Just want it says. Lots of basic information.
• Linux commands - A reference for linux operating system commands.
• Learn Unix by Example

Regular expressions

• Regular Expression Basics
• Regex page on dmoz
• Wikipedia:Regular_expression
• Regular Expressions explained - Great intro article about regex.
• Regular Expression reference card - printable (pdf) quick-reference page

Environment

• EnviroLink - "The On-line Environmental Community"

Government

Federal

State

Local

• National Association of Counties
• International City/County Management Association

Pattern Language Links

Introductory information about Pattern Language approach

• Wikipedia:Pattern_language - Wikipedia's entry for pattern languages
• Patterns For Beginners
• An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design - Describes the process of using pattern language method for design, in this case for web design. Does a good job of demystifying the process.
• Some Patterns Questions Answered
• Wiki:WikiPagesAboutWhatArePatterns - Extensive list of links to discussions about nature of patterns
• Patterns in a Nutshell: The "bare essentials" of Software Patterns
• Pattern Promises - "the strategy, leverage, and practice of patterns as a knowledge representation & social practice..."
• PatternLanguage.com - Christopher Alexander's web site
• A Pattern Language - An on-line summary of Alexander's Pattern Language for architecture. Interesting interface for browsing patterns.
• Wikipedia:Pattern_Language

More in-depth readings on PatternLanguage concept and methodology

• The Structure of Pattern Languages

Sites providing overview and link lists about Pattern Languages

• Patterns Home Page
• The Interaction Design Patterns Page

Pattern definitions and formats

Guidelines from writing patterns

• A Pattern Language for Pattern Writing
• Tips For Writing Pattern Languages
• Pattern Hatching: Seven Habits of Successful Pattern Writers
• Pattern Mining
• Checklist for writing great patterns.

Social & Organizational Pattern Languages

• Patterns Of Cooperative Interaction
• The Interaction Design Patterns Page - One of my favorite thinkers about pattern language. In particular, his article Lingua Francas for Design: Sacred Places and Pattern Languages is highly recommended.
• Patterns of a Conservation Economy - An interesting example of applying a pattern language approach to regional planning.
• Project Management Patterns
• Organizational Patterns
• BPR (Business Process Reengineering)Pattern Language
• The Pedagogical Patterns Project
• A Pattern Language for Living Communication
• Patterns 4 Groupware
• Writers Workshop Patterns
• Decide How to Decide - A pattern language for choicing appropriate decision-making method for particular context.

Software Design Pattern Languages

Web Interface & usability patterns

• COMMON GROUND: A Pattern Language for Human-Computer Interface Design
• UI Patterns and Techniques
• The Brighton Usability Pattern Collection
• Interaction Design Patterns - Lots of good general web design patterns.
• Website Patterns - A nice set of basic patterns for web site design.
• Patterns for Personal Web Sites - A more extensive list of site patterns. Seems very well organized.
• WebsitePatterns - Whoa! Just found this site with a bunch of links to patterns for web site design. Includes the ones mentioned here plus a bunch more. As I have time, I'll check them out and list my favorites here.
• the Diemen Repository of Interaction Design Patterns - A new site I just stumbled across. Not many patterns yet but looks promising (and a nicely designed TWiki site to boot). -- LB - 01 Apr 2003
• http://www.webdesignpractices.com/ - "Web Design Practices is a site devoted to helping designers understand what design practices are currently in use on the Web—and aims to gather research about the usability of commonly-employed design practices. --LB - 06 Nov 2003

KnowledgeManagement

KnowledgeManagement Sites and Portals

• The Knowledge Management Network
• The Knowledge Management Forum
• The KNOW Network - "A global community of knowledge-driven organizations dedicated to networking, benchmarking and sharing best practices leading to superior performance."

Good articles about the nature of knowledge and KnowledgeManagement

• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Management—Emerging Perspectives
• Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems
• Managing Codified Knowledge

Systems Theory

• Mental Model Musings - Interesting collections of articles about various aspects of systems theory and applications.