Regardless of what it is that you’re selling, in order to remain competitive, you have to know exactly, what’s going on in the field you’re working in. More than that - actually, you have to know what happens next, which trends are coming up and which technologies will become big in the future. Achieving that is a solid foundation for successul development and right decisions at the right time.

What is right for business, is also right for online business. To catch up with the latest developments in design, development and web-related areas, it’s reasonable to read design/tech-related online-magazines. However, the choice is huge, and the quality of magazines isn’t always as good as you’d probably like it to be. Therefore decent references can be extremely useful, particularly if you don’t know where to start from.

This overview of over 40 established international design/tech-related sources is supposed to give you an overview of magazines you should read or at least scan from time to time. Some of the sources are well-known by (almost) everybody; hopefully not all of them.

Design, Web-Development

1. Digital Web Magazine

1. A List Apart

   

2. Sitepoint.com

   

3. Netdiver digital culture magazine + new media portal -> Feed your eyes

   

4. PingMag

   

5. Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design

   

6. Ajaxian

   

7. Design Meltdown

   

8. UX Magazine - The User Experience Magazine

   

9. Vitamin - a resource for web developers, designers and entrepreneurs

   

10. Web Developer’s Journal - Tips on Web Page Design, HTML, Graphics and Development Tools

    

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14. Graphics.com: The shared resource for creative design

    

15. fadtastic: a multi-author web design trends journal

    

16. Web Design from Scratch - Free web design course - basics, layout, free tutorials, case studies, how to guides and examples

    

17. 9rules - Design Community: The best web content on design and a lot more.

    

18. Design-Feed Latest

    

19. graphicPUSH: News, articles and tutorials for print and web designers.

    

20. Devlounge

    

21. Design Observer: writings about design & culture

    

22. design.Principles

    

23. 24 ways

    

24. Iconfactory

    

25. Before & After magazine

    

26. The FWA: Favourite Website Awards - Web awards at the cutting edge

    

27. Speak Up › Design Dialog

    

Latest Trends in Web, Tech, Web 2.0

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1. Wired News

   

2. Techcrunch

   

3. Web 2.0 Explorer

   

4. Modern Life - News & Views of the Modern Internet

   

5. Solution Watch

   

6. Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog

   

7. Home - .net magazine

   

Typography

37. Typographica. A Journal of Typography.

User Experience, Usability

38. UXmatters: Insights and inspirations for the user experience community

Useful tips, references

39. Lifehacker, the Productivity and Software Guide

News, with Tech/Design section

40. Newsvine - Get Smarter Here

1. SlashDot

   

Further Online Journals

• pdf-mags.com - Your PDF mag’s magazine