Great Analytics Blogs
There are several blogs dedicated to educating us about analytics. Here are some worth checking out:
The Official Google Analytics Blog
Occams Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Web Analytics World by Manoj Jasra
You could also subscribe to this Google Blog search RSS feed for google analytics or set a more refined one up for yourself.
Understanding Bounce Rates
Resource of the Week
30+ Free Three-Column Website Templates from mashable.com. Note to all you prima donna web designers out there: these templates provide great starting points for page architecture and eliminate having to reinvent the wheel every time you design a site. Remember, to steal from one is plagiarism but to steal from many is research.
10 Principles Of Effective Web Design
Although this article from Smashing Magazine is mostly a distillation of Steve Krug and Jakob Nielsens writings on usability, it provides some good examples (via screen shots) of effective web design.
Google and Privacy
Is that Really You?
Better Code Through Commenting
Building Your Online Reputation
On Screen Design Tools
Great suite of web design tools from Allan Jardine, a web UI developer out of Edinburgh, Scotland. These JavaScript bookmarklets allow you to do any of the following on a web page: overlay a grid; measure from one point to another; display rulers and snap guides; and draw a cross hair on a page to assist with layout alignment. And theyre free. What more could you want?