I often reference the same sites in class or in conversation. Here are some of the most useful…

Adobe Flash

ActionScript Technology Center – the starting point for ActionScript from Adobe

Code Examples from Textbooks

HTML5 The Missing Manual – code samples for Advanced Web Scripting

Color: Palettes and Theory

Adobe Kuler – an outstanding color palette generation tool that integrates nicely with Adobe Illustrator and other Adobe products.

Color Resources at Web Site Tips – a tremendous resource for many aspects of color selection, including palettes, tools, psychology, and other theory resources. It’s simply amazing!

Games and Game Design Resources

PopCap – not really a resource as much as a commercial game archive, PopCap was an early leader in casual games. I often use PopCap games as examples in the classroom.

Rovio – a casual game developer and creator of the “Angry Birds” series of casual games for mobile devices.

Information and Interaction Design

The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett – a fundamental text that captures the interactive strategy required to deliver engaging and interactive web sites.

Responsive Web Design examples from InspirationFeed (courtesy Ricardo Henriquez)

Semantic Web

Microformats – a way of thinking and a way of representing data in a standardized format which complies with existing best practices in data exchange.

Google Rich Snippets – a method of standardizing certain common RDF formats into code snippets.

Virtualization & Cloud Computing Services

Spoon.net – a virtualization service