10 Awesome Tools for Designers & Developers

Web designers and developers rarely get away with merely designing or coding. In fact, a pretty sizable chunk of the job entails a formidable slew of peripheral tasks that can range from tedious to downright frustrating. Fortunately, smart guys (and gals) out there have put together an equally formidable slew of awesome tools to cut through some of these tasks and get you back to what you do best. I've put together a list of 10 free tools that really stood out to me.

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  Moniitor BETA

  Moniitor BETA is an online resource for monitoring multiple websites. It also gives real-time statistics, social networking info, and rankings.
  Website Link: Moniitor BETA
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  TitanPad

  TitanPad is a free online document collaboration resource used for either public or private sessions.
  Website Link: TitanPad
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  CeeVee

  CeeVee is a great online professional resume creator for web professionals. CeeVee allows users to make resumes both public or private.
  Website Link: CeeVee
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  Billable

  Billable is a free resource for creating custom invoices - a quick and easy way to invoice customers for web work.
  Website Link: Billable
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  Bounce

  Bounce is a free app that captures a design and shares publicly for feedback. Also features social networking shares with sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
  Website Link: Bounce
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  TinEye Reverse Image Search

  This popular website is a reverse image search engine that gives all the details relating to any image - invaluable for web designers that use stock photography.
  Website Link: TinEye Reverse Image Search
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  CopyPasteCharacter.com

  This website is a treasure trove of useful HTML entities - just copy the character from the list and paste into your HTML bed.
  Website Link: CopyPasteCharacter.com
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  NounProject

  This free online resource is a collection of universal graphic symbols - very valuable when designing a site that should transcend language barriers.
  Website Link: NounProject
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  Create Free Privacy Policy

  This invaluable website creates customized professional-quality privacy policy agreements for free - outstanding!
  Website Link: Create Free Privacy Policy
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  Launchlist Lite

  Launchlist Lite is a free online checklist for web designers. Before launching your next site, go through this essential list of design requirements.
  Website Link: Launchlist Lite

And that's the list. As a designer or developer your time is valuable (as in, cash money valuable), so using free tools like these is a great way to streamline your operations.

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