Google Talks

Google often invites authors and experts to speak to various groups within their company.  The topics vary from technology, marketing, tech trends to innovation. You may want to watch some of these with your team. Google Videos

   Management

•  Harvard Business Review » Wide range of business related resources
•  Cone Naste Portfolio » Management ideas are presented in a quick-read format
•  CEO Express » Aggregate of business news and resources targeted to executives

   Developer Resources

•  .Net Framework » Managed code programming model for building applications
•  C# » Simple, type-safe, object oriented, general-purpose programming language
•  CSS » Describes the presentation of a document written in a markup language.
•  AJAX » Development techniques used for creating interactive web applications.
•  Javascript » Scripting language most often used for client-side web development.
•  PHP » Scripting language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages
•  Ruby » Ruby is a reflective, dynamic, object-oriented programming language.
•  WPF » Graphical subsystem feature of the .NET Framework 3.0
•  XML » Extensible language that allows its users to define their own elements.   
•  XHTML » Same depth of expression as HTML, but also conforms to XML syntax.
•  SOA » Represents a model in which functionality is decomposed into distinct units.
•  RIA » Having features and functionality of traditional desktop applications
•  REST » Architecture for distributed hypermedia systems such as the WWW
•  Development Tools » Various useful tools
•  W3C » Widgets 1.0 Requirements

   Designer Resources

•  Best Practices » Basic Tutorials
•  Accesibility » Layout and Accesibility best practices
•  Color Pallette » Color resources
•  Fonts » Find fonts
•  Textures » Background textures for the web
•  Typography » Examples of good typography
•  Photoshop Tutorials » Various tutorials
•  Design Tools » 15 useful tools

   Quality Assurance

•  QAI » Quality Assurance Institute USA
•  Sticky Minds » QA Resources
•  ASQ » American Society for Quality

   Systems Analysis Resources

•  Unified Modeling Language (UML) » General-purpose modeling language that includes a graphical notation used to create an abstract model of a system
•  Rational Unified Process (RUP) » Iterative software development process framework created by the Rational Software Corporation
•  Modern Analyst » Business Analyst & Systems Analyst Community

   Usability

•  Usability » Usability Guide
•  Use of white space » Space between elements in a composition

   Release Management

•  Release Management » Describes the practices for bringing software items to the operations environment

   Web 2.0

•  Web 2.0 » Web 2.0 Definition
•  Web 2.0 Tools » Useful web 2.0 tools

   Semantic Web (GGG, Web 3.0)

•  Semantic Web » "Semantic Web" Definition
•  Giant Global Graph » A look at Giant Global Graph

   Network Infrastructure/Security

• Computer Network » Good resource for network related topics
• Networking » Topical articles regarding networking
• IT Security » News, whitepapers, and other information on IT security
• Security Tools (6 free) » Six free security tools you shouldn't live without

   ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)

• ada.gov » Information and Assistance on the Americans with Disability Act
• Section 508 » Tools and Resources
• Accessible Web Design » Resources