this is our resources page.
Welcome to our resources page. This is where you will find our latest blog posts as well as links to useful tools and our findings across the globe.
Old City Tech Works actively contributes to a number of Open Source Projects, and is committed to providing free code and graphic resources to fellow designers. Check here often for updates and downloads.
Old City Tech Works actively contributes to a number of Open Source Projects, and is committed to providing free code and graphic resources to fellow designers. Check here often for updates and downloads.
RESOURCES
Posts
We’re at a loss for words… there will be some posts here soon.
Cool Tools
- Public Domain Archive – [Free] Expansive collection of GPL-licensed images.
- Pixabay – [Free] More than one million images curated by category, public domain / royalty-free.
- Pexels – [Free] Another large royalty-free pic and asset repository.
- Skitterphoto – [Free] Great repository of modern high-resolution photography.
- Behance – Browse for new and innovative design work from artists and developers worldwide.
- Adobe XD – [Free trial] Powerful wireframing and protoype tool with collaboration features.
- OmniGraffle – [Free/Trial] The most flexible and portable diagramming tool. Great for creating complex charts, diagrams and visuals optimized for online audiences.
Coming Soon
Internet Status:
- Akamai Realtime Threat Monitor– [Free] A live dashboard with many visualizations that graph the current state of Internet threats as detected by Akamai’s global Edge platform.
- Down Problem – Current Report of Reported Service Outages
- Digital Attack Map – Realtime map of Global DDoS Attacks
- Google App Status – Current Report on Google App Uptime and Status
- HRank – Which ISPs are ranked the highest in UpTime?
- Internet Traffic Report – Monitor the Internet Traffic Around the World
Personal Data Security:
- Have I Been Pwned – Has your data been compromised in a security breach? Scan the Dark Web to find out.
- MyNetWatchman – (Win) Virus, Trojan, Malware Detection and Removal
Security Blogs:
- Krebs on Security – News on Security Breaches and Investigations
- WordPress Security – Marko Saric – Definitive Guide to WordPress Security
- SANS Security – SANS Institute for Security Training, Certification and Research
- WebPageTest – [Free] Full-featured website dedicated to performance tests against a website. Features a grading system that points out constructive positives and negatives; gives visual feedback suitable for presentations. Well-suited to be anyone’s first stop when it comes to performance analytics and creating a basis for performance tuning.
- Mitch Hedberg Quotes – A bunch of poignant quotes from late comic Mitch Hedberg.
The Lab
Check this area for a look at our open-source projects, code snippets, and design experiments.Old City Tech Works public repositories: [ GitHub | SourceForge | WordPress ]

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