Zootool is a fast-growing visual bookmarking service that has become the standard place for thousands of designers to archive digital inspiration, links, tools and more.
Today we’ll help you get the most out of Zootool by introducing you to fifty users who share quality design-related resources.
What Is Zootool?
ZooTool has quickly become one of my favorite web services. At heart, it’s a bookmarking service. Think of Delicious if they hadn’t stayed stagnant for the past decade. For me, Zootool offers not one but two awesome services that have become invaluable to my daily workflow.
First, it’s a fantastic place to save anything digital. From plain old bookmarks to images and video, Zootool makes it easy to grab and archive whatever you want from the web. This is all organized into a super slick web interface that’s driven by thumbnails rather than boring text links.
Secondly, and this is the focus of today’s discussion, it has a social aspect that allows you follow others and see what they are bookmarking. The basic premise is that, since I’m a designer, I’ll likely be constantly saving design inspiration, tools and services that other designers would find useful as well.
Once you follow someone, they pop up in the stream of content that you’ll see on the Zootool homepage if you’re logged in. Much like with Twitter, the more interesting people you follow, the more valuable your “Following” stream will become. Throw fifty to one hundred people in there and you’ll be checking in all the time to see what cool content everyone is digging up.
To help you get started using ZooTool as a way to find interesting design links and resources, here are fifty users that you should follow. All of them find and post great content regularly and definitely merit some digital stalking.
Bastian Allgeier
“I’m a webdev/webdesign bastard, building Zootool in my spare time.”
Bastian’s Packs
Recent Entries
Hicksdesign
Recent Entries
Jeffrey Zeldman
“A List Apart, Happy Cog, Designing With Web Standards, The Big Web Show, A Book Apart, zeldman.com, An Event Apart.”
Recent Entries
Max Voltar
Recent Entries
Squared Eye
Squared Eye’s Packs
Recent Entries
Sascha Aßbach
“I love sharing things that I like, that inspire me, things that remind me of something,… that make me wish upon a cloud.”
Sascha Aßbach’s Packs
- Collections & Lists
- Geek Stuff
- iPhone Apps
- Mac Apps
- Product Design
- Text
- Web Design Inspiration
- Websites & Web Apps
Recent Entries
Laura Kalbag
“I’m a chatty 24yo freelance designer who gets easily excited by design and development, particularly mobile web, web fonts and WordPress.”
Recent Entries
Ryan Collins
“Interaction designer + front-end developer”
Ryan Collins’ Packs
Recent Entries
Aurélien Foutoyet
“29 year old type lover & web designer from Marseille, France.”
Aurélien Foutoyet’s Packs
- Coding
- Design
- Freebies
- Freelancing
- Great Websites
- Illustration
- Mobile
- Portfolio
- Technology
- Typography
Recent Entries
Danny Outlaw
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adtaylor
Recent Entries
Smashing Magazine
Recent Entries
Benjamin De Cock
“I make apps and icons.”
Recent Entries
Takehiko Ono
“Web Designer and Front End Enineer. Director at aguije inc.”
Recent Entries
Dew
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Matt Hamm
Recent Entries
Pete Roome
Pete Roome’s Packs
Recent Entries
Bendar
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Tobias Glawe
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Bijjou
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David Hellmann
Recent Entries
Jim Haakman
“I do/design/look at/randomize/am busy doing things”
Recent Entries
Lukas K.
“Webdesign, Illustration, Typography. I am definitly a design-addict.”
Recent Entries
Mlane
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Antioche
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Bermon Painter
Recent Entries
Fabio Kuhn
“Ruby on Rails developer and rock climber from Switzerland.”
Recent Entries
CoffeOwl
Recent Entries
Jpalford
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David
“Web/UI designer. Current obessions: improving the online reading experience, typography and grids.”
Recent Entries
Stephane P. Pericat
“Web Developer for a living, musician for a passion.”
Recent Entries
Jofralogo
Recent Entries
Leandroberna
“Hi, I’m Leandro and I love to design cool stuff. I study computer science at the university “La Sapienza” in Rome, and I also love reggae.”
Recent Entries
Andy Johnson
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Toddprouty
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Kedrhodes
Recent Entries
Pjacobs
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Chad Michael Wright
Recent Entries
M. David Walker
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Davidhemphill
Recent Entries
Ifenn
Recent Entries
Gobbledygook88
Recent Entries
Allthingschris
Recent Entries
Karsten Rowe
“I’m a designer, based in Brixton, London, focused on branding, UX and interface design. I love what I do, big time! I’m also an .”
Recent Entries
Paul Dewouters
“I’m a freelance web designer and WordPress coder”
Recent Entries
Jan Korbel
Recent Entries
Jon Bradley
Recent Entries
Pkarsai
Recent Entries
Henrik Rypkema
“G’day, my name is Henrik. I’m a functionalist troubled by aesthetics, living and working in New York.”
Henrik Rypkema’s Packs
Recent Entries
Show Us Your Zootool!
Now that you’ve seen our collection of fifty awesome designers that use Zootool to find and catalog great design resources, leave a link below to your own profile and tell us what kind of content you typically collect.
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