This week was all about getting things done and planning for the future, doing less but being more focused. The new Events Calendar (opens new window) is coming along nicely, look for a post early next week about it. In the mean time check out these links of the week, most have to do with user experience and optimization.

• Nine Workspaces Where Famous Folks Get Stuff Done [Workspaces] (opens new window)
• Encrypting Passwords with PHP for Storage Using the RSA PBKDF2 Standard (opens new window)
• 37 Tested PHP, Perl, and JavaScript Regular Expressions
• 11 Striking Findings From an Eye Tracking Study (opens new window)
• 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines « Smashing Magazine (opens new window)
• 45 Tutorials for Learning Pixelmator (opens new window)
• Why front-end developers are so important to the future of businesses on the web - paulcarvill.com
• Measuring Engagement Means More Than "Engagement Metrics" (opens new window)
• Beyond Goals: Site Search Analytics from the Bottom Up (opens new window)
• Zimlets Go Back to School - Part 2: Q&A with Wayne State... (opens new window)
• Introduction to HTML 5 (opens new window)
• How I Mastered Monday Mornings (opens new window)
• IDEA09: The Impact of Social Models (opens new window)
• Card Sorting / FrontPage (opens new window)
• The 7 signs your UI was created by a programmer (opens new window)
• Things to ask before you redo your website (opens new window)