This week I attended TEDxDetroit (opens new window) with 150 other idea people.This weeks list of links all follow the theme of helping out. They all give insight, tips or explain things we see every day but fail to acknowledge.

• what 15 freshmen taught me about social media. (opens new window)
• Carsonified » 10 Tips on Writing Hero-worthy Error Messages (opens new window)
• 7 Reasons Why Google Wave Is Going To Be Awesome (opens new window)
• Easy Databasing with SQLite | Build Internet! (opens new window)
• How to Sell More Ethically (opens new window)
• 4 Lies about social media (opens new window)
• Dirty Little Secret of Success (opens new window)
• How to Plan a Content Heavy Site | Build Internet! (opens new window)
• 10 Amazing jQuery Plugins To Improve Your Forms « TutsValley (opens new window)
• Death to Lorem Ipsum (opens new window)
• Create Sidebars of Equal Height with Faux Columns (opens new window)
• 16 of the Best Designed Sign Up Pages (opens new window)
• Carsonified » How to Understand Your Users with Personas (opens new window)
• How to Create Advocacy and Conversation (via @FrankInLalaland) (opens new window)
• Showing the weather with PHP and Google Weather API | KomunitasWeb (opens new window)
• The myth of the page fold: evidence from user testing | cxpartners