Goethe: “One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.”

Check out this post of the number 1 habits of a successful designer:
http://www.zenhabits.net/creative-habit/

Amazing abstract tutorials:
http://www.nenuno.co.uk/creative/weekly-feature/20-fantastic-abstract-tutorials/

A different and very web 2.0 site for fonts:
http://www.fontdeck.com/typeface/newercastle/info

50 Awesome retro and vintage tutorials:
http://www.sixrevisions.com/photoshop/50-beautiful-retro-and-vintage-photoshop-tutorials/