Here’s a list of sites we recommend.

Writers’ sites
Online thesaurus Shows hypertext can be quicker than flicking through paper, if you
can put up with the ads.
Useit Good background information for building and writing usable websites.
The Economist Style Guide Online version of the book they give to all their journos.
The Guardian Style Guide Style bible for Guardian writers.
World Wide Words Vast, eclectic and opinionated lexical resource.
The Plain English Campaign People on our wavelength. Good examples.
Clickz Background info on web marketing and writing.
Newsletters, news sites and blogs.

It’s no coincidence that the sites we find useful are all great examples
of the power of good, straightforward writing:
Free Pint Well-written and useful newsletter and website.
Treehugger Best of the green blogs from a writing point of view.
The Register Online tabloid for the tech sector with strong views.
Good Morning Silicon Valley Does what it says on the tin, with irreverence.
The Onion Finely-crafted satire.
Other sites that put good writing into practice
Rivendell Bicycles Skillfully written, straight from the heart, by people who know their
stuff.
Rapha Tasteful cycling gear promoted with tales of cycling suffering.
Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffet’s company has plain writing and site design down to a fine art.
The Free Software Foundation Plain speaking and design from the heart of the Open Source movement.
Miscellany
Edward Tufte’s site Many joys, including ‘The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint’.