The concept of “Spec Work” is one that is constantly thrown around in the design world, and became even more evident during our refresh contest, in which, despite a large reader base, we received just one entry. For this article (or more of a opinionated piece), I take a look at why people hate spec [...]

The Spring Refresh contest is now officially open, and the entry period will be from today, April 1st, until April 16th, 2007. Please visit the Spring Refresh page for more details about the contest, prizes, and how to enter. Be sure to tell your friends, because the more entries, the better look you’ll be seeing [...]

Calling all designers! My time trying to figure out what the best contest for April would be has finally come to an end. I think this contest will be functional for everyone involved. You, the designer, get to have fun and show us your own vision of the next look for Devlounge. You also get [...]

Our buddy Paul is running a holiday contest where the winner will receive a years worth of hosting from Mediatemple on their new (gs) servers. There isn’t much time to enter, as the contest ends on Christmas Eve, December 24th. The requirements are fairly simple, all you have to do is subscribe to his feed [...]