Strategy • Monday August 27, 2007 by Connor Wilson with 11 comments
Recently, more and more blogs are voicing their not-so constructive thoughts on guest blogging. What’s the beef? Some say the quality just isn’t there, but whose fault is that? You know, having another blogger write an article for you doesn’t have to be a half-assed attempt at link bait.
Guest blogging is to write, free of [...]
Column • Sunday July 15, 2007 by aj with 25 comments
Just having some fun today in a random Sunday post to help expand our “Commentary” section. Today, I’m taking on the tough issues - the ones that really irk the hell out of me when I see them used by a lot of the so called “design” community, many times in forums. So, do you [...]
Strategy • Tuesday July 10, 2007 by aj with 7 comments
Outside of content, site growth can be directly affected by when, how, and where you market your site. There are all types of forms in which this can achieved: banner advertisements, text link ads, and viral advertisements. Then of course, there are the alternative methods - the so called hit and SEO boosters, or even [...]
Column • Friday June 22, 2007 by aj with 14 comments
It was a crisp May day when I first submitted an infant Devlounge into the mass pile of applications that was the 9rules Round 4 submission period. 24 hours of craziness, which, when it was all said and done, led to somewhere around 700 submissions of applicants just like myself hoping to nudge their way [...]
General • Tuesday April 17, 2007 by aj with 19 comments
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 [...]