Mobile applications have become a staple in the bedrock of our futuristic society. There are many catalogs full of both useful and goofy apps for the world to share. These have connected us in ways never before seen and allowed software developers to really push the limits on programming techniques.

Thanks to CouchCMS for allowing us to publish this massive giveaway, and thank you to all of our readers who took the time to enter and comment. We could only pick (at random) only ten winners, so better luck next time with any of our future competitions.
Anyway, congratulations to our winners, here they are…

Black-and-white typography was the first featured in printed books. It’s been around since ancient times, and everybody has seen some example of it first hand at some point. Why, especially in a world where we can print letters in any colors imaginable, does black and white typography still captivate us so much?

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week or so, some sites we discovered and others have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like this selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

If you are looking to give your designs a technical or futuristic modern feel, or even just give them a detailed and clean look, then you are in for a treat today. In this round-up we have collected 40 various Photoshop Brushes that focus on technology.

We are not suggesting for a moment, with this post, that your Android mobile device would be a good alternative as a development platform to your desktop or laptop. All it shows with the current apps available, that it could be and the potential for more is certainly there. Maybe not so much with a mobile, but if you have one of the many iPad-a-like Android tablets that are currently available it certainly could be a reality.

We are not suggesting for a moment, with this post, that your Android mobile device would be a good alternative as a development platform to your desktop or laptop. All it shows with the current apps available, that it could be and the potential for more is certainly there. Maybe not so much with a mobile, but if you have one of the many iPad-a-like Android tablets that are currently available it certainly could be a reality.

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For years the web has been a static development block for housing information. It hasn’t been up until recently that micro-format designs have been released into the semantic web. These allow developers to contextually describe page elements for better representation of what the information holds. Most of the tips below are useful for those still building their introduction into HTML microformats. Some are more common than others but the concept of contextual-based attributes isn’t a difficult one to grasp. Basic [...]

For this weeks reader giveaway we have Ten Couch CMS Commercial Licenses (usually $39 each) up for grabs. As per usual, all you will have to do for a chance of winning one of these marvelous CMS licenses is leave a comment below telling us what type of project you are currently working (no need to be too specific). All winners will be chosen completely at random. Best of luck! All about CouchCMS CouchCMS is a self-hosted simple CMS that [...]

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week or so, some sites we discovered and others have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like this selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Accessibility is extremely important to your website. Simply put, what good does your website’s content do if certain people can’t see it? Sure, your fancy new design with the tiny fonts and low-contrast colors might look slick to you and your friends, but those with poorer eyesight, color blindness, and any other visual hindrance won’t be able to navigate, much less read, your website. You want to—nay, must—make your website accessible if you want the maximum amount of visitors. But [...]

All creative professionals face creative blocks. Many times these blocks are caused by being overworked and burned out on creativity. Sometimes routine helps, but it can frequently hinder the brain juices. After all, variety is the spice of life. As a creative professional there are definitely some related fields to your profession. Being a graphic designer with a degree, I could swear that college burned out my creativity. Then I discovered that I enjoyed photography as a hobby. I also [...]