Devlounge

Devlounge was my first major project back in 2006 which allowed me to begin truly establishing myself in the design community. A concept thought up by myself and Prashant Sugand, the goal of Devlounge was to be the ultimate designer and developer resource for articles, tutorials, interviews, and everything in between.

In January 2006 work was begun on Devlounge V1. Four months later in early April the first version of Devlounge went live. Despite dealing with a slow start I continued to write and write, something I would do consistently between April 2006 and September 2007 when the site was eventually sold to Splashpress Media. During that time I personally wrote 300+ full length, original articles as well as interviewed creative talents such as Jonathan Snook, Larissa Meek, Craig Elimeliah, Keegan Jones, Fernando Lins, and Rina Miele among others.

Design wise, Devlounge was always getting a refresh. With original illustration contributions from both Fernando Lins and Overage4Design, there was always a strong focal point and artistic touch with each Devlounge refresh. At its peak, Devlounge held a steady 2,500+ subscribers and served thousands of visitors daily – some new and many frequent visitors. It was also a member of the 9rules network back when it was much more difficult to get into – a position it had been in for about a year before I turned the site over to Splashpress.

Devlounge was also about giving back to the design community and providing them with more than just informative articles. My personal contribution were WordPress themes. Four (4) completely free themes were released during my time at the helm of Devlounge, and eventually Devlounge V2 would also be released a free theme. While these themes are quite a few years old I still see a lot of incoming searches for each of them, so I would say they at least remain decently popular.