The topic of design contests is a polarizing one. In this article Richard Scott, a designer who makes the majority of his living from design contests, reveals why he chooses to ignore the pleas of the NO!SPEC crowd -- and how he's a better designer because of it.

In this, the second of Kay's series of interviews with ColdFusion framework developers, John Farrar talks up the new kid on the Rapid Application Development block -- COOP -- and explains how being "cooped up" is the best thing that could happen to a ColdFusion developer.

Your online community can only grow so much while you're moderating everything yourself. There comes a time when you'll need to delegate many of your moderation responsibilities to a trusted team. In this article, Patrick discusses how to select and train these moderators to ensure that your forum becomes successful without losing its community spirit.