April 2012 (#226) | Creative Bloq

In this issue we also find out how you can build your own social network, which engages users and grows traffic, and talk to those affected by the PayPal scandal and ask how the payment provider could improve its service. Plus, there's our usual mix of design and development tutorials:

Master CSS3 grid alignment
Develop for Facebook's Open Graph
Build an app with MongoDB
Get started with the iOS platform
Design a calendar in Fireworks
Create a Google Talkbot (part 2)

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The Creative Bloq team is made up of a group of art and design enthusiasts, and has changed and evolved since Creative Bloq began back in 2012. The current website team consists of eight full-time members of staff: Editor Georgia Coggan, Deputy Editor Rosie Hilder, Ecommerce Editor Beren Neale, Senior News Editor Daniel Piper, Editor, Digital Art and 3D Ian Dean, Tech Reviews Editor Erlingur Einarsson, Ecommerce Writer Beth Nicholls and Staff Writer Natalie Fear, as well as a roster of freelancers from around the world. The ImagineFX magazine team also pitch in, ensuring that content from leading digital art publication ImagineFX is represented on Creative Bloq.