http://noahcoffey.com Web Design, Freelancing, and Indiana. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:51:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm working on a new business idea with a friend and we continue to run into problem after problem. What we want to do is time consuming, hard to schedule, risky, and our equipment costs are turning out to be very expensive. Prohibitively expensive for what we are wanting to ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/08/i-should-be-depressed/ Like most fun and exciting events, Blog Indiana 2008 seemed to whiz by this past weekend. It's funny how months and months of planning and build-up can result in such seemingly short weekend. I am generally a modest person. However, I have to declare that Blog Indiana 2008 was a success. ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/08/blog-indiana-2008-wrap-up/ I'll update this post with more commentary later. But, for now, here it is! Get the Flash Player to see this player. var s1 = new SWFObject("http://noahcoffey.com/video/player.swf","ply","320","240","9","#FFFFFF"); s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true"); s1.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always"); s1.addParam("flashvars","file=fox59-blogindiana-seg2.flv"); s1.write("container"); Video courtesy of Fox59!   http://noahcoffey.com/2008/08/my-appearance-on-fox59-am/ This is a question most bloggers wonder--especially when they are first getting started. While there are plenty of ideas on exactly how often you should blog, we wanted to know how often you actually are blogging. As we close in on 100 bloggers having completed the 2008 Indiana Blogger Census, I ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/07/how-often-do-indiana-bloggers-blog/ Sell photos on photrade | By HamWithCam Ever since I discovered Photrade.com through their sponsorship of Blog Indiana, I've been admiring the service and slowly starting to use it. My main interest in the service is the ability for bloggers to find great photography and easily place it on ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/07/impressions-of-photrade/ While planning for the Blog Indiana conference next month, an idea was put forth about a creative way to have some fun with a normal networking event. The concept involves having people wear "tags" or keywords representing areas of expertise or knowledge they have. The idea is if everyone wears 2-3 ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/07/new-spin-on-networking-events/ If you've been waiting for a local event to help you learn more about blogging, greatly improve your blogging skills, or to effectively use blogs in your business--your wait is over! Blog Indiana 2008 is a 2-day conference on blogging and social media happening at the IUPUI Campus Center in ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/06/take-your-blog-to-the-next-level-at-the-first-indiana-blogger-conference/ For some reason, I tend to be fascinated with other people's business cards. I love seeing how creative people can be in such a small amount of space with such a specific purpose. I never seem to be happy enough with the business cards I design for myself and am ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/06/business-card-inspiration/ Here is a photo I took while on my honeymoon. We came upon these colorful birds shortly after I had a hamburger with a pineapple slice on it for the first time. Delicious! Sell photos on photrade | By noah Sell photos on photrade | By noah http://noahcoffey.com/2008/06/trying-to-post-a-photo-from-photrade/ I'm applying a new theme and tweaking. This should look better later this week. Just want to settle on a design so I can just worry about the blogging part of blogging. You know... blogging. Oy... I still need to implode wpstar.com. Maybe I'll freeze time tonight and do it then. ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/06/excuse-the-mess/