http://noahcoffey.com Web Design, Freelancing, and Indiana. Thu, 07 May 2009 15:08:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick update for anyone who happens to read this blog and not follow me on Twitter. Monday morning at 5:10 AM, I became a father. My amazing wife delivered Alexandra Rose at 5 lbs, 15 oz, and 18 inches long. She was 5.5 weeks early and needs to ... http://noahcoffey.com/2009/05/alexandra-rose-coffey/ I recently came across (and started using) a new website called FeaturedUsers.com. They are a Twitter app ad network: ...If you're a Twitter user, it's a great way to get more followers and support your favorite Twitter apps. If you're a Twitter app developer, it's a simple way to start monetizing ... http://noahcoffey.com/2009/02/why-off-stream-twitter-advertising-is-good-for-twitter/ This past weekend marked the third successful close to an Indiana-based Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend Indianapolis was a long time in coming, but in the end managed to pull together over 40 local technology and startup enthusiasts and crank out 5 viable projects/companies in 54 hours. Starting around 5:00 PM on ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/12/startup-weekend-indianapolis/ Local technology coach and consultant, Mr. Noobie, is giving away a free Nintendo Wii on his site, www.noobie.com. All you need to do is click over and sign-up. After you sign-up to win, I'd highly recommend browsing the website for a little bit. No matter what your technical skill level is, ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/10/win-a-nintendo-wii-from-mr-noobie/ Just a fun little example of how even the big guys can still screw things up royally. This morning, CNN posted a little widget that displayed various grades for both Biden and Palin from the Vice Presidential Debate last night. At the bottom of the widget was an area for ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/10/usability-101-how-not-to-conduct-a-poll-cnn/ Most people that know me know that I'm a bit domain-crazy. Any half-good idea that I have usually results in a domain name purchase--mostly as a "just in case" I decide to actually develop it. Despite the fact that this is a self-enabling and productivity damaging practice, I still partake ... http://noahcoffey.com/2008/08/my-battle-of-wits-with-a-domain-taster/ 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/