Indianapolis Web Design Blog

The Background
For years now I have been designing die-cast car packaging for a local company here in Indianapolis. It started with niche pieces revolving around racing, - as you know, this is the racing capital of the world. Pace cars, IRL series, Indy 500 winners and special promos.

I found this post amazing. Someone dug up a bunch of old Soviet photographs that had been retouched, massively in some cases. Of course this was way before computers- when you had to retouch photos without photoshop.
All the good old days. “Photoshop” was actually a photo shop. See how “photoshop” can actually make two […]

The Ultimate List of 2560×1600 wallpapers includes only the websites where one can download high-quality 2560×1600 (WQXGA) wallpapers for free. This list does not include sites which offer crippled, watermarked, or ultra-low quality versions with the intention of selling you a better quality version.

I’m sure everyone is wondering why a web designer is using the default Wordpress template. Well, I have to admit that I’m no programmer and when I get beyond xhtml/css into the land of php things get a little complicated. I’ve poked around in the default template quite a bit, and even got up the […]

I was talking to a friend the other day during a business trip, and conversation turned to blogging. We talked about the various benefits of blogs, and agreed that a personalized blog was more useful than an impersonal blog.
What does that mean exactly? Well, A personal blog allows you to see who you’re reading, […]

5 Things I Wish I Had Known About Freelance Taxes: Part 5
I think a tax audit would be one of the worst things to happen to a freelancer. It would be expensive in both time and money, and would likely leave one bitter and less productive. So how does it happen and how can I […]

Every once in awhile I get thinking about the future of business as a self-employed individual.
Some of the questions that come to mind are things like: What happens when I’m old? How long can I really do this? Would it be possible for a 50-year old to work at home for himself? Can I really […]

Here’s a little free something for your 30″ Dell or Apple monitor, an “Idyllic Landscape” in ultra-high 2560×1600 widescreen resolution.
Click on the thumbnail below to download the full version (181k).

5 Things I Wish I Had Known About Freelance Taxes: Part 4
Every year we’re taxed on our income - our “Taxable Income.” This is not the same thing as our “Total Income.” Just what defines the taxable income? Taxable income is our gross income minus any deductions.
To put it another way, you want to take […]

Today I had my very first php experience, where I created something from scratch instead of modifying some pre-existing bit of code.