Archive for March, 2007

The Freelance Stratosphere

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

In every good-sized city there exists what I call the Freelance Stratosphere. It seems like every day I hear about a new freelancer, sometimes a direct competitor – someone else doing web design in Indianapolis. //

Cities “Desperate to Attract” Web Designers and others of the Creative Class

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Via MomAndPopInvestors.com The Race for the Creative Class “…Why are some cities thriving and others are dying?” The idea is that cities are striving to pick up sub 35 creative types who will plant their feet and bring new life to the city. So if you’re a freelance designer, keep you head high, cities want [...]

Ft. Wayne Man Builds Nationally Applauded Watchdog Site

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

Kudos to Ft. Wane (Indiana) native. I read an article in the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette yesterday about his website, familywatchdog.us. As it turns out, I have used this site in the past when I moved and was impressed at it’s operation. While not the greatest design, I was able to easily search my area [...]

Uber Designer Nerd Movie: Helvetica

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

I find this a little interesting. I will admit to nothing more. “Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. [...]

Indianapolis Web Design News

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Bitwise to open new branch in Evansville. They want to hire and use local employees, rather than bring the work back to their main office in Indianapolis. Indianapolis-based BitWise Solutions, an Indiana Web design and development company, plans to open an office in Evansville. The company will debut in Evansville with a booth at the [...]

How to Ruin a Web Design – The Design Curve

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

I try not to repost other’s content, but this was so good that I had to share it. Matthew and I are of one mind on this issue. He’s written us an excellent article with some great visual aids, one of which I will share with you: by Matthew Inman //

How to Impress Your Clients – For Web Designers

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

Freelancers have a leg-up on the other working drones of the world. Stodgy, old-skool business types are mysteriously attracted to our care-free and footloose ways. Like hip, modernized pied pipers, we’re strangely attractive and repulsive at the same time. Just like train wrecks, people want to look at a freelancer but are not sure it’s [...]

20/20 Takes on Graphic Design

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

If you’re a designer or went to any kind of graphic design school, you’ll find this amusing, yet pertinent: Technorati Tags: graphic_design, 20/20, humor, design //