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and maybe even a fence for it

Believe it or not, I am a homeowner. Yes, I make the typical amount any unpaid intern does, but due to a good budget and two trips to Iraq, I was financially stable enough to buy a house four years ago and saved enough money to keep it during...

Best practices for readability and accessibility of your web-fonts.

As a front-end web developer or designer, you may be confused about which unit to use when decalring font-sizes in your CSS. Here I will attempt to explain what each of the possible units means and why one is better than another.

Refreshing your mindset

On the first Wednesday of every month, at 7 pm, the Rock Bottom restaurant in downtown Indianapolis is the spot for some of the best web professional minds in Indy to eat and drink. For two hours, over twenty professionals, whose combined skills...

Considerations about creating an IE6 compatible website

 Many developers and web designers would like to dismiss Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). It requires a lot of time for compatibility issues, and it seems to dismiss many other browser's "best practices". With the introduction to Google Chrome,...

Breaking out of the comfort zone

When getting my oil changed a few days ago, my mechanic noticed a bump on my tire. Being that I just bought these tires a few months ago, I assumed that getting it replaced would be quick and easy. So when I walked into my local tire store on a...

RefreshIndy giving back to the community

The weekend of January 15-17, 2010 was a long one for a group of young professionals in Indianapolis. For 48 hours, there was little sleep, lots of excitement and heavy focus on just one thing: websites. While most of Indianapolis buzzed high and...

INDIANAPOLIS – JANUARY 11, 2010 – The Indiana University School of Informatics at IUPUI and RefreshIndy, a local organization of web designers, developers and graphic artists, are bringing together the best professional and student talent in...

Let's talk about...colon cleanser?

In case this is the first blog of mine you are reading, I am “green”, meaning I’m new to the detailed world of website development. Often, I am asked at Web Easy Media for my input on ideas for website designs since I look at them through non-...

The price of social media

At the old age of 26, I can remember the time where stalking someone posed many challenges. You had to have reliable transportation, a camera, good binoculars and lots of free time. In the digital world of today, people willingly post more info...

Are you in good hands?

Last night, I went to the Zack Brown Band concert.  The Zack Brown Band plays country music, so as expected, there were plaid shirts and cowboy hats as far as the eye could see. After a good concert, the band came out for an encore and, just...

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