Punk’d: The Interview

Being a part of The Brick Factory team is quite a prestigious nod, it is a tough gig to get; I should know, I am the newest member of this wonderfully, technologically savvy crew. My journey to this desk came with its fair share of hurdles. One interview, two interviews,...

Summer Internship at The Brick Factory

We are looking for an intern to join our team for the summer. The job description is below as well as instructions for how to apply. We’d love to hear from you!

Summer Internship at Brick Factory

The Brick Factory plans and executes world-class digital campaigns for non-profits,...

What’s Your Type? 5 Sites with Great Typography

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what is said when the design itself lies within the formatting of the word? Each letter, each stroke has a meaning, has a purpose and makes a statement all its own. So how many words, ideas and expressions are portrayed in a perfectly curated and properly polished typography based website?...

Using the Right Tool for the Job

The Brick Factory’s development team has been writing custom PHP applications for ourselves and clients since 1999, and PHP development has changed quite considerably since then. At that time, and for years after, there were few available frameworks with which we could build our applications on, so all of our applications were developed from the ground up,...

How to Protect Your Code Against Injection Attacks

When I started working with PHP years ago, the first thing I did was go online and try to find tutorials. I worked with someone who also did PHP (and was the primary driver for wanting to learn the language), but finding out how to do things on my own fit better into my schedule....