Why We Shut Down Slurp 140

Back in 2009 when we were still The Bivings Group we built a tool called Twitterslurp that tracked Twitter conversations at conferences and events.  Twitterslurp ingested tweets based on hashtag and/or keyword, and included features such as a live stream of all relevant tweets, a permanent archive of the Twitter conversation,...

We’re Looking for a Digital Strategist

I wanted to post a quick note alerting folks to a new job opening at the Brick Factory.  We are looking for a Digital Strategist to join our Client Services team.  The job description is below as well as instructions for how to apply.  We’d love to hear from you!...

Happy Holidays

As a way to celebrate the season, we have created a special edition of our Brick Factory homepage featuring a holiday message for our friends and family.  As a small way to give back, we will donate $1 to the Wounded Warrior Project for every person that views the message on our homepage between now and December 31. ...

Solving Our Dishwasher Problem

At the Brick Factory headquarters we have a shared dishwasher.  Being adults, we don’t really need a formal system for managing our dirty dishes.  People put their dirty dishes in the dishwasher and someone runs it when needed.

We have one problem.  After the dishwasher is run we count on the next person that goes into the kitchen to put the clean dishes into the cabinet. ...

The Advantage of Time

As someone who has spent some time consulting for political campaigns,  I always find the post mortems that pop up fast and furious after election day predictable and simplistic.  The winner is a genius.  The loser is a moron.  Nuance is generally sacrificed at the alter of the greater narrative. ...