Four Reasons App Developers Build for Apple Before Android

Over the last few years Android and Apple have come to dominate the smartphone market.  A recent comScore report found that 85% of mobile devices run on either Android (52.5%) or Apple’s iOS (34.3%).  Blackberry and Windows have seen their market share evaporate over the last few years, and at this point Android and iOS are the only mobile platforms that matter....

Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs

I love a good quote.  When I was in college I kept a list of them in a giant word processing document.  I would drop them pretentiously into my papers, hoping some of the wisdom of others would rub off on my own mediocre writing.

Given that it is no surprise that our Brick Factory website and biographies pages include liberal servings of quotes that we hope help explain our philosophy....

Keys to a Successful Client Consultation

At The Brick Factory, we liken the process of building websites to that of building a house. In both cases, building something truly great is predicated on establishing a strong foundation on which to build. For us in the web development world, the foundation for any new project is forged not with brick and mortar but by establishing client rapport and setting project goals in the initial client consultation....

10 Great Hotel Websites

At the Brick Factory, we respect good-looking websites of many kinds. It’s interesting to see how the purpose of the website changes the design of the site. Newspaper and magazine sites are very text-heavy. The college sites we mentioned on our blog a couple of months ago do a great job of displaying the identity of the school,...

The cost of Search Personalization

Many Internet companies (like Google, Microsoft, Netflix, and Amazon) tout the virtues of search personalization.  By using a multitude of factors, the companies can provide more relevant information to a person.

I agree that there are benefits to it.  When I google “Montgomery County Public Libraries,” search engines can use my IP address – that indicates that I’m in the Washington,...