A few weeks ago I wrote a somewhat frivolous post that used 11 animated gifs to explain what it is like to build a website for a client. I wanted to loop back and write a bit more substantively about the review phase of a project (represented in gif 9),...
Continue ReadingBuilding websites is hard work. And a lot of it isn’t that much fun.
To help explain the process, we’ve put together this tongue and cheek post that explains how we typically feel during the various stages of a web development process. Since we build sites for clients,...
Continue ReadingChris, Mike, Ron, Shane, Teddy and I spent last week at Drupalcon Austin. We learned a lot, and ate our fair share of Mexican food and BBQ. Following is a list of our key takeaways from the trip.
(1) Drupal 8 won’t be released until sometime in 2015. ...
Continue ReadingWe quietly launched our new Brick Factory website last week. I’m really proud of it. I think it is a true reflection of who we are and what we do, which is tough to pull off.
When web development firms build sites for themselves, the instinct is to show off. ...
Continue ReadingThe last few months I’ve been a bit stumped by how popular Upworthy has become. The site attracted 90,000,000 unique visitors in November 2013, which seems completely crazy to me.
I get that the site is really good at writing headlines that beg to be clicked and shared. ...
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