Our Decision to Go Remote

I founded the Brick Factory in late 2011, and in early 2016 we moved into our dream office.  The space is in the heart of DC near the White House and we were able to build it out from scratch.   It is beautiful and we have loved working here.

But right around the time we moved into the new office,...

Brick Factory’s Favorite Holiday Pairings

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The Brick Factory’s Favorite Websites

Do you have a favorite website that you visit over and over again? This could be a website that assists you at work or is just simply fun.

Well, the Brick Factory has many. We decided to put together a list of our team’s favorites sites for both fun and inspiration....

How to write a good agile user story

At Brick Factory we use an agile software development process to complete our website development work.  Put very simply, this means we break up the work that needs to be done into smaller pieces called user stories.  These stories are then prioritized and completed during a series of two week work sprints. ...

The Purpose of the Homepage

When building a new website for a client we almost always start the design process with the homepage. We do this for a few different reasons:

• For nearly all of our clients (primarily nonprofits, trade associations, and advocacy groups) the homepage is still the most popular page on the site.
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