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Five Common Web Development Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

As a firm that builds things online, we often talk to potential clients that are unhappy with their current development partner.  Usually the break ups are amicable and there is a logical explanation for the change.  Fresh ideas are needed.  Requirements have evolved.  Personalities just don’t fit.  But sometimes the client is angry and feels let down. ...

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Our Business Cards

We have a few different designs floating around, but here is what we are thinking for our Brick Factory business cards. When designing cards, I think people sometimes try too hard. I’m a fan of simple design on a quality paper stock. That’s all you need....

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Our Two Week Anniversary

While the legal entity “Brick Factory, L.L.C.” was formed on July 22, 2011, we really didn’t become official until September 30, 2011.  Which means that as of today we’re two weeks old.  In those two weeks, we’ve hit a lot of little milestones that are probably only of interest to me. ...

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Why the Brick Factory?

“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.”
— Phil Karlton

I’m not a developer, so I can’t speak to the difficulty of cache invalidation.  But I can confirm that naming things can be really hard.  The good names are taken. ...

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Designing Our Logo

Anyone who has worked in the creative industry knows that designing logos can be a soul crushing experience.  It is a crapshoot.  Sometimes you nail it right away.  Sometimes the client/designer just don’t click and you never get to where you need to be.

Given the great design talent we have on staff,...

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