Not too long ago we had our one month of business anniversary. Well, actually… that was about 3 months ago We were talking the other day about how fast time has started flying for us since we opened up shop. But, on that same note, we’ve managed to accomplish a great deal in a short [...]
Well, the time has come for a serious makeover to BrightMix.com. This website’s original layout was a slightly modified template for Mephisto, our blog software (go here and select “neon” from the drop down to see the original.) We received some complaints about it being a bit too weird… garish… and neon. However, before we [...]
Though we’ve talked a bit about what we do, how we run our business, and a few of the projects we’ve launched, little has been said about the people behind the curtain here. You know, the dudes actually running the business, writing code, drinking Diet Mt. Dew, and burning the midnight oil. At the time [...]
When we established BrightMix, a few months back, we got this blog/website up and running by throwing a Mephisto install onto Dusty’s already existing Dreamhost account. While working on our blog/website was kind of slow and sluggish, it worked, and It was bootstrapping at its finest… However, we’re to the point where we need to [...]
A little over a week ago we announced our plans to move into a new office. Well, after a very exciting and lively week of planning, cleaning, and moving stuff, we’re all done and settled into our new digs. Thurs – Saturday… Cleaning! All things considered, the place wasn’t actually in that bad of shape, [...]
We’re pleased to announce that we recently launched our first major set of public facing sites since becoming an honest to goodness business… A series of sites for the Episcopal Church of America. Designed and spearheaded by our good friends at the Granger Group, this project encompassed a number a sites: A parish-level website – [...]
It’s amazingly hard to believe, considering we just had our 1 month aniversary, but it’s official: BrightMix is leasing a real, honest to goodness office space. No sir, no longer will we be running our day to day operations from the confines of Kevin’s living room. On Thursday, Nov 1st 2007, we officially move into [...]
Boo, cubicles! Simply put, we hate cubicles. Cubicles suck for jobs that require personal concentration (engineering, accounting, most computer-based jobs, etc.). As previous software programmers for both large and small companies, we’ve spent plenty of time in the proverbial dilbert‘esque office environment. They exist everywhere, and it gets old… really, really fast. Of course, the [...]
Praise Jebus! BrightMix has officially existed for one entire month.It was an exciting month, and it went by lightning quick. Accomplishments for Month #1 Here are some of our major accomplishments during our first month of operation. Set Up of Basic Office Services Service Our Solution Cost Email / Calendar Gmail tied to BrightMix.com domain [...]
Scenario: Project manager Timmy receives another email from his boss. “We’ve got the go-ahead for software project ‘apples.’ It’s a big project that will take months to complete with a handful of developers. We need to fatten up the programming staff or we’ll never finish in time and we’ll get fired! omg!” Timmy, having worked [...]
