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  • November 12, 2017 | Brett's Bricks, LEGO Creator Expert

    The LEGO Brick Bank

    This weekend I tackled the LEGO Brick Bank.

  • October 29, 2017 | Brett's Bricks, LEGO Creator Expert

    The LEGO Parisian Restaurant

    I love the green color of this building.

  • October 22, 2017 | Brett's Bricks, LEGO Creator Expert

    The LEGO Assembly Square

    This weekend I tackled the LEGO Assembly Square, a 4,002 piece, really cool set.

  • May 14, 2016 | Brett's Bricks, LEGO Creator Expert

    The LEGO Detective’s Office

    I recently treated myself to a new LEGO set: the Detective’s Office.

  • March 1, 2015 | Autobiographical

    March 1, 1995

    In that ponderous moment on the patio at Pepperdine, the voice in my head said to me, “Brett, the world is so much bigger than what you know. Go be a part of it. It’s time to make a bold change. It’s time to move.”

  • April 8, 2012 | Business

    On ExpressionEngine vs. WordPress

    Because I was already using ExpressionEngine on a daily basis, I felt that I needed to use WordPress on a website that I would also work with daily so that I would become equally as familiar with it. And so I chose WordPress to be the CMS for brettro.com.

  • January 29, 2012 | Business

    Submitting to Subversion

    Learn how integrating the Subversion (SVN) version control system into the Brettro workflow both formalized and streamlined its website production.

  • January 20, 2012 | Business

    Web Designer vs. Print Designer

    Brettro outlines the main differences in skill sets required between web designers and graphic designers, but wants you to weigh in.

  • October 5, 2011 | Inspiration

    Seeing Steve Jobs Everyday for 26 Years

    My first instinct was to quash the emotions I had about Steve Jobs’ death because it seemed unnatural to be so moved by the death of someone I did not personally know. But then I realized that he had been present for over two-thirds of my life.

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