My Creative Toolbox

I ran across a post in 2014 where the writer documented his web development toolbox. I loved the idea, so I've documented my toolbox here.

What Is ‘Uncle Sam, Inc.’?

It’s important to me to keep a clear separation from the work I do for the government and the work I do on my own.

Content Management Systems I’ve Used

Documenting the content management systems I’ve used over the years.

Closing Brettro

After 12 years in business I closed Brettrospective Media’s virtual doors in mid-2017.

The Bland Brettrospective

As I rekindled my blog I realized its custom theme hadn’t been touched in nearly seven years so as I design and develop the new one I plan to document my decisions and the things I learn here.

Where Have I Been?

With an already demanding full-time job, I was burning the candle at both ends trying to meet the needs of my clients and the demands of my job and in early 2013 I burnt out.

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.

Submitting to Subversion

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

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.

Brettro Re-Launches brettrospective.com

Yep. While it did not take an actual nine months to develop the design, write the code and move the content into WordPress, the Brettro website always took a back seat to both my client work and my full-time job.