http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/ en dave@rockbeatspaper.com Copyright 2014 2014-11-21T01:32:07+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/pricing-the-web/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/pricing-the-web/ Pricing web devlopment projects can always be a pain and we have tried every model since being in business.  I just read the best article on pricing the web over on A List Apart.  This is the most encompassing article detailing every pricing model imaginable along with pros and cons.  Great read for agencies and clients!  Check it out - http://alistapart.com/column/pricing-the-web Business, Miscellaneous 2014-11-21T01:32:07+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/keep-it-simple-stupid/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/keep-it-simple-stupid/ Not every new web development project needs to be built on the latest CMS or the newest platform using SASS, LESS and the latest jQuery.  Not everything has to be cutting edge, whizz-bang in your face!  Sometimes it is okay and perfectly acceptable to just keep things simple.  Some projects are just small enough and perfect enough to just be done in static HTML and CSS and left alone in its simplistic beauty.  This is something that we have always felt here and it is good to see the guys over at 37Signals have the same opinion.  Check out the great … Business, Design, Development, Miscellaneous 2014-05-22T22:32:46+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/legacy-locker-acquired-by-passwordbox/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/legacy-locker-acquired-by-passwordbox/ Rockbeatspaper is happy to announce that Legacy Locker, a previous client of ours, has been acquired by PasswordBox, a free password manager application that we really love to use!  RBP was contracted in 2009 to complete the branding, design and frontend development of the marketing site and application in-house as well as working closely on the backend development of the application utilizing a contract developer of ours.  While we hate to see Legacy Locker go away, PasswordBox is a great company on the rise that recently completed its $6M series a round of funding and has grown to over 1M users … Business, News, Miscellaneous 2013-12-03T22:17:32+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/bootstrapped-and-profitable/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/bootstrapped-and-profitable/ 37Signals has posted another great article highlighting how another great company, Huckberry, started their business.  Being bootstrapped and profitable ourselves, more profitable some days than others, this article hit real close to home with how we started our business and continue to evaluate other opportunities.  I think the biggest thing to take away from this article is to just get out there and do it!  Build something.  Ship something. DO SOMETHING!  Our philosophy has always been to make mistakes quickly and learn from them.  I love this advice, "don't worry about problems you don't have!"  You're gonna throw out your first … 2013-07-23T21:19:54+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/story-behind-our-name/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/story-behind-our-name/ Artist and designer, Nathan Pyle, has finally conceptualized the story behind our name in such a simple manner.  Frankly, it doesn't really hurt!  Go check out his shop at Threadless.  Great work Nathan! 2013-07-10T22:38:00+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/ As you can see, it has been awhile since anybody has been around here on the blog and things are getting a little dusty.  We are so busy with work and life, that when we do find free time, our main focus is not to write an article.  So as I site here trying to determine the fate of our blog on our site, I thought it might be good to get the reader's opinion.  If there are any...  What do the web design business owners think?  Is blogging a productive task that brings business in some manner?  Or just another … 2013-06-27T20:48:32+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/agreement-expectations/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/agreement-expectations/ Check out this great article written by Greg Hoy, president of Happy Cog.  Greg does a great job in this article of detailing what should be included in your project service agreements and individual statement of work for each project.  Now these documents go by different names, and acronyms, from agency to agency, but every agency should have their operating and individual project terms stated in some form.  Your clients will come to expect it!  And so will their lawyers!  ;)  These documents help to set expectations and eliminate disagreements when issues arise.  I think it also important to note that … Business, Miscellaneous 2012-06-26T22:27:56+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/sunday-best-designs-has-been-featured/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/sunday-best-designs-has-been-featured/ Hey guys.  Sunday Best Designs is our side project that focuses on offering package design services to churches and other ministries.  We were just notified today that our site has been featured on the 1stwebdesigner's blog in an article citing 40+ creative uses of ribbons in web design.  Check out the article and #31.  We are honored to have our site featured on another web design site!  Thanks for the props guys!  :-) Design, News, Miscellaneous 2012-05-02T01:30:08+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/our-portfolio-has-been-updated/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/our-portfolio-has-been-updated/ Hey guys.  It has been awhile since our last post and we have been very busy!  In an effort to enhance our portfolio with our best, most recent work, we have made some updates to our portfolio.  These are just a few additions as we continue to update our portfolio in preparation for a redesign of our entire site.  Our site is always the last to get any love as we work on other client's projects, but please bare with us as we work hard to improve things around here.  Take a look at our new work and let us know … 2012-04-13T23:16:09+00:00 http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/obvious-easy-possible/ http://rockbeatspaper.com/blog/obvious-easy-possible/ Hello all!  It has been a long time since our last post.  2011 has been a great year for RBP and we have been extremely busy!  I ran across a great article post by Jason Fried at 37Signals that sheds a new light on how designers and developers should begin to view interface design & web development.  It introduces the concept of "obvious, easy & possible" when planning and desiging a project.  This is a big paradigm shift from the traditional concept of "low, medium & high" priority and a great way for web designers and developers to begin to plan … Design, Development 2011-11-30T23:26:45+00:00