We’ve been busy this year so far. Not just a little bit busy, but crazy-go-nuts busy. It’s been fun and we’ve had some great opportunities to work on some fun projects. There is also a half-finished redesign for this site sitting there, taunting yours truly, begging me to find some free time to work on it. “Soon enough, little guy,” I say.
Busy is good. We like busy. But at some point I realized that something needed to give if I was going to stay moderately this side of sane, as well as get to spend time working on the business and other internal and side projects.
Enter Derek Balmer. It’s no secret we like collaborating with other freelancers. For as long as Be Good Not Bad has been around, we’ve been doing just that. With Derek we hit a sweet spot. We work great together and his skills blend nicely.
So we made it official and the big news for us is that we’ve brought on Mr. Balmer to work with us on a part-time basis. Derek recently left his day job to go indie, so we have no illusions about luring him into anything full-time. In the meantime, though, we are thrilled to have him on board. Derek has some amazing visual design prowess, and the front-end coding chops to back it up. We just wrapped up a project that turned out downright awesome thanks to Derek.
I’m sure 2009 has more surprises up its sleeve and we’re looking forward to it.
Be Good Not Bad is all about really good web design, based on the utmost respect for web standards, accessibility and respect for the user. Based in Denver, Colorado, Be Good Not Bad is run by Brian Warren, freelance designer, blogger, homebrewer and coffee nut.
Hooowahh!
§ By Luke Dorny at 5:35pm on March 05 2009
Hot Dang! Congrats on the growth and the need to bring somebody else on board.
Derek’s work looks really nice, and smart to boot.
Best.
§ By Matt Crest at 5:45pm on March 05 2009
Aw shucks. A big group hug all around. Congrats to Derek and to Be Good Not Bad!
§ By Eric Nance at 5:47pm on March 05 2009
Sweet! Congratulations guys.
§ By Greg Storey at 5:50pm on March 05 2009
Congrats on the “expansion” Brian!
§ By Joshua Lane at 6:10pm on March 05 2009
Thanks for the kind words Brian and congrats on keeping busy and growing your business! It’s a lot of fun working with you and I’m looking forward to helping out on more awesome projects in the future.
PS - Hurry up and roll out that new site design man. It’s way too cool to stay locked away!
§ By Derek Balmer at 6:10pm on March 05 2009
Yeah, what he says!
§ By Luke Dorny at 3:06am on March 27 2009