Summer 2011
Edition I

The First Time


We didn't really know what we were getting ourselves into. The first Factory Week was an experiment, a leap of faith, a great unknown. We camped out for the week in an office park on the north side of Indianapolis with a to-do list a mile long.

A couple of people were overseeing renovations at our office while we were away. At the office park, we wrote our company manifesto, which began to shape what we now call culture-powered marketing.  We built a content gathering tool to use for our website projects with clients that greatly simplifies the content process and which we still use to this day. 

Early on our location had internet troubles. It got worse. There's no quicker way to kill momentum than lost interwebs when you're trying to make coding magic happen. So we made the call to relocate back to our office, despite the fact that there was wet paint and furniture rearranging in process. It wasn't ideal, but we forged ahead.

Luckily, we survived and learned a thing or two. We knew it could be improved upon (always, always really check your internet capacity!), but that no matter what, it was worth doing again. We committed to trying again every six months. Ans so, an institution was born.

View posts from Summer 2011:

June 08, 2011

A look at Justin Shimp's Computer as he prepares for video and audio editing.

June 08, 2011

It might be safe to say work has returned to normal as SmallBox CEO Jeb gets some work done.

June 08, 2011

SmallBoxers Sara, Lydia, Dan, and Leigh discuss what SmallBox really means.

June 07, 2011

Want to see us get animated? Just get us talking about user experience. We will talk with our hands. Oh, yes, we will.

June 07, 2011

We really like this whole standing thing.

June 07, 2011

June 07, 2011

Daniel and Leigh review lists of our frequently used documents.

June 07, 2011

Our new Verizon MiFi has saved the day! Work must go on!

June 07, 2011

How do Small Boxers stay so focused? From what wellspring does their creativity flow?

June 07, 2011
June 07, 2011

Our location for the week is experiencing issues with their internet. This is not good for a company specializing in the web.