Aug 6, 2022Why Authenticity in Advertising MattersPixel Bakery has seen a lot of success over the years. Almost all our clients continue to return and maintain a relationship with us. They do so because we don’t over-complicate our process and we stick to a simple formula. …Branding5 min readBranding5 min read
Apr 22, 2022How to make a list of people who don’t follow you back on Instagram without an appEvery once and awhile we’ll clean up our instagram following list. In my opinion, there’s not really any reason to continue following accounts that don’t follow you back unless they’re ones you deeply care about. It’s purely a business decision. …Instagram5 min readInstagram5 min read
Apr 6, 2022All Good ThingsWe have some news :) When I started Pixel Bakery seven years ago (wow), I had dreams of of what success meant. I never weighed it with penthouses or yachts as currency. It was defined as: Create beautiful visual moments for interesting and fun clients Surround myself with a tight-knit…3 min read3 min read
Feb 11, 2022Rotating Instagram CDNs with NextJSI recently ran into an issue where I wanted to use NextJS’s image optimization feature to display several images from Instagram. NextJS requires you to define any domains you want to use for images in nextjs.config.js ahead of time. …Nextjs2 min readNextjs2 min read
Jan 28, 2022How Can I Support You?I run a small, 11-person animation studio in the Midwest (shameless plug: @pixelbakery). As any small business owner knows, you’re only as good as your team. So many entrepreneurs today start companies with the sole objective of eventually selling the company to get rich, which is fine, but that’s not…Small Business5 min readSmall Business5 min read
Jul 18, 2021Sophia Stueven ’s Favorite Way to BreatheChilling Out with Groovin’ Stueven Hi, I’m Sophia Stueven I’m the newest pixel in the bakery. I’ll be helping the team as a Post Production Specialist and I’m jazzed to be here! …Lincoln Nebraska3 min readLincoln Nebraska3 min read
Jul 3, 2021Busy AF and Living in a PandemicApproaching the end of 2020 we all know one thing for certain: time isn’t real. As it turns out, the main way the human world functions is by pretending time is real and adhering to a bunch of things like rules, deadlines, circadian rhythms… When a global pandemic arrives and…Covid-195 min readCovid-195 min read
