rocky laber

My brother-in-law has been in the wine buisness for some time. Besides being a good guy to hang out with (knowledgeable sports fan, former professional musician) it’s always been nice when the family gathers for an ocassion and he brings wine.

Last year I started laying out the catalog mailer for his former company. Nice guy that I am, I said I’d just jump in and do it – his office manager left abruptly and they had no one to prepare the catalog, an 8 page folded piece that goes to their wholesale clients. After I did the first one and Drake came back looking for help on the next version, he offered to pay me to do it.

It was my idea to take it out in trade, I enjoy wine with my dinner now and again. maybe have some friends over, maybe have something for the host next time we’re invited to someone’s home. As a result, pretty soon I’ll have the beginnings of my wine cellar (or in my case, a wine closet.

Salud!

I’m guilty of not having updated my site in a while, but it’s still current enough to give a flavor of what I’ve been up to:
rlaber.com

Allan Miller and myself have recently formed an alliance. We call it DSD Interactive, a web development and design practice.

We’ll be posting a number of articles and resources for small-to-medium size businesses. Our focus is to work with entrepreneurs, executives and principals who don’t have the in-house resources, IT staff or the know-how to put parts of their business online.

Allan’s a brilliant database designer and engineer. We combine his back end expertise with my front end visual design skills, kind of a yin and yang approach.