News & Thoughts

From announcements to deep-dive blog posts, here’s the pulse of what Blend is thinking.

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Tools, Dependence, and My War with the Road

Sep. 04 2015

A crash. A revelation. A few thoughts on what happens when our tools fail us - and how we can start to become better learners.

Blend Named Among 50 Best Places to Work

Sep. 04 2015

Blend Interactive was among a group of northern Plains businesses to be named the 50 Best Places to Work by Prairie Business Magazine.

Corey Vilhauer Featured in “25 Hottest Web Design Techniques”

Aug. 10 2015

A better web means a better experience for everyone. Users should be able to reach what they need without worrying about how they're accessing the internet. Our user experience strategist Corey Vilhauer put his spin on this list of 25 techniques.

Professional Women Building Relationships Through Tennis

Jun. 02 2015

CEO Karla Santi featured in Sioux Falls Business Journal.

“The Art of Content Management” — Insert Content Here

May. 29 2015

Our own Deane Barker was featured on this week’s episode of Lullabot’s Insert Content Here, talking about the art of content management.

“Small CS: A Shoestring Approach to Content Strategy” — Now What? Conference 2015

Apr. 30 2015

The discussion around content strategy is framed by large examples, but it’s also the work of regional organizations, small universities, and mom and pop stores. Corey Vilhauer talks about how to take it on.

“Introducing the Blend Web Operations Framework” — Now What? Conference 2015

Apr. 30 2015

Effective web operations is often treated as something of a minor miracle — we’re not sure how it gets done, but we stumble through it somehow. Deane Barker outlines Blend's “Web Operations Framework.”

What is Content Integration?

Apr. 27 2015

Making an attempt to invent a definition for a large chunk of what we do each day at Blend: content integration.

Blend Named Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Business

Apr. 22 2015

Blend is third organization from South Dakota to be named for the honor by the League of American Bicyclists

Kill Your Processes

Apr. 05 2015

The small details and the specific tools definitely matter. But there’s a need to break away from tools and begin learning to act on the fly.

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