Thoughts and Articles from Blend Interactive

Hosting an event for your association is one thing, but promoting it online to the right audience is a different conversation. 

Associations  |  Design and Front-End  |  Development  |  Strategy

With the rise of malicious bots on the Internet, websites are becoming more vulnerable to data breaches. Implementing sanitizing techniques can protect your website and your users.

Development

Blend Interactive has been named a Umbraco Platinum Partner — a partnership that continues to thrive and grow stronger.

Development  |  Umbraco

Blend has taken our decades of migration experience and developed Blend's Little Import Tool — a utility for improving the import process.

Development  |  Migration

Chase Burandt, Lead Umbraco Developer, breaks down the reasons why Blend evolved from working with Drupal to Umbraco.

Development  |  Umbraco

Cross-training developers results in increased productivity, more collaboration, and better results for client projects. 

Development  |  Project Management  |  Strategy

Corey and Deane discuss the people and rules that help run a website after launch. Then, David Hobbs, author of Website Product Management: Keeping Focused During Change, joins to talk about transferring a site from a project to a product — what that means to keep the site going after launch, where it most often fails, and how to streamline requests and set reasonable expectations for the future of the site.

Design and Front-End  |  Development  |  Project Management  |  Strategy

Migrations don’t have to be a pain — Blend has a process and vision going forward of how to make the migration process simpler. 

Development  |  Migration  |  Strategy

Corey and Deane talk about the concept of the “Nails List.” Then, Bob Davidson, Director of Development at Blend Interactive, joins to talk about how to get your site ready for launch, what makes a good QA practitioner, the role of quality assurance and testing in the development process, and how to prep the site so it doesn’t fall over when exposed to the real world. We also spend a lot of time talking up Jenna Bonn, Blend’s QA Practice Manager.

Content and IA  |  Development

Blend's Director of Development Bob Davidson explains how he supplements his workflow with a mix of technology, process, and habit through daily journaling.

Development