Up In Your Business – An Interview With President Aaron Ware

May 8th, 2019 | Press, Process, Random | Mary Beth Amaral

The Up in Your Business Podcast interviewed our very own Aaron Ware, on the history of Linchpin, touching on some of the challenges of small business ownership. Check it out!

Continuous Deployment of Multiple Repos to WP Engine Using Codeship

December 27th, 2017 | Deploy, Development, Process | Aaron Ware

At Linchpin we’ve been utilizing an automated/continuous deployment strategy for quite a while now. After some trial and a lot of errors, we came up with a solution that others may find useful if they use WP Engine as their managed hosting provider. It may seem like a lot of steps, but once you understand the systems at play, you’ll realize that the setup is not all that difficult and[…]

Implement User Testing to Prevent Costly UX Design Mistakes

May 31st, 2017 | Design, Process | Mary Beth Amaral

Although frequently overlooked, user testing is a critical step in the design and user experience process, not only helping to save time and money, but informing the overall solution. Check out these 6 costly user experience mistakes that could be prevented with a user testing strategy in place.

Tips, Tricks & Tools: We ❤️ InVision (and our clients do too!)

March 7th, 2017 | Design, Process | Mary Beth Amaral

InVision is an incredible prototyping tool that we have been utilizing for quite some time. The web application allows us to share wireframes, designs or high-fidelity prototypes to better demonstrate the functionality behind the design not only to our internal team, but also with clients.

Maintaining UI Integrity Within the Agile Framework

February 21st, 2017 | Design, Process | Mary Beth Amaral

Working in an iterative, agile process allows us to maintain collaboration throughout the duration of a project not only with each other, but also with our clients.

Tools to Improve Your Workflow

February 10th, 2017 | Process | Linchpin

Here at Linchpin, we use a number of great tools that improve our everyday process and help us maintain an efficient workflow – here are just a few of our favorites.

Panel Discussion: WordPress Development Process | WordPress.tv

August 4th, 2015 | Design, Development, Process, WordPress | Aaron Ware

Aaron Ware and Mary Beth Murphy were recently involved in a Panel discussion on the WordPress development process. The Panel includes Linchpin folks, a solopreneur small dev shops and larger agencies. Please feel free to comment or share. You can also view the session directly on WordPress.tv