Caring or Opportunism? How to Do the Right Thing
There’s a fine line between genuine sympathy and the perception of opportunism. Even if your heart is in the right place, public opinion can become…
The ABCs (and D) of AODA Compliance with a 2021 Deadline Approaching
It seemed like ages ago that I wrote the first of a four-part series on AODA compliance from a web perspective. This piece, published on March 20…
How To Ask Your Visitors For Personal Info
If you're like most businesses, your website is regularly asking visitors for their personal info - as part of a registration, payment, or contact…
How to Prepare for Shopify’s One-Page Checkout Migration
Need to Know On August 13, 2024, Shopify will discontinue its legacy checkout functionalities and introduce a new One-Page Checkout using Checkout…
How Rick Springfield Predicted the Future of Internet Commerce in the Year 1983
Nostradamus? The Mayans? Carnac the Magnificent? Wiarton Willie? All fine prognosticators in their own right, but all pale in comparison to the most…
How Do I Know If My Website is Drupal?
You inherited the company website when you started the job and aren’t sure what technology it uses. Or, maybe a competitor site looks slick and you’re…
Giving Back? How to Make it a Part of Who We Are
To misquote Lao Tzu, a journey of 472 steps begins with a single step. As Digital Echidna participated in today’s Stair Climb in support of the United…
How Northern Became an Extension of the Team at Tompkins Cortland
Featured Guest: Steve Erwin UX/UI Web Lead, Tompkins Cortland Community College At DrupalCon earlier this year, we had a chance to chat with Steve…
How to Succeed in Editing without Really Trying: A Primer in Surviving (and Thriving in) the Approval Process
There are three words that make business writers cringe. More than “ Can you spin this to make it sound good?”; more than “We really need a blog post…
How Getting in TROUBLE Can Lead to Future Success
Today we wanted to do more than just shake a few hands, offer some advice, and share a few hearty well wishes. Today we wanted to give the attendees…