How to Contribute to Drupal: Documentation
If you’re a developer, you have skills that the average bear looks up to -- often with awe and sometimes with genuine confusion. You don’t need to…
A Trio of Tools to Get Your Message Across
How do you get your message across when you can't be sure that your audience even speaks your language? Repetition, juxtaposition, and clear imagery…
Getting to the Heart of Pain Takes the Right People, Reasons, and Discussions
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time negotiating pain. Nothing personal, mind you, but working professionally to help both clients…
Why I Drank the Blue Kool-Aid
This month I celebrate one year at Digital Echidna. Over these past 12 months I've worked with clients exclusively on Drupal solutions. I've…
Improving Site Performance: Tips To Speed Up Your Website
A slow site has negative impacts on search engine optimization, can increase bounce rate, and lower site conversions. Taking a surgical approach and…
Preventative Medicine: Upgrading Your Health Care Website from Drupal 7 to 8
With the Drupal 9 launch date fast approaching, many organizations have asked whether they should upgrade to Drupal 8 now or wait and start fresh with…
Delivering on your Customer's Expectations? That's music to their ears
Focusing on delivering upon the expectations you have set for your customers is music to your customers' ears. But focusing on your own internal…
Catchy Content? No Magic Formula But Common Elements
"OK. [OK]. Blue Jays. [Blue Jays]. Let's [Let's]. Play. [Play]. Ball." If you're in Southwestern Ontario like us (or, basically, anywhere in Canada)…
Twitter’s Pinocchio Theory
The truth about how to build success with your social efforts is right under your nose. But if you ignore the Pinocchio Theory, it can be difficult to…
Drupal Training At Fanshawe College
When demand outpaces supply, you can do one of two things: You can wait and hope for talent to magically appear at your doorstep, or you can work to…