Whether you're writing a theatre review or product copy for the web, the goal is the same -- to be persuasive. And the basic foundational elements to…

There are many people who want to make a difference in their communities. Unfortunately, there are equally as many reasons why people don’t: lack of…

A few weeks ago, I had the honour of teaching a class at Western's Faculty of Information & Media Studies. The instructor, Dan Brown, is a friend of…

Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing With Web Standards, said it best, “ content proceeds design, design in the absence of content is not design, it’s…

We've received another batch of questions for today's Ask Echidna, so we thought we'd take this opportunity to answer some of the frequently asked…

There are certain pieces of software that are just fascinating to me. A computer that speaks through text-to-speech applications provides worlds of…

We've all heard it: "Closed captioning for this program is brought to you by Company X" but have we thought what captioning truly means and what it…

The most frustrating part of accessing the web as a blind user, in my opinion, is images. Whether they're infographics or pictures used to add a…

A guarantee means nothing if you don't have the will to sustain it. And while today marks a significant anniversary in our country's history, it…

After getting past the resume and interview stages some employers are not hiring potential employees because of their online social media profiles…