A Halloween Primer on How to Avoid Resurrecting the Ghosts of Social Media Nightmares Past
It's Halloween. A night when all manner of creatures crawl in search of blood to terrorize your neighbourhood. It's a night when ghouls and ghosts…
Virtually Scrubbing Up: Pre-’Surgery’ Site Speed Checklist
Just as with medicine, when you’re trying to fix site speed issues, you want to ensure that you’re curing the cause -- not just dealing with a symptom…
The New Faces of Drupal: Theming with Sascha Eggenberger
Two of the strategic initiatives for Drupal 9 are theme related. This week brought us the first alpha release of Drupal 9.1, with Olivero included as…
Even More Lessons From the Fringes
When you’re communicating with anyone -- clients, potential customers, employees, or the general public -- trust is the strongest currency you can…
Digital U for a Digital You -- A Beginner’s Guide to APIs
If you're in the Web world, chances are you've heard the term API – but what does it mean? Many simply nod, smile, and move on to the next topic, but…
Improving Site Performance: A Deeper Dive on Page Load (Part Two)
In the previous installment, I talked conceptually about how to approach testing and what we are trying to learn. This time we’re going to get our…
More than a Thousand Words: Using Pictures and Text to Effectively Tell Your Story
You’ve likely heard the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” It’s a saying that sends writers into internal Linda-Blair-esque, head-spinning…
Extra! Extra! Make Your Newsletter Newsworthy
The newsletter: it can be management’s Nirvana and a communicator’s nightmare. But with a little planning, understanding, and talent, you can create…
Intranet Introspection: Proper Execution
So far we’ve covered the vendor selection process, how to budget time and resources and how to not get caught up on content. Today we’ll cover one of…
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…