Social Media 2012 – The Year in Review Part I – The Bad
To quote Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Now, I’m sure John Hughes…
2013 -- Social Success Stories
They say good things come in threes. After our first two end-of-the-year posts (Friday's post on 2013's top three digital marketing trends and…
Graduating Your College or University Website to Drupal 8
The question most struggle with as Drupal 7 reaches end of life is whether to move to Drupal 8 now, or wait and start fresh with Drupal 9…
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…
Writing the Foundations of a Drupal/Islandora Partnership - Part One of an Interview with Susan Brown
Digital Echidna has been working with a number of partners on a project called the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory (CWRC), a project that…
Open Source, the Humanities, and the Future -- Part Three of Our Talk with Susan Brown
In parts one and two of our interview with CWRC project lead Susan Brown, we've talked about establishing the need for Islandora, and why the project…
Going on the Record - An Inside Look at an Echidna Process
Each RFP we are invited to participate in starts a process. A ritual. We identify a solution, write the proposal, submit, and then… we wait. If we are…
Keep it Simple, Not Stupid. Writing Copy for the Masses – and for Maximum Effect
Whether you're writing for the Web, posting on your company's social networks, or creating internal newsletters or documentation, the old KISS…
Saying Goodbye Shouldn't be Hard -- Canada's Anti-Spam Laws Simplified and Demystified
In real life, goodbyes are often hard. In the digital world, they should be made as easy as possible. Over the past week we've looked at the Canadian…
UX for Health Care Websites: The Hospital Foundation Website
There are a variety of ways to facilitate online donations that don’t involve intrusive pop-ups or cluttering up the homepage. This is where…