Accessibility for All - Meeting the Needs of our Aging Community
Earlier today I attended a Remembrance Day ceremony, along with a few other Echidnas, at the Cenotaph in London Looking around at the seniors, it…
Full Accessibility in Ontario? It's Going to Take a Lot of (Already Delayed) Work
The impending arrival of a key deadline for Ontario's Accessible Employment Standard offers us a perfect opportunity to remember that if we want to…
Inline Form Errors - What They Are and Why they Matter
We’re delighted to share with you a second guest post from Mike Gifford, the president and founder of OpenConcept Consulting Inc., and a Drupal Core…
Window-Eyes' Shutting Causes Challenges, Changes for Users
Last week marked the end of a long-standing text-to-speech engine, Window-Eyes. More than two decades after its creation, this commercial screen…
The importance of voice search for university and college websites
Colleges and universities are creating new strategies to stabilize their web properties and implement solutions that support our tech-first way of…
Northern Commerce 2017 Year in Review
2017 was Northern’s biggest year yet, with new and exciting clients coming on board, more projects and websites launched, and recognition from some of…
The Wayback Machine ...
Have you ever wondered what your current website looked like before? The Wayback Machine let’s you travel back in time and look at archived versions…
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…
Board Participation - Sometimes You Need to be the Willow
In woodworking, a board needs to be relatively rigid and strong enough to support weight. In organizations, that weight-bearing responsibility remains…
A Common Sense Approach to GDPR Prep
“What are all these GDPR emails filling up your inbox?” -- The Guardian. “GDPR. What It Is and How Might it Affect You?” -- The Wall Street Journal.…