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…
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…
Lightning + John Howard Society
LONDON, ON – Heading into their third season of sponsoring the London Lightning, local tech company Northern Commerce is ramping things up with a…
Can You Get Steak ... at a Hamburger Price?
Clearly there is a difference in value between a steak and a hamburger - but if you only have a hamburger budget - what do you do?. In the web…
Home Page Not Dead, But It Can Suffer from Drive-Bys
The Home Page may not be dead – but it's certainly suffering from drive-bys. A few weeks ago, the New York Times' innovation report came out stating…
How Northern Orchestrates AI Across Adobe Experience Cloud for Real Business Impact
For AI to create real value, it cannot sit on the sidelines as an experiment. It has to become part of the system behind the work. This is way easier…
The Who is Only a Small Part. What Really Matters
Metrics and measurables are always important – especially in the world of business communication. But in hunting high and low for that magic bullet…
When Bad Things Happen to Good Brands
Every company wants its brand to be ubiquitous -- but there's a caveat to that. The concept that there is no such thing as bad publicity is just wrong…
Northern Grows with Acquisition of Leading Digital Agency Yellow Pencil
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LONDON, ON - May 13, 2024 Northern — a leading North American digital agency that specializes in developing solutions for…
Strike a Happy Balance
Many times we have clients approach us with great ideas, but they do not have the budget to match. In a service industry, we always strive to make the…