Is a Video Worth a Thousand Words?
As marketing campaigns attempt to reach new audiences, companies are turning to new media channels - such as online video. The success of YouTube has…
Humans only please ...
In today’s world of excess spam and "bot" (robot) traffic, one line of defense is using CAPTCHA. CAPTCHA ( Completely Automated Public Turing Test to…
Social Websites
Interactive websites. Social websites. Websites as a communication tool. More and more we’re hearing these phrases and wondering “ what do they mean?”…
Creative Solutions for Innovation 150 Challenges
[Editor's note: As we approach Canada Day and our celebration of 150 years of Confederation, we thought it'd be a perfect time to talk about one of…
Accessibility and the Charter - 35 Years Later are We Walking the Talk?
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…
Angular JS Adds Another Tool to the Developer’s Tool Belt
Yesterday’s tools need to update for tomorrow’s challenges. After all, you wouldn’t heat a modern home using only a flint and steel -- builders have…
Getting Started with Node.js
This two-part blog series is about Node.js. In part one of two, Digital Echidna's Drupal Solutions Lead Anna Mykhailova covers the principles of how…
A Day in the Life of a Digital Project Manager
Being a project manager is at times similar to being a parent, or so I am told. Picture this -- it’s Sunday night and you have three kids: one kid has…
Moving House: Structure, Design, and Features
We’ve spoken a lot about moving over the past few days. In the real world, you’d prepare your family for a move; in the case of a website migration…
Teaching People that it Should be Hard to Make Life Inaccessible
"It should be hard to make something inaccessible." That's really it, isn't it? You wouldn't build structures or create content that excludes people…