AODA 2021 -- What You Need to Know Now, Four Months Away from the Deadline
OK. I’ll admit it. In my last post, I was less than complimentary of the whole AODA 2021 deadline and how seriously people were taking it. And while I…
What Can You Do, Not How Can You Fit -- the True Focus of Accessibility
Accessibility isn’t about making people fit into one world, but rather working together to ensure that all barriers are reduced enabling everyone to…
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…
Giving Thanks Never Goes out of Style
Let me just say this: in Canada, we do Thanksgiving right. I know it’s a big deal for our friends in the States -- and then there’s the whole four-day…
2013 – The Year We Learned How to Connect
The subtitle of the film 2010 was called "The Year We Make Contact." In many ways, 2013 was the year we learned how to connect. From the rise of…
A Brand New You? Not Necessarily
You are what you are. And while there are no quick fixes to building a personal brand, you can quickly lay a solid foundation for successfully…
Echidnas Flocking to Baltimore for DrupalCon
To paraphrase Edgar Allan Poe, "Tis some Echidnas tapping at the Baltimore Convention Centre door -- only this and nothing more." That's right, this…
Searching for Success? It's Being Funnelled to the Palm of Your Hand
The recent news from Google that mobile-based searches have exceeded those coming from desktop and laptops has prompted one Google exec to suggest…
Sharing Knowledge Helps Us Find the Answers
A few of us over the years on this blog have pulled out the old “a rising tide lifts all boats” adage. There’s a reason why axioms like this exist --…
To Pinterest or Not to Pinterest
Pinterest, Pinterest, Pinterest. It seems like that’s what everyone is talking about these days! But what exactly is Pinterest and should you be using…