Accessibility Reports: Context, Quality, Cadence, and Value
Is my site accessible? And how can I prove it? These are the questions that a vast majority of our clients pose when it comes to WCAG compliance –…
Open Source, Open Science, Open Data, and the Future: Part Three of an Interview with Mark Leggott
Digital Echidna will be attending Islandoracon 2017 in Hamilton, ON from May 15-19th. As we prepare, we’re pleased to present part two of a three-part…
Plan Your 2018 Content Without Sucking All the Creativity Out of It
We’re four days into 2018 -- have you completed your comprehensive content plan for the year yet? It’s the bane of many of a communicators’ job -- the…
Drupal 9: Six Weeks To The Drop
In this strange time where reflection and anticipation meet, we’ve been thinking a bit about Drupal’s past as we build momentum moving towards its…
Defining Consent (Both Expressed and Implied) -- Canada's Anti-Spam Laws Simplified and Demystified
At the core of Canada's anti-Spam laws, which come into effect July 1, 2014, is the word "consent." Essentially, as we discussed yesterday in our…
Accessible Hiring: Right Idea; Historically Wrong Approach
Today marks the end of Disability Employment Awareness Month. And as much as Digital Echidna as a company and I, individually, are strongly involved…
Building a Future-Ready Customer Data Infrastructure: Types, Use Cases, and More
Today, brands can move beyond the traditional one-to-many personalization approach and deliver unique experiences tailored to each individual customer…
Why Linking Your Tweets to your Facebook is a Bad Idea
Clients often come to Echidna when they’re interested in setting up social media platforms, more specifically Facebook and Twitter. They are excited…
Need a Catchy Headline? Unleash Your Corporate Id
Which are you more likely to read? ‘Frankenstorm’ forecast for East Coast’ or ‘ Mainly benign weather presents the calm before Hurricane Sandy’s…
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…