Why Do I Need a CMS?
"Why do I need a CMS?" "I don’t have time to be updating my website!" At Echidna we work most commonly on a CMS (content management system) called…
Shaping Future Marketers at Fanshawe with the Northern Digital Marketing Challenge
Need to Know Northern’s fifth annual Digital Marketing Challenge for Fanshawe College marketing students is now underway Guided by Northern experts…
The Positive Side to Bounce Rate
Did you know that a user can complete action on your website with just one click? I recently read an article on MeetContent.com that talked about “The…
Email Clients and Best Practices – Canada’s Anti-Spam Laws Simplified and Demystified
The Canadian anti-Spam law has been in full effect for just over three weeks now. The sky hasn't fallen, no corporate communicators have been…
How the City of Edmonton Elevated Its Digital Platform into a Robust Enterprise Publishing Solution
Northern partnered with the City of Edmonton to further integrate their Drupal web publishing platform with their Google Workspace enterprise content platform, using the Box content cloud to improve usability, syncing, asset management, and reporting.
Deloitte’s TMT Predictions: Smart Speakers, Machine Learning, 5G
I was lucky enough to attend the Digital Creative 519 conference, organized by LEDC and held at Museum London the other week. The new (to me!) meeting…
Echidna's Spring Migration to DrupalCon
We all know that Canadian Geese migrate south for the winter. But did you know that Canadian Echidnas are heading south in the early spring to attend…
Providing Examples, Removing Barriers to Opportunities Key to Inclusivity Efforts
Earlier this week, I was watching 60 Minutes and they presented a segment on some initiatives that some organizations are working on to close the sex…
Observations from my First Hackathon
Hackathons. These marathon computer-programming competitions generally involve spending the day (or days) with strangers, forming teams around a…
Is Print Advertising Dead?
“Print advertising is dead,” or “buying print ads is like throwing your money away," – they’re just a few of the statement that I often hear in my…