Echidna, a Creator or a Configurator?
Last month, Resolution - another awesome web firm in town - posted a blog titled "Creator or Configurator". Full post here The premise of the post is…
My Internship Experience at Northern
Before I started my internship at Northern, I thought interning meant doing coffee runs, filing paperwork, and supporting full-time employees as they…
What Your Web Development Partner Wants You To Know
Whether your current web CMS prevents you from delivering great experiences for your customers and a website renewal is in your future, or it's time…
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…
Planning The Move to Drupal 8/9
Drupal 9 is coming! The release date is set for June 2020. If you were around for the introduction of Drupal 8 in November 2015, you will remember it…
Off Target: Lessons in Knowing Your Market
Lessons one through 131: know your market. I'm sure you've been inundated with Target-related news and analysis. Everyone and their uncle is champing…
Don’t Just Curate, Create
You can't be seen a 'thought leader' if you spend all your time serving as a window to someone else's words. On Monday, I talked about the need for…
A guide to style guides -- How to Keep your content in Fashion
Certain things never go out of style. But when it comes to content, it behooves you to keep an eye (and an ear) open for terminology and language that…
Intranet Introspection: Content Matters
If you were to ask me what's the biggest barrier to a smooth project launch, the answer is clear -- content. It doesn't matter if it's creation…
Catchy Copy? It's a Numbers Game
This blog is by no means political, but it can be inspired by politics. Why? Because at its root successful politics is about communicating a message…