Keeping Blue Beanie Day Top of Mind (and Head!)
This year, with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act’s (AODA) Jan. 1, 2021 deadline for website compliance fast approaching, Blue…
Blue Beanie Day More Relevant Today than Ever
Digital Echidna broke out the blue beanies today to show our support of the annual Blue Beanie Day event! In its 10th year, Blue Beanie Day is more…
Recognizing the Life We Want on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Tomorrow's arrival of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities marks an ideal time for all of us to focus on celebrating our diversity…
Open Source, the Humanities, and the Future -- Part Three of Our Talk with Susan Brown
In parts one and two of our interview with CWRC project lead Susan Brown, we've talked about establishing the need for Islandora, and why the project…
Putting Our Best Foot Forward Against Bullying on For Me Day
Bullying is a major problem in our schools, workplaces, homes, and over the Internet. Over the next 14 months, Digital Echidna is supporting a series…
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…
365 Days of Pride: Our Commitment to the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
At Northern, Pride isn’t limited to a month. We recognize the immense importance of respecting and uplifting the 2SLGBTQIA+ community 365 days a year…
Why the Sky is Not Falling on Social Media Marketing - But Hopefully a New Day is Dawning
Every once in a while we get a "Chicken Little" social media article about digital marketing and it's impending demise. While it's not true that the…
World Sight Day 2014 - A Vision We Can All Share
On this World Sight Day 2014, I'd like to reflect on the status of the blindness community as I see it. All opinions herein are my own and many of my…
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 --…