Precious Little to Celebrate for NDEAM - But Your Small Efforts Can Help
“Celebrating Disability Inclusion for More than 70 Years” the US department of labour site proudly proclaims. But for many on both sides of the border…
Can’t See Forest for the Blog? Plant Evergreen Content
Some things are just so nice you have to use them twice… Or three times, or more. Let me not just run the risk of repeating myself – let me actively…
Teaching Accessibility from the Ground Up
Awareness is the first step. Application and acceptance as the status quo is the ultimate goal. Some major companies in the technology industry are…
‘Required’ Reading for Project Success
When it comes to developing the right digital solution for you and your customers, it’s important to not only understand what you think know but also…
J-Say Starts to Bridge Speech and Text Gap for Visually Impaired Computer Control
There are certain pieces of software that are just fascinating to me. A computer that speaks through text-to-speech applications provides worlds of…
Filling the Void with Facts - Effectively Bearing Bad News
It bears repeating, but it pays to be good at bearing bad news. And this is especially important when the news you're sharing carries the unfair twin…
Design Smarter, Not Harder: How to Accelerate Your Workflows With a Design System
Need to Know Having a consistent design system can save organizations time and money by giving designers and developers a single source of truth for…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Echidna Team
It’s awfully quiet today at the Echidna office -- and that’s a good thing. All year long, this place is bustling with people putting in countless…
What I Learned at P.S.R. 2025: The Overlooked Data Risk Behind AI
Author: Scotty Hagen Partner & VP, Data & Analytics, Northern A few weeks ago, I had the chance to attend the International Association of Privacy…
Missing the Forest for the Tweets
It's one of the great self-imposed challenges of our times -- we're so focused on being first that we forget about the importance of being best. Our…