When I Upgraded To Drupal 8, This Happened
Years ago when I first started working at Digital Echidna, we updated this stand-alone blog site, Thoughts On All Things Digital, to Drupal 8 from an…
A Very Covid Christmas Amplifies the Importance of Family, Friends, and Colleagues
Every year, I share a message much like this. I talk about the joys of the holiday season and encourage you to take the time to spend it with your…
Quality, Not Quantity, Should be the Focus
I still blame high school English teachers. Despite our societal move towards quick, easily digestible, and readily accessible content structures…
The Human Touch - The Value of Face-to-Face Communication
Will the Singularity ever occur and mark the rise of our robot overlords? It's possible, I guess, but for as much as technology brings to the world…
By Air, Ground or Sea: Key to Accessible Travel is Knowledge
The adage “expect the best and prepare for the worst” is a truism in accessibility, particularly in a hypothetically jurisdictionally-confused, stress…
Take a Look in the Mirror ...
Last week the Echidna team had a chance to break away from the office and do some brainstorming/soul searching about the future direction of our…
Don’t Just Consider the Source; Be Considerate As a Source
We live in an amazing time where our ability to access information is limited only by our time and inclination. But we also live in a time where it’s…
Accessibility Can’t Just be Lip Service; Words Must Have Weight
They’re nice words -- but you may hear an echo if you say them because too often they ring hollow in our society. Today is the International Day of…
Accessibility Matters - Perspective is Everything
Sometimes, despite having full (though corrected) vision and being able-bodied, you just can't see some of the amazing things that this world has to…
The Lone Star State Offered Big Opportunities
The old adage states that everything is bigger in Texas. Well, I can attest to that not only from a brontosaurus-sized rib that beat me one dinner…