At Echidna, we’ve been asked more and more to build our clients an Intranet solution. Intranets are becoming an increasingly popular way for…

How do you get your message across when you can't be sure that your audience even speaks your language? Repetition, juxtaposition, and clear imagery…

A few weeks ago, I had the honour of teaching a class at Western's Faculty of Information & Media Studies. The instructor, Dan Brown, is a friend of…

Whether you're developing your site on your own, or maintaining one that's been developed on your behalf, it's always good practice to regularly test…

Time is always of the essence. From a consumer perspective, you want to know when events take place, when something’s open or closed, how long a…

Last week the Google Chrome Operating System (OS) was announced, which will make us rethink traditional OS platforms - such as Microsoft Windows…

Last Friday morning, at the Ability First's Champion Awards breakfast, I was in the company of enlightened people. That might be a strong statement…

Facebook offers its users a window into the worlds of their friends, families, and colleagues. However, for visually impaired and blind users, that…

There’s a device known as 'The Mosquito' that’s used outside of businesses. It's designed to emit a high-frequency sound that only youth can hear and…