Observations from my First Hackathon
Hackathons. These marathon computer-programming competitions generally involve spending the day (or days) with strangers, forming teams around a…
A Look Back at Drupal MidCamp
Last week Andrew wrote about how Echidna was all-in for Drupal MidCamp in Chicago, IL. Today, Fatima Khalid shares her impressions of the trip, the…
2013 -- Social Success Stories
They say good things come in threes. After our first two end-of-the-year posts (Friday's post on 2013's top three digital marketing trends and…
Spooktober: Scary Tales of Online Presentations
Later this week, I’ll be presenting at the Bay Area Drupal Camp (BADCamp). But instead of waking up and looking out of a hotel window at the sprawling…
Is Social Media An Addiction?
I recently read an article listing “ 20 Ways to Tell If You Use Social Media Too Much” and a few of my favourite posts were: You are going to spend…
When Do I Use a Mini-Site?
Before starting any communications or marketing project you must understand your target audience. Ask yourself: Who is my primary audience? Who is my…
How Your English Teachers Negatively Impacted Your Web Experience Today
There’s writing. And then there’s writing for the web. While the foundations of each share identical roots, it’s in the application where they differ…
More Messaging Lessons from the Fringes
Word of mouth is incredibly powerful. And with the importance of social media in our lives, it's essential to your success that those words are the…
A Tale of Two Keynotes
A recent story about the iRobot Roomba vacuum collecting and selling data about their owners homes reminded me of two different presentations I was…
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…