Critical Thinking: The value of Honesty
I believe firmly that diversity of experience helps to make you better at what you do. By day, I'm a content and requirements strategist at Echidna…
All the World's a Stage - Messaging Lessons from Home County
It was a beautiful, sunny weekend here in London, ON. The perfect kind of weekend to go strolling in a park and maybe listen to a little music…
Digital U for a Digital You -- A Beginner’s Guide to APIs
If you're in the Web world, chances are you've heard the term API – but what does it mean? Many simply nod, smile, and move on to the next topic, but…
How to Contribute to Drupal: Module Maintenance
In the open-source community, we would be nowhere without the dedication of the numerous volunteers that maintain contributed modules and themes. When…
The Five “Be”s of Crisis Communication
At the best of times, working from home can create communication and isolation challenges. Management must be mindful of including remote workers and…
Consent in the Age of Big Data, Automation, and AI: Why Responsible Data Practices Are a Competitive Advantage
Guest Author: Ben Thompson Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Omaha Steaks We live in a digital world powered by data. And it’s this data…
User Experience and Mass Transit Websites: Planning a Better Experience
So, how do you know if your transit site is any good? In the first part of our series we talked about the importance of open source - how open data…
Can Your Phone Augment Reality?
Last week I was introduced to Layar, which is a Mobile Augmented Reality Browser. Layar combines GPS, camera, and compass technology to identify your…
Tales from the Technology Graveyard ...
The iPhone, iPods and Blu-ray players are all new technologies that have touched our lives, but what about the innovative products that didn’t make it…
The Google Phone (gPhone) Cometh ...
Is the wait finally over for the Google mobile phone? Leaked only a few days ago - Google is doing it again, and making us rethink how we access…