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…
A guide to style guides -- How to Keep your content in Fashion
Certain things never go out of style. But when it comes to content, it behooves you to keep an eye (and an ear) open for terminology and language that…
Language Matters - 2016 in Review
In my mind, there were two major communications themes that highlighted (or lowlighted, as the case may be) 2016: one, we saw battle lines being drawn…
Artistic Lessons Apply No Matter What the Audience, Organization
Everyone is unique, obviously, but when it comes to facing challenges, we often have markedly similar needs, expectations, and goals. From arts to…
The Early Days of Islandora - Part One of An Interview with Founder Mark Leggott
Islandora is an open-source software framework designed to help institutions, organizations, and their audiences collaborative manage and discover…
Islandora and Drupal Shops: the Challenges and Successes -- Part Two of an Interview with Susan Brown
Yesterday, we introduced you to the Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory (CWRC) project. Today, we share project leader Susan Brown's thoughts on…
AODA - It's Time to Act
So Ontario's supposed to be fully accessible by 2025. I mean, that's the point of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, right? An…
The 411 on Getting Echidna to Booth 210 in Nashville
If you’ve ever been to a trade show or a convention, you’ve likely had to walk a gauntlet of vendor booths. Perfectly aligned swag, banners attached…