Plan Your 2018 Content Without Sucking All the Creativity Out of It
We’re four days into 2018 -- have you completed your comprehensive content plan for the year yet? It’s the bane of many of a communicators’ job -- the…
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 New Appreciation for Accessibility
We don’t do this often, but I am going to get personal with this blog post. For the last four years I have been living with an eye disease called…
Can We Talk? Planning the First Step Along the Path to Better
Take a look at the bottom right corner of this blog post. See it? That Echidna-red “speech bubble”? Go ahead… click on it. I’ll wait! That’s right. A…
How Does it Make You Feel? Why Alt Text May Not Be Enough
The old adage states that a picture is worth a thousand words. Those words, however, are not restricted to just the facts and details – they also…
How to Contribute to Drupal: Documentation
If you’re a developer, you have skills that the average bear looks up to -- often with awe and sometimes with genuine confusion. You don’t need to…
How To Contribute to Drupal: Events
Getting started in any technology can feel intimidating. The best way to learn, though, is by doing -- and a combination of the opportunity provided…
Flash and Your Target Audience
In a recent blog we discussed the advantages and disadvantages of using images or Flash as part of your website’s navigation structure. SEO Search…
Why Buying Likes Will Hurt Your Brand: Caveat Emptor
“So you’re thinking about buying Instagram followers…” That was the subject line of an email that I received from a reputable social media aggregator…
The Art of the Interview - Drawing Out the Right Answers
Whether it's for a news article or a corporate discovery, success comes from getting the right answers. Not necessarily the easy answers, the expected…