On The Road With Support Manager, Jon Clemens
One of the perks of working in technology, is that it lends so many tools that allows us to connect with our colleagues and clients from anywhere in…
Accessibility for All - Meeting the Needs of our Aging Community
Earlier today I attended a Remembrance Day ceremony, along with a few other Echidnas, at the Cenotaph in London Looking around at the seniors, it…
Accessibility Matters -- Is Our Aim True?
Designing and developing digital products for everyone should obviously include persons with disabilities, but this is made challenging if the…
Get Ahead of Negatives to Make Positive Change
We often talk about the importance of focusing content on the “What’s in it for me?” That conversation is usually a positive one -- intended to show…
Digital Echidna’s President Nominated for IABC Outstanding Communicator Award
First off, I want to say how honoured and humbled I am to be nominated for the 2017 Outstanding Communicator Award, to be handed out tonight by the…
Being SMART About Networking Gets Results
Today Echidna’s director of development, Yan Zhang, and I are attending Western University’s Computer Science Breakfast. But we want to do more than…
First-Time Presenting at Drupal’s “Show,” but Prepared to Swing for the Fences
To paraphrase John Fogerty, “Put me in coach, I’m ready to play [clap, clap-clap] today. Put me in coach, I’m ready to play today. Look at me, I can…
Is a Bird in the Hand Worth Burning the Bush? The Real Cost of Aggressive Communication
So... remember this experiment? Where I tilted at the virtual windmill that is The Quick-Fix, Snake-Oil-Salesman Approach to Creating Content? Well…
When Bad Things Happen to Good Brands
Every company wants its brand to be ubiquitous -- but there's a caveat to that. The concept that there is no such thing as bad publicity is just wrong…