Love Local: Echidna Staff Recommendations
Local businesses give a community its flavour. When you personally know the people behind the business or are buying local products and services, you…
Echidna's Spring Migration to DrupalCon
We all know that Canadian Geese migrate south for the winter. But did you know that Canadian Echidnas are heading south in the early spring to attend…
A Halloween Primer on How to Avoid Resurrecting the Ghosts of Social Media Nightmares Past
It's Halloween. A night when all manner of creatures crawl in search of blood to terrorize your neighbourhood. It's a night when ghouls and ghosts…
Everything Old is Marketed as New Again
Music, fashion, fad diets – and marketing strategies -- they all come around over and over again. With students returning to school this week, it's…
Hockey Season Starts - So What is the Best Team?
The NHL season gets underway tonight and many of us at Digital Echidna are fans. There are those who don't get the appeal of sports; some think it's…
Still Haven't Found What You're Looking For? Focus Less on Searchability and More on Findability
Anything is searchable. The key to success is making it findable. And while X may no longer mark the spot, understanding what markers work -- and the…
Board Participation - Sometimes You Need to be the Willow
In woodworking, a board needs to be relatively rigid and strong enough to support weight. In organizations, that weight-bearing responsibility remains…
From AI to Accessibility: Reflections from the Higher Education Conference Circuit
Author Jay Ménard One of the great things about travel is the understanding that, while we may come from different backgrounds and have different…
Promising Marrakesh Ratification Limited by Delays by Those who could help most
Canada recently signed off on a landmark treaty that could have far-reaching impact on ending the "book famine" for those requiring accessible…
Re-Thinking the Way We Design Websites
Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing With Web Standards, said it best, “ content proceeds design, design in the absence of content is not design, it’s…