The Cautionary Tale of Boaty McBoatface
If you've ever been on a large boat, you know that they're impressive wonders of technology. They can move impressively fast and they can carry a lot…
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…
The Human Touch - The Value of Face-to-Face Communication
Will the Singularity ever occur and mark the rise of our robot overlords? It's possible, I guess, but for as much as technology brings to the world…
Websites make an impression
The Internet is a leading resource for gathering information. If someone were to research your company on the web, what would they find? Is your web…
Obama Answers Handful of 104,000 Web Questions
In an appeal to the tech-savvy public, the White House’s Web site opened itself to Internet-submitted questions for President Obama’s online town hall…
Is a Video Worth a Thousand Words?
As marketing campaigns attempt to reach new audiences, companies are turning to new media channels - such as online video. The success of YouTube has…
Humans only please ...
In today’s world of excess spam and "bot" (robot) traffic, one line of defense is using CAPTCHA. CAPTCHA ( Completely Automated Public Turing Test to…
Social Websites
Interactive websites. Social websites. Websites as a communication tool. More and more we’re hearing these phrases and wondering “ what do they mean?”…
Creative Solutions for Innovation 150 Challenges
[Editor's note: As we approach Canada Day and our celebration of 150 years of Confederation, we thought it'd be a perfect time to talk about one of…
Accessibility and the Charter - 35 Years Later are We Walking the Talk?
A guarantee means nothing if you don't have the will to sustain it. And while today marks a significant anniversary in our country's history, it…