Sessions, Sprints, Mentoring: Inside The DrupalCon Experience
I have been meaning to write this since returning from DrupalCon last week. For us in London Canada, Seattle is in not only a different country but a different time zone.… Read more
Media Release: IAC Award For Best Consumer Goods Website
LONDON, ON -- Digital Echidna is pleased to accept the 2019 IAC Award for Best Consumer Goods Website for its work with client Wolf Steel Ltd.’s luxury brand of grills and… Read more
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 be, at DrupalCon.”… Read more
DrupalCon Content and Marketing Track Highlights Symbiotic Nature of Content and Technology
For years, I’ve sometimes felt like a content nomad in this digital world, preaching a message of the importance of content as the foundation of all digital experiences -- a… Read more
New Search Overrides Module
You can make the most elegant, relevance-based site search appliance possible -- but, still, sometimes you’re going to want to ‘game’ the system. Manipulating site search… Read more
Fourth Time’s the Charm -- Thanks for Digital Echidna’s Large Business of the Year Recognition
I was worried we were going to be the digital equivalent of the Buffalo Bills there for a second! <Wipes sweat from my brow> All kidding aside, I can’t express how… Read more
Serenity Now!
Growing up, like many families in the late 70s/early 80s, we had a poem on our wall -- the Serenity prayer, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change/… Read more
Providing Examples, Removing Barriers to Opportunities Key to Inclusivity Efforts
Earlier this week, I was watching 60 Minutes and they presented a segment on some initiatives that some organizations are working on to close the sex and gender gap in… Read more
Are You There Mandi Fields? It’s Me, Digital Echidna
Inspired by several other local businesses and organizations, we have committed to the 2019 United Way Tampon Tuesday campaign. This means, over the month of March, Digital… Read more
Sharing Knowledge Helps Us Find the Answers
A few of us over the years on this blog have pulled out the old “a rising tide lifts all boats” adage. There’s a reason why axioms like this exist -- it’s because they’re… Read more
Local Efforts Can Lead to Global Impact - Open-Source Lessons
One of the best things about working in open-source technology -- and, in our case, Drupal specifically -- is the fact that your local efforts can have a global impact. You… Read more
Northern Drupal Support in the Sunshine State
Over the past couple of weeks, we've certainly experienced the “best” that a Canadian winter has to offer. Whether that was enduring sub -30 wind chill, spending far too much… Read more