Accessibility, Ability First Makes Champions of Us All

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Tomorrow morning, we'll be attending the Ability First Champion awards. Digital Echidna's owner, Andrew McClenaghan, will be delivering a brief speech, and we'll be on hand… Read more

A Halloween Primer on How to Avoid Resurrecting the Ghosts of Social Media Nightmares Past

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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 rise from the dead and… Read more

The Give and Take of Accessibility

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Did you know that not all guidelines of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 are required under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)?… Read more

Experiencing the Web as a Near Totally Blind User - First-Hand Accessibility Part I

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I've talked in detail about specific accessibility improvements that affect me directly as a blind computer user. In a new series that I'm starting this week I want to… Read more

More Work, More Reward - Soliciting Honest and Varied Comments

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Volume does not always equal value. And when it comes to soliciting both internal and external feedback, it's important to realize that the greatest veins can be struck in… Read more

Accessibility Matters - Exploring the Hows and Whens of Alternative Text

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The most frustrating part of accessing the web as a blind user, in my opinion, is images. Whether they're infographics or pictures used to add a visual element to an article… Read more

A New Approach for the RFP Process

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"Because it's the way we've always done it..." It's not the best reason for continuing a process, but it's often the most common. But what if you could take something that… Read more

Five 'Actual' Blog Writing Mistakes

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Earlier today, one of my favourite sites, Ragan's PR Daily, posted a piece entitled 10 common Blog Writing Mistakes. Unfortunately, the article broke one of the Blog Writing… Read more

A Note of Thanks

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This weekend, we in the Great White North, celebrate Thanksgiving. It's a time of family, togetherness, and, of course, a three-day weekend. I wanted to take a couple of… Read more

World Sight Day 2014 - A Vision We Can All Share

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On this World Sight Day 2014, I'd like to reflect on the status of the blindness community as I see it. All opinions herein are my own and many of my observations are purely… Read more

Hockey Season Starts - So What is the Best Team?

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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 mindless drivel; others… Read more

Inaccessible Content Can Leave a Lasting - and Negative - Impression on Your Customers

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We've all had a less-than-perfect customer service experience: a surly customer service rep on the phone, poor workmanship that a company won't apologize for, or a bungled… Read more