Why I Drank the Blue Kool-Aid
This month I celebrate one year at Digital Echidna.
Over these past 12 months I've worked with clients exclusively on Drupal…Read more
How To Ask Your Visitors For Personal Info
If you're like most businesses, your website is regularly asking visitors for their personal info - as part of a registration, payment, or contact form.
Get The Most Out of Your Customer Testimonials
That ultimate goal of any business is to have customers use its product and/or services! Without customers you have no business. And if you have too many unsatisfied…Read more
Can Your Phone Augment Reality?
Last week I was introduced to Layar, which is a Mobile Augmented Reality Browser. Layar combines GPS, camera, and compass technology to identify your surroundings and…Read more
Could Foursquare Be the Next Twitter?
If you are thinking, what is foursquare? Then read on - remember three years ago when you asked the same question about Twitter. Location-based social networks ("LBS")…Read more
Google Feels That News Publishers Don't Understand ...
A few weeks ago newspaper and magazine publishers signed a declaration to limit access to their website content. The…Read more
Google Chrome OS is Aiming for the Cloud(s) ...
Last week the Google Chrome Operating System (OS) was announced, which will make us rethink traditional OS platforms - such as Microsoft Windows.…Read more
Going Mobile ...
I am not spilling any trade secrets by stating - web browsing on mobile devices is on the rise. Mobile handsets are now offering bigger screens, better web browsers and…Read more
The Wayback Machine ...
Have you ever wondered what your current website looked like before? The Wayback Machine let’s you travel back in time and look at archived versions of websites. Think…Read more
Is Justin.tv Better Than YouTube?
YouTube is the industry leader for pre-recorded online video, but Justin.tv claims to be the innovator in online LIVE streaming video. Justin.tv uses live streaming video…Read more
Get Ready to Ride the Google Wave!
Late last week Google unveiled what they consider the future of online communication - "Google Wave". The service seems to combine Gmail and Google Docs into an…Read more
Is Wolfram|Alpha a Better Way to Search?
This week marks the launch of Wolfram|Alpha, which claims to be an intelligent search engine. Actually Wolfram|Alpha does not use the term "search engine"; instead it…Read more