Carnelian Web Services is located on the Haldimand Tract, part of the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. So let’s unpack what that means.
(more…)Author: Yvonne Aburrow
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Happy Pride Month
June is Pride Month in Canada. And it is not just an excuse for a party, but an opportunity for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to be visible, and to celebrate our wins over the years, from greater social acceptance to same-sex-marriage.
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Reasonable adjustments
…and unreasonable responses to them.
There’s a general pushback on diversity, equity, and inclusion right now, but even so, I find it startling to see some of the unreasonable arguments put forward for rolling back perfectly reasonable adjustments to help disabled people and neurodiverse people to be comfortable.
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Online collaboration tools
Are you concerned about the security and privacy of your data in Google Drive and OneDrive? Following on from my previous post about cloud file storage tools, what about online collaborative editing tools?
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Cloud file storage tools
Are you looking for an alternative to storing your files on Dropbox, OneDrive, or Google Drive? You may be looking for Canadian or EU-based storage solutions – here are a few that you could use.
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Multi-faith Hospice Chaplaincy Resources
An introduction to the Interfaith Grand River Multi-faith Hospice Chaplaincy Resource, showing what’s included and how to navigate the resource.
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Website colours
The colours you choose for your website set the mood and present your brand and values consistently.
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Red Dress Day
Red Dress Day is held every May 5th and is a national day of remembrance and activism honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+). It started in 2010 with the REDress Project, which was created by Métis artist Jaime Black.
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Who are you writing for?
There are many different styles and registers of writing, but writing for the web has a specific set of techniques and styles, and a number of factors that you need to think about.
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How good is your website?
Is your website performing for you the way it should? Have you checked your SEO, performance, accessibility, usability, and AI-search-readiness (AIEO or GEO) recently? Do you know what is a good score for each of these metrics?
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When marketing goes wrong
We live in a global context. So when you’re creating a marketing campaign, you need to think about its implications across many cultures, especially in Canada, whose culture was famously described as a mosaic, not a melting-pot. And things can change as a result of world affairs. In this post, I will explore some recent examples, which are funny, but they demonstrate the need for cultural competence. This means including people with different cultural backgrounds in your marketing team.
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Happy birthday Carnelian!
I started Carnelian Web Services on 8 April, 2025, so the company is one year old today!
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International Day of Pink
Tomorrow, April 8th, is the International Day of Pink, when people stand against bullying. This year’s theme calls us to tune in to the voices of queer and trans communities, past and present.
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We’re going to Bingemans!
Come and check out our booth at the Bingemans 2026 Business Expo on April 15th, 2026, from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. It’s the region’s biggest business event!
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Descriptive links
When you’re linking to another website or creating a call to action, it is always a good idea to make the label for the link or button describe what will happen when a visitor clicks on it.
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