Stairs make the building inaccessible, not the wheelchair.
Matt and I are speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City on 17 September. This will be my first work-related travel since June 2005 when the WCAG WG met in Brussels! It’s hard to believe time has flown by so quickly. I look forward to seeing familiar faces! We also submitted aContinue reading Web 2.0 Expo, SXSW, Scripting Enabled-Seattle
I received this through the DO-IT discussion list. Please consider a donation to help help Nick cover $3000 in moving expenses. If you’ve never heard of Nick Dupree, a quick search on the web will bring up some interesting facts. Nick is a 26 year-old health care activist, writer, and former student from Spring HillContinue reading Please donate to help Nick move to New York
I’ve posted my slides from Tuesday’s presentation on slideshare (inclusive universe). However, the flash that is embedded on the slideshare page is not accessible: the buttons are not labeled and the alt-text has been stripped from the PDF. I’ve sent a comment via their web site. Anyone know someone who works there? I’d love toContinue reading Slides
It’s interesting that comments on my previous stew focused on types of toilets (although, I am happy to have learned about the toto 2000). I’m not sure if that means the idea of monetary incentives for accessible web design should be flushed… This morning as I prepared for my commute to work (the walk toContinue reading today’s stew
Yesterday, I presented as part of a social media event and had an awesome time. The other speakers were stimulating and fun. For the first time, instead of creating my slides in XHTML/javascript (I like Eric Meyer’s S5), I used Open Office Impress. I figured, “why not.” We’re using Open Office for the book andContinue reading Eating my own dog food
At barcampSeattle, Bryan, Dylan, Matt, I, and several others started a dialog about helping people adopt accessible design practices. The summary of our discussion was, “make it cheap and easy.” Last week, inspired by a comment from tantek, the dialog continued on twitter. We compared accessible design to green/environmentally-friendly design….and doughnuts. 🙂 I’ve been workingContinue reading cheap and easy?
Testing for text Originally uploaded by anneke boudreau The book…in process. This is a screen shot taken with my phone then emailed to flickr. I wanted to see what they would do with the text. First, I edited the title of the photo on my phone from random text (imgnnn) to “Testing” then I createdContinue reading flickr experiment
I’m speaking at an event at zaaz next week that ought to be a lot of fun. Here’s the line-up: “Mobile 2.0: Design and Develop for the iPhone and Beyond” – Brian Fling, Flingmedia http://www.flingmedia.com/ “Money, Media, and Your Mom’s Peach Cobbler – Social Media Marketing Done Right” – Justin Marshall, ZAAZ www.zaaz.com” Single AthleticContinue reading Event: Perspectives on Social Media
My copy of “too late to die young” has several bent pages with underlined passages. Here are a couple of my favorites. “We need to confront the life-killing stereotype that says we’re all about suffering. We need to bear witness to our pleasures.” About a trip to Cuba, “It’s the old socialist formula, ‘From eachContinue reading Favorite Harriet McBryde Johnson quotes
At lunch last Friday, I learned about “the float.” Today, I found this article, What PayPal does with your money that says, “The money-transfer service earns interest on funds in its custody” and describes how other folks are kind of miffed at paypal. Cool. I’m not alone. Actually, now that it’s been explained to me,Continue reading "the float"