Stairs make the building inaccessible, not the wheelchair.
I am schooled in the ways of human factors. I know that if your user feels dumb, there is probably something wrong with your system. I know that you should give your user a way to back out of a mistake. I know that most of the “user errors” that cause harm could have beenContinue reading another dumb user – me
Would you like your site reviewed for web accessibility? The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project matches accessibility experts with companies that would like a brief review of their site for accessibility. In return, the site owner is asked to contribute a minimum of $500 to The John Slatin Fund. The John Slatin Fund was establishedContinue reading The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project
Dictionary.com Word of the Day – jollification: merrymaking; revelry.
Here are a few brief glimpses of memories; they don’t do justice to the awesomeness that is John Slatin. I went to dinner with Anna and John then we went to Body Choir. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was blown away. At first, I felt a little awkward, but I started movingContinue reading Thank you
Back in the day, Java was supposed to be our “write once, run anywhere” solution. Today, all those beans live on the server handling service calls from other “write once, run anywhere” RIAs. All that promise of fame and glory and they end up hiding in the background. Poor beans. They just weren’t flashy enough.Continue reading irony
Throughout my programming career, I have learned (and forgotten) Basic, Pascal, C, C++, Java…not to mention all of the various application-specific scripting languages that I can’t even remember the names of…but, throughout all that learning and forgetting, one thing remains constant: flow diagrams. Seeing them again this morning is like rediscovering that cozy old blanketContinue reading Go with the flow
Pepsi ad to give Super Bowl viewers a moment of silence The pregame advertisement features a joke that originates from the deaf community and will play out on screen over 60 seconds of total silence, a veritable eternity when it comes to the noisiness of Super Bowl ads. The joke goes like this: Two guysContinue reading Super Silence
I love tattoos. I love inclusion. I love futuristic ideas. The haptic tattoo is all three.
Each time I see predictions for new technologies, I wonder how long it will be until they are accessible. Perhaps 2008 will be better than previous years – let’s take a look at the technologies listed in the BBC’s Technologies on the rise in 2008 and make some accessibility predictions for the upcoming year. THEContinue reading Inspired by BBC’s Technologies on the rise in 2008
From the L.A. Times: A new film about a troupe of disabled performers delivers a message of empowerment. As I read the first paragraphs of the story, I dreaded that the director, Liu Xiao Cheng, was using disadvantaged people for his personal gain. But, as I read further, it seems he genuinely wants to changeContinue reading Art and language