Glenda Watson-Hyatt writes a blog that discusses Web accessibility (among other things). With her left thumb. Glenda has cerebral palsy. I discovered Glenda in a Box of Chocolates. She was visiting Derek Featherstone’s site on her virtual book tour (excellent creative idea), and Derek posed four questions to her. Here is one of them: We all know that web accessibility for people with disabilities is much, much more than making sites work for screen readers. What parts of using the web are most difficult for you? Can you give us two or three things that we can do to make using sites easier for you? Yes, it is annoying when web accessibility is seen as an issue mainly for people with sight impairments. Often, it feels like the needs of people with other types of disabilities (and without disabilities per se) are ignored when discussing web accessibility. With my cerebral…
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I have a penchant for graphics. Perhaps I am a graphic artist in a parallel universe? In this universe where I am just a wannabe, I relish great visual presentations, whether videos, graphs, graphics, layouts, website, or anything else where some concept is communicated visually. These visuals inspire me. That may not be evident right away, but the old brain cells register the inspiration, tucking it away to pop up at some future date. The fact that they do not relate to the actual work I am doing does not matter. Or perhaps that is the key. They might be so different that they simply jiggle my brain to get it to view some dry technical drawing from a – to me – previously unknown angle. One source of inspiration is a recent addition to my Google Reader: Presentation Zen. I don’t remember who led me here, but this site…
Comments closedThis is my first attempt at live blogging, and on someone else’s laptop, which is always tricky. As a newbie blogger, I find it all quite exciting. You can see pictures over on Lisa Risager’s blog. There is no specific agenda. People are just chatting with old friends. Others have put sticky notes on their laptops to indicate what topics interest them. It’s great to walk around and read these topics. Someone is converting from another system to WordPress, but I can’t help there, so I move on. I met two newbies who suddenly made me feel experienced with my two-month-old blog. I could even show one of them something about themes, which made me feel that I was finally a contributor, and not just a taker. What have I learned? Well, I was puzzled about the difference between trackbacks and pingbacks. Very nice Philip from blogbar.dk gave me some…
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