Accessibility
« Older Entries |Games for the handicaped
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010The afternoon presentations at the Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium today were all about games and the city. Lots of interesting stuff, but there was one thing that annoyed me. There is a presumption in most of these products that the users are going to be young, healthy, urban hipsters. As an old cripple, I […]
Disability and iPhone apps
Friday, December 11th, 2009I really hate it when we go into a restaurant and, after we’ve gotten settled in, I discover that I am going to need to negotiate stairs if I want to go to the restroom. Stairs are my nemesis at the moment and I would really like to know, before we go somewhere, that I […]
That new car smell
Thursday, May 14th, 2009I picked up a “new” used car, a dark gray Ford Taurus SE 2005 (pictures to come later). Yup, I’ve finally traded in my detested Hyundai Sonata for a newer car. I was actively looking for a Taurus because they have adjustable pedals (turns out the one I bought doesn’t have that feature, oh well) […]
What scientists need are ghost writers
Monday, March 30th, 2009Every day, I am grateful to my parents for having made it possible for my brother and me to learn both French and English at an early age. Thus I was lucky enough to have learned at a young age the primary language in which science is published, a huge advantage for my career choice.
I […]
CapCHI meeting on accessibility
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Mark McKay is doing a talk tonight at CapCHI entitled Accessible interface design: Tips, patterns and concepts to making accessible web applications.
There are a lot of places where you can learn about the standards but there is almost no information on how best to apply them. This article tries to fill the void by showing […]
Accessibilité et les partis politiques
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Si vous vous souciez de l’accessibilité des sites web ou si vous vous intéressez à l’utilisation de la technologie par les partis politiques, allez visiter le site sur l’accessibilité des sites des partis politiques de la province du Québec en vue des élections.
CapCHI meeting on accessibility
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008If you’re interested in accessibility (or even if you don’t think you are but you work on the web) and you’re in the Ottawa area, then why not go to CapCHI’s monthly meeting which happens to be tonight? The guest speaker is Derek Featherstone, who is well-known in the accessibility milieu, and who will be […]
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