Ever get overwhelmed by the number of things you have to memorize in order to function in today’s society? User names, passwords, account numbers, PINs, locker combinations, telephone numbers, TV channels, and on and on until our brains explode. Now consider this: You’re a computer user but you can’t use a mouse because of a […]
This post is a belated reply to Dylan Wilbank’s blog post Hustle Is Hype and Joel Goodman’s reply Hustle is Hope. Both writers make gobs of excellent points, and the discussion on both blogs and on Twitter is great. I agree with Dylan that there needs to be balance in life. Living a life that […]
I’m writing this post as I enjoy a little down time at the conclusion of the the 2012 HighEdWeb conference. Predictably, the buzz word at this year’s conference was “responsive”, and several of the sessions focused on responsive web design. The idea with responsive design is to present content in ways that best utilize the […]
Generally I’m a positive, optimistic guy, but sometimes fellow humans remind me how far we hungry pack animals still have to go before we can all embrace each other with love and respect. Despite all we do to make the our world more accepting, accessible, tolerant, and kind, we occasionally experience resistance. So what can […]
WebAIM’s Screen Reader User Survey #4 Results are out! Like many accessibility-minded web developers I eagerly anticipate these survey results, which have been released on a roughly annual basis since 2009. Few resources have as large an impact on the work we do as this one does. The report includes a summary of key findings […]