Given the death of Google Reader in July and the eminent death of iGoogle in November, I’ve been shopping for alternatives. I need a single service that will serve as my dashboard and web portal, providing me with news updates, RSS feeds, and convenient access to bookmarked websites all from a single location. It needs […]
Category: A11y
Browser support for HTML5 video is constantly evolving, including support for accessibility features. Consider this a snapshot of the current state of accessibility support as of June 14, 2013. It may change tomorrow. First, here’s the code one might use to add video to a web page, including captions, subtitles and text-based audio description: <video […]
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. It’s been around since the late 1990’s, and each year about this time it announces this year’s nominees (to be announced on April 9 this year), followed soon after by the winners (on April 30 this year). As the gear up for […]
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2012-13: One Accomplishment, One Resolution
I’m one of those people who finds the final week of a calendar year to be a good time to reflect on the waning year and make plans for the waxing one. Being just one person in a world of 7 billion, I’ll keep this post short and highlight just one accomplishment from 2012 and […]
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On Memorizing 3,523 Keyboard Shortcuts
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 […]