“So, in closing, a lot of the above will mean next to nothing for most of you, but this stuff, when I figure it out of course, really turns my crank (so you know). And I’m delightfully encouraged over the shape of things to come, both concerning my writing and designing. Here’s to wishing you and “yours” an exciting and wondrous year ahead!”
Archive for the ‘Accessibility’ Category
“I know, or could guess closer than any other member of my gender who isn’t in a similar situation as me, what is at stake for women. And most importantly what having access to washroom facilities truly means to a person who needs to go. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, things are much different — in ways you can imagine, sure, but it’s the stuff you didn’t consider that really makes you appreciate what certain things truly mean for an individual who isn’t you — on the other side…..”
“I know all too well that a Canadian hospital isn’t a place I want to spend one more second in. I have and will continue to fight the rest of my life to insure that becomes as real as is humanly possible. My point is as bad as my country’s health care system is, it would seem things could be worse…”
“In the meantime, it is truly my honour — you have absolutely no idea — to point you towards an “article” I stumbled upon today that is, in no small part, related to the main subject I touched on today, being web accessibility. Vancouver Olympics Web sites are inaccessible to disabled people….”
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not challenging the film’s validity, these are merely my first impressions written by a guy with a massive headache…”
“Of course I see now that my name, John, translated into French is still just “John.” That’s my name. A name I was given. No matter what language it’s spoken in it will always be ‘John…”
“But given both the political “back and forth’s” were concerning different sub-subjects, I found it quite inspiring that both ended up arriving at similar resting points…”
“And upon later inspection, my form suffered the same fate. Ouch. That isn’t a good thing to be having on a website of a bloke touting things such as usability and, especially accessibility.”