Author: Dennis

Usability (and Accessibility) Tweetup in Ann Arbor, July 18

Ross and I are organizing a Usability (and Accessibility) Tweetup in Ann Arbor on Saturday evening, July 18th. Hope you can join us!

What: “Usability Tweetup”
When: 7pm, Saturday, July 18, 2009
Where: Ann Arbor Brewing Company in downtown Ann Arbor [Google map]
Why: To discuss web usability, web accessibility, Twitter; socialize; drink beer

5 Colleges named in NFB/ACB complaints to OCR & USDOJ are Case Western, U. of Virginia – Darden School of Bus, Pace U., Princeton & Reed College

NFB and ACB file complaints with Office for Civil Rights of US Dept of Ed and USDOJ against 5 Higher Ed Institutions

NFB and ACB file lawsuit vs. Arizona State U- Kindle DX program discriminates vs. the Blind – ADA and Rehab Act violations

12th Annual Accessing Higher Ground
Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference
10-14 November 2009
Westin Hotel in Westminster, Colorado, U.S.A.
IEEE Accessing the Future conference
20-21 July 2009
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
LinkedIn event page
Full Frontal JavaScript Conference
20 November 2009
One day; £100
Duke Of York’s Picturehouse; Preston Circus; Brighton, BN1 4NA

Other Accessible Twitter applications:

Tweete was created as an alternative to the mobile web and slandr mobile clients.
Twitstat Mobile
Slandr
Dabr

TwInbox – plug-in for Microsoft Outlook
Tweet s60: totally accessible Twitter mobile app for Nokia Series 60 devices (via @AbilityNet @BlindTwit)

Other issues:

roundup

#Petition: Allow Everyone Access to E-books (Amazon #Kindle 2) http://bit.ly/TTzhI

RT @mixolydian Archive of webinar on using #ARIA with #JAWS available http://tinyurl.com/mfbtky

Joe Dolson recently completed an excellent four part series published on the Practical eCommerce web site. Another great read from Joe,highly recommended. The articles cover the following four fundamental principles of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2):

Here are the articles: