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Web Axe Nominated in 2009 .net Awards

Web Axe is nominated for Podcast of the Year in The 2009 .net Awards by .Net Magazine (@netmag). There are 17 categories, but you don’t have to vote for all at one time. Categories include best web app, mobile site of the year, and standards champion. Voting closes 12th October 2009. The judges will then […]

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Podcast #73: Bandwidth & Download Time

Dennis and Ross provide nearly an hour of news, knowledge, and fun! Download Web Axe Episode 73 (Bandwidth & Download Time) Michigan and Web Dudes, Lab, and Accessible Twitter Dennis’ vacation including visit to Michigan Met creators of BongoTones Met creator of Twilk Visit to Yahoo! Accessibility Lab Accessible Twitter updates. Future of Skype Web […]

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Speaking on “Twitter and Web Accessibility” at AHG

Web Axe host Dennis Lembree will be speaking on “Twitter and Web Accessibility” at the 12th Annual Accessing Higher Ground conference in Colorado this mid-November. The conference is November 10 thru 14. The labs are scheduled for a Tuesday and Wednesday, then the main conference is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. (One day longer than last […]

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Article Headings, Please!

This has become an issue for me of late, and it needs more attention. And that is lack of sub-headings in articles. Not just the page heading and/or article heading, but headings  throughout an article to make it more accessible and usable. Especially so the longer an article is. (And of course, use proper markup! […]

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Accessible WordPress Themes?

I’m really on a quest to find some web accessible, standards-compliant WordPress theme. It’s so disappointing that the platform is set up for web standards (and usability, accessibility) but nearly all custom themes break it. Ugh! Last week, I did a search on Google, but wasn’t happy with the results. Then on Twitter, I asked […]