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Podcast 94: Women of CSUN12

Sunday, January 29, 2012

This podcast is a preview of the 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, commonly known as CSUN, February 27 thru March 3 in San Diego, California. If you're not attending to the CSUN conference this year, this podcast is valuable in learning about current issues in web accessibility and "meeting" several great people in the field. If you are going, then you can also make a better decision in which sessions you want to attend.

First, Dennis and Jennison Asuncion (@Jennison) do an excellent overview of the conference (OK, mostly Jennison). Then several guests, all women, speak about their work, their sessions at CSUN, and some other fun thoughts. Four of the women live in the UK!

Download Web Axe Episode 94 (Women of CSUN12)

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Fixing Alt - Facebook Like Button Explained

Saturday, January 21, 2012

The next in our "Fixing Alt" series is the Facebook Like button explained posted on MakeUseOf a while back. It's a short but sweet comedic image, but again, with no alternative text provided. So here it is.

Facebook Like button, equals: I've read it, but I'm too lazy to comment!

PS: There are so many other things wrong with the MakeUseOf web page. But since my New Year's resolution is not to be as critical, I won't go into it.

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Web Accessibility Conferences 2012

Saturday, January 07, 2012

Here's a list of conferences relating to web accessibility this year. Details for some of the annual events are not announced yet. Please comment with any changes, additions, and comments.

ATIA 2012 Orlando
January 25-28, 2012
Orlando, FL U.S.A.

Techshare India 2012 "Bridging the Barriers"
6-7 February 2012
New Delhi, India

International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference
Feb 27-March 3, 2012
Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel
San Diego, CA U.S.A.

Power Up 2010 Conference and Expo
April 2 and 3, 2012
Columbia, Missouri U.S.A.
Holiday Inn Executive Center
presented by Missouri Assistive Technology

W4A 2012
9th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility
16-17 April 2012
Lyon, France

John Slatin Access U (from Knowbility)
May 15-17, 2012
Austin, Texas U.S.A.

Penn State Web 2012 Conference
June 11-12, 2012
Pennsylvania U.S.A.

The Accessibility Conference
University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada)
TBD

ICCHP
13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
July 11-13, 2012; Pre-Conference July 09-10, 2012
University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria

AHEAD: Association on Higher Education And Disability
July 9-14, 2012
New Orleans, Louisiana U.S.A.
The Sheraton Hotel

Illinois Web Accessibility Conference and Expo
TBD

HighEdWeb Association (Higher Education Web Professionals)
October 7-10, 2012
Milwaukee, Wisconsin U.S.A.

ASSETS 2012
The 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
October 22-24, 2012
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Accessing Higher Ground
Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference
TBD
Colorado, U.S.A.

OZeWAI Conference
Australian Web Adaptability Initiative
Melbourne, Australia
Late November

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Web Axe 2011 Year in Review

Thursday, December 29, 2011

So another year has gone by, and another bigger and better for web accessibility! One good sign is that I've noticed lots of job openings related to web accessibility, you probably noticed multiple posts on that this year. And more lawsuits going on as well, which I believe is an evil necessity to wake up many companies on the topic.

The "Fixing Alt" series continued which provides alternative text for various web pages in the wild. Check out two for The Oatmeal: the Netflix Comic on the company's pricing fiasco, and 6 Reasons Bacon Is Better Than True Love.

We had a couple guest blogs including Jennison's IT Accessibility Goes To Camp. Mid-year, Web Axe joined Facebook, serving as another great avenue to share the good word. And, now you can order your own Web Axe T-shirt!

2011 was also a big year for Easy Chirp, created by Web Axe author Dennis Lembree. The accessible Twitter web app was renamed from "Accessible Twitter" and was a recipient of the AFB 2011 Access Award.

Dennis was busy in November and gave presentations for the @AccessibilityDC meetup, How To Build An Accessible Web Application, and for EASI, Twitter and Accessibility.

Other great blogs this year:

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My T-Shirt Design

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

I designed a Web Axe t-shirt on a neat new website, ooShirts.com (although I haven't tested the accessibility). ooShirts is an apparel startup company located in Berkeley, California. I hope to give away a couple Web Axe t-shirts sometime soon, maybe at CSUN 2012. And you can always order your own!

short sleeve black t-shirt with white Web Axe logo

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Web Accessibility Jobs, Dec 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011

More great job openings in web accessibility:

For updates on Twitter, follow me, @a11yJobs and @Accessible_Jobs.

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Podcast 93: Teaching Mistakes

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Dennis talks briefly about a couple of his recent presentations, a few other presentations and articles, and has a great conversation with Katherine Lynch.

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Katherine Lynch who works for Drexel University Libraries in Philadelphia. Katherine is a Drupal and accessibility professional and has done many presentations and written many articles. Find her on Twitter at @katelynch. Dennis and Katherine discuss her recent article 5 Teaching Mistakes Accessibility Advocates Make:

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