Today the ABC announced that Stella Young died over the weekend. She was a brilliant comedian and a wonderful disability activist. The world will miss her. If you haven’t seen it yet, make sure you watch her TED talk. She was not our inspiration, but she made the world a better place. There will be
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Accessing Higher Ground
I had a great time at Accessing Higher Ground. The weather was beautiful, despite the snow on the ground. In fact, the lake near the Westin in Westminster was frozen around the edges (and people had been walking on it!), but still liquid in the middle! I ran three presentations and one lab for Accessing
Mobile and accessibility – my presentation at the Future of Web Design in New York
New York is definitely the city that never sleeps. For those in Melbourne, think Chadstone during late-night Christmas shopping. All the time. Everywhere. It’s exhausting. I ran my mobile and accessibility session at the Future of Web Design yesterday. It was a great conference and I learnt a lot. You can download my accessible PowerPoint
Prioritising web accessibility during the build of a web site
I have recently run a seminar on prioritising web accessibility during the build of a web site for both DrupalGov and Joomla Day Sydney. You can download the slides for Prioritising web accessibility in the build of a web site from Prezentt. I have highlighted the main issues I covered in this blog post. For more information, have a look at our Services section on Accessibility testing during the web development lifecycle.
Presentation for dev/world: Mobile and accessibility
You can download my ‘Mobile and accessibility’ presentation and associated links from Prezentt.
I spoke at dev/world on Tuesday about mobile and accessibility. I focused mostly on mobile apps and found some great examples of #ThingsNotToDo.
WordCamp Sydney – PDFs and accessibility
I’m waiting for my flight back to Melbourne after a very interesting WordCamp Sydney. I met some great people and learnt some interesting things.
You can download my presentation and associated links and documents from Prezentt. Most of the speaker slides are also available on the WordCamp Sydney web site.
We’re likely going to be doing the transcribing, captioning and audio descriptions too, so stay tuned!
Prioritising web accessibility in the build of a web site
I just spoke at DrupalGov last week about Prioritising web accessibility in the build of a web site. Feel free to download the slides. There are three formats (please note only the Word file is fully accessible).
Creating accessible video
Gian’s article on Creating accessible video is live on Sitepoint. For more information on OzPlayer, the world’s only accessible video player: OzPlayer information OzPlayer demos (YouTube, Vimeo etc) OzPlayer operating system, browser, mobile and tablet support We can make your transcripts, captions and audio descriptions We can test your video for accessibility We also have
Energy Rating web site accessible redevelopment
AccessibilityOz recently completed a major review and redesign project with The Department of Industry to review the Energy Rating site. Energy Rating is a part of the Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Program – a joint initiative of the Australian, Commonwealth, State and Territory governments and the New Zealand Government. The project consisted of four phases:
GovHack and accessibility
So I’m a mentor for GovHack. I’m in Canberra but I’m available to anyone over the weekend. Just contact me via one of the methods below: Email me (gian@accessibilityoz.com.au) Tweet me (@accessibilityoz) Skype me (gianwild) GovHack has just launched and everyone is talking through their ideas, and it certainly isn’t time for accessibility yet. But