Vale Stella Young

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

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

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