Clearing up alt text anxiety
Entering some text in the alt attribute (not alt tag, as it is commonly referred to) always made me feel a little better about the site I was building. There would always be, however, that apprehensive...
View ArticleConducting an accessibility audit for a client
What follows is a rough outline for conducting an accessibility audit for a client. Strategy and scope Clarify the goals of the organization requesting the audit. Why are they doing the audit? What...
View ArticleThe Rough Guide for Meeting Section 508 Standards with Multimedia
The Task You are tasked with developing an educational Web site that includes podcasts, video, and Flash presentations while complying with Section 508. (http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm). Think...
View ArticleMy Revels at Marlboro College Graduate School Now Are Ended
I miss pizza night. Pizza night was every other Friday. Halfway through a three-hour class, we’d break for pizza that was ordered by the school: part of my tuition, as I figured it. What made it so...
View ArticleBuilding a Collective Brain with a Wiki
For the Want of a Training Manual Sink or swim? Trial by fire? You may have used these expressions to describe seeing a new hire flail about because no one had the time to train him or her properly....
View ArticleWebsite Usability and Paper Prototyping
Cardboard, Glue, and Masking Tape When I was a kid, some of my favorite toys were the ones I made — often with little more than cardboard, glue, and masking tape. Little did I know I was foreshadowing...
View ArticleYearning for an Easier InDesign-to-ePUB Process
As popular as eBooks have become in the last few years, I continue to be surprised at how difficult it can be to create a high-quality eBook. It’s especially surprising how difficult it can be for a...
View ArticleCollaboration Makes Me Happy
Wikipedia has been a great inspiration to me. It gives me hope that this giant wave of activity that is the Internet will help carry humanity to new and better places. Wikipedia gives me this hope...
View Article“I Share, Therefore I Am”: What is the quality of my connection to others?
The iPhone in my pocket chimes at me. The sound makes me happy as I almost physically feel a squirt of dopamine in my brain. I wonder who made a comment and to what thread. Those push notifications —...
View ArticleLow-Tech Papa
Am I a low-tech parent or a high-tech parent? I tend to the low-tech approach, and the following stories show other parents in internet and tech professions who tend in the same direction … strongly....
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