Archives for 2010
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! The Old Folks Aging is a suitable topic in [...]
I made my first transcription today! Tom Johnson posted his videocast interview with Brenda Huettner from the STC Summit in Dallas last week. I was provoked. I’ve argued for ages that technical communicators can lead the way in promoting transcriptions and captions (and audio descriptions, too). Here was a technical communication video on the topic [...]
This blog post is written for Blogging Against Disablism Day 2010 celebrated on May 1. Our community’s name – AccessAbility – is a play on the word accessibility. The first “i” in the correct word is replaced by an “a” to emphasize ability. Our name puts focus on the ability to access… whatever. Our community [...]
It’s that time of year again. The 2010 STC Summit begins early Saturday morning in Dallas, Texas, with the pre-conference courses, followed by more courses on Sunday along with Leadership Day. Before it closes on Wednesday at lunch-time, attendees will have chalked up many hours exchanging ideas, questions, solutions, and business cards. Our SIG networking [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! Sock it to ‘em, John! Technical communicators, please sit [...]
Indrani Mehdi is worthy of an Ada Lovelace Day tribute. On March 8th, at EmTech India 2010, the Emerging Technologies Conference recently held in Bengaluru, India, she was honored as a “technological trendsetter”. March 8th is, incidentally, International Women’s Day, and Medhi was the only woman to be honored with inclusion in the India TR35 [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! Happy Birthday, Twitter Twitter turns 4 today. Could we [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! Techie Stuff The Mono Accessibility project “enables many Windows [...]
Everett Zufelt’s open letter to CTV (Canada) regarding the accessibility of CTVOlympics.ca makes me angry. I had already read Joe Clark’s article about the Vancouver Olympics websites being inaccessible to disabled people, as well as the Webaxe article. It was clear from Twitter that the sites were inaccessible. So why should Everett Zufelt’s letter make [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! Ada Lovelace Day March 24 is approaching, and that [...]
Adrian E. Park, M.D., chief of general surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) and professor of surgery and vice chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, found that 87 percent of laparoscopic surgeons have experienced physical symptoms or discomfort as a result of managing the [...]
South African consumers can look forward to plain language in all consumer documents – the South African Consumer Protection Act became law April 24, 2009. The act “makes plain language a basic right and a business obligation.” This impressive news is on the site for Plain Language Association InterNational. The news article goes on to [...]
The ÆGIS project has a gift for you – 15 personas of IT users with disabilities. No more procrastination on your projects! Visit the Ægis persona page to download the PDF files for each persona. This blog post gives you a quick overview of the personas you’ll find on the Ægis site, as well as [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! Promoting accessibility to developers Sitepoint posted an article called [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! Where to Discuss Accessibility? The Accessify Forum is an [...]
Does your business know about the need for captioning?This recent article might be a wake-up call for people in the United States: Who is Required to Close-Caption? With only a few exceptions, all programming for broadcast in the United States must be closed captioned. Fortunately, the article includes the FCC fact sheet for more closed [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! That Thing Everyone Buzzed About Last Week The long-awaited [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! Accessibility Statements @mgifford started a page about the need [...]
Note: STC Society elections will open March 9th. We will receive candidate information during the coming weeks, which we will post here so that you can get to know the candidates. Remember to renew your STC membership – or join! – so that you can vote in the elections. Use the sidebar links for renewing [...]
Candidate’s Statement By Steven Jong, Candidate for STC Secretary Thanks for your consideration! I’d like to tell you a little about my background, describe the secretary’s role and why I’m a good fit for it, and list what I see as the Society’s issues and my ideas to help. My Background In 30 years as [...]
Candidate’s Statement By Rachel Houghton Candidate for STC Secretary The secretary is an officer of the Society and not a mere note-taker at board meetings. The secretary must be prepared to capture actions and significant information during deliberations, and should participate fully in the discussions. According to the Bylaws, Article IV, Section 3C, “The Secretary [...]
We present to you a menu of tidbits collected in recent days that are too short for blog posts and sometimes too long for a tweet (when we want to add clarifying comments). Headings provide a light grouping to help you skim the offerings. Bon appétit! Technology, Tools, and Devices SSB BART Group recently announced [...]
Note: STC Society elections will open March 9th. We will receive candidate information during the coming weeks, which we will post here so that you can get to know the candidates. Remember to renew your STC membership – or join! – so that you can vote in the elections. Use the sidebar links for renewing [...]
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