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Working with technical communication means keeping our minds open to the diversity of our audience “out there” in the real world. This is especially the case when we spice things up with accessibility. There are many stories that expand our horizon and make us rethink our attitudes. The New York Times posted such a story today [...]
A great example of the client you don’t want and poor usability and accessibility design. http://view.break.com/542649 – Watch more free videos Related posts Weekend Gazette – Link Collection for January 9 (0) Usability and Human Factors (0) STC Usability SIG (0) Internet Accessibility / Usability Resources F-W (0) Internet Accessibility / Usability Resources [...]
Talk Like a Pirate Day! Avast, me hearties! Once again, we’ve arrived at 19 September, Talk Like a Pirate Day! On this day, all posts will be automatically converted to pirate talk. They will revert to normal after today (or after a few days as this is the weekend). Because this is automated, the wording [...]
Whether you are familiar with the animated film/series “Creature Comforts”, you can quickly grasp the concept of “Creature Discomforts”. These are short television commercials, aired in the UK, which were prepared by Aardman Animation for Leonard Cheshire Disability. These commercials show animals, well, creatures, with disabilities, telling their story to an unseen interviewer. You can [...]
Performed by Ma Li (馬麗) and Zhai Xiaowei (翟孝偉). The music is composed by San Bao whose work includes the music from the film, “The Road Home”, directed by Zhang Yimou. This music is originally from a very popular TV show in China, named Qian Shou (牵手 Hand in Hand). Note: This film clip is from Youtube: [...]
The following is from Whitney Quesenbery www.usabilityprofessionals.org I’ve started seeing unintended (editorial) humor about accessibility. Here’s a few…anyone have any more? From Usability News “…access for people with visibility problems” (Yes, people with disabilities often do have problems making themselves “visible”) From any hotel “…handicapped room…” (Mine had a broken phone, so it really was “handicapped”) From a standard (now fixed) “…able to use [...]
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