I wrote a @TPGi blog post last year on 20 #DigitalAccessibility books. Since then, quite a few more have been published, so I've blogged about 19 more.
Thanks to everyone who has sent messages of appreciation for Living Blindfully following the announcement of its pending closure at the end of this month. I have kept a number of them permanently as they were very touching. Now it’s time for talk of the future. I have published episode 299 of Living Blindfully, featuring a conversation with Mark Riccobono, who is President of the National Federation of the Blind, @nationsblind, about my exciting new role with NFB. The episode is available in your podcast player now, or on the web at: LivingBlindfully.com/299. The transcript can be found at LivingBlindfully.com/lb0299tra…. I'm getting to work right away with the organized blind movement to progress a range of important technology, accessibility, and communication issues, many of which we have discussed over the years on Living Blindfully. Just as important as ensuring that current and future technology is accessible is keeping people informed about all that is possible. This includes helping to make sense of the increasingly complex choices we often have to make when it comes to choosing the right tool to live the life we want. That’s why, as part of my new NFB role, I am pleased to be working with the Federation on some new podcasting and information dissemination initiatives. More about those in due course. This is without question the proudest day of my professional life, and I look forward to staying in touch as I work with a committed, capable, determined group of people building a better future for us all.
Congratulations Jonathan! They've got the right guy to do the right job! Thank you for everything you are doing for the community and good luck in your new role!
@vick21 Thanks for your very generous comments Vic. Never fear, episode 300 is out this weekend. We are continuing production until the end of this month.
EXTR240903_ZATOKA Je tam nahoru strašný kopec, ale ten pohled stojí za to. Na zpáteční cestě jsme trochu zmokli, ale v ochlazeném vzduchu večeře chutnala nadmíru dobře... 😉
We're pleased to report that Matrix has performed well in the BSI audit, conducted by mgm security partners, under the CAOS initiative. The audit found only three low-severity issues.
We're proud of the results and grateful for the BSI's support of open-source security.
Here's the (excellent) official GOV.UK guidance on progressive enhancement — in short, try very hard to avoid using JS at all, and especially avoid large frameworks.
Vraciame sa do "devedesiatok" aj v tom zmysle, ze si budeme na stretnutiach vyberat baterky z mobilov. Apon teda ti, ktory ich v tom mobile nemaju zalepene. :)
@accessibleandroid That's not true. The Pixel 8 (and all other non-Samsung Android 11+ devices) will support Gemini AI image descriptions, but it won't be done on-device.
Today's prize for on-brand academic behaviour goes to the School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Glasgow, for disguising their building as a chalkboard.
(I'm informed that the elements were collected from working chalkboards in staff offices.)
Been mulling over this article/research paper sent out by @Researchbuzz yesterday about how users do everyday tasks on the computer
"Everyday tasks with computers are not only frustrating but so difficult that a person’s cognitive abilities are predictive of their task completion rates."
Which at first sounds like "Yeah that makes sense" but put another way, there's a barrier to doing basic stuff on computers and that barrier is complex user interfaces.
fabula murina (mouse story) CCLXVI Silvius in horto olitorio pastinacas immensas et distortas invenit (Silvius finds enormous, odd-shaped carrots in the vegetable garden). similes monstris luteis multipedibusque sunt, sed Silvius non timet (They're like many-legged orange monsters, but Silvius isn't afraid)! #fabulamurina
"Svet má mnoho tvárí, kto sa z nich vysomári? pýtal sa básnik Miloš Žiak niekedy ku koncu normalizácie. Ale aby sme sa nielen trochu „vysomárili“, ale vedeli aj správne reagovať, potrebujeme odpoveď, kam „smeruje“ dnešná vláda." 1/3 ~ #BorisZala dennikn.sk/4174025/potrebujeme…
TODAY, for our Lost Internet series, @tomscocca considers his long-ago personal blog. "In the years between then and today, readers became concrete—concrete, specific, and, in meaningful quantities, hostile." flaminghydra.com/the-you-dot-c…
Ich zitiere: "Schon 2017 schrieb die AfD in ihrem Papier zur Flüchtlingspolitik davon, »irreguläre Migration über das Mittelmeer« stoppen zu wollen. Seither hat der Begriff seinen Weg in die vermeintliche Mitte der Bundespolitik gefunden. Jens Spahn und Friedrich Merz verwenden ihn zum Beispiel nur allzu gern, schließlich fand er sogar seine Aufnahme in den Koalitionsvertrag der Ampel-Parteien."
Niemand sollte diesen rechten Begriff verwenden, weder die Politiker noch die Tagesschau. Damit leisten diejenige, die ihn verwenden nur Vorschub für die Sprache und Themen der #noAfD.
Problém sa vyjasňuje. Apka, ani stránka v mobile nejde prihlásenie iba na mojej wifi. Na inej wifi alebo na mobilných dátach sa prihlási. Ale pritom na Pc na mojej wifi ide. 😁 Záhada nad záhady
* OuterTune: Material 3 Music Player with YouTube Music support (fork of InnerTune) * FlutCrack: crack hashes by comparing them against a dictionary of words
Just another example which highlights the fallacy of tech being neutral/apolitical
I’m all for competition and alternatives to our current banking systems, institutions, and policies but what we can’t ignore is that we’ve failed future generations when we lie about the risks
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