I #voted at the advanced poles in #Ottawa in the #Ontario#election. As a #blind voter everything was smooth, even though I didn't get my voter card in the mail, and the Elections Ontario app requires a driver's license to look up your voter registration. It was busy; already a lineup at 10 AM. Hopefully that means high voter turnout, and hopefully people aren't buying Doug Ford's lies masquerading as patriotism. #a11y#accessibility#Canada
Glad to finally get to participate in the EU Open Source Policy Summit '25 in #Brussels. I was able to watch the morning presentation thanks to Fred Dixon's @bigbluebutton
New instance, new introduction. Hello, I am Adam from Ottawa Canada. I am a totally blind man, identifying as he/him. My primary interests are technology and music. I was a former professional drummer, playing the bar stages of Ottawa and the ocasional out-of-town show. I've always been rhythmical, annoying the heck out of my parents at the tendor age of four on up banging on pots, pans, spoons, and whatever else I could get my grubby little hands on. I got my first drum kit when I was 12, back in 1999. I got a couple of upgrades over the years, and then switched to electronic kits in 2007 when I managed to save and purchase a Roland TD-12 kit with my own money. That was like buying a car for me, LOL. I was professionally active from 2007 until 2019. Some hearing issues with extended loudness causing anxiety and unease started my issues with playing live shows, and then COVID19 really finished that career.
I've been interested in technology from a young age as well, receiving my first electronic note taker for the blind, a Blazie Engineering Braille Lite in 1996 at the age of 9. I then got my first computer in the summer of 1998, learned DOS, then eventually Windows 3.1, 95, and on up. I've had many, many, many computers and other technological devices since those days, and I have done any serious compute work in Linux, where in I am mostly referring to running servers, hosting things, and distributed compute projects. Professionally, I am currently a systems/server administrator, backend web developer, database administrator, and infrastructure administrator. Other interests include animals, documentaries, listening to most kinds of music, having deep intellectual conversations, and pondering the meaning of life. #Mastodon #Introduction #Ottawa #Canada #Blind #Music #Technology
Mastodon instance for residents of Ottawa, Gatineau, and surrounding regions.
Instance de Mastodon pour les résidents d'Ottawa, de Gatineau et des régions avoisinantes.
