guest post: Zagga Entertainment: Descriptive Video… On Demand

editor’s note: the following is being reposted with the permission of the original author. Zagga Entertainment: Descriptive Video… On Demand By: Kevin Shaw Remember the scene in Moulin Rouge where Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman sing to each other on top of the elephant? Or that amazing chase sequence through the subway in the Italian … Read more

violation of this child's first amendment rights? yes, please. Sue the school? totally do it!

this this apalling story may be old, but it scrolled across my twitter feed for some reason and still pissed me off, so you can be pissed right along with me. Comments follow. Sign Language Ban Imposed on N.J. Girl By Bryan Robinson Jan 7, 2006, 10:13 AM School officials have threatened a hearing-impaired girl … Read more

a response to my dropbox support ticket about accessibility.

The following is the response posted to my support ticket e-mail to dropbox yesterday. From: David M. – Dropbox Support Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:28 AM To: Shane Davidson Subject: Dropbox Support – Re: interface changes do not always mean accessibility. ## IMPORTANT ## Text below this line won’t be added to the ticket … Read more

an open letter to dropbox, interface changes don't always mean it's accessible.

update: a response was received on March 14, 2013. as a longstanding user of dropbox, I’ve grown to love it, from it’s ease of use, to it’s support on so many platforms, windows, mac, android, and iphone. So when 2.0.0 was early released and put up as the perminant stable download I thought nothing of … Read more

beginning computer skills? writing HTML five and CSS, and more! it's all found in the 2013 semester from cavi, enroll today!

Do you know how to use your Windows or Mac PC and your screenreader? Are you curious about the hardware inside of your computer? Do you want to sharpen your troubleshooting and computer maintenance skills? How about designing a website or running a Linux server? Perhaps you would like to build a computer or home … Read more

a reminder to the TTC fair collectors.

As a recent resident to Toronto, I’m heavily reliant on the toronto transit commission to get from point A to point B on a daily bases. Hey, so does, this recent blogger convert to wordpress one over here but that’s just par for the course around here. Anyhow, I’ve been around the block a time … Read more

wordpress apparently fails at accessibility in version 3.3.

For those who are tech savvy, *do not* upgrade to version 3.3 of wordpress if you value your sanity. This goes for those who maintain blogs for others. wordpress 3.3, has redesigned their dashboard, among other screens and these changes toss accessibility, straight out the window. James and myself are actively looking for fixes, etc. … Read more

You find all kinds of neat things when you're trying to plan your next move in life.

So tonight I’m bouncing around MWCC’s website and looking at their academic programs. You know, doing that whole planning what I’m up to after January, which is my family’s and my agreed upon point at which I’m done with FSU I was looking at their Computer Information Systems associate’s degree program, and saw something that … Read more