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Archive for March, 2008

Michelle posted her first rant on her blog today. Congrats, Michelle! You’re now an official member of the BlogoSphere!
She’s writing in response to a couple of articles on the lack of women in social media, and if you follow the discussion back - including some great comments on the articles - the topic encompasses the [...]

25 Mar, 2008

And he’s gone

Posted by: pat In: Geekery

John died last night
John passed away at 10pm tonight in the presence of Anna, Peter, Mason and Melissa. His breathing became softer and breaths further apart as Peter told him it was ok to let go, and we had just started playing Lakshmi’s gentle meditation CD. Ledia, Wolf, and Myles joined us in the hospital [...]

24 Mar, 2008

If you pray, send one John’s way

Posted by: pat In: Geekery

Dr. John Slatin, founding Director of the Accessibility Institute at the University of Texas, mentor, inspiration and quite simply a force in the push for accessible technology, is saying goodbye after a long fight with leukemia.
Anything I say will pail in comparison to the words and images he wrote down during his treatment in [...]

18 Mar, 2008

My God! It’s Full of Stars!

Posted by: pat In: Geekery

Rest in Peace, Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

10 Mar, 2008

Cooking up accessible video for the Web

Posted by: pat In: Accessibility

Cheers to those who attended my Core Conversation on captioning web video. Some quick links related to the topic:

MAGpie (Media Access Generator). This is the software I spoke of that makes it pretty easy to create caption files you can use with online video.
The MAGpie mailing list. A mailing list is only as useful as [...]

06 Mar, 2008

Pint by Pint Time

Posted by: pat In: Eat Drink be Merry| Geekery

Come hoist a pint with members of Refresh Austin and others tonight to celebrate the arrival of Spring Break for Geeks, South by South West Interactive. The weather may have turned colder, but it’s March in Austin. In two day’s it will be sunny enough to give people sunburns.
Slainte!


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About RAMsey

Welcome to the web site for Pat Ramsey, an accessibility consultant and web designer based in Austin, Texas. A device-independent Web is my dream and I believe we can achieve that with style - an accessible Web doesn't have to be a poorly designed Web.