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Exclusive! Steve Jobs announces the Apple Tablet!

pat — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:11:47 +0000

This exclusive photo was taken this morning of Steve Jobs preparing to present the Apple Tablet to the world:

John Slatin AccessU coming in May

pat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:53:12 +0000

The 2009 John Slatin AccessU conference is scheduled for May 11 through May 13 at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. The first two days are traditional conference sessions and panels and the last day is a series of post-conference sessions.

Knowbility’s annual training institute, produced for six years in partnership with St Edward’s University offers two days of classes focused on accessible information technology with options for advanced training and certificate programs for usability professionals. If you believe that the web should empower ALL people, if you need information about how to meet state and federal accessibility mandates, if you are a commercial web developer who wants to understand emerging best business practices of accessibility for the web, John Slatin Access U is the place to be in May, and registration is open.

What’s new at John Slatin Access U in 2009?

In addition to two-days of the best hands-on accessibility classes, you will hear keynote presentations, attend a captioned and audio described movie, participate in communities of practice sessions where you can share experiences, and meet hundreds of others who share your passion for accessible IT. From absolute beginners to advanced practitioners you can customize your learning to meet your specific needs. Some new options in 2009 include:

Usability Track with Certificate

Created for usability professionals who know how to test for usability and want to learn to test for accessibility. We are pleased to offer a set of classes to build the skills and knowledge you need to help your clients meet mandates and to help you conduct usability tests that include people with disabilities. Courses are delivered within the two day basic conference period and an additional certificate fee applies.

Molly Holzschlag Track – HTML/CSS/Accessible Design Intensive

Spend three days with Molly Holzschlag learning HTML/XHTML and CSS for accessibility, SEO, and superior web site performance. If you have some experience in CSS and need only the more advanced techniques, sign on for Day 3 as a post-conference only.

Post Conferences:

Derek Featherstone: Breaking New Ground: Designing for Accessibility in Emerging Technologies

Molly Holzschlag: Post Conference

Questions? Ask Teenya Franklin
Office: 512-791-2046 or
teenya@knowbility.org

Photo Gallery Test

pat — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:37:30 +0000

CSS Properties supported by Firefox 3.1

pat — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:58:46 +0000

It’s exciting to see CSS features supported in a new release of a web browser. According to the Firefox 3.1 beta release notes, these properties are now supported:

Newly supported properties:

text-shadow
box-shadow as -moz-box-shadow
border-image as -moz-border-image
column-rule as -moz-column-rule, -moz-column-rule-width, -moz-column-rule-style, and -moz-column-rule-color
column-gap as -moz-column-gap
word-wrap
Added the custom color value -moz-nativehyperlinktext, which selects the computer’s native hyperlink color.
pre-line as a white-space value.
New values for -moz-appearance: -moz-win-glass and -moz-mac-unified-toolbar.
-moz-transform and -moz-transform-origin are now supported for CSS transforms.

Newly supported selectors:

:nth-child
:nth-last-child
:nth-of-type
:nth-last-of-type
:first-of-type
:last-of-type
:only-of-type

These and more at the release notes for Firefox 3.1beta.

Texas A&M Web Accessibility Showcase

pat — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:36:02 +0000

Big kudos to Matt Herzberger and the rest of the team at Texas A&M for putting on a Web Accessibility Showcase this week. If you’re not able to be there this week, it’s streaming on ustream.tv. I’ll be presenting there tomorrow at 1330, Central US time.

Save the Accessibility Institute

pat — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:36:59 +0000

Help Knowbility and others fight the University of Texas’s decision to close the Accessibility Institute by signing the petition.

It’s late tonight, it must be Bad

pat — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:28:11 +0000

U2 performing “Bad” from the music film, “Rattle and Hum.”

Star Wars Episode 4 Original Intro Footage

pat — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:40:26 +0000

I remember still images from the scenes with Luke and Biggs on Tatooine that were cut out from the finished film. If you had a copy of the Star Wars paperback book, you might remember these scenes as they were in the book. Fan Justin Lensen has taken these lost scenes and edited them together with music from the film to give us a glimpse into what these may have looked liked as a finished scene from the film.

Grape Creek Cuvée Blanc

pat — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:47:26 +0000

Kat & I celebrated our 5th anniversary this past weekend. We spent the weekend in the Hill Country town of Fredericksburg and at surrounding wineries and vineyards. Except for buying many many bottles of outstanding wine, we had a relatively low-budget and very enjoyable weekend.

This is the 2006 CuvÃ©e Blanc we enjoyed on the patio at Grape Creek Vineyards. That bottle, along with a nice Camembert and some crackers made for a pleasant and relaxing afternoon.

When Accessibility runs amok

pat — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:36:39 +0000

I work with accessibility in technology. I do it because I believe it is the right thing to do. I am also one who believes all ideas can be taken too far and the proposals being made in the city of Austin for mandated accessible homes are examples of an idea being taken too far.

Bettie Dunkerley is behind these proposed changes to the building codes and she’s putting them to the council for a vote on her last night on the council, which is tonight, the 18th. A pdf of the proposals is available at Austin Contrarian’s site.

I’m opposed to these ideas on the grounds that what is being mandated is being mandated for all, regardless of need, as opposed to being available for those who have a specific need. This isn’t the same as making a public building accessible. These are private dwellings.