Download Web Axe Episode 70 (Lots of News & Events)

Chatter

• Web Axe over 2,000 subscribers, thank you followers!
• Phone call from Web Axe listener (from last podcast on Recovery.gov site review).
• Accessible Twitter updates.
• Dennis changed the name of his freelance company to Web Overhauls.
• Refresh Detroit:
• Noel Jackson from Automattic (wordpress) presented on transitioning from print design to web design.
• Tuesday we have a panel discussing writing for the web

In the News

• Petition to make the Kindle 2 Fully Accessible – Web Axe signature number for this petition is 713.
• An Open Letter To Game Developers – “Game Accessibility. It’s a loaded phrase and I know that it scares the hell out of many developers.”
• The Jodi Awards For Excellence In Accessible Cultural Websites And Digital Media – Word files without proper headings and alt text.
• 9 Reasons Why Accessibility Matters
• 10 Accessibility Tips for RSS Feeds – Mmm…No different than regular web accessibility?!
• Ways to understand AT- Making accessibility more real
• Facebook Commits To Making Social Networking More Accessible For Visually Challenged Users
• ouTube launches CaptionTube: A caption editor
• WaSP InterAct Curriculum – Great resource!

Events/Conferences

• Attended Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco
• @feather registration: Ajax/Accessibility workshop in Ottawa: http://furtherahead.com/workshops/ottawa2009/ promo code fatwitter $100 off
• The Access U 2009 Conference is coming up fast! It will be held at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, on Monday May 11 and Tuesday, May 12, 2009 (with post-conference sessions on May 13). Pricing and registration information.
• Accessibility in Technical Communication and the Workplace (June 13, 14, Churchill College Cambridge, England)