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There’s two fundamental debates taking place at the moment that get to the heart of what we mean by Web accessibility, and its relation to disability discrimination legislation. These are important debates to have; here’s my personal opinions.
Continue reading The two great accessibility debates

I’m trying to add some stylistic gorgeousness to my pages, but don’t understand enough PHP to make WordPress produce the markup I need. Can you help?
Continue reading WordPress PHP help wanted

(Last Updated on 13 August 2005)

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve accepted an invitation to join the newly-formed Accessibility Task Force for the WaSP.

Molly invited me at the @media conference when I first met my colleagues Gez Lemon, Andy Clarke, Patrick Lauke, Ian Lloyd and Derek Featherstone, and I’m honoured.
Continue reading WaSP Accessibility Task Force

(Last Updated on 14 July 2005)

Using the css :hover pseudoclass on links for a rollover effect is better for screenreader users than using JavaScript.
Continue reading CSS for “rollovers” aids screenreader accessibility

It is a mark of my utterly skewed priorities that, on reading my local freesheet, I considered buying this concrete donkey, until it occurred to me that it’d be a bugger to get in and out of the car.

Nevertheless, a three foot brown and white concrete donkey would look pretty cool.

You can help raise awareness of web accessibility issues by texting to vote for Julie Howell of the RNIB and Jooly’s Joint in a magazine competition.
Continue reading Vote for accessibility

(Last Updated on 2 July 2005)

There’s techy write-ups of @media all over the Information Superinterweb by now, so here’s my Daily Star/ National Enquirer-stylee round-up of all the goss.
Continue reading @media 2005: gossip, Guinness, girls ‘n’ geeks

(Last Updated on 19 June 2005)

I’m happy to say I’m off to the @media web standards and accessibility conference in London next week, and am looking forward to it immensely.
Continue reading Going to the atmedia conference?

(Last Updated on 12 June 2005)

I thoroughly enjoyed my DVD of “The Yes Men” yesterday, because:

• It is a perfect example of detournement in situationist thinking: exposing the society of the spectacle via an even greater, more ridiculous spectacle
• It did so using poo and willy gags
• The activists could only have met, worked together and set up their pranks because of the Internet
• It reminded me that most Americans are not bible-thumping money-worshipping solipsistic buffoons (it’s been three years and the re-election of George Dubya since I’ve been to the U.S., so I needed reminding)
• Much of what they were saying is absolutely correct.

(Last Updated on 8 June 2005)