AbilityNet Blog
The language of Accessibility has to change !
18/11/2009 14:36
Its been a while since Ive had a rant - but here we go What are the barriers that are slowing down the uptake of assistive technologies ? We normally talk about cost, training, awareness and all of the usual issues. I’m increasingly thinking that the problem is more fundamental than that. Too often the language [...]
Is the Mobile Web Showing the Way ?
07/11/2009 14:39
Its a funny thing having an iPhone, ok funny and expensive, ok funny and expensive and slightly obsessive - but that wasn’t my point All of a sudden the way I use Internet connectivity has changed, and im not just talking about lack of a flash player for videos. Suddenly I find myself moving away from using a browser and [...]
Looking back and looking forward - musings from Alex Barker
22/10/2009 08:18
On my way back from a SEN exhibition in London I idly flicked through the Guardian magazine. In it were the highlights of the past ten years including events as diverse as Obama becoming the first black President of the USA and the equally important Big Brother show on Channel 4. This got me thinking. Certainly [...]
Keep it quiet - Govt websites were really good !
27/08/2009 12:50
I’m finding this hard to write, if youve read any of my blogs you’ll know that I much prefer sarcasm to constructive debate - its easier and more fun. But I have a confession to make - Its been 2 days since I did it but I used a local council and a central govt [...]
Automated vs manual testing – a bit of clarity
28/07/2009 08:15
A recent blog post from Sitemorse entitle “Why are sites ranked lower by Sitemorse than Shaw Trust and AbilityNet” addressed the issue of low scores for sites that are tested with their automated compliance checking tool. They explain that the low score their tool gives sites arises from the fact that their tool checks for [...]
Apple iPhone 3G (s) and OS 3 and a coffee maker
22/06/2009 06:12
If like me you are a member of that elite group of nerds known as the twitterati - you would have noticed an almost cataclysmic event this week - Apple gave some talks and unveiled OS3 for iPhone and the iphone 3Gs. For days no-one has twittered about much else - when they started queueing [...]
AT 4U LOL
03/06/2009 14:27
I was working in London recently for AbilityNet. I came out of the tube station and a copy of the London Paper was thrust into my hand. I just had a cursory glance through it but I was interested to find a column headed “Love struck” where people spot other people on public transport [...]
AT and Democracy - but all on expenses
15/05/2009 16:34
It’s Thursday afternoon and yet another MP has been embarrassed about how much money they have claimed for their swimming pool or their second house. Or their second swimming pool in their second house. I’m still trying to come to terms with the people that represent the people and their definition of morals “It’s [...]
Crab Claw syndrome - its so 2009
09/05/2009 09:52
So there I was on the underground in London. And I did the unthinkable, I did the one thing that creates panic in the urban community, I became an untouchable, a biological terrorist of unspeakable proportions - I coughed. The office workers around me immediately covered their own mouths and noses in a desperate attempt [...]
Fact v Fiction - The web and truth - Wearable Robotics
14/04/2009 21:32
Sometimes I just dont know what to make of the web, scrolling through google news I came upon a story of wearable robotics to support disabled users. http://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/robotsuithal/index.html (I have explained before that I have no life remember) Now the problem is the company that this story about is called Cyberdene. And cyberdene systems is the name [...]
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