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An Event Apart – SF 2008

Aug 22, ’08 4:43 PM

This was my first Event Apart and I was not disappointed. The speakers were all on their game though I’ve seen Kelly’s and Jeff’s presentations before they’re keeping them fresh with a healthy serving of new material and are perfect for first time viewers. My brain is brimming with 16 hours of inspiration that I will try to distill down to a 30 minute share out with my friends at Intuit. I hope I can do them justice.

Here are my selects from the event. Not too bad for a $160 Lumix (no flash was used cuz I read the sign). More camera details available on each photo’s page on Flickr.

Jeffrey, thank you for the complement. It was an unexpected surprise. You have my permission to use them as you see fit.

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Target.com sued for inaccessible web site

Feb 21, ’06 7:22 PM

As posted at The Web Standards Project. Target is being sued by the National Federation for the Bline for not making their site accessible. Accessibility is really quite easy and inexpensive if you simply commit up front to adhering to reasonable accessibility standards. The argument that it is too expensive just doesn’t fly anymore. Granted, if you built a large scale site with no intention of supporting accessibility a retrofit could cause a budget overrun. When you consider that SEO is an integral part of any marketing strategy and that search engines are essentialy “blind” users the resistance to accessibility simply doesn’t make any business sense.

“The US National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has brought legal action against Target corporation (a major US-based discount retailer which operates more than 1,300 stores in 47 states) because their web site is not accessible. The NFB has raised the issue with Target Corporation before…”

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