Buffy Make A Reasonable Adjustment

The Ouch article about Buffy, Angel and disability.
Just because it made me laugh, and also because it fits nicely alongside all the reading I’m trying to wrap my head around.

Discrimination Act 1992

The Federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (D.D.A.) provides protection for everyone in Australia against discrimination based on disability. It encourages everyone to be involved in implementing the Act […]

Accessibility continued

A list of links for my own amusement.
1. HREOC’s web accessibility guidelines.
2. Better Practice Guide: Internet Delivery Decisions by the Australian National Audit Office.
3. The Steps To Making a Complaint About a Non-Accessible Website
4. W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
5. WebAIM
6. State Policies regarding Web Accessibility.
7. The Guide To Minimum Website Standards from The Dept of […]

wha’ happened?

Apparently it is daylight savings today. Nobody told me.

Accessibility and Usability

More lists of links. The excitement of it all must be overwhelming.
Accessible Content Magazine seems to be free if you opt for electronic delivery. I am about to start reading this puppy. (If I add this to my ‘to do’ list then I could cross it off my ‘to do’ list and then I would […]

The Omen

I watched the 70’s version of The Omen last night.
I’m not sure but I think this film could be used as a reasonably successful form of contraception.

To do list

1. register business name with Vic Gov
2. register com.au domain
3. web hosting
4. ring RACV about paperwork for insurance quote
5. personal budget
6. research web project contracts
7. web project proposal form
8. identity for business
9. sort out a filing system
10. sketch out proposed ideas for website
11. dump current portfolio site. goodbye first css site. you are […]

“Here we go, singing those songs with our soul”

One of the things I am working on at the moment for NEIS is a competitor analysis. As part of this I’ve been looking at how accessible websites are marketed.
Strangely the top 10 Google hits for “Accessible Web Design Melbourne” returns web design companies who don’t have a standards-compliant website. What’s going on here?
Only two […]

One more thing and then i’ll go

I have an interview for a (part time) job on Friday that my 21-year-old self would have killed for.
But my 32-year-old self is much more sensible and sedate. My 32-year-old self isn’t sure that it’s the right job for me. And then my 21-year-old self says, “What’s the point anyway? With global warming and the […]

Oh Happiness

Of course all the business talk is nice, but it gets away from the real point of getting out of bed in the morning. Pretty pictures and exciting ideas.
Here’s something I nicked earlier from teh interwebs.
Stephane Tartelin has some beautiful sketches and illustrations and other things. Here’s a crazy monster standing on a cupcake world. […]