Yes, I have been neglecting this site for a while. This time I have a valid excuse, though — major life changes are afoot. Most of you that are still reading this probably know that we have decided to move to Wilmington, NC this summer. Bri was offered an incredible position at UNCW, and we decided that we are ready for the next step in our lives. Our families are all on the east coast, and these 9 years on the west coast have taken their toll on both the emotions and the budget as we try to keep up...… →

I am leaving bright and early tomorrow morning (like at 4am, sheesh) to attend my 4th SXSW. I’m really looking forward to getting out of Dodge for a while, and I really need the shot in the arm that I always get from hanging out with all the geeks, seeing old friends, and meeting new ones. If you will be there, look me up and say hi. I will have some kick-ass Interllectual Moo cards — get ‘em while they last! …

Seriously. This should be obvious. Why would you make inaccessible videos about accessibility? Yet, I have found this happening more and more lately. I has become very frustrating for me, because some of the videos are great, and I would love to use them in the accessibility training materials I am assembling. However, for reasons that should be obvious, I cannot use inaccessible training materials in a course about accessibility. Some recent examples that come to mind are: Victor Tsaran: “An Introduction to Screen Readers” on YUI Theater, the AssistiveWare videos on computer accessibility, and Using ALT attributes smartly on...… →

I’m a little late to this conversation, since I am on vacation for Thanksgiving, but I thought I’d weigh in on the CSS framework discussion started by Jeff Croft. I’m pretty sure the only reason why this is getting so much attention right now is because of the final few paragraphs of Jeff’s original article, which suggest that the only reason folks are against frameworks is that they are afraid frameworks will make their jobs obsolete: My gut feeling is that many folks who make their living off writing semantic (X)HTML and CSS are getting scared. They’re realizing that CSS...… →

In the last couple of days I have soft-launched version 4 of Interllectual.com. Any craziness you have been seeing with the RSS feeds should be resolved now. My goal with this version was to bring all the different aspects of my life together in one place, and to have the site feel like it represents where I am in my life at this point. Colors are brighter that they were before, and animals play a huge part in the site as they do in my life. There is a new logo-mascot, and my mammal and bird life-lists are a major...… →

As promised, here is a follow-up to my previous post about our test of the emergency alert system last week. We advertised the test on the HSU home page during business hours with a red box in the “promo” area: Then, at the appointed time, I switched the HSU home page into emergency mode for 15 minutes. A notice was displayed that explained the test, and what HSU constituents should do during an actual emergency: (These screenshots were taken by Karine Joly of collegewebeditor.com, who has many great articles about higher ed emergency communications. I forgot to take screenshots during...… →