Author Archives: John F Croston III

Need Help Deciding which Web Application to Build

Posted on July 14, 2009 by John F Croston III

Now that the house issues have been mostly settled I can get started on building one of the many small web applications that I have been tossing around. Some of these ideas I have been thinking about for what seems … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, BarCamp, Best Practices, Design, Development, JAWS, Layout, NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA), NVDA, PHP, Screen Reader, UI, User Interface, Web Applications, Web Standards, Window-Eyes | 13 Comments

Cleaning Up My Life

Posted on June 15, 2009 by John F Croston III

Don’t worry, nothing like that, I am just cleaning up the apartment (first floor of two family home I rent) and my part of the basement. Kind of was forced into doing this, since the people upstairs noticed bugs. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartment, Basement, Boxes, Cardboard, Fun, Helping Others, Landlord, Martha's Table, Recycle, Wine | 4 Comments

Anton Peck Made Me Write This!

Posted on May 28, 2009 by John F Croston III

Anton Peck did not really make me write this article, it was after reading his blog post the yesterday about “Beating Writer’s Block“ that got me thinking about my lack of writing blog posts too. Anton has been having trouble … Continue reading →

Posted in A List Apart, Actions, Activities, ALA, Burnout, Design, Development, E-mail, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Reading, Web Applications, Writing | 2 Comments

Some Thoughts from SXSWi 2009

Posted on March 24, 2009 by John F Croston III

The last few days I have been trying to recover from SXSWi in Austin, TX, and also figure out what I learned this year at SXSWi, lack of sleep being the biggest problem. It might take a few more days … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Austin, TX, BarCamp, BarCamp DC, Games, Knowbility, Refresh DC, Seattle, WA, SXSW, Texas, Washington, DC, Wendy Chisholm | 1 Comment

My Plans for the Next Few Months

Posted on March 9, 2009 by John F Croston III

The last few months have been busy with helping run the last BarCampDC, interviewing and getting my current job as “Web Content Accessibility Manager” (big fancy title) for ARMY.MIL, and a bunch of other things. BarCamp and AccessibilityCamp In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Austin, TX, BarCamp, BarCamp DC, SXSW, Texas, Web Standards | 3 Comments