Author Archives: John F Croston III

Anton Peck Made Me Write This!

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

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

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

Times Running Out Before BarCampDC2

It seems like just the other day that we started planning for BarCampDC2 (like RefreshDC on steroids). When it was actually sometime in the middle of the summer and we never got serious until late August. Time is going by … Continue reading

Posted in BarCamp, BarCamp DC, Boston University, CDIA, CDIA Boston University, Center for Digital Imaging Arts, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Refresh DC, Washington, DC | Leave a comment

BarCampDC2 – October 18, 2008 – 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

As you may have heard the registration for the for the BarCampDC2 event will open this evening (September 22, 2008) at around 8:00PM. Here is some of the important information before registering you will need to know. When Saturday, October … Continue reading

Posted in BarCamp, BarCamp DC, Design, Design Patterns, Design Principles, Development, HTML, Information Architecture, Information Design, Programming, Refresh DC, UI, Washington, DC | Leave a comment