Author Archives: John F Croston III

South by Recap – Part 1

Posted on April 5, 2008 by John F Croston III

I know I should have done this at least two weeks ago, but here goes my overview about what was interesting at SXSW 2008. I will give you the top most memorable things of each day. The first two days … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, TX, SXSW | 2 Comments

Interesting Adventures on the Way to/at SXSW

Posted on March 6, 2008 by John F Croston III

Left for Washington National Airport (Reagan) at like 6:10 AM. The walk to the metro was not that bad. It took a while like 30 minutes to get to the Continental check in and it went very quickly, since no … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, TX, SXSW, Texas, Travel, Washington, DC | 3 Comments

Are You Using Skip Navigation?

Posted on February 24, 2008 by John F Croston III

Skip navigation is a great thing to have on your website for a lot of reasons. Here is a list of just a few of them the greatest ones being the first two, that they make websites more accessible to … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Best Practices, Design Principles, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | 8 Comments

“Say-Instead” Part of CSS3

Posted on February 18, 2008 by John F Croston III

Again while in Austin, Texas, I was talking with Charles L. Chen about his CLiCk Speak Firefox extension and he showed me that by using the new CSS3 property called “say-instead“, which is used to allow screen readers to pronounce … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, Fire Vox, Firefox, JAWS, Say-Instead, Web Standards, Window-Eyes | 2 Comments

Another Long Frustrating and Sometimes Fun Week

Posted on February 16, 2008 by John F Croston III

Last week was a bit frustrating and somewhat fun at the same time. Work was busy and somewhat of a pain. I need to get about four projects done before I head to SXSW on the 6th of March, 2008. … Continue reading →

Posted in Driving, Fun, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Spam, Spam Comments, Valentine's Day, Wine, Wine Dinner, Work | 2 Comments