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Refresh DC Accessibility Presentation – 01/17/2008

Posted on January 14, 2008 by John F Croston III

I will be giving an Accessibility presentation at the Janruary 17, 2008, meeting of Refresh DC. The following is the important information: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Greater Washington Board of Trade 1725 I Street NW, Suite … Continue reading →

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Use of UL or OL in HTML Forms

Posted on December 31, 2007 by John F Croston III

I just finished re-reading Roger Johansson’s wonderful article entitled “Use the label element to make your HTML forms accessible“. I agree with everything he said, except I think by putting the label and the input elelements as part of an un-ordered list (UL) or an ordered … Continue reading →

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Need Help with Skills List

Posted on December 17, 2007 by John F Croston III

In preperation for my talk on Accessibility for the Januray, 2008, Refresh DC meeting I am looking to build a small simple accessible web application that might be useful in the end to the DC Technology Community. It will allow people to … Continue reading →

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DC Adaptive Technology Meetup

Posted on December 5, 2007 by John F Croston III

I found another great meetup by using Ross Karchner‘s DC Tech Events website. This one was the DC Adaptvie Technology meetup that was held at the DC Public Library in Washington, DC. The event was on Saturday December 1st, 2007, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 … Continue reading →

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Finally My Notes from An Event Apart Chicago 2007

Posted on November 24, 2007 by John F Croston III

Finally got around to finishing up my post about the actual two days at the An Event Apart conference in Chicago on August 27 – 28, 2007. I had  a great time both at the conferenc and at the different gatherings … Continue reading →

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