Category Archives: AccessibiltyCampDC

Canceling Accessibility Camp DC for October 11, 2014

Posted on September 23, 2014 by John F Croston III

After much thought and discussion, we are canceling Accessibility Camp DC on October 11, 2014. We hope this does not cause too many people grief because they have already booked airfare and hotels to attend the event. I notified those … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, AccessibiltyCamp, AccessibiltyCampDC, BarCamp, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Washington, DC | 2 Comments

2014 = FOCUS

Posted on December 30, 2013 by John F Croston III

No, New Year’s resolutions for this guy, but this year’s theme will be “FOCUS”. Themes is an idea, which was taken from Jared Goralnick’s blog posts from a few years ago: One word for 2009: Impact. What’s your theme for … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, AccessibiltyCamp, AccessibiltyCampDC, Art, Content, Creativity, CSS, DOM Scripting, FOCUS, Health, HTML, Inspiration, JavaScript, JAWS, jQuery, National Gallery of Art, Passion, PHP, Programming, Theme, Walking, Weight, Writing | 2 Comments

Why I’m Building Hold An Event

Posted on February 9, 2012 by John F Croston III

I created Hold An Event because all the other event registration web applications are not accessible to those using assistive technologies, like screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, Window Eyes, etc.), along with voice recognition software (Dragon Naturally Speaking). They are also … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, AccessibiltyCampDC, JAWS, NVDA, Screen Reader, Search, Washington, DC, Web Applications, Web Standards | 2 Comments

I’m Not Dead Yet (In a British Accent)

Posted on December 6, 2011 by John F Croston III

I know a few of you have asked if I had written anything on my blog in a while and I have had to say no I have not. After reading @Nacin‘s blog post yesterday about it being months, since … Continue reading →

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Accessibility Camp DC – October 9, 2010

Posted on September 19, 2010 by John F Croston III

For those that were wondering when the next Accessibility Camp DC is, it will be on Saturday October 9 , 2010, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM in Washington, DC. This year … Continue reading →

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