Category Archives: Helpful Tips

Need Help with Skills List

Posted on December 17, 2007 by John F Croston III

In preparation for my talk on Accessibility for the January, 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Helpful Tips, Refresh DC, Web Standards | 7 Comments

CLiCk Speak Firefox Extension

Posted on December 10, 2007 by John F Croston III

Last year while at SXSW 2007 in Austin, Texas, I spent some time at the Knowbility trade show booth and talked with a young man by the name of Charles L. Chen about his Firefox extension CLiCk Speak. I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, DC Adpative Technology, Firefox, Helpful Tips, JAWS, Window-Eyes | Leave a comment

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, … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Braille, Braille Reader, Crosswalk, DC Adpative Technology, DC Tech Events, FORMs, Helpful Tips, ICON PDA, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Washington, DC, Web Standards | 1 Comment

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 conference and at the different … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, AEA, AEA - Chicago, AEAChicago07, An Event Apart, Best Practices, Branding, Chicago, IL, Content, CSS, Design, Design Patterns, Design Principles, Development, DOM, DOM Scripting, FORMs, Helpful Tips, IA, Information Architecture, Information Design, Layout, Programming, Search, Search Analytics, UI, Use Error / Advisory Information, User Interface, Web Standards | Leave a comment

DC PHP Developers Meeting

Posted on October 11, 2007 by John F Croston III

Last evening I went to the DC PHP Developers meeting. I had originally gone to the DC Tech Events website which is run by Ross M Karchner to check what time Thursday night the The DC Technology Network book group … Continue reading →

Posted in BarCamp DC, DC PHP Developers, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Development, DOM, DOM Scripting, Green Peace, Helpful Tips, jQuery, PHP, Programming, Refresh DC | 1 Comment