Category Archives: Web Standards

Refresh DC Accessibility Presentation – 01/17/2008

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, … Continue reading

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Use of UL or OL in HTML Forms

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 elements as part of an … Continue reading

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A Few Quick Things About the OLPC

Yesterday I met Justin Thorp, Rodney DeGracia, Stewart, and Partica over at Murky Coffee in Arlington, VA with our One Laptop per Child machines (OLPCs). We had a good time talking about our new laptops. Stewart even mentioned that the … Continue reading

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Need Help with Skills List

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

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DC Adaptive Technology Meetup

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

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