Photo of the Week: Red-tailed Hawk

brown and white hawk perched on the end of bare branch, blue sky in background.

After a week of gray cloudy skies followed by two days of freezing cold weather and snow flurries, it was wonderful to wake up this morning to clear blue skies and a bright shining sun.

Which meant I spent most of my day birdwatching, looking for:

  • Whooping Crane (found it!)
  • Golden Eagle (no luck)
  • Migrating waterfowl
  • Sandhill Cranes (hundreds!)
  • Birds that overwinter in Michigan

I had a successful day! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Red-tailed Hawk

TED Talk: How the Hyperlink Changed Everything [Video]

HTML code of links for navigation menu.

Having worked on the web for 20+ years, I thought I had a good understanding of web history.

Who created the web, HyperText Markup Language (HTML), and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

How web standards came about.

But when it comes to the hyperlink—what most people call a link—it turns out I didn’t know much about its background. Continue reading TED Talk: How the Hyperlink Changed Everything [Video]

10 Things to Know About Chromebook Accessibility

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As Chromebooks become more commonplace, especially in schools where students and teachers use the popular laptop, it’s critical that Chromebooks have tools that make the web accessible to everyone.

A number of new accessibility features have been added to the Chromebook with the latest release of Chrome OS, which rolled out over the past couple weeks.

At the Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) Chrome Accessibility webinar, Laura Allen, Chrome & Chrome OS Accessibility Program Manager, highlighted the new accessibility features in Chrome OS.

Allen kicked off the webinar with the following: Continue reading 10 Things to Know About Chromebook Accessibility