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Photo of the Week: Mission Hill Cemetery Overlook in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

July 14, 2021October 20, 2019 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Golden orange, yellow, and red trees surround the blue waters of Spectacle Lake and Lake Superiors.

About 20 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is one of my favorite places to see autumn colors in our state.

Mission Hill Overlook, across from the Mission Hill Cemetery in Brimley Michigan overlooks Spectacle Lake, Lake Superior, Whitefish Bay, and Sault Ste. Marie.

To get to the overlook, you drive up a steep incline on a narrow asphalt one-lane road, with hardwood trees on each side of the road.

It feels like you’re in a tunnel of trees, only dappled light makes it way through the shadows.

Cliffs on the north edge of the road drop more than 50 feet, raising every driver’s heartbeat a bit as they drive to the overlook. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Mission Hill Cemetery Overlook in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Event Registration Alternatives to Meetup.com

July 26, 2021October 16, 2019 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Meetup announcement that pricing has changed for organizers and attendees.

With this week’s announcement that Meetup.com was changing its pricing policy, many meetup organizers are looking for alternatives to using Meetup.com for their event registration.

The news of the pricing change spread quickly among meetup organizers on Twitter.

While the decrease in cost to organizers at $24/year was welcomed, the $2.00 fee for attendees was not. Continue reading Event Registration Alternatives to Meetup.com

Inclusive Design 24: The Tipping Point, How Performance Decisions Make Accessibility Differences

July 15, 2021October 14, 2019 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

In his The Tipping Point: How Performance Decisions Make Accessibility Differences presentation at Inclusive Design 24 2019 this month, Henri Helvetica discussed the relationship between performance and inclusive design.

A designer who works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he explained how performance metrics like

Time To Interactive
Wait time anti-patterns
Resource management

impact inclusive design and how people are included. Continue reading Inclusive Design 24: The Tipping Point, How Performance Decisions Make Accessibility Differences

Photo of the Week: Mission Hill Cemetery Overlook in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Event Registration Alternatives to Meetup.com

Inclusive Design 24: The Tipping Point, How Performance Decisions Make Accessibility Differences

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