Part 4. Alternative Text for Images: Hootsuite Announces Support in a Tweet

Alternative text for images: what about Buffer and Hootsuite?

This is my fourth post about alternative text for Buffer and Hootsuite, applications that allow you to manage and schedule your social media posts.

I’m happy to share news that Hootsuite now supports alternative text for images in their Composer.

Late October 2018, Nick Martin, global social engagement at Hootsuite, tweeted that Hootsuite now supports alternative text for images, via their Composer (New post) feature. Continue reading Part 4. Alternative Text for Images: Hootsuite Announces Support in a Tweet

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]