Accessibility Summit 2014: Accessibility for UX

When Elle Waters kicked off the Accessibility Summit conference with her Accessibility for UX talk, she captured everyone’s attention with her stories of challenging user experiences, explanation of why UX professionals don’t include accessibility in their work, and her UX professional’s accessibility coloring book.

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Accessibility Summit 2014: Writing Great Alt Text

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At the Accessibility Summit 2014 conference, user research expert Whitney Quesenbery discussed alt text, explained why we need it, and shared useful tips for creating better alt text.

Here are my notes, and some of the social media discussion, from her Writing Great Alt Text presentation:

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Joining Internet Slowdown Day

Today is Internet Slowdown Day, a day organized by Fight the Future and other public interest organizations to encourage people in the United States to contact the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, and the White House for stronger net neutrality rules. Continue reading Joining Internet Slowdown Day