Last Wednesday, I attended my second TEDxDetroit event, my sixth TEDx event in Michigan. Along with about 1,500 people, I enjoyed an amazing day learning about the creative and inspiring people in the metro Detroit area and their incredible work to educate, create, and move forward positive ideas. From nonprofits to academic institutions to individuals… Continue reading TEDxDetroit 2011
After attending last year’s outstanding Accessibility Summit, I couldn’t see how Environments for Humans could present an even better conference. But they did, kudos to Ari Stiles and Christopher Schmitt for all their work planning the summit! The second annual Accessibility Summit online conference didn’t disappoint, bringing together experts from around the world to share… Continue reading Accessibility Summit: Integrating Accessibility Across Devices
At the Accessibility in Google Apps webinar, Google staff discussed the importance of accessibility at Google as well as the challenges. Naomi Black of the Google Accessibility team shared the accessibility features and functionality in Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Sites and Calendar. Google is focusing on two areas to advance accessibility for the web: ChromeVox (screen… Continue reading Accessibility in Google Apps