While the Contact page is one of the most visited pages, I had put it off for a time, wanting to redesign the pages that really needed work first. While not the best, the Contact page was functional and was easy enough to skim. After redoing the other pages though, the Contact page started to … Continue reading »
Digital Odyssey 2013: Big Data, Small World Notes & Takeaways
Big Data 90% of the world’s data was created in the last 2 years can tell us much that other information cannot emphasize the need for analysis and interpretation your data is mined and used to make decisions for you, even more so in the future to prepare, know that big data will affect data … Continue reading »
Adding HTML Attribute Exceptions to WordPress KSES
UPDATED: June 14, 2013 Okay, so I’ve updated this post to something that actually works and with a real example
Code4Lib North: Day 2 Afternoon Notes
Afternoon of lightning talks
Code4Lib North: Day 2 Morning Notes
Morning presentations
Code4Lib North: Day 1 Afternoon Notes
Lightning talk followed by workshop and breakout discussion.
Code4Lib North: Day 1 Morning Notes
Morning presentations
Presentation: Working with Users of Perceptual Disabilities At a Distance
I actually recently presented this as part of an interview, and thought it had enough new material (and not just repeating my web accessibility posts/presentations) to warrant posting it. To give you a bit of context, the goal of the presentation was to train staff, who have no prior experience working with persons with disabilities, … Continue reading »
Ryerson Faculty Conference: Notes on Engaging Every Online Student
The Challenges and Lessons of Creating Accessible Course Materials Maureen Glynn, Yueh-Chin Ma, Digital Education Strategies Restiani Andriati, Digital Media Projects Office Diane Michaud,Library and Archives Charles Silverman, School of Disabilities Studies
Ryerson Faculty Conference: Opening Keynote Notes
Teaching and Learning in Socio-technical Networks George Siemens Transition to new technology can be hard, but while it can be difficult to learn new technology, there are some positive sides e.g. story of his father getting immediate help when having a heart attack.