Archive for February, 2010

Online community action

Thanks to Lisa Schiff of Naracoorte Lucindale Council in SA for pointing this article from the SMH website out to me. Online protest stops trucks Josephine Tovey February 14, 2010 A Facebook campaign that stopped Waverley Council from building a truck depot near Bondi Beach could revolutionise the way people fight unwanted moves by their … Continue reading 

Tips for creating accessible websites by Neil King of Vision Australia

It is a widespread belief amongst web designers and implementers that sites that are accessible to users with disabilities must by necessity be uninteresting and simple, particularly visually uninteresting. As the nation’s leading provider of web accessibility workshops it is Vision Australia’s contention that this belief is profoundly misguided. Certainly, a very plain, visually simple … Continue reading