Category Archives: Real life
My phone thinks I’m a geek
Predictive text is great, but a double edged sword. I've taught it a few too many acronyms, and now they are the default. Now, the default words for some things are really annoying. Are there any others who've been unstuck by this, or am I the only one? If I’m never heard from again…
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I try not to 'test' the system if I can help it. But when a friend drops you in it (possibly), you don't have much choice. If I'm not heard of again, this is why.
@media 2007
I’m just back from @media, and thought I’d post up brief notes (such as they are) for my own reference and anyone else’s gain. Obviously, I will only comment on the presentations I saw, and it’s all from my own particular perspective.
Jesse James Garrett - Beyond AJAX
I didn’t …
Web mob is the new jury?
Any web geek will have heard of the Digg vs. the AACS copy protection body, but is this the new Jury system?
Domain woes
If you've found this site, well done! My main domain (alastairc.ac) has just been dropped without warning by the registrar. I've switched over to alastc.com for now, needless to say, nic.ac is not my favorite registrar at the moment.
.net does accessibility
I was a bit quiet over the Christmas period, because .net magazine had asked me to do an article on accessibility. I'm very pleased with the result, it's great to see it in print, although also quite nerve-wracking: I'm used to making post-publish edits! Fund raising for accessibility
At this stage, fund raising to allow fund raising! Joe Clark is starting the Open & Closed Project, dedicated to writing a set of standards (how-to manuals) for four fields of accessibility – captioning, audio description, subtitling, and dubbing. Captions vs subtitles
In a short break from the editor series, and in the spirit of
If you write it down you'll remember it, I'm going to risk a mauling by defining captions and sub-titles for video.
Online passport applications - not ready
The short story is that you shouldn't use the uk online passport application unless you have no time constraints. The slightly longer story vents about government IT projects, and praises the Opera mini which was (mostly) used to write this post. Net neutrality under threat?
You have to worry when Tim Berners-Lee says things like:
Let’s see whether the United States is capable as acting according to its important values, or whether it is, as so many people are saying, run by the misguided short-term interested of large corporations.
Part of me thinks: will …