Code4Lib Presentation: We Are All Disabled! Universal Web Design Making Web...
This is the write-up for the Code4Lib 2014 version of the presentation. The write-up of the hour long version from last week is also available. The Code4lib version however was made with the Code4lib...
View ArticleGuerrilla Usability: Choosing the Front Page with Mockups
As part of the redesign for the new site, the main thing that I really wanted to change in terms of the look was the front page.Based on my experience and discussions with staff about what our users...
View ArticleAccess 2014: We’re All Disabled! Part 2: Building Accessible (Web) Services...
This was presented at Access 2014 in a half hour time slot, so I was pretty tight on time. Recording of the stream should be available on the Access Conference Website at some point. Slides...
View ArticleMaking Web Services Accessible With Universal Design
This was presented as a webinar for the Education Institute on Thursday, January 22, 2015. This presentation is mostly an amalgamation of the Access 2014 and LibTechConf 2014 presentations. There are a...
View ArticleMaking the NNELS Site Responsive
Honestly, making a site responsive is nothing new, not even for me. Nevertheless, I wanted to document the process (no surprise there). Since as of the date of publishing this post, the responsive...
View ArticleMinor Redesign to the NNELS Website
The last time I really worked on the website, I did not change the look of the site at all, simply using the existing look and making it responsive. After some feedback and based on general good UX...
View ArticlePresentation: Making Web Services Accessible for Everyone
This morning , I did another presentation for the Florida Libraries Webinars group. The first time was focused on web content, while this time was focused on overall design and structure. To be honest,...
View ArticleArticle: A Practical Guide to Improving Web Accessibility
What’s that? Why yes, it’s another article! Open-access, peer-reviewed article, this time written more for the content creator (as opposed to the developer). Check it out issue no. 7 of Weave: Journal...
View ArticleMaking Your Website Accessible Part 4: WCAG 2.1
The latest revision of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), version 2.1, was recently published. While it’s a few years old, I still often refer to my series of blog posts that break down...
View ArticleEvolution of the GitLab Support Portal landing page 2018-2022
While I touched on them in my first year and second year reflection blog posts, I didn’t really discuss the changes of the GitLab Support Portal landing page. So, I thought with the launch of the...
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