Hi folks, Promote the Global accessibility awarenessday .... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeevan Reddy <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 12:52:01 +0530 Subject: Fwd: [WebAIM] May 9 Global Accessibility Awareness Day To: "jeevan.anupalle" <[email protected]>
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jennison Mark Asuncion <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:52:57 -0400 Subject: [WebAIM] May 9 Global Accessibility Awareness Day To: [email protected] Over the last couple of weeks, some of you on Twitter and LinkedIn may have seen reference to the first Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 9. This grassroots effort has been driven by a blog post by a Los Angeles-based dev, Joe Devon http://mysqltalk.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/challenge-accessibility-know-how-needs-to-go-mainstream-with-developers-now/ which I happened upon by pure luck. I was excited by the idea and potential because it fully supports the notion of reaching beyond the converted (i.e., to the balance of the design, development, and related IT communities). Think of it as a large accessibility “un”event in keeping with the camp/unconference movement that many of you know me as the poster guy for. Fast-forward and at this point, there are two free public events confirmed, one in Los Angeles featuring Yahoo!’s Todd Kloots and Victor Tsaran http://www.meetup.com/LA-UPA/events/62248512 and a more modest one in Toronto hosted by myself http://www.mysqltalk.com/gaadtoronto.htm , with a few other events still in the works. The ultimate goal is to raise awareness and begin digital accessibility conversations of all kinds. An official website will go up next week, which will include ideas on how everyone can participate (e.g., unplug your mouse for an hour and use your computer and blog about your experience). For now, there is info at http://www.facebook.com/globalaccessibilityawarenessday. While I know all too well that May 9 is just around the corner, if anyone here has the time, and is willing and able to organize some sort of intro to accessibility talk, demo of adaptive technology/mobile/other accessibility, or other digital accessibility awareness building event in your community/at work/school, get in touch with me via globala11yawarenessday at gmail.com so it can be included and promoted. It doesn’t have to be formal or large. Your target are designers, developers, IT decision-makers, and others who are most likely not members of this e-mail list. Jennison -- Jennison Mark Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison Follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jennison Accessibility Camp Toronto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeP5Kl4GDgA _______________________________________________ To manage your subscription, visit http://list.webaim.org/ Address list messages to [email protected] -- Best Regards, *Jeevan Reddy, Accessibility Developer, Onya Digital Solutions Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India. * -- Cheers, Jeevan Reddy, Accessibility Engineer, Onya Digital Solutions, Bangalore, Mob: +91 8050761380. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
