There is possibly great news for those of us who did not like the newest issue of Facebook unveiled earlier this month!  Apparently, the powers that be have decided to listen to their customer feedback and make some changes!  As I have previously mentioned here, I found the newest Facebook layout to be very inaccessible [...]

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The American Foundation for the Blind put out an excellent article earlier this month regarding the accessibility of Facebook.  This article is very well-written and goes into great detail, using Facebook with Window-eyes.  It talks about the frustrations experienced and gives some great tips to get started with this social media platform.  I wonder if [...]

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All right, so today was the first day of the SXSW tradeshow!  I spent this afternoon at Knowbility’s booth giving demonstrations of jaws and talking to a lot of people about accessibility.  I also got to sit in and participate in a barcamp discussion on accessibility and its importance in social media.
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Maybe people already know about these new finds I post here, but they’re bran new and exciting to me and just might benefit others to know about them.
The first is a Jaws only product, so if you don’t use Jaws for Windows and have no interest in it, skip this part.  This is actually a free [...]

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Ok, the title is misleading, these are women not girls, but I had to think of something catchy.  I recently found out about fastcompany.com.  This site is a place for you to go and read and write comments about various aspects of owning, running and working as part of a business.  It provides networking opportunities, [...]

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I am very excited to add a new chapter in my social media adventures!  An independent group is working on an accessible version of Twitter!  Many features are still in the working stages, but this is so exciting indeed!  I tried out the site so far and find it much less difficult to read my friend’s [...]

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For the past couple of weeks, I have been on facebook, fairly active and experimenting.  I started out with just a couple of friends, but through the power of this social media, in the past few days, I now have almost 50 friends.  I have figured out how to link my facebook with my twitter, [...]

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I’ve been blogging here for 9 months or so and really enjoying it!  I find that I learn a lot more as I write and research various aspects of technology, accessibility and life.  However, I’d like to see a little more interaction from readers.  Discussion, comments, ideas, etc.  So lately, I have been continuing to [...]

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A few months ago, I posted a blog about e-bay and some of the changes they had made. While at that time I could still use the site, their changes had started to makeshopping on e-bay very difficult. Unfortunately, they have continued alterations to the site and now, it is next to impossible to shop [...]

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How many people around the world use the web as a social network?  With sites out there such as my space, facebook, twitter, etc. there is a lot of opportunity to always be connected.  You can tell people what you are watching, listening to, eating, working on, anything you like.  You can use these networks [...]

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