Agile and the Concept of One True User Story

karlgroves — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:55:16 +0000

In my career, I’ve been lucky enough to work for companies that did cool stuff. This goes for both my employer and my clients. Nothing is so energizing as to work with really smart people who create really cool products. One that will always stick with me is the Nextel FanView.

The FanView [...]

Efficiency in Accessibility Testing or, Why Usability Testing Should be Last

karlgroves — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:55:31 +0000

Accessibility testing is the testing of a system to determine how the system will perform when accessed by persons with disabilities. Testing of all ICT products and services is important to determining what issues exist and what risk any accessibility issues create for the organization. In my experience, the majority of testing efforts are [...]

Links to Resources Discussed in “Improving the Accessibility Game Plan” Presentation

karlgroves — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:30:42 +0000

In today’s webinar, I mentioned a number of resources on the web having to do with the Accessibility Game Plan. I’ve listed all of those links here for easier access to those items.

Materials

Materials for this webinar have been archived by the ADA Online Learning website. You can download full transcript and materials

CAPTCHA-less Security

karlgroves — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:01:07 +0000

CAPTCHA is perceived as a quick and effective way to stop bots from performing abusive actions on a website. Bots are often deployed to do things like automatically enter spam into email forms or comment forms. They can also be used to submit fraudulent entries in other forms such as registration forms or to voting [...]

Take this job & shove it. I’ve retired from Accessibility Consulting

karlgroves — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:44:15 +0000

Happy April Fools Day everyone. Congrats to those who figured it out early. This post was just a joke.

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which [...]

Important Note: Join A11yBuzz Mailing List to Discuss Accessibility Body of Knowledge

karlgroves — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:03:09 +0000

A mailing list has been set up to discuss the possibility of creating an Accessibility Body of Knowledge. Those interested in the list should go to the A11yBOIK Info Page. Once subscribed, you can get access to the list archives. Most notably I’d like to bring attention to the following message I just posted:

[...]

The Tribe Wants You

karlgroves — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:07:09 +0000

Coming out of the CSUN Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, there’s generally a flurry of post-conference blog posts and inspired discussions. One that sticks out for me are John Foliot’s comments in his CSUN 2012 Recap. CSUN is, by far, the largest conference in the ICT Accessibility industry and its placement [...]

So many to thank for a great time at CSUN 2012

karlgroves — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:13:24 +0000

On the plane home and can’t stop thinking about what a great time I had this year at the CSUN conference. Giving thanks to those who were generous enough to spend time with me would be far too long for a 140 character tweet, or even a series of tweets.

In no particular order:

Mike [...]

What does it take to call yourself an accessibility expert?

karlgroves — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:36:57 +0000

Yesterday, February 28, 2012, the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) hosted an event titled Taking Accessibility Mainstream: Making the Case for an International Society of Accessibility Professionals as an all-day pre-conference session as part of CSUN. The context for this event is as follows:

This forum is intended to bring focus to [...]