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Recalling Details About People Without Remembering Their Name, Is There An App For That?
I’m just going to come right out and say it: I have a really hard time remembering names. It’s not a blindness thing; it’s a me thing. I can remember the most obscure details about people, but when it comes to important stuff like names, my brain often just goes blank. I’ve often wished I…
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10 Ways to Make Your Site More Accessible
I don’t remember if I’ve posted this before, but even if I have, I think it’s always good to have a reminder when it comes to making blog and other content more accessible.
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Playing around with Aiko, an amazing, accessible transcription app for Mac and iOS
I recently heard about this fantastic app, available for both Mac OS and iOS, called Aiko which leverages AI technology to transcribe audio. What sets Aiko apart from similar solutions though include, in part: I was excited to test out this fascinating technology and so to really put it through it’s paces, in a sub-optimal…
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When Success Means Buying a Smaller Suit
Recently, I got to participate on the Parallel podcast talking about, of all things, accessibility and fitness. The reason I phrase it this way is that anyone who knows me probably knows that fitness and I don’t normally go together in the same setence, let alone the same podcast. From the show description: Starting or…
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Tennessee high school students build robotic hand for classmate | Tennessee | The Guardian
I don’t often share individual links via this blog, but I came across this story and, well, it was just nice to come across something positive for a change, so I thought I’d share. What an awesome real-world problem for young students to tackle. I hope more schools come across this and search for more…
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100 Days of SwiftUI, my foray into understanding a bit more about how iOS works
Ever since I was able to accessibly use an iOS device, an iPhone 3GS, I’ve imagined how awesome it would be to be able to develop my own applications. That excitement was very short lived though as I soon became aware of just how complicated developing an application really is. It’s a very involved process…
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The Ultimate Blog Challenge for October 2022 and a brief intro
Many of you might remember that last year, I took part in something called the Ultimate Blog Challenge, a challenge that encourages bloggers to post every day over a given month. I really enjoyed the experience which not only helped me to write more regularly, but which also gave me the opportunity to connect with…
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An email attack, a Hilton hack, and a few lessons learned.
I’d love to say it was a dark and stormy night, but the afternoon of August fourth started off like any other. I was busy working when I received an email on my personal email account, we’ve all gotten these sorts of emails, they say something like, “Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter, click…
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It’s a boat! It’s a tank! It’s the physical description of the Nokia X100 budget phone
In my last post, I mentioned that I would provide a physical description of the Nokia X100, the budget phone I’m using to re-discover Android. As of this writing, T-Mobile offers the X100 for $252, however promotions can bring this price down even further. When I first beheld the Nokia X100, my initial impression was…
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Diving into Android, a journey of rediscovery
As those of you who may have followed this blog for a while probably know, every few years or so, I generally switch my primary mobile operating system between iOS and Android. I’ve done this for a few reasons, first because I feel it’s important that I keep up with how each operating system is…