Human with love and curiosity for humanity.
Originally from the Pacific Northwest shores of Anacortes, Washington. Currently living on the banks of the Anacostia in Washington D.C.
Public servant for the American people supporting civic infrastructure, open data, open government, and human centered service design.
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On the same day, the White House released their new accessibility guidance which happens to be the first time they've published formal new policy natively as HTML rather than PDF.
We've come a long way, but what more can we do to improve accessibility for the public good without waiting 30 years for another small victory?
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View or download as a PDF. December 21, 2023 M-24-08 MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM: Shalanda D. Young, Director SUBJECT: Strengthening Digital Accessibility and the Management of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act On this page: I. INTRODUCTION This memorandum provides guidance to help agencies advance digital accessibility by maintaining an…
Today, 30 years after HTML and the web were invented to support collaborative access for research and academia the arXiv open access repository now supports HTML publications, modernizing accessibility and continuing to mature from humble beginnings as a Los Alamos National Laboratory hosted mail server
https://blog.arxiv.org/2023/12/21/accessibility-update-arxiv-now-offers-papers-in-html-format/
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On this day in 1895 a patent was granted for the first electric bicycle. Let's ride!
In preparation for the solstice making the start-up pivot to longer days of light, I'm expanding my windowsill solar bay to include a low power server. With a friendly CDN perhaps this can be resilient enough for a small mastodon instance for old friends or a pixelfed instance for the extended family. Or maybe it can be a simple static web publisher to blog about the trials and travails of seasonal windowsill cat power in the style of https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com
"It might seem strange that your dog uses its bathroom time to engage with and participate in the world and its dog community, but the idea isn’t so foreign to human beings anymore. Next time you go to the bathroom, catch up on the news of the day and see if it doesn’t make you feel more a part of the greater surrounding community."
Wonderful punchline 😊 in this explainer on canine olfaction
https://wagwalking.com/behavior/why-dogs-sniff-around-before-pooping
I spent hours trying all options to get verified with #TwitterBlue, but determined it was impossible. I was shocked Mastodon was easier to verify. I tried my iPod touch, but too old. I tried on my M1 Mac, but not available there. For now it seems #TwitterVerified starts at $336.99 unless you're already in the blue caste.
After verifying my Mastodon account this morning, I attempted to upgrade my #TwitterBlue to be verified there. After many hours I determined it was impossible unless I first paid at least $329 (to Apple)
Twitter aims to reform and democratize the old #TwitterVerified caste system, but it depends on an existing caste system captured by anti-competitive market dominance
https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1589450766506692609
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