Shelly Brisbin

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Public radio journalist (@TexasStandard) and nerd. I cover #Texas news (government, transportation, disability, tech, arts, music, books). I also write about Apple (@sixcolors) and podcast about classic film (@liontowershield).
Accessibility (#a11y) advocate. Sending memes? Alt text or it didn’t happen.

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The Radio News Jobhttps://www.texasstandard.org/about-the-team/shelly-brisbin/
My #a11y Bookhttp://iosaccessbook.com
Podcasting at The Incomparablehttps://www.theincomparable.com/person/shelly-brisbin/
Former tech+ #a11y podcasthttp://relay.fm/parallel
Though Claude has been effecitve with Mac troubleshooting, terminal commands and even a miraculous pull of a great radio guest, it initially choked when I asked it about memes, while researching a blog post about them. I finally got what I needed, but clearly Claude and I share a disconnect from GIF-based culture.
Me: If you wanna finish up my script for tomorrow’s show, it's on my screen.
Programmer Husband: Is it in Python?
Read and learn from this photo’s alt text. It provides the kind of context and detail required to explain what’s meaningful about the photo, for a visually-impaired reader. #a11y https://beige.party/@kimlockhartga/116313203127916021
Kim Possible :kimoji_fire: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Perfect pic of the Fall of the U.S. empire doesn't exi . . . credit: the L.A. Times #US #USPol #News

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Using AI has the added side effect of helping document the troubleshooting process as I go. Not always something I prioritized.
Claude is 2-for-2 helping me solve thorny Mac troubleshooting issues.
Just a point on Apple celebration of 50 years. They were not always inclusive, screen reader access cdid not come to the Mac platform until 2005 from Apple itself.
Thank you all for the Apple TV show recommendations. I'll check some of these out, but probably not all. 😊 I'll prioritize shows that aren't mostly about dudes, and see how far I get. https://zeppelin.flights/@Shelly/116291838050514632
Shelly Brisbin (@[email protected])

Subscribed to Apple TV again, just long enough to watch For All Mankind. So what else should I watch that is not sci-fi?

The Incomparable
Watching Palm Royale to discover why no one recommends it.
Subscribed to Apple TV again, just long enough to watch For All Mankind. So what else should I watch that is not sci-fi?
It’s another busy and varied week here, but I did want to pop in to say how much I enjoyed representing the National Federation of the Blind, along with my colleague Jesse Shirek, at an Apple-organized event focusing on #accessibility celebrating Apple’s 50th birthday.
The original wave of Apple accessibility, in the late 1970s and early to mid-80s, was very much grass roots driven, and in the April 1 episode of Access On, the National Federation of the Blind’s podcast, we’re going to be celebrating that period of technology history by speaking with some people who lived it, and even doing a few demos.