The WCAG Samurai is a group of Web accessibility specialists who, in June of 2006, set out to produce errata for WCAG 1.0. In June of 2007, they released their draft version of the errata and opened the floor to peer review and email comments. I...
Topics: Accessibility, HTML

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One of the challenges of web design is to assimilate all of the information you have been taught or read about into your practice and take it to a higher level. There are many books on CSS, HTML and JavaScript at each of beginning, intermediate and...
Topics: Accessibility, Book Reviews, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Web Design

{"title":"Web Standards Creativity","post_url":"http:\/\/pen-and-ink.ca\/web-standards-creativity\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/pen-and-ink.ca\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2007-06-01 10:38:23","summary":"One of the challenges of web design is to assimilate all of the information you have been taught or read about into your practice and take it to a higher level. There are many books on CSS, HTML and JavaScript at each of beginning, intermediate and..."}

This weekend, I went skiiing with my wife (a good skier) and my sons (good snowboarders). I, on the other hand, am a new skier. After a 2 hour lesson in the morning, I went back out to the hill and continued to practice what I had been taught. I fell a...
Topics: Humour

{"title":"Phrase of the Day: Yard Sale","post_url":"http:\/\/pen-and-ink.ca\/phrase-of-the-day-yard-sale\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/pen-and-ink.ca\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2007-02-20 08:03:40","summary":"This weekend, I went skiiing with my wife (a good skier) and my sons (good snowboarders). I, on the other hand, am a new skier. After a 2 hour lesson in the morning, I went back out to the hill and continued to practice what I had been taught. I fell a..."}

As conference organizers, speakers and attendees, Dave, Derek, Maxine and John have long been aware that while a good conference can be an unbeatable benefit for your career, they are definitely out of the price range of those in our industry who might...
Topics: CSS, HTML, Web Design

{"title":"Student Scholarships for Web Directions North","post_url":"http:\/\/pen-and-ink.ca\/student-scholarships-for-web-directions-north\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/pen-and-ink.ca\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2007-01-12 05:22:23","summary":"As conference organizers, speakers and attendees, Dave, Derek, Maxine and John have long been aware that while a good conference can be an unbeatable benefit for your career, they are definitely out of the price range of those in our industry who might..."}

Last year, I wrote about Corporate Xmas in which I ranted about corporations sending generic Xmas cards rather than allowing their employees to send their own more personal greetings (and more in tune with their religious beliefs). At our Christmas Mass..
Topics: Religion

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