Accidental Online Communities. Webloggers and diarists are using Instant Message visitor alerts to build accidental online communities. [kuro5hin.org]

8:34:50 AM    

GAWDS now inviting new members.

The Guild of Accessible Web Designers is a world wide organisation of web designers and developers committed to helping each other, and promoting the message that accessible web design is 'good for business'. I'd describe the organisation in detail here, but the official site does a far better job than I could. If you've been following the web accessibility community in any detail You're likely to recognise a number of the names on the registered members list; I've been following GAWDS developments for a while and its shaping up to be a great resource for accessibility minded designers. I've also contributed an article on Writing good ALT text which hopefully provides some useful advice on a frequently misunderstood topic.

[Simon Willison's Weblog]

7:14:32 AM