Often, when working to promote accessibility of the digital environment, we look to the physical environment for comparisons and analogies. A PhD study at the School of Architecture here in Dundee has made me realise just how many parallels there are in the challenge of raising the profile of accessibility both amongst architects and amongst web and software developers.
January 21, 2010
Accessibility for Architects, Accessibility for Web designers
Posted by David Sloan under Accessibility and Usability | Tags: accessibility, advocacy, aesthetics, built-environment, design |Leave a Comment
September 5, 2009
HCI 2009: an on-the-train-home review
Posted by David Sloan under Accessibility and Usability | Tags: conference, culture, design, HCI, hci2009, ICT, review |Leave a Comment
HCI 2009, the 23rd annual British Computer Society conference on Human Computer Interaction, took place this week at Cambridge University’s Churchill College . It started and finished with two provocative and inspiring keynote talks, and in between were some interesting presentations and discussions. I was there to give a paper on the user research work we’ve been doing as part of the Usable Image project, but I was also wearing my accessibility hat, and while there wasn’t a huge amount of coverage of accessibility or inclusive design there were plenty of other presentations that were definitely of relevance.
August 21, 2009
Design for life part 1
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One of the great things about my job as a researcher with a focus on accessibility and usability is that I can happily justify going all reflective on an everyday event, wondering why it happened, and what could be done to change it in the future – especially if it involves some user interface design quirk or flaw. Recounting this can provide valuable insight and encouragement to improving the quality of interface design – just Ask Tog!
