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Month: July 2015

July 29, 2015
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The Face We Show the World

Posted in Access and Disability, and New Media and Tech

This morning, I retweeted a USA Today column by James Alan Fox, a legally blind professor. Because low-vision! Mainstream media outlet! Yay! He writes about the experience of using airports as a visually impaired person. As I read, I ticked off each point he made, recognizing them as my own travel frustrations. I felt much more connected to this guy’s experience than I do to the usual gripes about flight delays and TSA policies. The…

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July 17, 2015
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The One iPod Touch Fangirl

Posted in New Media and Tech, and Random Personal Nonsense

This week’s announcement of faster, more colorful versions of the iPod Touch was met with: a) rapture b) sophisticated market analysis c) indifference Actually, the answer is d) scorn. You see, the lowly (that one always hurts) iPod Touch is not perceived as an aperitif for those wishing to sample the iOS menu. Nor is it the logical landing place for someone who prizes small, elegant things. It is also not a cost-effective way to get…

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July 15, 2015
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Podcast Plethora, part 2

Posted in Pods and Presos

Audio just keeps coming. Blind Bargains posted the rest of my ACB coverage, along with Joe’s NFB interviews. You can also find me on Clockwise #95, talking about whether the updated iPod Touch (swoon) portends a small iPhone, plus Comcast, Reddit, and ibeacons. Speaking of beacons, please enjoy my interview and demo (audio) of the Lowviz Guide indoor navigation system from ACB.

July 13, 2015
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Podcast Plethora, part 1

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Last week and this shall be filled with podcasts. You have been warned. I covered the ACB convention for Blind Bargains, and those stories are starting to hit the feed today. For the moment, I commend you to the BB site and podcast feed. There’s one really cool episode I want to give special pimpage when it drops, so watch for it. In the meantime, please also enjoy a really long but interesting Maccessibility Roundtable, with…

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