Thursday, February 28, 2008

SxSW Interactive

Next weekend I'll be attending the SxSW Interactive conference in Austin, TX. I plan on attending a few sessions given by an accessibility consultancy called Knowbility. Has anyone else heard of them? I'll keep readers posted while I'm there, but I thought I'd share the titles of a couple of their presentations:

Accessible Rich Media (Sharron Rush)
From YouTube to JK Rowlings to CDBaby, what level of accessibility is expected, achievable and reasonable? A look at new tools and services that make rich media more accessible.

Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned From Star Wars (Derek Featherstone)
Star Wars is much more than a cult hit for sci-fi fans. It includes life-lessons for all of us, and helps us see our craft as web professionals from a different perspective. Here we learn what our favourite Star Wars characters have to say about accessibility.

1 comment:

DavidRose said...

I'd be interested in hearing how your weekend was. We have lost touch with this group a bit - are they good at leading these, and can you perhaps lead a session for us on one aspect, like Magpie?