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Australia forgets about Accessibility?

Dec
20
2011

Melbourne 2011 - No Road Sign

The following is an approximate transcript of the talk – “Outta time, scope, and we fixed that already – Is there a Disconnect” I gave at the 2011 OzeWAI conference in late November 2011. As usual the slide deck is on Slideshare.

I also have a collection of sketch notes from OzeWAI 2011, as I find it easier to sketch the talk than take notes.

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I have been involved with the Australian Web Awards for three years now.  Over those three years I have noticed an alarming trend in the results.   An almost disconnect from the Australian Web Industry in terms of accessibility.

Web Awards that have Meaning

Jun
14
2010

Australian Web Awards 2009

Over the years I have found that web awards tend to fall into three types:

  • The mindless handout of awards to favour colleagues.
  • Awards for the prettiest or most unusable but funky hip design.
  • An award that is a true test and representation of the best in the industry.

What I find that you are really  looking for is a web award competition that acts as a yard stick to measure your skills that is judged by your peers in the web industry, not advertising executives.