July 2005 – oz: the blog of glenda sims ( the goodwitch)

Validity – Yummy & Nutritious

Naively, I used to believe that making your site accessible and valid were just “no brainers”. However, my experience over the past few months has taught me that there are just enough conflicts between Valid HTML and Accessibility to make this quite a challenge.

Let me be 100% clear, that when forced to choose between accessibility and validity, I choose accessibility. No question. But that is my short-term answer. My long-term answer is…let’s get accessibility and validity to agree!

I really resonate with the mission of all of those who are working on web standards. When asked this week to explain why valid HTML was important, I responded:

Mobile Witch

‘Bout time I created a mobile theme for this site. Notice the new Themes category in the Navigation. You have two juicy themes to choose from: Emerald City or Mobile Witch.

Must admit, it was fun. Design focus was for PDA viewing. I haven’t conquered making it friendly for my ancient mobile phone (Sony Ericsson T616) yet. That will have to be a project for another day (yawn).

L’Chiam

Do you still believe in miracles? I do. I’ve just witnessed two marvels of determination, teamwork and faith. One was on international television, the other took place in a private hospital room.

Infrared Location Sensing

Position Puzzle: Where are you? Or more specifically, where is your handheld? One method for determining the location of a handheld computer indoors is by infrared beacons. Armed with two Lesswire IrDA Beacons and my trusty Dell Axim x50v, I searched for the answer to my position puzzle. Each Lesswire IrDA Beacon is designed to… Continue reading Infrared Location Sensing

Blogger Most High

So who’s the highest blogger in the land? At the moment, I’d betcha it is the amazing Molly! She is on a private jet blogging and IMing via WiFi in the sky. But don’t read my account…read Blogging the Stratosphere!

Molly, you are my hero!

Hot & Hungry

Summer is smokin’ hot in Texas. We have our rituals for keeping cool that usually involve water, frozen margaritas and air conditioning. But most days when I’m driving home, I see people standing on the corner, in the blazing heat, asking for some help in hard times.

Macromedia, Blogging & CMS

“This CMS is too hard.”
“This CMS is too soft.”
“Ahhhh, this CMS is just right!”

Blog tools are CMS lite. And in some cases, just right! Macromedia is paying close attention to the blog world by listening to what we like, don’t like and crave in our blog tools.

Listening to the Muses

Annie Leibovitz knows how to capture the spirit of an artist in her legendary photographs. Wandering through the American Music exhibit at the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) was pure pleasure today.