Broken-windows theory: what kind of comment moderator are you?
Bloggers,
Over the years, I’ve become more involved with WordPress development. I recommend nearly all my clients to use WordPress, either it be a blog or a Content Management System (CMS). For example, WordPress can be easily re-configured to serve as a solid Membership system. More recently, I’ve dug deep into WordPress’s Application Programming Interface (API) [...]
Marlee Matlin gets her Walk of Fame star!
Congratulations, Marlee!
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Peripheral vision of the online community
On a post by Mishka Zena, she tries to understand what makes some people consider cochlear implants as evil. I made a comment unrelated to cochlear implants.
I don’t think the commenters that we see are representative of the deaf community. Passionate people are more motivated to comment–making moderates appear non-existent. Silent moderates make up the [...]
Alexander Graham Bell the name
First things first:
AGBell = organization
Dr. Bell = person
I encourage AGBell to put it into writing that they no longer support the philosophy put forth by their founder. This is like kicking themselves in the nuts, but bear with me here. AGBell has a page, however small, about the option of using ASL to teach deaf [...]
Apple Patent: Video answering machine
“Apple”, “rumors” and “patents” are synonymous. Rumors about potential new products and features are so dominant and compelling that Apple didn’t seem to hestiate when they ended their participation in the famous MacWorld conventions. Apple, armed with its top brand and repeat hot sellers, is fully confident consumers, with the help of media and bloggers, [...]
Vlogs: integral part of deaf online community
This comic illustrates how quickly blogs have come (and, for some, gone) in today’s age of technology where everything seems to change so quickly. Look at how smaller and faster our mobile phones are. Vlogs may have replaced blogs for some–but only for a brief time. While blogs are remaining more mainstream, vlogs may have [...]
After 8 years, AGBell plaque removed from NTID!
RIT’s student publication “Reporter” printed my op/ed “Giving Faulty Praise: Alexander Graham Bell” on April 14, 2000.
With the momentum picking up on the Internet, particularly with the Orange-Brown Coalition blog and petition, I re-started my writing campaign with these posts.
AGBell plaque: political suppression at NTID
“A.G.Bell rejects plaque honoring him”
Photo of AGBell plaque at NTID
AGBell versus [...]
Organizations taking extra steps for accessibility
[Update] Here is the video Sprint Relay made in response to my situation. Linked with Sprint Relay’s permission.
TAP not supported on iPhone 3G
TAP not supported on iPhone 3G
UPDATE: AT&T Announces TAP for iPhone 3G [deafmac.org]
I’ve been waiting to purchase an iPhone for over a year. First announced in January 2007, the first generation was launched in July 2007. I decided not to get it last summer because 1) rumors were going around that 3G would be available [...]
AGBell plaque: political suppression at NTID
Note: there is no transcript of the vlog.
On February 22, 2008, I commented:
I have so much respect for Alan Hurwitz. But I have personally spoken to him and he implied that removing the AGB plaque was out of his hands.
Again, out of respect to Dr. Hurwitz, I recommend this coalition to bypass NTID [...]
