The online home and (not so) alter(ed)-ego of Ann McMeekin Carrier. New Mum, Photographer, Knitter, Petrolhead, Shoe and Stationery Obsessive and User Experience Consultant at Lab49.
This is a text version (more or less) of the talk I gave at BarCampLondon 7, because I don’t think the slides will be of use to anyone who wasn’t there. It isn’t exactly what I said, because that was then, this is now, the talk wasn’t recorded and I can’t remember exactly what words [...]
A while ago, I asked a question about accessibility help pages on twitter, and even set up a poll, asking “Where on the page do you put your accessibility help link?“. I gave four options, and the results were as follows: At the top, in the first few tabs/links. 44% (35 votes) At the bottom, [...]
In another time and another life, autumn became more than it had ever been to me. It became a magical time which meant shorter days, longer nights, chilly ears and, often, a sojourn to another country where there Americanisation of Halloween lent its magic to a (mostly) peaceful landscape where I could rest, read and [...]
A few weeks ago, just before I headed off to Bristol, I decided to go a bit earlier, and catch FOWD Bristol. Then I realised that I was running out of Moo Cards and had absolutely no time to order any more. Disaster. After casting around a bit, I remembered that I have craft supplies [...]
I wrote a post the other day sharing a tiny tip that makes testing websites easier (go read, it’s short, I’ll wait), and in that post, called out the first site that I found that had a missing body background colour. Since then, I’ve spotted a quite surprising number of sites that have the same [...]