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  • Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2013 at PayPal

    Sorry for posting this post a bit late. BTW, this is my personal blog so views expressed here are of my own and doesn’t represent my employer. As you all know by now, 9th May, world has celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day (External link). All the accessibility (we cutely call it as a11y) enthusiasts did…

  • Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) May 9th – let’s mark it

    Thanks to Jennison and Joe Devon, since 2012 world has marked May 9th as Global Accessibility Awareness Day and there were plenty of events took place last year across the world. This year too, there is a lot of momentum going on to mark GAAD. In India too, there are a few events taking place.…

  • Experience with redBus.in

    I have been using redBus.in (external link) for sometime now and never had an opportunity to experience to interact with their customer service before. Recently I had a trip to Hyderabad and tickets were booked through redBus.in. Here is my experience. I traveled from Chennai to Hyderabad and return. Onward journey was smooth except that…

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    Accessibility options and browser accessibility options

    As you may have noticed, some websites specially those are related to news have a tiny text and often difficult to read and more difficult for people with low vision or those elderly. But the argument from the authors is that they would want to accommodate as much information as they can on the page;…

  • ServiceSquare – incredible service

    We usually attend to our household activities on our own and for some reason, we had a do a deep level of cleaning at our house and approached Service Square (External Website). When we told them our requirements, we were told they will send their personnel by 1 pm. Usually, such service companies do not…

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    Skip links – What, why and how?

    What are Skip links? Skip links is something we don’t see in most of the websites. “Skip links” helps users (especially the keyboard users) to jump directly to a block of content or to an unique area of the page. “Skip links” are used for: Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to secondary…

  • YearInReview2012 – with mixed feelings…

    2012 is almost to the end and we will enter into the year 2013! (Yes, surely, I don’t think, anything will take away the world on 21st December!!). With that, let me do a recap of my year 2012. Year started really well. I was glad to arrange surprise cake cutting with my family. I…

  • Memories of life: How I began to use computers…

    Suddenly, I got to see my old website that I created somewhere around 2000 or so! Wow, so much is changed from then and now!! Wanted to share a story, how I began to use computers. Credit to my old website… The day when I saw the Computer for the first time at my uncle’s…

  • Effective use of LinkedIn and Twitter

    Thanks to a colleague’s question on Twitter asking tips that would help him to make best use of LinkedIn, that has prompted me to come up with this quick post on Effective Use of LinkedIn and Twitter. We know, both LinkedIn and Twitter are two major portals on social media and helps us connect with…

  • Recap of International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2012

    Greetings on the auspicious occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Hope you have read my earlier post asking plans to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities and today, I’ll be writing what I have done and some of the events I have noticed. I am quite happy that lot has been celebrated…