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International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IPDP) 2012, what are your plans?
I wish, I should have seen the United Nations Page on International Day of Persons with disabilities 2012 a bit earlier… Theme for this year is something very close to my heart. The theme of IPDP 2012 is “Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all”. This is something truly meaningful and…
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Injaram Sivalayam: A Success story and thanks to all supported
It’s true that a dream comes into reality, when supported by every individual; no matter how small the support may be. It’s so true in case of re-construction of Siva Temple at my home town Injaram. During mid 2010, a few members of the village thought that the auspicious Lord Siva Temple needs renovation and…
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Folks, students are not fools!! Don’t play with them…
I was surprised, when I got a call saying they are calling from a reputed management collage and my wife got selected for an admission, where as she didn’t even apply for it. When I questioned the caller, he says “she filed an online an inquiry”… So what, how does that qualify for making a…
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So much is done and more would come in the era of mobile accessibility
I still remember Nokia 6600 (hmm. Nokia forgot this phone, can’t find on their site except the developer specs and found the info on Wikipedia!) that first ever mobile phone where user could install a screen reader either Talks from Nuance or Mobile Speak from Code Factory. Although the phone Nokia 6600 is big in…
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Bad experience with JustEat.in
I wouldn’t generally get annoyed, if I alone face an inconvenience but really get upset, when my family also feel inconvenience. We recently ordered food from Justeat.in and below is our experience. We have sent the same feedback via email but no response has been received so far. 1. Food was not delivered on time.…
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Nice to see so much advancement in technology!
Today, for the first time, I am writing a post from my iPhone! Just installed WordPress app and it’s pretty cool! In fact, much convenient to blog even on the go! Not just writing posts, the app will also allow you to add comments, managing comments and much more. Now you can expect some live…
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Appeal to my twitter followers – Support NVDA
As on time of this posting, I have 639 friends following me on Twitter and thank you all for being friends. I have an appeal to all of you. NVDA is a free and open source screen reader that offers access to computers to visually impaired at no additional cost. Thanks to all the individuals…
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Review of the Website of Income Tax Department, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
I have noticed that Income Tax India‘s Website underwent a re-design and decided to check if the website has met with Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW) requirements. Unfortunately, it has not meet several check points of the compliance matrix of GIGW. since every citizen including those with disabilities and tax payers uses this website…
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Three years at Yahoo!
My journey at Yahoo! came to an end last week as part of layoffs. So I thought, let me pen few of memories for three years. Honestly, it was an amazing, fun filled and encouraging experience for me. Thanks to Sandeep Datar, who found me on LinkedIn and offered me a challenging assignment to build…
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iPhone and iPad applications that I love
While ago, I wrote about social networks and how they are useful and this time, I thought to share my experience with a few iApplications. Why do I say iApplications? Because, this post will be about a few applications that are used on iDevices and in particular on iPhone. One of the things I must…
