It occurred to me that we all probably have a stack of books that we have already read, and a list of books we would like to read.

Would participants be interested in swapping books at meetings (not indefinitely, just till the next meeting).

Comment here and let me know, and we can start up a book exchange page.

Mark your calendars! The next meetup for Refresh Detroit is planned for 6:30pm Wednesday, November 29th. We’ll be meeting at the Stout Pub in Brighton. Google map to Stout. Deborah Edwards-Onoro of Lireo Designs will be giving an informal presentation on Information Architecture. New visitors welcome!

After reading the excellent review in Roger Johansson’s article about this new book, it took me a couple weeks, but I finally decided to buy it. I ordered the book from my local bookstore and two days later had the book in hand.

The book covers lots of material, and specifically details steps web developers can take in making their sites more accessible. I haven’t read the whole book yet, it’s over 500 pages! However, individual chapters can easily be read out of order. The chapter on Acrobat PDF was extensive and very detailed; I was able to follow it only because of the detailed research I did last December on the accessibility of Adobe Acrobat 7.0.

My only concerns about the book is the timeliness of the material. Much of the material is current for this year, but will quickly become outdated as new methods and technologies are introduced. For example, a reference is made to Kiko and Google Calendar. Kiko is no longer in business. The code for Kiko, a Web 2.0 online calendar application, was auctioned on eBay recently. It’s likely to remain on Google search for a while, but I wonder how many web developers are familiar with it.

Refresh Detroit founders Dennis Lembrée and Ross Johnson interviewed Paul Boag for a Web Axe podcast. (A few weeks ago they interviewed Chris Heilmann.) Paul is co-founder of a British company Headscape, and runs the very popular blog and podcast boagworld.com. If you want to know more beyond listening to the interview, Ross blogged about the Boag experience, and Dennis blogged about it as well. Web Axe is a podcast dedicated to topics around web accessibility.

Mark your calendars! The next meetup for Refresh Detroit is planned for 6:30pm Wednesday, October 25th. We’ll be meeting at Champ’s Pub in Brighton to attract some folks from Lansing.

Champ’s Pub
140 E Grand River Ave
Brighton, MI
(810) 227-4443

Anyone going to the Refresh Web Standards Conference in Orlando, Florida, in November? I’m still trying to make it out there, but it’s not looking good. I’ve actually made acquaintances with two of the speakers, and would really enjoy meeting them. Also, I used to live in Orlando for seven years, so it would be a neat return visit. Well, there’s always next year!

Refresh Detroit founders Dennis Lembrée and Ross Johnson interview Christian Heilmann for the Web Axe accessibility podcast. Chris Heilmann is the author of Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional. He’s also a co-author of Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance. He writes the bog Wait Till I Come and has contributed many articles in web development including several articles to A List Apart and SitePoint.

Go there now > Web Axe Accessibility Podcast Interview with Christian Heilmann

Michigan State University’s Usability and Accessibility Center and the Michigan Usability Professional’s Association have partnered together for the second statewide celebration of World Usability Day and MSU’s Fourth Annual Usability and Accessibility Event. The event will be held Tuesday, November 14th from 9AM-5:30PM in Lansing, Michigan.

Open to all, the event is free, but requires pre-registration. Speakers from Compuware, Ford Motor Company, Michigan Department of Labor, University of Michigan and Michigan State University will lead workshops and sessions throughout the day. Tours of the MSU Usability and Accessibility Center will also be available.

For more information or to register, visit the Fourth Annual Usability and Accessibility Event web site.

The Ann Arbor Chapter of the Association for Women in Computing is holding a job fair at Madonna University’s School of Business in Livonia, Michigan on October 6, 2006. The event is free, and open to all (yes, that means men as well as women!), but requires pre-registration. The morning is filled with career development workshops, and from 1-4pm is the opportunity to network with employers.

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