the self-discovery adventure of brett taylor
I made this image a long time ago, but it’s very relevent now:
This one has certainly done the rounds — I don’t believe there’s a net-savvy New Zealander who hasn’t seen it already, but in case you missed it:
LOL ROFL LOL @ TELECOM.
To all those who invested in Telecom shares and got burned recently, Nelson from The Simpsons said it best: HAW-HAW!
Corporate Telecommunication Still Sucks.
Joe Clark, respected Web Accessibility guru, author of Building Accessible Websites, is criticising the draft version of the new Web Content Accessibility Guidelines which has been under development for over 5 years now.
Clark doesn’t just criticise the content of the new guidelines, but the manner in which they have been delivered to the world and how valuable stakeholders haven’t been listened to or even consulted.
What does this mean? A lot of the work of WCAG1 — the things that actually work — seems to be being undone and losing a lot of it’s punch. And instead, most of what WCAG2 is proposing Joe claims to be unachievable — and he’d know.
I could start explaining, but you’re better off reading what Joe Clark had to say his A List Apart article.
The WAI committee didn’t give much time for interested parties to provide comments — only until 31st May 2006. You better read this now and provide your feedback to the group while you still can.
UPDATE: Corrected some mistakes — thanks Joe Clark for dropping by and correcting me 😉
Don’t forget that this Thursday, May 25th, is Towel Day — the yearly memorial day of Douglas Adams. All you have to do is carry a towel around with you throughout the day.
LOL, erm I mean, lol.
Thanks to my workmate Klaus for forwarding this one on 🙂
Tim Haines is looking for quiet cafés/meeting spaces:
I’m looking for a quiet cafe/meeting place where we can find a bit of space, hang out for the whole afternoon, buy good coffee (to enjoy AND compensate the cafe), and use Cafenet. Of particular interest is being a few meters away from anyone else – so it’s not noisy, and you won’t be easily overheard.
He mentions Olive Café, and while I haven’t been there, walking past it, it doesn’t feel gritty enough for me 😉
A great meeting place I enjoy regularly is Katipo Café, which is upstairs from the 1-2-3 Dollar shop on Willis St, near New World Metro. It has good food, decent coffee, and my style of music — but not so loud you can’t hear the person next to you, unlike Espressoholic
Espressoholic has CaféNet, but it’s WAY too loud there at times, especially when it’s packed. It’s good for working by yourself though.
Unfortunately, they don’t have CaféNet at Katipo, but if you can get a seat near the window, you can get enough of a signal from somewhere near by.
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From my point of view, quiet cafés in Wellington, especially those that are open late night, are far and few between.
A thought that has crossed my mind is there is definetely a niche for a quiet designer/geek café in Wellington. It might focus on CaféNet and good coffee and food, but also be a venue for public geek meetups and seminars: have a projector and sound setup, recording speeches and putting them up on the café’s podcast…?
