http://blog.fawny.org/2006/09/09/tarzhay1/ blog.fawny.org Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 http://blog.fawny.org/2006/09/09/tarzhay1/comment-page-1/#comment-918 NFB, Target, Amazon ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:06:15 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2006/09/09/tarzhay1/#comment-918 [...] The NFB–Amazon agreement does not state as much, but I take it as confirmation of my suspicion that Jim Thatcher (listed as “Dr.” in the agreement) was the one who scored the contract to remediate Target’s Web site. (I refused to bid, you’ll remember.) I don’t see how one person could do it alone, but then again, I have no proof he’s working alone. This is certainly quite a coup for a man who lambasted me for securing a $5,000 contract, for which I had recommended him as a second choice, and who has complained to me that, since he worked on the very first screen reader, I could not possibly have been interested in accessibility for 25 years. [...] [...] The NFB–Amazon agreement does not state as much, but I take it as confirmation of my suspicion that Jim Thatcher (listed as “Dr.” in the agreement) was the one who scored the contract to remediate Target’s Web site. (I refused to bid, you’ll remember.) I don’t see how one person could do it alone, but then again, I have no proof he’s working alone. This is certainly quite a coup for a man who lambasted me for securing a $5,000 contract, for which I had recommended him as a second choice, and who has complained to me that, since he worked on the very first screen reader, I could not possibly have been interested in accessibility for 25 years. [...]

]]> http://blog.fawny.org/2006/09/09/tarzhay1/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Toronto Interacts session on Web accessibility – Le «blog personnel» de Joe Clark Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:25:01 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2006/09/09/tarzhay1/#comment-586 [...] (Mentions Target lawsuit.) The question was whether the Web should be considered a place of doing business. If so, it must be accessible. [...] [...] (Mentions Target lawsuit.) The question was whether the Web should be considered a place of doing business. If so, it must be accessible. [...]

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