Author archive

Where open-source is as good as Microsoft    (2010.11.25)

Android, Windows Phone 7, and Windows itself are all inaccessible – because nobody at the top demanded otherwise. Bad taste has a cost people with disabilities pay

What’s the next step for Apple accessibility?    (2010.11.25)

Easy: An ignore-tremors mode on iOS

‘Gay Money: The Truth About Lesbian & Gay Economics’    (2010.11.16)

Announcing my new research project on lesbian and gay economics. (Spoiler alert: Gay males earn less money than straight males, most research shows, while lesbians earn more than straight women)

How not to be richer than straight people    (2010.11.14)

Be a gay man. (Originally from 2003.07.07, this posting documents early research on lesbian & gay economics by M.V. Lee Badgett)

Possibly not the best way to discuss ‘plain text’    (2010.11.10)

David Pogue’s mishmash of ASCII and em dashes

In the question mark rests one’s fate    (2010.11.09)

“For Clayton—
Friend?”

THES    (2010.11.08)

TTC to passenger: Drop dead    (2010.10.26)

Do you want a safe transit system or not? Safe for whom, exactly?

Hacks & Hackers Toronto    (2010.10.22)

Last night (2010.10.21) was the first mixer for Hacks & Hackers Toronto. Now let’s get to work