Archive for the ‘Opportunity’ Category
Getting accessible books should be this easy
2.28.10 at 2:56 pm by Blake
Yesterday, I was browsing various design websites in search of inspiration for a new project I’ve begun. I got sidetracked by clicking on a few off-topic links (that never happens!) and somehow ended up reading the first chapter of “Speak Human” by Eric Karjaluoto.
The book discussed the advantages of not being a huge company. Though [...]
How to win a video contest
11.1.09 at 10:14 pm by Blake
Okay, so this is my official announcement (and acknowledgment) regarding the status of the “What Can YOU Do?” video contest hosted by the Campaign for Disability Employment. My entry, “Meet Sue,” was the overall winner of over 130 entries. Suffice it to say that I was surprised and overwhelmed at the very idea. Thanks to [...]
Of disability, Web design, and opportunity
10.13.09 at 3:21 pm by Blake
Greetings stairhaters. A couple of posts back, I gave you a rather vague idea of what I was planning to get myself into professionally.
First, I’m laying the groundwork for forming an LLC through which I will do professional Web design work. Second, in order to gain experience and help out the community which has helped [...]
Apple and the value of universal design
9.10.09 at 10:57 am by Blake
If you’re the techie type or an Applehead like me, then you know that Apple has announced exciting new updates to its iPod+iTunes product lineup. The highlight of the revisions is arguably the new and improved iPod nano, which touts a larger screen, an FM tuner, and the ability to record video on the fly [...]
The end of an era
9.6.09 at 9:11 pm by Blake
After twenty-four years of life, eighteen years of education, and one summer of unemployment, the result is an underwhelming product: an MBA who loves a field for which he did not go to school, has been thrown into a world of economic hardship, and is confined to a state in which ten percent of people [...]
Meet Sue
7.18.09 at 9:31 pm by Blake
The following is a video short I created for the What Can YOU Do? Video Contest hosted by the Campaign for Disability Employment. The goal was to make a 60-second video that is related to people with disabilities and employment. The contest is over now, but a winner has not yet been announced. This was [...]
Finding your happy ending
4.26.09 at 9:43 pm by Blake
Now that I’m finishing up my last semester in school, I’ve been thinking about the future, about the opportunities I will have, about the opportunities I have let pass, and about the difficulties I will face on the road ahead. Sometimes, the difficulties bring me down. Sometimes, my mind dwells on the things I can’t [...]
T-shirts coming soon
4.13.09 at 9:49 am by Blake
UPDATE: Shirts now available at http://ihatestairs.com/.
Fellow stair-haters, I have an important update for you. Way back in July, I introduced an idea that my brother and I had. The name of the post was “Disabled people are funny looking” and it presented several ideas for funny T-shirts. We got some good feedback (and a record [...]
My letter about the MSU Student Association
2.18.09 at 10:29 am by Blake
I’m sorry I’m one day late, but here it is.
SA should have disability group
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2009/02/17/Opinion/Sa.Should.Have.Disability.Group-3632850.shtml
The Student Association traditionally includes a cabinet position called Students with Disabilities Affairs (SDA). In recent years, SA presidential candidates have run on platforms that have included reducing the size of the cabinet. To achieve this, Students with Disabilities Affairs was combined [...]
The formal disability world
2.16.09 at 11:00 am by Blake
When I look at my life in terms of disability, I see two distinct worlds. I see the formal disability world and the informal disability world. The formal disability world consists largely of my participation in an on-campus group called United Students. Other activities in the formal disability world might include participation in any events [...]