Seven again, STC
Doug and I repeated our Monday seven at seven. This Friday we plan a longer run, maybe 10 miles, starting at 6:30. And it looks like I will need new shoes; the dreaded “black toe” isn’t getting any better.
I just submitted a proposal for STC 2006, which has a pretty well-designed online submission thingee. I’ve never been to STC but think it’ll be interesting to attend a conference not dominated by academics. My proposed presentation extends my work with the parallels of accessibility and usability advocates of the former often make. While some of this so-called synergy is genuinue, I think these parallels are fraught with peril: accessibility and usability are married, then tacked onto the end of whatever project is at hand. Or the definitions are mixed, diluting both (this is what my co-presenter Sushil Oswal will be talking about).
Regardless of acceptance, I think I’ll have enough material on this to write a full-length paper before too long.
August 31st, 2005 at 1:50 pm
[...] Accessibility and usability parallels I mentioned this earlier; I hope to present on the topic at STC 2006. Accessibility and usability are frequently paired, some folks argue that achieving one also achieves the other, etc. The dangers and benefits of these parallels were the most interesting thing which emerged from my summer work with accessibility (including my presentation at Computers & Writing). Regardless of the conference outcome, I plan to write this essay and fling it at a few journals. [...]