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Month: October 2006

Accessible Websites Workshop, Toronto

Toronto usability group Toronto Interacts has a new event called “Accessible Websites, A Route to Usability and Profit” happening on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 from 3:00 – 7:00 pm with a networking reception to follow.

The workshop is being held at the Design Exchange, 234 Bay St. Toronto (Google
Maps location
). The event is free for premium members, $45 for non-members online and $60 at the door.

This workshop is an opportunity for everyone involved in design and usability to upgrade their understanding of the accessibility and receive practical advice for improving accessibility. Our speakers address:

  1. accessibility is not only about people with disabilities but is also good business;
  2. the accessibility legal framework; and
  3. issues in specific design techniques (e.g., AJAX, Flash, search engine optimization).

For the background on this event, check out the association’s blog.

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Tools I Love: Dropload.com

This is part of an ongoing series dedicated to the tools I regularly use and recommend as an Internet marketer.

What the heck is it?
Dropload.com is an online file delivery service. Have you ever found yourself in the following situation? You’ve got a digital file to get to someone, but it’s way too large to send via email, there’s no time to courier it over on CD-ROM, and the recipient is not technically-savvy enough to do the FTP thing. Well thank heavens for Dropload.com, which allows you to deliver massive digital files to anyone with a valid email address.

Why do I like it?
This service does one thing, and one thing only – deliver a large digital file to a recipient – and does it with ease and simplicity. Even the most technologically-challenged recipients will be able to figure out how to get their hands on the file you are delivering to them. Quite honestly, this service has saved my derriere on a number of occasions.

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