Category Archives: It’s not about the technology

An online searchable database contains all the keyboard shortcuts from all the key applications on all the key operating systems.  Having those shortcuts is only half the solution — the rest is knowing about them! KeyXL keyboard shortcuts

Here’s an excellent article about a terrifying reality: alternative smoke alarms are a massive failure for deaf and hard of hearing people.  For example, only 27% of test subjects were awakened by strobe lights, the most common alternative to audible … Continue reading →

For its players, Second Life provides a virtual world for social interaction and entertainment.  It’s even being used for conferences and college education.  But you’ve got to see and work a mouse pretty well to use it.  Now a clever … Continue reading →

Stockholm now has a navigational aid for blind cell phone users.  It can help you find your way by announcing upcoming turns you should take.  But there real news here is not gee-whiz special tech, but the use of underlying … Continue reading →

Well, they had a good run.  But it’s unfortunate that both major wireless carriers have ceased selling the Migo and Firefly, two phones with reduced keypads and functionality.  They were designed for kids, but served well for people with impaired … Continue reading →