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Personal Essay

Apple’s 2015 Accessibility Rebound

November 12, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 6 Comments

Introduction No, I have not given up blogging, I’ve just been very busy on a number of professional projects that are taking most of my time. I have about a half dozen different blog articles in various states of incomplete but it’s been weeks since I last published a new one so forced myself upon… Read more about Apple’s 2015 Accessibility Rebound

Filed Under: Personal Essay, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Apple, AppleWatch, Google, Microsoft, VoiceOver

Two Deaths

August 25, 2015 by chris.admin 3 Comments

Introduction I rarely write anything too personal on this blog anymore. I did articles about my life when I wrote BlindConfidential but I’ve grown a bit more private and don’t live in an entirely “open source” manner any longer. I enjoyed sharing some tidbits of my reality back then but haven’t the time or energy… Read more about Two Deaths

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Bill Acker, FLOSS, Free Software, Freedom Scientific, GNU, Hacking, Henter-Joyce, Joe Simparosa

My Favorite Rock And Roll Cover Songs

August 4, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 2 Comments

Introduction About a year ago, my friend Bryan Smart, knowing I’m a serious music fan, suggested I try Spotify. I loaded it onto my iPhone 5S and, after a few days of enjoying the no cost version, I bought the $10 per month premium edition. In the past month or so, Apple released its music… Read more about My Favorite Rock And Roll Cover Songs

Filed Under: Music Review, Personal Essay Tagged With: Cover Songs, Fun, Rock and Roll, Silliness, Summer

The Greatest Living Blind Hacker

July 21, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 4 Comments

Introduction I’ve known Tyler Spivey for just over two years. In that time, we’ve hung out on a TeamTalk VOIP channel on a near daily basis. I’ve had the opportunity to watch Tyler work, we’ve talked about nearly any other topic that came into our minds, I’ve grown tremendously fond of Tyler and he is… Read more about The Greatest Living Blind Hacker

Filed Under: Personal Essay, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Hacker, Hacking, NVDA Remote Access, Pokemon Crystal, QRead, Tyler Spivey, YASR

2014 In Review And Predictions For 2015

December 7, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 5 Comments

Introduction It’s been a while since I’ve done one of my random musings pieces. I think about all sorts of shit and, sometimes, I type up such notions and present them to you, my loyal readers. In this piece, I thought I might talk a bit about this blog itself and how it performed over… Read more about 2014 In Review And Predictions For 2015

Filed Under: Personal Essay, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Access Technology, Accessibility, analytics, Marketshare

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