Accessiblity...A Few Words
As many of you who have visited MMM quite often might know, I am a website developer by day (hoping one day to say MMMer by day). And one of the reasons why this site means so much to me is that I get to put to use many of the things that I have learned about accessiblity. Granted, MMM is by no means a perfectly written site (trust me, I know, and I am working on it constantly), but to be able to say that all people should be able to view the content on this site as easily as possible is something that I want for anyone to say about MMM.
Where does this thought come from? Two things: 456 Berea St. and conviction.
456 Berea St is a website that is all about accessiblity that should walk beside content and innovation, not behind it. For one reason or another, I am just tumbling onto this site. And really, it is something that is making a mental refocusing of sorts for me today. The web should be accessible and serve people, not the other way around. Kudos for sites such as 456 Berea St. for impressing that onto folks and informing on how to get there.
The other thing is conviction. If there is one thing that I have learned, it is ego is a very bad thing to have when doing anything that is supposed to be recieved by others. And while I do appreciate the creative process (I love using Flash as a development nad interactivity tool), I do understand that if you are not doing something for the glory of God, then really what you are doing is dooming someone to something that is not teh very best. That is something that I have to remember as I continue to work at this job, as well as with MMM and other endavors. The glory of God is what my heart should seek out for. Sharing joys and tricks about tech and web is good; but the only thing that is really glorifying (and truely 100% accessible) is showing for the love of God.
Where does this thought come from? Two things: 456 Berea St. and conviction.
456 Berea St is a website that is all about accessiblity that should walk beside content and innovation, not behind it. For one reason or another, I am just tumbling onto this site. And really, it is something that is making a mental refocusing of sorts for me today. The web should be accessible and serve people, not the other way around. Kudos for sites such as 456 Berea St. for impressing that onto folks and informing on how to get there.
The other thing is conviction. If there is one thing that I have learned, it is ego is a very bad thing to have when doing anything that is supposed to be recieved by others. And while I do appreciate the creative process (I love using Flash as a development nad interactivity tool), I do understand that if you are not doing something for the glory of God, then really what you are doing is dooming someone to something that is not teh very best. That is something that I have to remember as I continue to work at this job, as well as with MMM and other endavors. The glory of God is what my heart should seek out for. Sharing joys and tricks about tech and web is good; but the only thing that is really glorifying (and truely 100% accessible) is showing for the love of God.
posted by Antoine @ 4/10/2006 04:01:00 PM
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