From the monthly archives:

November 2006

Geeks in the Park on Accessibility

by Laura 30/11/2006 in Technology

Hello Accessible Web Developers and those who want to be,
This excellent podcast from the “Geek in the Park” event on accessibility.
If you’re looking for some good in depth discussion of accessibility then this is brilliant. Topics include:

Accessible browser technology
Web developers adding accessibility functionality where perhaps User Agents should fulfill the role
Accessibility vs business/branding requirements

I could [...]

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On the buses

by Clare 28/11/2006 in Bristol

I have been contacted by Dan C, via Underscore, with a practical idea to help Bristol become more digital. He saw a post on the Google blogs regarding Google Transit, where bus timetables have been added to Google Maps, so when you’re planning a route it will give you the public transport, walking and driving [...]

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Eurocities Award for Participation

by Kevin 24/11/2006 in Bristol

Bristol City Council Leader Barbara Janke and Stephen Hilton, collecting the award.
Although there have been a couple of posts already (this one and this one) covering the Eurocities Conference in Manchester its probably worth stretching your patience with a third to mention the fact that we did in fact win the Eurocities Award for Participation [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre meets Lesley Belgium

by Roz 24/11/2006 in Bristol

Lesley Belgium
30 October 2006
I met with Lesley Belgium. Lesley told me that her children help her if something goes wrong with the computer, or if she has any issues with using it, such as accessing different things on line. She said that she really relies on her children, especially her daughter, to access the internet [...]

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Volunteers needed for fashion experiment

by Clare 24/11/2006 in Bristol

Communication-Wear returns to Watershed in December, a research project which integrates mobile phone technology into clothing. Watershed is looking for volunteers to spend an hour trying out the futuristic jackets and the new forms of communication they enable. .

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Eurocities Manchester

by oliver 23/11/2006 in Events

I must say, Manchester is a smashing place. I used to come here a lot as a teenager but in just a decade (plus a bit) it has moved on faster than I have.
Last night’s Eurocities awards ceremony was in the Bridgewater Hall. A theatre, which although 10 years old, still looks and [...]

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Compelling Content workshop

by Roz 23/11/2006 in Bristol

Compelling Content:
A workshop facilitated during the ‘Harnessing Digital Disruption’ event Watershed Media Centre: 1 November 2006
Carolyn Hassan and Roz Hall
Delegates at the Harnessing Digital Disruption event attended one of four workshops. Our workshop, ‘Compelling Content’ began by outlining the purpose of the session to the group. The question we had been asked to consider [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre meets The Health Park Lunch Club

by Roz 22/11/2006 in Bristol

Meeting with the Lunch Club
8 November 2006
I went to the Health Park where I met with members of the Lunch club. The Lunch Club ‘provides a safe environment for older people to enjoy a healthy meal, to develop friendships and break isolation. The activity sessions help members to stimulate and learn new things.’
I told the [...]

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Encounters Film festival Awards Streamed Live

by Clare 22/11/2006 in Bristol

The Awards ceremony of Encounters 12th International Short Film Festival will be streamed live online on Sat 25 Nov 19.15 (GMT) at http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk
Combining the very best live action and animation short films Encounters takes place at Watershed, Bristol and is a major celebration of the present and future of short film-making.
If you can’t get to [...]

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