Main Blog
-
WordPress Birthday 2020
Happy 17th birthday to WordPress.
-
International day of acceptance
What is IDOA? The International Day of Acceptance, which is celebrated every January 20th, is a day dedicated to social acceptance of disability and to honour the late Annie Hopkins, who founded 3E Love and was the creator of the International Symbol of Acceptance. Annie passed away on January 20, 2009, from unexpected complications to…
-
Accessible trick or treating
After discovering Treat Accessibly on facebook, I’m going to start promoting accessibility for trick or treating going forward. Treat Accessibly In 2017 the Padulo Family realized they had to change how they set up their trick-or-treating station. Their home has stairs. This meant that someone in their neighbourhood could not enjoy their treats as they…
-
The Web Turns 30
Now it’s time to celebrate a different birthday other than WordPress, it’s the web’s birthday today. Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted he proposed a project based on the concept of hypertext to his boss at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) of which would later become the World Wide Web (and, a huge influence on the life…
-
WordPress 5.0 “Bebo”: Introduction of Gutenberg
Today WordPress released its latest update, 5.0 nicknamed “Bebo” paying homage to the pioneering Cuban jazz musician Bebo Valdés. Within this update they also introduced a new way to edit your WordPress website called Gutenberg. Say hello to the new editor WordPress has made some big upgrades to the editor, changing the way users build their sites.…
-
Fareharbor
After 2 years in business Graham of Long Point Island Hugger Tours has decided he wants to use an online platform for bookings going forward after the 2018 season had ended. While researching different online booking platforms I came across Fareharbor, this company seems to be a good fit for what is needed. They are…
-
Spina Bifida Awareness Month
This year is the first I became aware of spina bifida awareness month that happens every October in the US. We also have on here in Canada that happens in June that I have found out thanks to my research thinking that it was in October here in Canada too, but as I stated that…
-
WordPress Birthday 2018
Happy 15th birthday to WordPress.
-
A New Way to Think About Blogging
I read an article that was referenced in Matt Mullenweg’s blog from Tom Critchlow’s own blog (original article can be found here). This was a very interesting read. He explains a new approach to blogging were instead of writing for the masses you write for a small group. While explaining this, he coined the phrase…
-
13 Tips on How to Interact with a Wheelchair User
I found a great article about 13 tips on how to interact with a wheelchair user… I have personally come across some of these things… the original article can be found here. National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month in the USA. There are approximately 200,000 people living…