today i was contacted on one of the many social networking sites by a person/company (qm consulting) that specialises in accessibility. now here’s a topic that doesn’t get anywhere near enough press.

i can’t think of many (or maybe any) time when this was really a concern when building a site. some elements were standard thought processes (like putting alt tags on images) but i’m trying to think of a time when accessibility was addressed as important an issue as UI or design and i’m not thinking of any. that’s a shame.

here’s an article giving you 10 quick tests to check assessibility of your website. (btw, the wave tool is good for identifying problems). it looks like i have some work to do. the site isn’t doing all that great but not all that horrible – i’ll have to put this on my to-do list.

instead of listing all my links w/in the blog, i’ve set up del.icio.us. so just check in there or subscribe to the RSS.

i’ve been using question pro for my survey research. it’s a cool site that made building the survey easy & has some nice tools.

today is the last day of my 30 day trial and i just realised academics can get longer time periods for free. one of the conditions is promoting the site on your website so below is the blurb they’d like to see.

i think it’s a handy site… which is why i want more than 30 days.

QuestionPro Online Survey Software employs an easy to use Wizard interface to author and deploy Web Based and Email Surveys. No knowledge of HTML or programming is required. A comprehensive suite of analysis tools, ranging from Simple Frequency to TURF to Conjoint, are also provided for data analysis. In addition, QuestionPro Web Survey Software provides seamless integration with SPSS and Microsoft Office products.

QuestionPro Online Surveys also licenses its software free to Students and Researchers in the academic community. The projects have to be strictly academic in nature and should not be part of any other funded research or consulting.

resources on the uni of calif site about ‘scholarly communication‘ which includes copyright & publishing thoughts.