Death reporting

August 9, 2010

Poster to never forget Jamie Bray.Thank you to everyone who has chipped in about the death knock debate, privately by email and publicly through comments on my blog and others. I think there is scope for at least a leaflet to help families in similar situations and possibly a different way of behaving by the press.

I have a meeting with the Press Complaints Commission on Monday 16 August at 4pm. Comments from journalists and those affected by the media have influenced me. Here’s where I am at so far. There is still room for changes, so do please give me your thoughts.

Intro | Press protocol | Leaflet for families | Who does what? Read More »

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Accessible web

January 14, 2010

Writing for the web means complying making your website accessible to blind or partially-sighted web users who may be using screen readers.

It is not just that your site may fall foul of the Disability Discrimination Act – if you are providing services to the public – but because there are ethical and logical reasons to do so. Why would you not want as wide an audience to be able to read your website, after all? Read More »

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Blog or bog off

December 31, 2009

In the past few days I have worked from my Macbook using mobile internet connections from:

  • The top and bottom decks of double decker buses
  • standing up on a London commuter train
  • Seated on a Virgin train
  • On the overground section on a London tube
  • In a Starbucks and a Pret
  • Standing on Oxenholme and Lewisham stations

I have used a mix of my Vodafone dongle and my BT Openworld account. And that is in addition to several other people’s home wireless broadband networks. Read More »

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