The other night, L. and D. brought the flashlight and the 1Ds and a tripod. L. set up the camera on its tripod so that everything was within arm’s reach. When it was finally dark enough, I attempted a few shots and they appeared OK when we looked at them. I’ve always wanted to do [...]
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ephemeral
May 2, 2008 – 6:57 am
This place really makes an effort to communicate with the people who make use of its services. And so there are brochures for everything. Because of the way care has been regimented (a complicated Dutch financial healthcare thing) brochures replace persons. Formerly, someone would come to talk you through procedures or even facts of daily [...]
letting go of sight
April 13, 2008 – 10:03 pm
I can feel changes. Changes in how I deal with photography, mostly. Documenting “sighted things”. My perception of photographing is starting to become so different now too. Before, I would have a more or less worked out visual image of a certain scene in my mind. But now, after hearing so many of my photographs [...]
audio news
February 14, 2008 – 5:52 pm
iPods and websites are potent combinations, but good podcasts that deliver the daily news are few and far between. The Herald Tribune’s audionews option is a shining example of a newssite that totally gets accessibility. Not only is IHT’s excellent site a good one to access by means of your average screen reader, IHT also [...]
mandala of the dhyani buddhas
January 1, 2008 – 4:39 pm
The Tibetan mandala of the Dhyani Buddhas consists of four stages around a central stage, the central stage being the local expression of the bindu-seed in its Dhyani-Buddha form. The four surrounding stages, the remaining Dhyani-Buddhas, can be seen in many ways, the four phases of the day (dawn, noon, dusk and midnight); the four [...]
colors magazine #72
December 25, 2007 – 11:53 am
Benetton’s new issue of colors magazine has blindness as its theme. It’s available in audio format and in braille, which is great. The online version contains a number of interviews with and vignettes about visually impaired people. And in a fit of mad imagination, the art director decided to do the magazine in black and [...]
haptic interfaces
December 12, 2007 – 10:47 am
I love design, I love HCI and interface design and I think it’s ironic and sad that instead of having more accessible interfaces we get less accessible ones. Case in point: ATMs, which are now almost universally equipped with touch screens. I can’t use them, so I have to trust someone I can trust to [...]
