Recently when I was creating a contact us web page, I ran into an issue with 508 compliance. Generally, to make a site 508 compliant you have to sacrifice certain functionality to achieve this goal. However there is one area where this functionality cannot be sacrificed and this is in the use of a Captcha. Captchas are absolutely necessary when creating a website that allows user to submit comments, questions, or payments. However in general captcha’s are very difficult to read even if you have 20/20 vision, are sometimes impossible to read for the color blind, and are obviously impossible for the blind using readers to understand. .
Archive for October, 2009
Captcha 508 Compliance
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009College Recruiting
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009I always look forward to going to the various campuses around the area for recruiting. We usually visit UW Madison, UW Milwaukee, UW Whitewater and Marquette University. Generally, we have a good student and employer turnout on these campuses. I was expecting to see a lot more students looking for a position given the economy. It felt like both on the employer and student sides the attendance was very thin. Generally, Fall career fairs are not as well attended as the once in winter because there is fewer December than May graduates. So I am comparing this October to last October. If the labor market is not tight and companies are not hiring then where are the students and why are they not aggressively looking? Do you know?!
Taking notes
Friday, October 2nd, 2009It is always surprising to me that almost everyone I bring to the office for an interview never takes notes. Here are some thoughts on note taking. First the motivation for note taking in a meeting followed by some tips.
Six Good Reasons Why to Take Notes in Meetings:
- Improves listening skills: When a person is taking notes (s)he is actively listening and trying to recognize main points and important things to record. (more…)
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