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4 Aug 2018 • 3 min read

My Perspective on an Ethical Foundation

The Foundation of Ethics – Right and Wrong, True and False Over my sixty-plus years I have certainly been exposed to a number of viewpoints on the subjects of ethics, right and wrong! No less important have been the definitions of true and false. I subscribe to the Ten Commandments as

30 Jul 2018 • 4 min read

Completing The Race: Squaring The Circle

The Early Years My earliest childhood memories are amazing in detail and vivid clarity. They remain with me sixty years later. I was born on the Sandia military base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I remember swimming in the base pool. I remember riding on the back of my dad’s

28 Jun 2018 • 4 min read

Using Web Sites With A Screenreader

I was recently asked the following questions concerning accessing web sites via a screen reader. 1. When using a screen reader on a new page you’ve never accessed before, how do you typically figure out what’s on the page and how to navigate around it? 2. Has there

27 Aug 2014 • 2 min read

Virtual Braille and Image Discernment the key learnings of the Optacon

I am a life long braille reader who enjoys the freedom that braille gives me to read any book that has been transcribed or translated. Braille is the key to literacy for all of us who are blind. I can’t imagine not reading braille. It would be like depriving

10 Aug 2014 • 1 min read

Reel to Reel Tapes sure hold their magnetism

In doing some cleaning out of storage spaces recently, I came across ten reels of magnetic tape with no labels on them. My parents had given them to me several years ago when they were cleaning up. I was fortunate to be able to listen to there contents thanks to

17 Jan 2013 • 1 min read

Chromevox On The Mac Cripples My Style

It is an amazing thing to think about is the reality of the world we experience in our day-to-day lives. When I was a child, I was told by someone – who’s name I have now forgotten – that “blind people can’t ride a bike because if one cannot see

7 Jan 2013 • 1 min read

The Resurrected Blog

I am so amazed that I haven’t posted to this blog in over two years! 🙂 So much has happened and so much has changed. I am now almost 58. 🙂 Both of my parents are in heaven! I am loving learning and school! I made one of those new year

3 Jun 2010 • 1 min read

The New Version Of The Syrinx Twitter Client Is Awesome

I have been using the new version of Syrinx [http://mrrsoftware.com/MRRSoftware/Syrinx.html] by MRR Software [http://mrrsoftware.com/] for the Mac to handle my Twitter interactions for a week now. Syrinx is an absolutely stellar Twitter client because the author has worked very hard to make the

27 May 2010 • 2 min read

A Funny Thing Happened To Me On A Walk In April

I think I remember the title of a book or article that was popular when I was a child. It went something like this “A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Park”. I remember thinking about the fact that I always wanted adventure and new and

18 Jan 2010 • 1 min read

Accessible Productivity And Spell Check On The Mac

Operating With A PC Moving to the Mac [http://www.apple.com/mac/] with VoiceOver [http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/] from Microsoft Windows [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.aspx] and JAWS [http://www.freedomscientific.com/jaws-hq.asp] was a great organizing exercise for me. I took a look

18 Jan 2010 • 1 min read

Using Vienna As An Accessible Twitter Client

In my quest to move all my activities to the Mac [http://www.apple.com/] one of the first items that needed to be handled was an accessible Twitter [http://www.twitter.com/] client. Although I am not a power user, the number of people that I follow on Twitter

12 Jan 2010 • 1 min read

Palm Pilot Replacement

I remember in the late 90’s buying a Palm Pilot for my wife because it was the latest thing out there for organizing one’s life! Organizing is a very general term and definitely means that the Palm Pilot could claim to be a general device. The razor blade

5 Jan 2010 • 1 min read

Guest Post From Monica Willyard

Hi. My name is Monica, and I’m doing some work for Kevin to give his blog some great new social media features. Since I have to publish a post to make sure everything is working well, I want to tell you something about Kevin that he’ll never tell

17 Aug 2009 • 1 min read

Connecting and Organizing

For as long as I can remember I have marveled at the various methods we employ in an effort to stay in touch with our world. I remember the first time I saw a bible. I was amazed at how many pages were in the compact book that I held

1 Aug 2009 • 1 min read

Children Are Awesome

I saw a Twitter post from a Blind friend recently that went something like this. “I wonder if Blind people can adopt children?” This question gave me a bit of a pause for reflection because we adopted four children! Adopting is an incredible miracle and life is so fully manifested