In Pursuit of Accessibility

Aside | October 21, 2019 | ploafmaster

I’m presently on my way to Logan, UT to attend WebAIM’s accessibility training. I’m not a web developer or designer, and I have lots of issues to fix on my own website. But I do help make websites for my career, so I’m excited to get an in-depth look at how to make the web better for folks of all abilities.

I’ve performed audits using automated tools and consulting some WCAG documentation, but my hope is this training will help me to develop a holistic practice of producing accessible sites, from sales and requirements through delivery.

fourteen actors acting

December 8, 2010 | ploafmaster

The New York Times has an incredible feature on their website right now called Fourteen Actors Acting, wherein the aforementioned thespians act out classic screen types in gorgeously filmed black and white videos. No sound but the harrowing music by Owen Pallett. All shorts were directed by photographer Sølve Sundsbø.

UPDATE:
Be sure to see the accompanying still photos from Sundsbø.
There’s also a nice (though brief) behind-the-scenes about the whole project.

out of time

October 22, 2010 | ploafmaster

Fantastic short film shot on Super 8 using – apparently – a single cartridge. Seems a little long for that to be true, but it doesn’t change how good this is:

out of time – a straight 8 film by duncan wellaway from straight eight on Vimeo.

Berkeley Girl

October 16, 2010 | ploafmaster

Check out the video for Harper Simon’s Berkeley Girl, shot entirely on an assortment of Super 8 film stocks. There’s a little extra significance to my posting this, but I’ll get to that later this evening.

The King’s Speech

September 24, 2010 | ploafmaster

Boy, howdy, does this movie look good…and part of its concept, at least as provided by the trailer, reminds me of the play, The Madness of King George III.

edgehill civic association

September 23, 2010 | ploafmaster

So I don’t expect it to be heavily updated, but there’s now a website for the Edgehill Civic Association. I put together this little WordPress blog so the neighborhood organization could be a bit less reliant on paper flyers, and, if we’re lucky, act as a source of information about our little corner of Richmond.

37 posters

September 21, 2010 | ploafmaster

Jerod Gibson created a whole series of posters for a number of movies (and one TV show, so far). Each poster contains the silhouette of an iconic image from that film with a host of quotes contained therein. From the faux distressed backgrounds (which are tastefully muted colors) to the choice of typeface for the quotes, these are real gems.

There are only 12 posters available now, but I look forward to what he might add in the future.
(via Quipsologies)

so you wanna be a chef

September 20, 2010 | ploafmaster

The restaurant kitchen may indeed be the last, glorious meritocracy—where anybody with the skills and the heart is welcomed.

Michael Ruhlman was able to post a complete chapter from Anthony Bourdain’s book, Medium Raw, on his website. It’s a fine read and certainly makes the book sound enticing.