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SEPTEMBER 6, 2005

This presentation entitled Escape from CAPTCHA has a funny slide that captures the inaccessibility of many schemes used on web pages to keep out robot programs by requiring a human to enter obscured text. There are nice occasions where something humorous makes an important point. Thanks to Ivo Pletikosic for the link!

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JANUARY 30, 2010

Next I zipped over to the Global Changemakers event, where six teenagers from around the world presented their projects to change the world, using the PechaKucha format (20 slides timed over five minutes). Prince Haakon of Norway kicked off the session, along with our moderator, Angel Cabrera, the dean of the Thunderbird Business School.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The slide that resonated most with me was his contention that 99% of his job is doing email, and he put up a graph showing his email traffic by hour averaged over a one week period. The Bookshare team is excited because we can take these books and do all the accessibility work because they are under an open license!

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JANUARY 31, 2007

Amazing how fast we slide right back into "real life." Davos was only a couple of days ago and already I'm neck deep into my normal work. It is worth taking a moment to reflect on the many faces of the Davos experience. Each person attending has many options to choose among, and you can't do it all.

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