[vicsireland] Introduction from New Member: Ultan
- From: "Ultan Ó Broin [MSC MIS]" <obroinu@xxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:01:56 +0000
Hi everybody,
Since I am new to this list, I would like to introduce myself. My name is
Ultan O'Broin. I am a student on the MSC in MIS (part-time) in Trinity
College Dublin. My research project for this year will be on the subject of
Web 2.0 and accessibility. I'm interested in learning more about this from
your perspective. At some point I'd like to get your thoughts on this and
maybe run some new best practices for developers by you. I am interested in
the challenges posed not only Web 2.0 technology (AJAX, for example) but
also by the underlying principles: collaboration and participation, and what
this means for real inclusion.
Background
Since 2000 I have been responsible for implementing accessibility standards
in Oracle Applications documentation and help (S508 and WAI) worldwide, and
am part of Oracle's Accessibility Forum, working closely with the Director
of Accessibility in Oracle in the US.
I am currently User Interface Architect with Oracle Fusion Applications
responsible for the patterns, standards and guidelines for the user
assistance component of the Fusion user experience, which includes
accessibility.
I also maintain a website in the US: www.marinadock.org, and have taken part
in the California Accessibility Internet Rally, working with Macromedia (as
it was) and other companies to create accessible websites for non-profit
organisations.
I have published articles on multilingual, localisation,
internationalisation, and accessibility in Multilingual magazine (the
current edition has an article on multilingual computing for the visually
impaired - www.multilingual.com),where I am on the editorial board, and also
spoken worldwide at conferences on localization and internationalisation
topics (International Macintosh Users Group in Cupertino, Unicode
conference, Localization World, etc).
Regards
Ultan
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Ultan Ó Broin MA MBS
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Blog: http://www.multilingualblog.com/
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