CSUN Tweetup 2010 – to be live webcasted, yay
Mar 23rd, 2010 by Henny
The CSUN Tweetup returns for a second year thanks the organisation and sponsorship of The Paciello Group, Opera, WebAIM, Infoaxia, Adobe, Blackberry, EMC, CA and Deque Systems. Details about where, when and how to sign up are on the CSUN Tweetup website.
I’ve got my hands full this year so wont be able to make it however the organisers are live webcasting for all of us stuck at home. You can also tune in over Twitter tracking comments using the hash tag #CSUN10. Jennison Mark Asuncion will also be twittering the entire conference under @a11yconf.
There’s a stella line-up of speakers giving 5 minute lightening talks.
- @mollydotcom – Opera
- @dennisl – Accessible Twitter
- @musingvirtual – GimpGirl
- @mattmay – Adobe
- @stevefaulkner – The Paciello Group
- @wendyabc – UW/DO-IT
- @accessklink – Google
Time differences around the world:
- Beijing – Thursday 25th 09:00
- London – Thursday 25th 01:00 (ouch!)
- Paris – Thursday 25th 02:00
- New Delhi – Thursday 25th 06:30
- New York – Wednesday 24th 21:00
- Sydney – Thursday 25th 12:00
- Tokyo – Thursday 25th 10:00
- Check your time
And for everyone at CSUN have a good one, wish I was there!
Will webcasts be captioned for those who cannot access to audio?
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Hi Sveta, I believe they are
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Only you could write such a fabulous post without even being there!
Respek.
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The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), the largest disability advocacy coalition in the U.S. focused on technology accessibility & usability, will be following the tweeters mentioned above and will re-tweet their hot items!
More about COAT at http://www.coataccess.org
Sign our petition if you support our cause! Thanks!
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@lisa Respek to Mike Paciello for sorting the webcast and captioning I reckon!
Wish we were both there again this year…
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It was an amazing experience being able to watch the captioned webcast! Thank you CSUN, ACS and all sponsors for making it accessible!
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So glad you were able to tune in Sveta
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