HTML5 is a frequent topic on Web Teacher. I thought I’d remind you of some of the posts I’ve published about it in the past. One of them might be just what you’re looking for.
The Future Starts Here
Now AOL is getting into the web series game with an AOL original series from Tiffany Shlain called The Future Starts Here. This 8 episode series is mostly about technology. Topics like information overload, tech etiquette, robots, and the creative process are included.
Here’s the first episode. Most last from 3 to 6 minutes, so you can watch all 8 in less than an hour.
Useful Links: Webfont icons, Hummingbird, Gender gap map
Responsive Webfont Icons at Web Standards Sherpa gives you all the details on making your icons responsive.
How Will Google Hummingbird Impact Links? Here Are 6 Ways is at Search Engine Land.
A Map of the Gender Gap in Science Around the Globe. There’s no data from the U.S. on this map, which is a problem, but it’s interesting.
Useful links: Gender gap, Jenn Lukas, Age gap
Hillary Clinton Announces Partnership to Help 5 Million Women and Girls is a recent post of mine at BlogHer about Intel and World Pulse teaming up to expand digital literacy skills for girls.
Ladies in Tech with Jenn Lukas at CTRL+CLICK CAST.
Designing User Interfaces for Older Adults: Myth Busters is SO RIGHT. The idea that older people don’t understand anything is SO WRONG. Here is wisdom from UX Matters.
Aspirations in Computing Talent Development Initiative
The National Center for Women and Information Technology has a great program aimed at high school girls. This one is the Aspirations in Computing Talent Development Initiative. The initiative provides
encouragement, visibility, community, leadership opportunities, scholarships, and internships to aspiring technically inclined young women.
Applications are open now for the national and local awards. If you are a young woman in high school, apply now! You can learn more about the award and the NCWIT program here. Follow on Twitter at @NCWITAIC.
Hat tip to @redcrew for pointing this program out.
Research shows how to retain women in tech (Infographic)
We cannot get enough women into tech fields, the pipeline is far from full. A further problem is that once women do get into tech jobs, they often leave in mid-career.
Women Technologists Count, a report from the Anita Borg Institute, takes a look at the reasons why women in mid-level jobs tend to leave technical career paths to become managers and/or leave the industry entirely.
An article at Fast Company, Why Women Leave Tech Companies, And What To Do About It, details more about the study and its findings. The article includes an infographic which summarizes the findings. I suggest you read the full article in addition to taking a look at the infographic.
Useful Links: Usability, Text resize, Twitter IPO, Siri
The ABC’s of Usability, Part 9 is at Usabilla. They are defining terms in a move to teach you the basics.
Support a user’s ability to resize text. This is from Simply Accessible. One thing it talks about is the uselessness of text resize widgets.
Twitter loses money, as many have reported. Yet it’s going to try to raise a billion dollars in an IPO. In a lot of ways that doesn’t make sense, but I recall Amazon losing money for many years before it started turning a profit.
The voice talent behind Siri has spoken out. Her name is Susan Bennett. She’s going public now in an effort to make sure the right person is recognized for the famous voice.