BSI British Standards is inviting all interested parties, and in particular marketing professionals and disabled web users, to review and comment on the draft of a new standard on accessible websites. DPC BS 8878 Web accessibility – Building accessible experiences for disabled people – Code of Practice is applicable to all public and private [...]

Are you responsible for maintaining your company’s Website? Or responsible for the design and build of your companies new Web site? New to the whole design and build game in general?
Have you heard of the W3C, Tim Berners-Lee, WAI or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? No! not to worry.
Heres the skinny…
The World Wide Web [...]

Voting is now open for the Irish Internet Association Innovation Award.
The IIA Net Visionary Awards 2008 will be held on Thursday 30th October in the Great Hall, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin. This is a gala, black tie evening. You can find more details about voting here.

Yesterday, Paul Walsh (Segala CEO) was over in Yahoo! to present “How to enable trust/better search” armed with a can of beans.
The event was hosted by Yahoo! at Yahoo!’s Mission College Campus, Santa Clara, California.
The purpose of the event was to present the new technology with real world applications that begin to show what POWDER [...]

The Access Guide  for Dublin City will be formally launched by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Eibhlin Byrne at the Oak Room, Mansion House, Wednesday September 24th at 6 pm.
What is it? It is an on-line directory which will provide information on access to 100 venues across Dublin City, for people with disabilities.  The [...]

We are looking for a developer with the following skills:

db/front-end development
Java workflow
XML on document level
JavaScript

Our client, a traditional publishing business, who are looking to shift from document based system into a JAVA/XML based system.
The position is a temp contract and based in London. If you fancy a change in location (unless you live in [...]

Maire Boran wrote a great piece on accessibility in the business section of todays Irish Independent. I’m delighted to say that Segala’s CEO, Paul Walsh was interviewed for the article. Actually, it was quite a spread. I think Paul will love the fact that his mug shot is the centre piece (the actual photo used [...]