I meant to write about this back in November, but November and December sort of got devoured, so maybe I can do it justice now. Every November, our company does a little internal conference where people do talks and workshops and stuff for other people to learn from. When it came time to make presentation […]
Category Archives: tips and tricks
Want To Join My Facebook Group? No? Too Bad!
The other night Carin was annoyed that somebody had, not for the first time, added her to a group on Facebook without any sort of warning or permission. I agreed that this would be irritating and then, quite reasonably I thought, asked if there was some setting that she hadn’t gotten around to changing. “No,” […]
You Can Make Your Google Home Play Tunein Premium Audio
We had a friend visiting us this weekend. At one point while we were talking about this, that and the other thing, he asked if I had noticed that my Tunein app wouldn’t cast to my Google Minis since the latest update. “My Tunein app can cast to my Google Minis,” was my rather unhelpful […]
You Can Now Get Help From Google’s Disability Support Team Directly Through Be My Eyes
It took a while, but another company has finally joined Microsoft as part of Be My Eyes’ Specialized Help feature. Hey, Google. We’re pleased to announce that Google is the newest company onboard the Specialized Help platform! Specialized Help enables blind and low-vision users to connect directly with company representatives through a live video connection. […]
Something Seems A Little Phishy
It seems like there has been a whole lot of phishing going on lately, and I have gotten a few emails that have given me a scare. Thankfully, after my heart went back into my chest, I realized that no, the CEO of the company I work for would not be emailing me from a […]
Make A Password, Help A Charity
This just landed in my inbox. Hey Steve, We’ve recently built a Secure Password Generator Tool which promotes cyber security and the benefits of having a secure password. So we can really make a difference, for each use of the tool, we are donating 1 cent to charitable causes (EFF and One Laptop Per Child). Is […]
Eat It, Twitter!
Since Twitter has decided to go and screw all the third party Twitter clients, I realize how much I don’t go and check my direct messages unless I know there’s something there to find. Consequently, my responses have become really slow. The default solution is to download the 183-MB official Twitter app, (no thanks), and […]
Hey Google, Why Didn’t You Tell Me There Was A Website Listing Everything A Google Home Can Do?
Why this page has never once come up when we’ve Googled things about our Google Home Mini is a bit of a mystery to me especially since Google built it, but now that I’ve found it, I think things are going to be a whole lot easier and probably more fun. It’s categorized, it’s searchable, […]
You Can Update To Firefox 60, JAWS Using Blind Kids
It took ’em a while, but apparently JAWS and Firefox have figured out how to work together again as of Firefox version 60, which was released in the last few days. When Mozilla released Firefox Quantum, starting with version 57, in November of 2017, it introduced a number of technical changes that improve the browsing […]
For Future Reference…
A few weeks ago, I learned something that I thought I would pass on to other blind folks. If you ever get asked by someone to be a passport reference, if you actually get the call, among the things they will ask for is a physical description of the person for whom you are serving […]
