Web site professional specializing in web standards, usability and accessibility

Contact

Resumé

Dennis' Resume/CV (Google doc)

Personal Blog

Dennis maintains a personal blog Web Standards, Accessibility and More which contains a variety of subjects including web-related issues. The latest posts:

• Is HTML Code Validation Necessary?
• Presentation at INDATA Conference in Indy
• Sports Roundup
• HTML5 podcast, Lists, and Mayor
• Other “Thoughts on Flash” from Apple’s Steve Jobs

Favorite Stuff

Movies

Star Wars saga, Woody Allen films, Kirstin Dunst movies, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Edward Scissorhands, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Scary Movie, Virgin Suicides, Green Mile, Beowulf, Magnolia, Vanilla Sky

TV Shows

Family Guy, Judge Judy, Forensic Files, Cold Case File, House, Pistons basketball, U of M football, Man vs. Wild, Six Feet Under

Food

Tacos/burritos/nachos, pizza with mushrooms and anchovies, Indian buffet, spaghetti with meatballs, pancakes with bacon, banana splits

Drinks

Espresso con panna, orange Vitamin Water, root beer float, Diet/Cherry Coke mix, Tetley's English Ale, Gin & Tonic

Music Groups

The Cure, The White Stripes, Adam Ant, Marilyn Manson, Weezer, Tool, Audioslave, Nirvana, AC/DC, Beastie Boys, David Bowie, Björk, Led Zeppelin, Crystal Method, Chevelle, The B-52s

DJ Den Blip.fm page

Hobbies (besides coding!)

Chasing my kids, motorcycling, guitar, electronic/computer gadgets, photography, watching movies with my wife

Accessible Twitter - Web accessibility for the Twitter web application

Dennis has re-built the popular Twitter web site with web accessibility and web standards. It's also much more user-friendly than Twitter.com.

Accessible Twitter is the recipient of the 2009 Access IT @web2.0 Award!

Follow Accessible Twitter on Twitter: @AccessibleTwitr

• I like this quote "Twitter: Makin’ normal people famous and famous people normal" http://j.mp/bgfxl9 /via @TweetSmarter
• @marianazouein Thank you for the mention!
• Neat #video: Bringing light to the dark: Audio description "a cross between poetry & live broadcast" http://t.co/2rdmt9e HT @v #a11y
• #iPad helps 99-year-old woman rediscovering writing (YouTube #video) http://tinyurl.com/2fgv5n4 #axs #a11y HT @KendreaM
• RT @webaxe Web Accessibility Link Roundup - August 2010 http://bit.ly/bBsn85 #web #a11y #axs #links

Web Overhauls - Tune-up your web site

Dennis' (freelance) web development company which specializes in web standards, usability, and accessibility. The company is a member of GAWDS and Refresh Detroit.

Web Axe - Practical web design accessibility tips

Dennis' podcast and blog focused specifically on web accessibility. Web Axe was started by Dennis in September 2005. Ross Johnson of 3.7 Designs teamed up as co-host in September 2006.

Web Axe was nominated for "Podcast of the Year" in .net magazine's Best of the Web awards in 2008 and 2009! Web Axe is an honorary member of the Detroit Podcasters Network.

The latest blog posts:

• Link Roundup - August 2010
• Accessibility in .Net Mag Awards
• Podcast #83: Fate of Longdesc in HTML5
• No to Text Resize Widgets
• Link Roundup - July 2010

Follow Web Axe on Twitter: @WebAxe

• Yes. RT @stcaccess Do we have get tough? Voluntary Compliance To Web Access #Standards ‘Inadequate’ http://bit.ly/axscii #a11y #ada #law
• W3C HTML #Accessibility Task Force Minutes for 2 September 2010: http://bit.ly/bymoEy #HTML5 /via @kliehm #a11y
• RT @mcourcel: Wow, Jaws 12 public beta is nearly cracking the 100 Megs barrier. I remember when it came on 5 floppies.
• RT @kliehm Dear lazy web & #Mozilla: is there an accessible #bugzilla theme? POSH, CSS2, ARIA... http://tmi.me/YlBp /via @mpaciello #a11y
• LOL RT @JonathanMosen: I went to a website. There was a link labelled "click here to see". I clicked it. I still can't see! #a11y #ux

Other Projects

• MyClientTime - Track time spent with your clients with this web application.
• Screenplaze - Create and manage screenplays with this web application.
• Refresh Detroit - Community of web professionals in southeast Michigan. Dennis is a co-founder of this chapter of the Refreshing Cities organization. View the Google Map of All Chapters.