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From: Geof Collis
Date: Dec 5, 2009 8:30AM

Hi Jennison

I stay away from social media, maybe at my own peril. I get mine from
lists like this and Google alerts I have set up.

cheers

Geof


At 10:05 AM 12/5/2009, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>With social media becoming ever more popular, I'm personally curious where
>folks are turning to most often when seeking accessibility-related
>information:
>e-mail discussion lists, social media, or a combination of the two?
>
>I've been a faithful e-mail discussion list user since I started using the
>internet in the mid-90s. However, over the last few years, especially with
>the advent of Twitter, I'm finding some of the richer accessibility
>info is being
>communicated through social media. One of my concerns is that there may be a
> gap that is growing in terms of accessibility info sharing based on which
>channel folks use. Of course, who has the time to monitor and contribute
>to everything
>
>This is something I've been reflecting upon for a bit, and thought I'd
>take a temperature check.
>
>I'm asking a similar question on Twitter and LinkedIn as well. If folks
>are interested, I can compile the answers I receive and share a
>high-level summary in a few weeks.
>
>Jennison
>
>Jennison Asuncion
>Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org
>LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison
>