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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Dec 5, 2009 9:00AM

Twitter, e-newsletters, here in the list, and occasionally from your
messages on LinkedIn.

I'm finding Twitter has the best up-to-the-minute announcements of news. And
the other sources have more of the in-depth analysis and discussion.

~j

John E. Brandt
jebswebs.com
Augusta, ME USA
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www.jebswebs.com

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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jennison Mark
Asuncion
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:05 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] where are you getting your accessibility info?

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