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Re: multimedia accessibility a specialist skillset?

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From: Al Sparber
Date: Dec 14, 2006 12:16PM

> It's not always malicious...a lot of web sites are still being built
> by
> ad agencies where 99% of their mindset is still firmly planted in
> the
> world of print and it's a real struggle for them to comprehend
> concepts
> like universal design.

I had a funny dream once that Macy's Cellar, in the 40th century,
specialized in selling cocktail coasters made from unearthed CDs and
DVDs, while the NY Times #1 bestseller was a book speculating on what
21st century people were really like, since there was no written
record to be found :-)