Introduction It doesn’t seem possible, but it was almost five-and-a-half years ago, at the beginning of May 2013, when I wrote my first, short post on this blog. It was called “A New Chapter”. Now I write to end this remarkable chapter, as we prepare to scale back Mosen Consulting, so I can take up …
Read More Reflections as Mosen Consulting winds down, and a new chapter beginsJonathan Mosen and Heidi Taylor unbox a silver iPhone XS Max 512GB. Jonathan demonstrates the gestures for phones without a Home button in case you’re upgrading this year. He discusses backup strategies, demonstrates setting up Face ID and more. Check out this episode!
Read More The Blind Side Podcast 104, Unboxing a silver iPhone XS Max 512GBI have blogged previously about the difficulties I had obtaining an access code for completing New Zealand’s 2018 census online. The issue is important in itself given that completing the census is compulsory for everyone in the country on census day, but it also illustrates a lack of commitment by many state-sector entities to accessibility. …
Read More Text of my remarks to the Governance and Administration Select Committee on the need for a public inquiry into New Zealand’s 2018 censusDavid Woodbridge and Heidi Taylor join Jonathan Mosen to talk Apple Watch series 4, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. Check out this episode!
Read More The Blind Side Podcast 103, recap of Apple’s September 2018 eventOn 12 September, Apple will be holding its “gather round” event in which it will be announcing new hardware. Jonathan Mosen talks about our coverage here on The Blind Side, and what he’s hoping to see at the event. Subscribers to our Daily Fibre Premium podcast get exclusive access to a live stream of our …
Read More The Blind Side Podcast 102, previewing our Apple event coverage, iOS 12 without the eye, and the smart home from a blindness perspective part 2Introduction I’m proud to live in New Zealand. We’re a progressive little country with a 38-year-old female Prime Minister, the third woman to hold the role, who has just had a baby while in office. Right now, we’re celebrating the 125th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. We were the first country in …
Read More CourierPost delivered a parcel to the wrong address. Now they send a blind person inaccessible claim formsThe smart home offers the potential for greater independence and control of our home environment. But it’s a bit of a jungle out there, full of disparate systems and many choices. Then, of course, some solutions are more accessible with screen reading technology than others. We begin our series on the smart home from a …
Read More The Blind Side Podcast 101, the smart home from a blindness perspective, part 1Thanks for being with us on this wonderful journey to episode 100. After some reflections on 100 episodes of The Blind Side Podcast, we hear Jonathan Mosen’s presentation to the All of Government Service Innovation Lab about blindness accessibility, in the aftermath of the New Zealand census debacle. Check out this episode!
Read More The Blind Side Podcast 100, reflections on 100 episodes, Jonathan Mosen’s presentation to the All of Government Service Innovation lab in New ZealandSome guide dog schools let you purchase your guide dog, making it clear that the dog belongs to you and you’re completely responsible for it. it is yours to keep. Other guide dog schools retain ownership and can withdraw the dog at any time. Some guide dog schools claim to offer ownership, while still reserving …
Read More The Blind Side Podcast 99, guide dog ownershipWe begin with an explanation of Aira’s Do More Foundation, and how it is currently raising funds to help more university students in the US become Aira explorers while they study. If you’d like to support Jonathan’s goal of raising $1,000 for the Do More Foundation, and can spare even a little, here’s the page …
Read More The Blind Side Podcast 98, Ged Maheux, co-founder of Twitterrific developer The Icon Factory, talks about Twitter’s forthcoming API changes and their impact on third-party Twitter apps