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March 17, 2011. Presented at the CSUN Tweetup.

Slide 1: What am I?

Accessible Twitter is a web-based Twitter app.
Easy to use.
Web accessible.
Interoperable: multi-browser, device, platform, etc.

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Continuous application updates.

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App Updates:

Replaced Basic Authentication sign in process with Open Authentication.
Growing Pains!
August 2010.

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App Updates:

The Twitter "native" retweet functionality added.
The original "old-school" re-tweet functionality is now called Quote Tweet.

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App Updates:

Option to view user Timeline added in Go to User shortcut feature.
Now hidden visually by default and opened with "Go to User" link.

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App Updates:

Added "Retweets by Me" and "Retweets of Me" pages.
Basic functionality.
Links on the My Profile page.

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App Updates:

Link to "View Single Tweet" page changed from "permanent link" to date of tweet.
In "View Single Tweet" page, a link to the tweet on Twitter.com is now provided.
"Everyone" page now called "Public Timeline" (abbreviated at "Public").

Slide 8: Now the fun stuff.

Picture of kitten laying upside down.

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Picture of six cats on a roller coaster.

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Presented session "Twitter and Web Accessibility" at the Easter Seals Crossroads INDATA Conference.

Indianapolis, Indiana.
July 29, 2010.

Slide 11

@Alyssa_Milano tweets me!�

September 5, 2010.
Currently 1.44 million followers.

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Nominee in "Best API Use" category in the 2010 .net Magazine's Best of the Web awards.

October-November, 2010.
Winner: Flipboard for iPad.

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Happy�Halloween!

Funny picture of Accessible Twitter logo with fangs and horns painted on in red.

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Session proposal accepted at ATIA 2011 Orlando (January),�but couldn't make it.

Apparently I was listed in the program by mistake and disappointed a few folks!

Maybe next year...

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Added to share options on WebAIM's URL shortening service.

In addition to Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed.

http://weba.im

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Recipient of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) 2011 Access Award.

Announced February 15, 2011.
Other recipients are CBS, Lexmark, and Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.
Irony: Class-action lawsuit against Disney�for inaccessible websites�around same time.
Web Axe on AFB 2011 Access Awards.

Slide 17: Future

Re-implement functionality to add image to tweet.
Enhance List functionality with Ajax.
Inline notice and update of new tweets.
Add optional URL shortener services.
Reply-to-all feature.

Slide 18: Future

Name change.