[Blindtlk] Introducing NonvisualDevelopment.org (fwd)

[David Andrews]

>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:48:02 -0500 (EST)
>From: Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net>
>Subject: [jawsscripts] Introducing NonvisualDevelopment.org (fwd)
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>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:32:19 -0500 (EST)
>From: Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net>
>Reply-To: jawsscripts at freelists.org
>To: jawsscripts at freelists.org, program-l at freelists.org
>Subject: [jawsscripts] Introducing NonvisualDevelopment.org
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>I originally tried to post this on the ProgrammingBlind list yesterday,
>but that list is having problems delivering messages.  I am now forwarding
>the message to a couple of other blind programming related lists in case
>it is of interest there as well.
>
>Cheers,
>Jamal
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>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:41:44 -0500 (EST)
>From: Jamal Mazrui <empower at smart.net>
>To: programmingblind at freelists.org
>Subject: Introducing NonvisualDevelopment.org
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>As you know, the web page of EmpowermentZone.com has not been updated for
>years after I began focusing on software projects.  I knew the site needed
>a redesign, but wanted to work on Windows GUI development, so left it
>there as a community service for whoever still found it useful, and
>instead posted direct links to program or documentation files that I added
>to the site.  Inthane, Jeff Bishop, and others gathered some of these
>links on pages of their sites in order to ease finding them --
>collaboration I appreciate.
>
>Last year, I agreed to take over a community project, begun by Chris
>Hofstader, to develop a C# tutorial for JAWS users.  I expanded the scope
>to any .NET language and any screen reader, naming the project Nonvisual
>Development with .NET.  List members suggested a wiki as a vehicle for
>collaborating on the tutorial, and for months, Pratik Patel and I have
>been investigating how best to do this.
>
>Recently, I concluded that the content management system (CMS) called
>Drupal, available at
>http://drupal.org
>has the optimal balance of power and friendliness among free, open source
>choices of a CMS at this time.  I decided to try to achieve multiple
>objectives in a Drupal-based site that provides a complete directory of
>programs and documentation I have posted, and promotes collaboration on
>developing nonvisually with various languages and tools.   With
>encouragement from Jim Homme, webmaster of BlindProgramming.com, I am now
>introducing a site called Nonvisual Development, located at
>http://NonvisualDevelopment.org
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>The site is under construction, and your collaboration is sought to help
>make it as valuable a community resource as possible.  So far, its design
>is by  me, but its coding is by a blind developer, Chetan Bakhru, whose
>services I have hired and would recommend to anyone interested in working
>with PHP, Drupal, or other web technologies.  Chetan is the webmaster of
>http://blind-planet.com
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>At present, the content of NonvisualDevelopment.org is primarily either
>mine or links I have collected.  I intend to build ways for other
>developers to add content and collaborate.  We are working within the
>capabilities and constraints of Drupal 6.1 and the Zen theme.  Feedback,
>suggestions, and other contributions can help move this project forward.
>
>Jamal
>

David Andrews and white cane Harry.