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2010

Issue:	Article:
July 2010:	Joint Boston-IA & UPA-Boston Meeting: Ten-Minute Talks on Usability and Accessibility Topics
April 2010:	Jim Denham of Perkins School for the Blind: "Web Browsing Through Listening: Perspectives of a Blind Web Surfer"
January 2010:	Boston Interactions Holiday Party 2010

2009

Issue:	Article:
November 2009:	Jess Mitchell on The Fluid Project: "A Pervasive Approach to Building Accessible Web Solutions"
November 2009:	Participation in World Usability Day 2009
September 2009:	Peter Wallack of Oracle, "The Accidental Accessibility Program Director" Peter Wallack: Presentation (PowerPoint slides, 1109 KB) Peter Wallack: Presentation (text version, including speaker notes).
April 2009:	A Panel of Speakers on "Ten-Minute Accessibility Talks"
April 2009:	Lorraine Norwich, Disability Services, Boston University, on "Invisible Disabilities"
March 2009:	Andrew Kirkpatrick of Adobe Systems on "Accessible PDF Documents and Forms"
January 2009:	Boston Interactions Holiday Party 2009

2008

Issue:	Article:
November 2008:	Participation in World Usability Day 2008
October 2008:	Mike Paciello on the New Section 508 Mike Paciello: Presentation (PDF Format, 686 KB) (requires Adobe Acrobat). Mike Paciello: Presentation (text version). New Recommendations for Section 508 (text version of handout)
July 2008:	Boston Interactions Summer Pot Luck Picnic 2008
June 2008:	Boston-IA Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary and Changes Its Tagline
June 2008:	Marguerite Bergel and Ann Chadwick-Dias of Fidelity Investments on Universal Usability of Dynamic Content Universal Usability of Dynamic Content: Three Case Studies (article)
April 2008:	HiSoftware on Setting Up a Web Accessibility Program
March 2008:	Surfing the Web by Voice at Nuance Communications
Febuary 2008:	WGBH on Making Multimedia Accessible
January 2008:	First Annual Boston Usability Groups Networking Party

2007

Issue:	Article:
November 2007:	Accessibility Evaluations at World Usability Day III
September 2007:	Valerie Fletcher: Joint Meeting with HFES at Adaptive Environments
July 2007:	Boston-IA Summer Picnic at Community Boating, Inc. Boston-IA Picnic Setting (photographs)
June 2007:	Barrier-Free Web Surfing, with Amy Ruell and P.J. Gardner "Barrier-Free Web Surfing" (article)
February 2007:	Andrew Kirkpatrick of Adobe Systems on Rich Internet Applications "Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications" (article) Andrew Kirkpatrick: Presentation (PowerPoint slides, 2080 KB) Andrew Kirkpatrick: Presentation (text version).

2006

Issue:	Article:
November 2006:	Participation in World Usability Day II
November 2006:	Dana Louise Simberkoff, HiSoftware: "Incorporating Automated Testing into Your Web Accessibility Strategy"
May 2006:	Marguerite Bergel, Ann Chadwick-Dias, and Alison Savery, Fidelity Investments: "Usability Testing for Accessible Web Sites"
April 2006:	The Carroll Center for the Blind: "Surfing the Web: No Problem for the Vision-Impaired"
February 2006:	P.J. Gardner: "Highlights of Content Accessibility Issues for Editors"
January 2006:	Steve Krug: "Real-Life Accessibility" Steve Krug: Presentation (PowerPoint slides, 1369 KB) Steve Krug: Presentation (text version).

2005

Issue:	Article:
December 2005:	Tom Tullis, Fidelity Investments: "Usability and the Evolution of Technology, or, You Shouldn't Have to Read a User Manual to Ride an Elevator!"
November 2005:	Maria Rueters: "Testing Software with JAWS and ZoomText" Boston-IA November 2005 Meeting (photographs)
November 2005:	Participation in World Usability Day I
September 2005:	"Boston Newspaper Web Sites Not Fully Accessible to the Disabled" (reprint from Spare Change News, September 2005)
June 2005:	Bill Gribbons: "Designing for an Aging Population" Bill Gribbons: Presentation (PowerPoint slides, 604 KB) Bill Gribbons: Presentation (text version)
April 2005:	Part 1: Creating Accessible Online Information Part 2: Barbara Casaly: Learning About Accessibility Part 3: P.J. Gardner: "Accessibility and the Web" P.J. Gardner: Presentation (PDF Format, 69 KB) (requires Adobe Acrobat) Part 4: Judy Kessler: "Accessibility in Documentation"
January 2005:	Neil Perlin: "Preparing Content for Device Independence"

2004

Issue:	Article:
October 2004:	Steve Mulder: "Using Personas in the Web Design Process"
September 2004:	P.J. Gardner: "A Tribute to Neil Duane (1940 to 2004)"
June 2004:	Part 1: Boston-IA Celebrates Its First Anniversary Part 2: Mike Paciello: "Making Software Accessible" Mike Paciello: Presentation (PowerPoint slides, 346 KB) Mike Paciello: Presentation (text version) Part 3: Larry Goldberg: "Making Multimedia Accessible"
April 2004:	Valerie Clare Haven: "Surfing the Internet with the JAWS Screen Reader"
January 2004:	Lori Gillen: "The Web Accessibility Initiative"
January 2005:	Chris Hass: "Usability Test Methods for Accessible Interface Design"

2003

Issue:	Article:
September 2003:	Joel Sklar: "Using Style Sheets for Web Accessibility" September 2003 Meeting (photographs)
August 2003:	Birth of Boston-IA Boston-IA June 2003 Kickoff Meeting (photographs)
July 2003:	Accessible Web Design Breakfast at Northeastern University Northeastern University: Presentation (PowerPoint slides, 325 KB) Northeastern University: Presentation (text version)
June 2003:	Special MIT Accessibility Visit for Boston-IA Members
March 2003:	Accessible Web Design Program Makes Debut at Northeastern University
February 2003:	Assistive Technologies on Display at MIT Open House

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