Shelly is a writer, editor and podcaster who tirelessly advocates for greater accessibility in digital technology. Joining Really Specific Stories, she shares her journalistic and storytelling experience, explains her audio projects, such as Parallel with Relay FM, and illustrates how far we’ve come (and still have to go) in making hardware, software and media accessible.

Podcast case study: Parallel at Relay FM (producer)

Find Shelly at brisbin.net.

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Links and Show Notes

Mindful of Ethics 00:00:00

• RSS
• Macworld/iWorld
  • Watch the Macworld 2005 keynote in the Internet Archive.
• Adobe Pagemaker
• Mac (computer)
• Desktop publishing
• Laser printing
• Linotype machine
• Macintosh Plus
• Page layout (with further information about galleys)
• Rubylith
• Light table
• See a scan of the top portion of Supercomputing News (Vol. 1 No. 3) from 1988, which was kindly provided by Shelly because the publication preceded the Web. This was her first editing job!
• Hydra (operating system)
• Cray-1
• MacUser
• Apple Inc.
• Microsoft Windows

Go My Own Way 00:07:44

• Trade journalism
• Tech Podcast Network
• History of podcasting (with references to couplecasting)
• Accessibility and more specifically, computer accessibility and Web accessibility
• Diversity (politics)

Accessibility in the Mainstream 00:16:36

• Disability
• Assistive technology
• Google
• Microsoft
• Software bug
• Pro Tools
• iRiver
• MP3
• iPhone
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Transcription software
• Content management system (CMS)
• iOS Access for All: Your Comprehensive Guide to Accessibility for iPhone and iPad by Shelly Brisbin
• Jason Snell
• Use Switch Control on Mac
• Use Switch Control to navigate your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
• iOS Switch Control Demo (YouTube video excerpt of Todd Stabelfeldt's keynote from Apple's WWDC 2017)

Parallel and Relay FM 00:35:31

• Parallel
• Relay FM
• Stephen Hackett
• Myke Hurley
• iOS
• macOS
• Android (operating system)
• Twitter
• Slack (software)
• Discord

Feedback and Engagement 00:45:24

• Mastodon (social network)
• Mention (blogging)
• Wallflower (people)

Aural Inclusivity, Niches and Narratives 00:49:49

• Fortune 500
• 36 Seconds that Changed Everything: How the iPhone Learned to Talk
• Narrative journalism
• Radio documentary

Credits

Recorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack and Ferrite Recording Studio

Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion

Contact

• Website: rsspod.net
• Email: martin@loungeruminator.net
• Mastodon: social.lol/@martinfeld
• Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld