Refresh meeting

I attended the Baltimore Refresh meeting this evening. This was a group of smart people, in a unique building, with an interesting topic.

The smart people were the Refresh Meetup group. They are a diverse set of folks: different ages, skill levels, and areas of interest. Some are web developers, others designers, and some teachers.

The unique building was the MICA main building, an old building from Baltimore's "Medieval period" when buildings were designed to look like old castles. Its also convenient, being close to Penn Station to allow me to attend right after work.

The topic was "web accessibility" -- making web sites that can be accessed by people with disabilities. The speaker was blind and used a laptop PC running Windows and JAWS to demonstrate well-designed and poorly designed web sites.