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jazzyjjHi folks. For a little while now, I've been tossing around the idea of working for Dreamwidth Studios, LLC. Whether as a volunteer, a paid employee, or a volunteer and then a paid employee, I dunno and honestly I don't really care at this point. But I unofficially? quit my job not long ago due in part to the fact that I wasn't being given enough responsibilities. But then again, ever since the head office was relocated to their current address I couldn't make it there and back on my own. Actually I probably technically could, but I don't know my way around here well enough yet to totally go it alone. Please see a previous entry for more on this. But anyway, I have some other stuff in the pipe line which I'll get to in a bit.
But why do I want to work for Dreamwidth Studios, LLc.? Well, there are a few reasons. First and foremost I suppose, I wouldn't have to leave my apartment building. I believe most if not all the people who do volunteer or paid work here telecommute. At least that seems to be the case, because I haven't seen a separate physical address for the company. Another reason I want to work for Dw is that it seems there aren't currently enough people, and I want to help out. I think a good starting point for that would be answering support requests. I've already answered at least 2 of these. This leads me to the third reason I want to work for Dw, and that is the accessibility. That may seem on the surface to be a bit self-serving, but in reality why would I want to work with inaccessible stuff? Or for that matter, why would anybody want to do this? I've been registered on here long enough to know that the Dw staff and volunteers alike take accessibility very seriously, and that's a good thing indeed. I have a free account, but thanks to an anonymous and perhaps unknown user I was temporarily upgraded to a paid account. So I got to check out some of the features available to paid accounts, and they seem to be very accessible too. Please note I am now a Mac user and never used Dw on Windows or any other platform. But I've been told that this platform works well with all the Windows-based screen readers. Or at least those that have been tested by employees and users alike. But in addition to helping out with support requests, I think I'd like to delve more into the programming side of things.
I said I was going to talk about some other possibilities for work. One of those is the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. I just fired off an email about this, and sent it to them. I think most of their work is done on-site or at one of their studios, but who knows? I'm taking a wait-and-see approach on this one.
I received an email a few weeks ago from someone at CIF, who had received an email from someone at a company which is apparently collaborating with another entity to do something with navigational apps. The email was rather vague, but I took the accompanying survey and emailed the person. She got back to me and thanked me for emailing, and let me know that she'd definitely keep me on their radar screen but that they currently don't need any assistance.
Then there's the Accessible Digital Project. I'm going to help them out some more as well. Please see a prior entry for more on that. I'm going to write audio-description reviews, and perhaps do some other things. Yesterday I watched "A Beautiful Mind" with audio descriptions. So please be on the lookout for that review.
I'm going to take some more courses from The Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired. That doesn't require any travel either, and the fact that their courses are free is pretty awesome. The fact that their courses are offered in various formats is also pretty awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the courses which I took from them already. One of their newer offerings that I have in mind to take is "Foundations of American Government." Who knows, perhaps I'll become the next POTUS! That may be a good or bad thing, depending on whose side you're on, lol. There may in fact be other offerings that interest me, but this one specifically came to mind because of recent events taking place.
Well folks, I think that's it for today. Please do not drink and drive, and please wear your seat belt while driving.
But why do I want to work for Dreamwidth Studios, LLc.? Well, there are a few reasons. First and foremost I suppose, I wouldn't have to leave my apartment building. I believe most if not all the people who do volunteer or paid work here telecommute. At least that seems to be the case, because I haven't seen a separate physical address for the company. Another reason I want to work for Dw is that it seems there aren't currently enough people, and I want to help out. I think a good starting point for that would be answering support requests. I've already answered at least 2 of these. This leads me to the third reason I want to work for Dw, and that is the accessibility. That may seem on the surface to be a bit self-serving, but in reality why would I want to work with inaccessible stuff? Or for that matter, why would anybody want to do this? I've been registered on here long enough to know that the Dw staff and volunteers alike take accessibility very seriously, and that's a good thing indeed. I have a free account, but thanks to an anonymous and perhaps unknown user I was temporarily upgraded to a paid account. So I got to check out some of the features available to paid accounts, and they seem to be very accessible too. Please note I am now a Mac user and never used Dw on Windows or any other platform. But I've been told that this platform works well with all the Windows-based screen readers. Or at least those that have been tested by employees and users alike. But in addition to helping out with support requests, I think I'd like to delve more into the programming side of things.
I said I was going to talk about some other possibilities for work. One of those is the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. I just fired off an email about this, and sent it to them. I think most of their work is done on-site or at one of their studios, but who knows? I'm taking a wait-and-see approach on this one.
I received an email a few weeks ago from someone at CIF, who had received an email from someone at a company which is apparently collaborating with another entity to do something with navigational apps. The email was rather vague, but I took the accompanying survey and emailed the person. She got back to me and thanked me for emailing, and let me know that she'd definitely keep me on their radar screen but that they currently don't need any assistance.
Then there's the Accessible Digital Project. I'm going to help them out some more as well. Please see a prior entry for more on that. I'm going to write audio-description reviews, and perhaps do some other things. Yesterday I watched "A Beautiful Mind" with audio descriptions. So please be on the lookout for that review.
I'm going to take some more courses from The Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired. That doesn't require any travel either, and the fact that their courses are free is pretty awesome. The fact that their courses are offered in various formats is also pretty awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the courses which I took from them already. One of their newer offerings that I have in mind to take is "Foundations of American Government." Who knows, perhaps I'll become the next POTUS! That may be a good or bad thing, depending on whose side you're on, lol. There may in fact be other offerings that interest me, but this one specifically came to mind because of recent events taking place.
Well folks, I think that's it for today. Please do not drink and drive, and please wear your seat belt while driving.
