The Phone Call

So as part of first SPP2 task i have to produce a presentation on someone that inspires us to choose the pathway that we have so i choose to produce a presentation on the company called communis that deal with accessibility. i knew of this company though a lecture on accessibility we had last year so already kinda knew how to go about getting in to contact with them.

my first port of call was Adrian as i knew had a lot to do with this field so i emailed him asking if who i was to get into contact with and how. he was really help full and replied really fast with exactly the right information i needed. he gave me the guys name and how to get into contact with him and even emailed contacted him first and mentioned me to him. Adrian gave me a choice i could either email Liam through him or call him myself. i thought bout this and thought that it would look more professional if i called them myself as then he would know that i am serious bout this.

so i did and this is wot i got from it
what is your roll within the company
"I'm the managing director"

how did u get to where you are now
"Well i started before there was any such thing as the Internet in spring 1995 and started teaching myself when it was all new and exciting"
"i was unable to use a mouse"
"It was then called Design for all"

what made you want to do what you do
it wasn't just the fact that i couldn't use a mouse it was that i wanted to produce good websites and if you create a good website it will be accessible
he kinda said the same but made it sound different as the last question


where do u think the future is within this area



how would you advise us students and graduates to get into accessibility
hmm i think its skipped a generation as we have all been self taught about the Internet so some students come to us having a first class degree and no experience and it means nothing to us and it would cost too much to train them.

wow i was so inspired to learn that he as some kind of disablity himself so he knows exactly what its like hes not just some person who thinks he knows what hes talking about when it comes to restrictions through disability. also he was self taught means that his knowledge is very thorow.

although he did scare me when he started saying that students think that there degrees thinking there good but there's no way
then he said if u bring me a website that works on 5 different phones and different screen sizes then all give you a chance.

so id better get working then!!!!