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The Death Of Screen Reader Innovation

July 20, 2013 by Chris Hofstader 65 Comments

On the Monday of Thanksgiving week 2004, I walked into my St. Petersburg office for the last time as a Freedom Scientific employee. I had, at that point, been at the helm of the FS software engineering department for six years but, as Lee Hamilton, then CEO of Freedom Scientific told me that day, I… Read more about The Death Of Screen Reader Innovation

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: Accessibility, failure, Freedom Scientific, innovation, JAWS, screen readers

Reclaiming the US Founding Fathers

July 17, 2013 by Chris Hofstader 1 Comment

If a 2013 US politician were to say any of the following about religion in a public forum, let’s say his or her Face Book page or Twitter feed, could they win an election? “Say nothing of my religion. It is known to my god and myself alone.” “The legitimate powers of government extend to… Read more about Reclaiming the US Founding Fathers

Filed Under: Book Review Tagged With: Atheism, Attack of the Theocrats, History, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, US Constitution

My Guide Dog Is A Genius

July 10, 2013 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

Chris and X-Celerator

A couple of weeks back, I wrote my first ever book review of “The Bonobo and The Atheist” and a bunch of readers told me that the liked it and I enjoyed writing the piece so here’s another book review. The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think by Brian Hare and… Read more about My Guide Dog Is A Genius

Filed Under: Book Review Tagged With: Books, Criticism, Dogs, Guide Dogs

Sending Books to Prisoners

July 3, 2013 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I learned that a friend of mine, a young woman for whom I care a real lot, was sentenced to 360 days in county jail in Florida. Today, I will follow the new Florida regulations and send her a few new books to read directly from Amazon, the only way that one can send… Read more about Sending Books to Prisoners

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: Addiction, Crime, Friends, Substtance Abuse Disorder

You Can’t Take Away From My Gratitude

June 29, 2013 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

Last week, I wrote my first ever book review, about “The Bonobo and the Atheist” and a lot of readers told me that they enjoyed it. Today, I’m trying my hand at writing review of an album that I have been listening to a lot lately. Unlike my fairly serious and intellectual background studying literature,… Read more about You Can’t Take Away From My Gratitude

Filed Under: Music Review Tagged With: Friends, Music, Pod Delusion, Shelley Segal, Token Skeptic

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